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THE 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


OF  THE 

STATE  OF  CONNECTICUT 

For  the  Years  1783  and  1784 


WITH  THE  JOURNAL  OF  THE  COUNCIL  OF  SAFETY  FROM  JANUARY  9,  1783, 
TO  NOVEMBER  1 5,  1 783 


COMPILED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  AN  ACT  OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY 


LEONARD  WOODS  LABAREE 

STATE  HISTORIAN 

BOSTON  COLLEGE  LIBRARY 
CHESTNUT  HILL,  MASS. 

HARTFORD 


PUBLISHED  BY  THE  STATE 

1943 


Copies  of  Volumes  I,  II,  IV,  and  V of  this 


series  may  be  procured  from  the  State  Librarian, 


Hartford,  Conn.  Copies  of  Volume  III  may  be  procured 


from  the  Connecticut  Historical  Society. 


CONTENTS 


Introduction  vii 

Roll  of  Representatives,  January,  1783 1 

General  Assembly,  January,  1783 13 

Council  of  Safety,  January  9 — April  28,  1783 82 

General  Assembly,  May,  1783 107 

Council  of  Safety,  May  15 — September  1,  1783 189 

General  Assembly,  October,  1783 202 

Council  of  Safety,  October  17 — November  15,  1783 249 

General  Assembly,  January,  1784 252 

General  Assembly,  May,  1784 315 

General  Assembly,  October,  1784 430 

Index  to  Volumes  IV  and  V 480 


LIST  OF  ACTS 

An  Act  for  the  Encouragement  of  Literature  and  Genius 13 

An  Act  for  Laying  an  Excise  on  Sundry  Articles  of  Consumption 

within  This  State 15 

An  Act  in  Addition  to  and  Alteration  of  a Law  Entitled  An  Act 
for  Forming,  Regulating,  and  Conducting  the  Military  Forces 

of  This  State 19 

An  Act  in  Addition  to  the  Law  Entitled  An  Act  for  Collecting  and 

Paying  Rates  and  Taxes 21 

An  Act  in  Addition  to  a Law  of  This  State  Passed  in  May  Last 
Entitled  An  Act  in  Further  Addition  to  an  Act  Entitled  An  Act 

More  Effectually  to  Prevent  Illicit  Trade 21 

An  Act  in  Further  Addition  to  the  Laws  of  This  State  against 

Illicit  Trade 22 

An  Act  for  Altering  the  Time  of  Holding  the  County  Court  in  the 
County  of  Windham 22 


IV 


LIST  OF  ACTS 


An  Act  in  Addition  to  the  Law  of  This  State  Entitled  An  Act  for 
Preventing-  and  Removing  Nuisances  in  Creeks,  Rivers,  and 

Other  Water  Courses 23 

An  Act  to  Repeal  a Law  of  This  State  Passed  in  October  1777 
Entituled  An  Act  in  Addition  to  a Law  of  This  State  Entituled 
An  Act  to  Prevent  the  Obstruction  of  the  Course  of  the  Fish 

up  the  River  Paukattuck 23 

An  Act  Directing  Certain  Duties  or  Services  to  be  Performed  by 

the  Delegates  in  Congress  from  This  State 23 

An  Act  for  Empowering  and  Enabling  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table  More  Effectually  to  Regulate  the  Public  Accounts  and 
Produce  a Speedy  Settlement  of  All  Outstanding  Debts  to 

This  State 27 

An  Act  for  Repealing  Several  Laws  of  This  State 115 

An  Act  in  Alteration  of  an  Act  Entituled,  An  Act  for  Regulating 
and  Orderly  Celebrating  of  Marriage,  and  for  Preventing  and 

Punishing  Incestuous  and  Other  Unlawful  Marriages 116 

An  Act  in  Addition  to  an  Act  Entituled  An  Act  for  the  Settlement 

of  Testate  and  Intestate  Estates 116 

An  Act  for  the  Amendment  of  the  Law  Entituled  An  Act  for 
Laying  an  Excise  on  Sundry  Articles  of  Consumption  within 

This  State 116 

An  Act  in  Addition  to  and  Alteration  of  an  Act  Entituled  An  Act 
for  Relieving  and  Ordering  of  Idiots,  Impotent,  Distracted,  and 

Idle  Persons 117 

An  Act  in  Addition  to  and  Alteration  of  an  Act  Entituled  An  Act 

for  Ordering  and  Regulating  Fields  and  Fences 117 

An  Act  for  Regulating  and  Well  Ordering  the  Fishery  at  the 

Mouth  of  Connecticut  River 118 

An  Act  in  Addition  to  a Law  Entituled  An  Act  for  Collecting  and 

Paying  Rates  or  Taxes 118 

An  Act  for  the  Punishment  of  Burglary  and  Robbery 204 

An  Act  for  the  Punishment  of  Horse  Stealing 204 

An  Act  for  Laying  a Tax  on  Shipping  for  Repairing  and  Main- 
taining the  Light  House  near  the  Port  of  New  London 205 

An  Act  for  the  Regulation  of  Navigation 254 

An  Act  to  Promote  the  Making  of  Raw  Silk  within  This  State . . . 256 

An  Act  for  Laying  a Tax  on  Shipping  for  Repairing  and  Main- 
taining the  Light  House  near  the  Port  of  New  London 257 

An  Act  for  Incorporating  a Part  of  the  Town  of  New  Haven.  . . . 257 

An  Act  for  Incorporating  a Part  of  the  Town  of  New  London.  . 267 

An  Act  Empowering  the  Delegates  of  This  State  to  Make  a 
Cession  of  Unlocated  Lands  on  the  Western  Part  of  the  State 

to  the  United  States  for  Their  Common  Benefit 277 

An  Act  for  Confirming  the  Laws  of  This  State  as  Revised  and 
Amended  and  for  Repealing  Such  as  Are  Not  Contained  in  the 

Foregoing  Code 281 

An  Act  for  Regulating  the  Appointment  of  the  Superior  Court . . 323 


LIST  OF  ACTS 


V 


An  Act  Establishing  the  Wages  of  the  Judges  of  the  Superior 

Court  

An  Act  in  Addition  to  an  Act  Entituled  An  Act  for  Constituting 
Judges  and  Justices  of  the  Peace  in  This  State  and  for  Em- 
powering and  Directing  Them  on  Their  Respective  Offices .... 
An  Act  for  Encouraging  and  Promoting  the  Commerce  of  this 

State  

An  Act  to  Enable  the  United  States  in  Congress  Assembled  to 
Levy  Certain  Duties  and  Imposts  on  Certain  Goods  and  Mer- 
chandises Imported  into  This  State,  to  be  Applied  in  Payment 
of  the  Debts  of  the  United  States  Contracted  for  Supporting  the 
Late  War  in  Compliance  with  a Resolution  of  Congress  the 

Eighteenth  of  April  1783 

An  Act  for  Levying  and  Collecting  a Duty  on  Certain  Articles  of 
Goods,  Wares,  and  Merchandise  Imported  into  this  State  by 

Land  or  Water 

An  Act  in  Addition  to  an  Act  entitled  An  Act  for  Laying  an 
Excise  on  Sundry  Articles  of  Consumption  within  this  State . . . 

An  Act  Laying  a Duty  in  Certain  Cases 

An  Act  in  Addition  to  and  Alteration  of  an  Act  Entitled  An  Act 

for  the  Direction  of  Listers  in  Their  Office  and  Duty 

An  Act  in  Addition  to  a Law  of  This  State  Entituled  an  Act  for 
Constituting  and  Regulating  Courts  and  Appointing  the  Times 

and  Places  for  Holding  the  Same 

An  Act  in  Addition  to  a Law  Entituled  An  Act  for  Stating,  Limit- 
ing, and  Naming  the  Counties  in  this  State 

An  Act  in  Addition  and  Alteration  of  an  Act  Entituled  An  Act  for 
Constituting  and  Regulating  Courts  and  Appointing  the  Times 

and  Places  of  Holding  the  Same 

An  Act  to  Encourage  the  Destroying  of  Wolves 

An  Act  in  Alteration  of  the  Act  Entituled  An  Act  to  Promote  the 

Making  of  Raw  Silk  within  this  State 

An  Act  Relative  to  Debts  Due  to  Persons  Who  Have  Been  and 
Remained  within  the  Enemv’s  Power  or  Lines  during  the  Late 

War  

An  Act  for  Incorporating  a Part  of  the  Town  of  Hartford 

An  Act  for  Incorporating  a Part  of  the  Town  of  Middletown. . . 

An  Act  for  Incorporating  a Part  of  the  Town  of  Norwich 

An  Act  to  Enable  the  Cities  of  New  Haven,  New  London,  Hart- 
ford, Middletown,  and  Norwich,  Respectively,  to  Grant  the 
Freedom  of  Those  Cities  to  Persons  Living  without  the  Limits 

of  Said  Cities 

An  Act  for  Levying'  and  Collecting  Duties  on  the  Importation  of 

Certain  Articles  and  for  Appropriating  the  Same 

An  Act  in  Addition  to  an  Act  Entitled  an  Act  for  Encouraging 

and  Promoting  the  Commerce  of  This  State 

An  Act  in  Addition  to  an  Act  Entitled  An  Act  to  Enable  the 
United  States  in  Congress  Assembled  to  Levy  Certain  Duties 


324 


325 

325 


326 


328 

338 

339 

340 


341 

341 


342 

342 


342 


343 

343 

354 

364 


373 

432 

433 


VI 


IJST  OF  ACTS 


and  Imposts  on  Certain  Goods  and  Merchandises  Imported  into 
This  State  to  be  Applied  in  Payment  of  the  Debts  of  the  United 
States  Contracted  for  the  Supporting  the  Late  War  in  Com- 
pliance with  a Resolution  of  Congress  of  the  18th  of  April  1783  435 
An  Act  in  Addition  to  and  in  Alteration  of  a Law  of  This  State 
Entitled  an  Act  for  Levying  and  Collecting  a Duty  on  Certain 
Articles  of  Goods,  Wares,  and  Merchandise  Imported  into  this 

State  by  Land  or  Water 435 

An  Act  in  Addition  to  an  Act  Entitled  An  Act  for  the  Regulation 

of  Navigation 437 

An  Act  in  Addition  to  an  Act  Entitled  An  Act  for  the  Regulation 

of  Navigation 437 

An  Act  in  Further  Addition  to  and  Alteration  of  an  Act  Entitled 
An  Act  for  the  Better  Establishing  and  Confirmation  of  the 

Titles  of  Land,  &c.,  Made  and  Passed  on  October  1723 438 

An  Act  in  Alteration  of  an  Act  Entitled  An  Act  for  the  Direction 

of  Listers  in  Their  Office  and  Duty 438 

An  Act  in  Addition  to  a Law  Entitled,  An  Act  for  Stating,  Limit- 
ing, and  Naming  the  Counties  in  This  State 438 


INTRODUCTION 


The  years  covered  by  this  volume,  1783-1784,  include  the  final  months 
of  the  American  Revolution  and  the  beginning-  of  that  time  of  reorgan- 
ization and  readjustment  which  is  known  as  the  Critical  Period  of 
American  history.  Connecticut,  like  her  sister  states,  was  faced  with 
many  difficulties  in  recovering  from  the  effects  of  the  long  struggle 
for  independence  and  in  rebuilding  her  economic  life.  Much  of  the 
attention  of  the  government  during  these  years  was  given  to  the  prob- 
lems raised  by  the  conclusion  of  the  war. 

Unlike  most  of  the  states,  Connecticut  was  not  faced  with  any  funda- 
mental problems  of  constitutional  revision.  To  her  conservative-minded 
people  the  old  colonial  charter  of  1662  still  seemed  to  provide  an  ade- 
quate frame  of  government,  and  the  demand  for  political  reform  did 
not  become  vigorous  until  years  later.  Having  declared  herself  to  be 
a free  and  independent  state  instead  of  a colony  and  having  dropped 
the  name  of  the  king  from  all  ceremonies,  oaths,  and  official  documents 
in  1776,  Connecticut  was  able  to  carry  on  her  affairs  in  the  traditional 
manner  throughout  the  period  of  transition.  Only  one  small  symbolic 
detail  remained  to  complete  the  transformation.  That  was  attended  to 
in  1784  when  the  Assembly  ordered  a new  seal  for  the  “Republic  of 
Connecticut”  to  take  the  place  of  the  old  seal  of  the  colony  (p.  374). 

In  the  details  of  governmental  machinery  some  changes  did  take  place. 
The  Council  of  Safety  had  been  created  in  May,  1775,  to  act  with  the 
governor  on  detailed  and  emergency  matters  connected  with  the  war. 
Although  a preliminary  treaty  of  peace  with  England  was  signed  Novem- 
ber 30,  1782,  the  war  dragged  on  well  into  the  following  year. 
Consequently  in  May,  1783,  the  Assembly  authorized  the  Council  of 
Safety  to  continue  its  operations  until  the  rising  of  the  Assembly  the 
following  October  (p.  120).  The  last  recorded  meeting  of  the  emer- 
gency body  took  place  on  October  28,  1783,  although  its  record  contains 
one  letter  written  by  the  governor  on  November  15  (pp.  250,  251). 
With  these  events  the  Council  of  Safety  passed  out  of  existence. 

One  noteworthy  change  was  made  in  the  judicial  organization  of  the 
state.  The  lieutenant  governor  had  traditionally  been  appointed  each 
year  chief  judge  of  the  Superior  Court,  but  in  1784  an  act  was  passed 
barring  the  governor,  lieutenant  governor,  or  any  other  high  political 
officer  from  serving  simultaneously  as  a judge  of  the  Superior  Court. 
At  the  same  time  the  measure  created  a new  Supreme  Court  of  Errors, 
to  consist  of  the  lieutenant  governor  and  the  members  of  the  Council 
(p.  323).  Another  alteration  was  in  the  field  of  local  government.  It 
was  a curious  fact  that,  although  Connecticut  could  boast  five  out  of 
the  twelve  most  populous  urban  settlements  in  the  continental  colonies 
in  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  century,  she  contained  not  a single 
incorporated  city  before  the  Revolution.  In  1784  the  Assembly  changed 
all  that  by  incorporating  the  cities  of  New  Haven,  New  London,  Hart- 


via 


INTRODUCTION 


ford,  Middletown,  and  Norwich  (pp.  257,  267,  343,  354,  364).  The 
freemen  of  each  city  were  allowed  to  elect  all  their  local  municipal 
officers  annually,  except  the  mayor,  who,  once  elected,  was  to  hold  office 
during  the  pleasure  of  the  Assembly.  Each  city  was  also  provided  with 
a city  court  of  limited  civil  jurisdiction,  and  a common  council,  which 
received  certain  powers  in  the  control  of  local  affairs. 

Faced  with  the  necessity  of  regulating  its  reopened  external  com- 
merce, Connecticut  passed  an  act  of  navigation  (p.  254),  a number  of 
tariff  measures,  and  a bill  creating  New  Haven  and  New  London  free 
ports  of  a limited  sort  (p.  325).  The  Assembly  also  agreed  to  permit 
the  collection  of  certain  duties  on  imports  for  the  benefit  of  the  central 
government  (p.  326).  This  measure  was  passed  upon  the  recommenda- 
tion of  Congress  and  was  contingent  upon  the  passage  by  the  other 
states  of  similar  acts.  But  several  states  refused  to  cooperate  and  the 
project  fell  through.  Congress  remained  dependent  for  funds  upon 
the  inadequate  requisition  system. 

The  problem  of  finance  was  almost  hopelessly  complicated,  in  Con- 
necticut as  elsewhere  in  the  new  nation,  by  the  disastrous  depreciation 
of  the  paper  money.  References  to  this  depreciation  abound  throughout 
the  present  volume,  testifying  to  the  evils  attending  a general  monetary 
inflation.  The  financial  situation  of  the  state  was  made  more  difficult 
by  the  direct  effects  of  the  war.  Several  towns,  especially  New  London, 
Groton,  Fairfield,  New  Haven,  Norwalk,  and  others  along  the  Sound, 
as  well  as  a few  communities  further  inland,  had  been  burned  or  pil- 
laged by  British  raiding  parties.  As  late  as  1784  the  inhabitants  of  these 
towns  were  still  petitioning  the  Assembly  for  the  abatement  of  their 
state  taxes  on  the  ground  that  they  had  not  yet  recovered  from  the 
effects  of  enemy  attacks.  To  such  appeals  the  Assembly  lent  most 
sympathetic  ears. 

At  the  very  beginning  of  the  period  covered  by  this  volume  Connecti- 
cut suffered  a heavy  disappointment  at  the  hands  of  the  central  govern- 
ment. Under  her  “sea-to-sea”  charter  she  claimed  title  and  jurisdiction 
over  a strip  of  land  running  straight  across  what  is  now  Pennsylvania 
and  on  to  the  Mississippi  River,  which  the  Treaty  of  Paris  had  fixed 
as  the  western  boundary  of  the  United  States.  From  well  before  the 
Revolution  settlers  had  occupied  eastern  portions  of  that  strip  under 
grants  from  Connecticut  proprietors.  In  1775  the  Assembly  had  created 
the  region  a county  by  the  name  of  Westmoreland,  and  throughout 
the  Revolution  its  representatives  had  sat  in  the  Connecticut  legislature. 
Pennsylvania  contested  Connecticut’s  claim  to  the  land  inside  her  own 
western  boundary,  and  in  1782  the  question  was  adjudicated  by  a com- 
mission appointed  by  Congress.  Now,  shortly  after  the  convening  of 
the  Assembly  in  January,  1783,  word  reached  Hartford  that  Penn- 
sylvania had  won  the  case  and,  in  the  words  written  at  the  end  of  the 
Assembly  attendance  lists  of  that  session  (p.  11),  the  Connecticut  county 
of  Westmoreland  was 

Annihilated  and  out  of  Sight ; — 

If  what  the  Court  have  done,  is  right. 


INTRODUCTION 


IX 


For  some  time  after  this,  the  state  tried  to  do  what  it  could  to  protect 
the  interests  of  her  settlers  in  that  region  against  Pennsylvania,  but 
with  little  apparent  success  (pp.  120,  208,  456).  Under  the  colonial 
charter  Connecticut  could  still  lay  claim  to  the  tract  beyond  Pennsyl- 
vania’s western  boundary.  In  1784  the  Assembly  authorized  its  delegates 
in  Congress  to  cede  to  the  nation  “for  the  common  benefit  of  the  United 
States”  its  claims  to  that  part  of  the  strip  which  lay  more  than  120  miles 
west  of  the  western  boundary  of  Pennsylvania.  But  the  state  reserved 
for  the  benefit  of  the  officers  and  privates  of  the  Connecticut  Line  of 
the  Continental  Army  the  land  from  the  Pennsylvania  boundary  for 
120  miles  west  (p.  277).  This  tract  became  celebrated  as  the  Western 
Reserve,  now  a part  of  the  State  of  Ohio. 

The  drawing  to  a close  of  hostilities  with  Britain  resulted  in  a con- 
siderable movement  of  individuals  into  and  out  of  Connecticut,  requiring 
in  each  case  the  sanction  of  the  Assembly  or  the  Council  of  Safety. 
Persons  who  for  one  reason  or  another  had  remained  within  the  British 
lines  in  New  York  or  elsewhere  during  most  of  the  war  sought  per- 
mission to  return  to  Connecticut.  Many  refugees  who  had  earlier  fled 
from  the  British  on  Long  Island  or  other  regions  to  Connecticut  asked 
to  be  allowed  to  go  back  to  their  homes,  taking  their  possessions  with 
them,  now  that  peace  was  at  last  in  sight.  In  almost  every  instance  the 
authorities  granted  the  necessary  permission,  but  they  usually  appointed 
supervisors  to  see  that  no  irregularities  occurred  in  the  process  of 
repatriation. 

Preoccupation  with  problems  created  by  the  close  of  the  war  did  not 
prevent  the  Assembly  from  giving  attention  and  support  to  the  arts 
of  peace.  The  first  law  passed  in  the  session  of  January,  1783,  was  an 
act  “for  the  Encouragement  of  Literature  and  Genius”  (p.  13).  This 
was  the  first  copyright  act  ever  passed  in  America.  For  its  passage, 
a native  son,  Noah  Webster,  the  great  grammarian  and  lexicographer, 
was  primarily  responsible.  Twice  also  during  this  period  the  Assembly 
adopted  special  copyright  resolutions  in  favor  of  particular  works,  once 
for  Robert  Ross’s  English  and  Latin  Grammar  (p.  245)  and  once  for 
Joel  Barlow’s  revision  of  Watt’s  Psalms  and  Hymns  (p.  458).  Also 
in  support  of  learning,  the  Assembly  passed  an  act  of  incorporation 
for  the  Trustees  of  Plainfield  Academy,  one  of  the  earliest  of  such 
institutions  in  New  England  (p.  406). 

Most  of  the  material  in  these  records  is  of  a formal,  if  not  technical, 
nature.  Yet  as  one  turns  the  pages  one  can  find  many  items  of  real 
human  interest.  There  is,  for  example,  the  case  of  Sergeant  Jonathan 
Arnold,  who  had  won  the  sympathy  of  gruff  old  General  von  Steuben 
because  he  bore  the  same  last  name  as  the  arch-traitor  of  the  Revolution. 
In  compassion  for  the  plight  of  his  fellow-soldier,  Steuben  had  offered 
the  sergeant  his  own  name,  and  Arnold  now  asked  the  Assembly  to 
ratify  the  change  of  his  name  to  Steuben.  To  this  the  legislature  readily 
agreed,  and  the  enabling  resolution  (p.  71)  attracted  much  attention 
and  was  widely  copied  in  the  newspapers  of  the  time.  Another  entry 
of  sentimental  interest  is  the  resolution  conferring  the  citizenship  of 


X 


INTRODUCTION 


Connecticut  upon  the  Marquis  de  Lafayette  and  his  young  son  in  grate- 
ful recognition  of  the  Frenchman’s  “disinterested"  attachment  to  the 
Liberties  of  Mankind”  (p.  439).  One  of  several  pension  cases  which 
should  have  a specially  poignant  appeal  to  readers  in  1943,  when  the 
people  of  America  are  once  again  being  made  aware  of  their  deep 
obligation  to  those  disabled  in  the  cause  of  freedom,  is  that  of  William 
Burrows.  A soldier  in  the  army,  he  had  been  wounded  in  the  knee. 
He  was  discharged  from  service  and  after  a long  illness  had  been  forced 
to  submit  to  an  amputation  at  the  thigh.  Burrows  now  asked  for  the 
payment  of  his  medical  expenses  and,  since  he  was  “disabled  from  any 
business,”  for  some  provision  for  his  support.  The  Assembly  ordered 
the  payment  of  his  doctor’s  bills  and  then,  with  a truly  Spartan  gen- 
erosity, voted  him  a pension  of  thirty  shillings  a month  for  a term 
of  two  years  (p.  458).  Rather  more  satisfactory,  both  to  the  petitioner 
and  to  the  sensibilities  of  the  reader,  was  the  outcome  of  the  Reverend 
Benajah  Phelps’s  memorial.  He  was  what  might  be  called  a Loyalist 
in  reverse.  The  sufferings  and  losses  of  the  American  Tories  are  fa- 
miliar; many  entries  in  this  volume  add  details  to  the  general  story. 
But  the  experiences  of  Phelps  had  an  opposite  origin.  A native  of 
Connecticut,  he  had  migrated  to  Nova  Scotia  in  1766  and  there  during 
the  Revolution  he  had  suffered  loss  of  property  and  exile  for  his  staunch 
loyalty  to  the  colonial  cause.  Now,  in  just  the  same  way  that  the  Tory 
Loyalists  were  petitioning  Parliament  for  help,  Phelps  asked  the  Con- 
necticut Assembly  to  grant  him  relief  in  view  of  the  losses  his  faithful- 
ness had  cost  him.  Appropriately,  the  Assembly  made  him  a grant 
from  among  the  confiscated  estates  of  the  Connecticut  Tories  (p.  474). 

As  in  earlier  volumes,  a large  share  of  the  record  is  taken  up  with 
the  memorials  and  petitions  of  individual  towns  and  persons.  They 
sought  the  x\ssembly’s  sanction  on  a great  variety  of  matters : the  hold- 
ing of  a lottery  to  rebuild  a church  or  bridge,  the  relocation  of  a high- 
way, the  separation  of  part  of  a church  membership  from  the  rest 
because  of  dissatisfaction  with  the  minister’s  theology,  the  sale  of  some 
of  the  real  estate  of  a minor  orphan  to  meet  the  expenses  of  his  main- 
tenance, the  forgiveness  of  a defaulted  bond,  the  issuance  of  a new 
certificate  of  public  indebtedness  when  the  old  one  had  been  lost  or 
chewed  up  by  the  hogs.  These  and  a host  of  similar  matters  occupied 
the  time  of  the  Assembly  to  an  almost  unbelievable  degree.  But  the 
very  fact  that  the  Assembly  was  willing  to  give  its  attention  to  such 
local  and  private  concerns  is  evidence  that  in  the  Connecticut  of  the 
1780s  the  government  was  very  close  to  the  people.  For  all  the  con- 
servatism of  its  political  framework,  and  in  spite  of  the  ravages  of  a 
long  and  costly  war  for  independence,  Connecticut’s  traditional  system 
of  self-government  contained  the  elements  necessary  for  continued 
vitality  and  health. 

****** 

The  material  printed  in  this  volume  includes  the  last  54  pages  of 
Volume  II  and  the  first  261  pages  of  Volume  III  of  the  manuscript 
State  Records  of  Connecticut,  and  the  last  62  pages  of  the  fourth  and 


INTRODUCTION 


XI 


final  volume  of  the  manuscript  Journal  of  the  Council  of  Safety.  As  in 
the  case  of  Volume  IV  in  this  printed  series,  published  in  1942,  the 
manuscripts  were  copied  by  Ruth  L.  Lind,  Madelyn  Sullivan  (now  Mrs. 
Brown),  and  Marguerite  Ann  Sullivan.  The  checking  of  the  typescript 
for  this  volume  against  the  photostats  of  the  original  for  final  accuracy 
was  done  by  Mary  Joan  Donahue  and  Ruth  Hawes  (Mrs.  Orville  W.). 
Mrs.  Hawes  also  assisted  in  the  proofreading.  The  index,  which  as 
promised  covers  Volume  IV  as  well  as  the  present  installment,  was  pre- 
pared with  the  help  of  Stanley  A’ogel,  Catherine  Fennelly,  and  Evelyn 
V.  Ashley  (Mrs.  A.  Leon).  To  all  of  these  assistants  the  editor  is 
deeply  grateful. 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

May  1,  1943. 


L.  W.  L. 


. 


THE  PUBLIC  RECORDS 


OF  THE 


STATE  OF  CONNECTICUT 


ROLL  OF  REPRESENTATIVES 
January  1783 

The  check-list  of  attendance  at  the  Assembly  session  of  January,  1783,  which 
follozvs  was  written  on  eight  double  sheets,  slightly  smaller  in  size  than  the  pages 
of  the  bound  record  volume,  and  was  inserted  in  that  volume  just  ahead  of  the  first 
page  of  the  record  of  this  session.  In  the  cases  of  some  counties  the  clerk  miscal- 
culated the  space  required  for  the  entire  session  and  had  to  enter  the  columns  for 
the  last  zveek  or  two  either  on  a fresh  page  or  at  the  bottom  of  the  principal  list 
with  a nezv  and  abbreviated  list  of  names  of  the  members  involved.  In  other 
counties  he  zvas  able  to  carry  the  entry  for  an  indizndual  through  the  entire  session 
on  a single  line,  in  the  form  in  which  all  entries  are  here  reproduced.  The  only 
dates  actually  shown  at  the  heads  of  columns  are  January  29  and  February  5,  each 
of  which  begins  a new  set  of  columns  for  one  or  more  counties.  What  distinction, 
if  any,  was  intended  between  the  tzvo  different  methods  used  to  mark  attendance — 
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11 


STATE  OF  CONNECTICUT 


At  a General  Assembly  of  the  Governor  and  Company  of  the 
State  of  Connecticut  in  America,  holden  at  Hartford  by 
special  Order  of  His  Excellency  the  Governor  on  the 
eighth  Day  of  January  Anno  Dom  1783. 


Present 


His  Excellency  Jonathan  Trumbull,  Esqr  Governor. 

The  Honorable  Matthew  Griswold,  Esqr  Deputy  Governor. 
Jabez  Hamlin,  Esqr, 

William  Pitkin,  Esqr, 

Roger  Sherman,  Esqr, 

Abraham  Davenport,  Esqr, 

Joseph  Spencer,  Esqr,  Assistants 

Samuel  Huntington,  Esqr, 

Richard  Law,  Esqr, 

Andrew  Adams,  Esqr, 

Benjamin  Huntington,  Esqr, 


Representatives  or  Deputies  of  the  Freemen  of  the  several  Towns  are 

as  follozv  vis — 

[At  this  point  occurs  a blank  in  the  manuscript,  about  two  pages  long,  in  which  it  was 
obviously  intended  to  insert  the  names  of  representatives.  This  was  never  done.  Instead,  the 
pages  of  the  actual  check-list  of  attendance  (printed  above,  pp.  2-11)  were  placed  in  the  volume 
just  before  the  first  page  of  the  record  of  this  session.] 


An  Act  for  the  encouragement  of  Literature  and  Genius.* 

Whereas,  it  is  perfectly  agreeable  to  the  Principles  of  Natural  Equity 
and  Justice  that  every  Author  should  be  secured  in  receiving  the  profits 


* This  is  the  first  copyright  law  ever  passed  in  America.  In  the  fall  of  1782  Noah  Webster, 
who  was  then  planning  for  the  publication  of  the  first  edition  of  his  famous  spelling-book, 
launched  a campaign  for  copyright  protection  of  authors.  During  this  and  subsequent  years  he 
travelled  as  far  as  South  Carolina  in  the  interest  of  his  crusade.  The  first  fruit  of  his  effort 
was  this  act  of  his  native  state.  During  the  same  year,  1783,  similar  legislation  was  enacted  in 
Massachusetts,  Maryland,  New  Jersey,  New  Hampshire,  and  Rhode  Island,  the  last  three  in 
consequence  of  a resolution  of  Congress  recommending  such  legislation  by  the  states.  State  legis- 
lation was  necessary  since  Congress  under  the  Articles  of  Confederation  had  no  jurisdiction  over 
this  subject.  Other  states  followed  and  in  1790  Congress,  now  endowed  with  authority,  passed 
the  first  federal  copyright  act.  For  all  of  this,  as  well  as  for  later  legislation  on  the  sam« 
subject,  Webster  was  primarily  responsible.  See  Noah  Webster,  “Origin  of  the  Copy-right  Laws 
in  the  United  States,”  in  Collection  of  Papers  on  Political,  Literary  and  Moral  Subjects  (1843), 
pp.  173-178;  Harry  R.  Warfel,  Noah  Webster:  Schoolmaster  to  America  (1936),  pp.  54-60,  132-135. 


14 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


January, 


that  may  arise  from  the  Sale  of  his  Works,  and  such  security  may 
encourage  Men  of  Learning  and  Genius  to  publish  their  Writings 
which  may  do  honour  to  their  Country  and  Service  to  Mankind — 

Be  it  Enacted  By  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same,  That  the 
Author  of  any  Book  or  Pamphlet  not  Yet  printed  being  an  Inhabitant 
or  resident  in  these  United  States,  and  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  shall  have 
the  Sole  Liberty  of  Printing  publishing  and  vending  the  same  within 
this  State  for  the  Term  of  fourteen  Years,  to  commence  from  the  Day 
of  its  first  publication  in  this  State,  And  if  any  Person  or  Persons 
within  said  Term  of  fourteen  Years  as  aforesaid  shall  presume  to  Print 
or  reprint  any  such  Book  or  Pamphlet  within  this  State  or  to  Import 
or  introduce  into  this  State  for  Sale  any  Copies  of  such  Book  or  Pam- 
phlet reprinted  beyond  the  Limits  of  this  State  or  shall  knowingly 
publish  vend  and  utter  or  distribute  the  Same  without  the  consent  of 
the  Proprietor  thereof  in  Writing  Signed  in  the  Presence  of  two  cred- 
ible Witnesses,  every  such  Person  or  Persons  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
to  the  Proprietor  of  such  Book  or  Pamphlet  double  the  Value  of  all 
the  Copies  of  such  Book  or  Pamphlet  so  printed  Imported  distributed 
vended  or  exposed  for  Sale,  to  be  recovered  by  such  Proprietor  in  any 
Court  of  Law  in  this  State  proper  to  try  the  same 

Provided  nevertheless,  that  no  Author  Assignee  or  Proprietor  of 
any  such  Book  or  Pamphlet  shall  be  Entituled  to  take  the  Benefit  of 
this  Statute  untill  he  shall  duely  Register  his  name  as  Author  Assignee 
or  Proprietor  with  the  Title  of  such  Book  or  Pamphlet  in  the  Office  of 
the  Secretary  of  this  State,  who  is  hereby  Impowered  and  directed  to 
enter  the  Same  on  Record. 

And  Be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  at  the 
expiration  of  said  Term  of  fourteen  Years  in  the  Cases  abovemen- 
tioned,  the  Sole  Right  of  Printing  and  disposing  of  any  such  Book  or 
Pamphlet  in  this  State  shall  return  to  the  Author  thereof  if  then 
living  and  his  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  the  Term  of  fourteen  Years 
more  to  Commence  at  the  end  of  said  first  Term,  and  that  all  and 
every  Person  or  Persons  who  shall  reprint  Import  vend  utter  or  dis- 
tribute in  this  State  any  Copies  thereof  without  the  consent  of  such 
Proprietor,  obtained  as  aforesaid  during  said  second  Term  of  four- 
teen Years  shall  be  Liable  to  the  Same  Penalties  recoverable  in  the 
same  manner  as  is  herein  before  Enacted  and  Provided, 

And  Whereas  it  is  equally  necessary  for  the  encouragement  of 
Learning  that  the  Inhabitants  of  this  State  be  furnished  with  usefull 
Books  at  reasonable  Prices,  Be  it  further  Enacted,  that  when  ever  any 
such  Author  or  Proprietor  of  such  Book  or  Pamphlet  shall  neglect  to 
furnish  the  Publick  with  sufficient  Editions  thereof,  or  shall  sell  the 
Same  at  a Price  unreasonable  & beyond  what  may  be  adjudged  a suf- 
ficient compensation  for  his  Labour  Time  Expence  and  Risque  of 
Sale  the  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  in  this  State  on  Complaint  thereof 
made  to  him  in  Writing  is  hereby  Authorized  and  Impowered  to  Sum- 
mon such  Author  or  Proprietor  to  appear  before  the  next  Superior 


1783. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


15 


Court  to  be  holden  in  that  County  where  such  Author  or  Proprietor 
dwells  if  a resident  in  this  State,  if  not  in  that  County  where  such 
Complainant  Dwells ; and  said  Court  are  hereby  authorized  and 
Impowered  to  enquire  into  the  Justice  of  said  Complaint,  and  if  the 
same  be  found  true  to  take  sufficient  Recognizance  and  Security  of 
such  Author  or  Proprietor  Conditioned  that  he  shall  within  such  rea- 
sonable Time  as  said  Court  shall  direct  publish  and  offer  for  Sale 
in  this  State  a sufficient  number  of  Copies  of  such  Book  or  Pam- 
phlet at  such  reasonable  Price  as  said  Court  shall  on  due  Consideration 
affix : And  if  such  Author  or  Proprietor  shall  before  said  Court  neglect 
or  refuse  to  give  such  Security  as  aforesaid  the  said  Court  are  hereby 
Authorized  and  Impowered  to  give  to  such  Complainant,  a full  and 
ample  Licence  to  reprint  and  publish  such  Book  or  Pamphlet  in  such 
Numbers  and  for  such  Term  as  said  Court  shall  Judge  Just  and  reason- 
able, Provided  said  Complainant  shall  give  sufficient  Security  before 
said  Court  to  afford  said  reprinted  Edition  at  such  reasonable  Price  as 
said  Court  shall  thereto  affix, 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  That  any  Person  or  Persons  who  shall 
procure  and  Print  any  unpublished  Manuscript  without  the  Consent 
and  approbation  of  the  Author  or  Proprietor  thereof  first  had  and 
obtained  if  such  Author  or  Proprietor  be  living  and  resident  in  or  Inhab- 
itant of  these  United  States,  shall  be  liable  to  Suffer  and  Pay  to  the  said 
Author  or  Proprietor  his  Just  Damages  for  such  Injury  to  be  recovered 
by  Action  brought  on  this  Statute  in  any  Court  of  Law  in  this  State 
proper  to  try  the  Same. 

Provided  always  that  nothing  in  this  Act  shall  extend  to  affect  Preju- 
dice or  confirm  the  Right  which  any  Person  may  have  to  the  printing 
or  publishing  of  any  Book  or  Pamphlet  at  common  Law  in  Cases  not 
mentioned  in  this  Act:  or  to  screen  from  legal  Punishment  any  Person 
or  Persons  who  may  be  Guilty  of  Printing  or  Publishing  any  Book 
Pamphlet  or  Paper  that  may  be  prophane  treasonable  Defamatory  or 
Injurious  to  Government  Morals  or  Religion 

Provided  also  that  this  Act  shall  not  extend  or  be  construed  to  extend 
in  favour,  or  for  the  benefit  of  any  Author  or  Persons  residing  in  or 
Inhabitants  of  any  other  of  the  United  States  untill  the  State  or  States 
in  which  such  Person  or  Persons  reside  or  dwell  shall  have  passed 
simular  Laws  in  favour  of  the  Authors  of  new  Publications  and  their 
Heirs  & Assigns. 


An  Act  for  laying  an  Excise  on  sundry  Articles  of  Consumption  within 
this  State. 

Whereas  it  is  necessary  in  Order  to  establish  Funds  for  the  payment 
of  the  Interest,  and  to  support  the  value  and  Credit  of  Public  Securities 
that  some  Measures  be  adopted  in  addition  to  the  ordinary  mode  of 
Taxation  within  this  State, 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  General 
Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  [same],  That  from  and 
after  the  20th  Day  of  April  next,  there  shall  be  paid  into  this  Treasury 


16 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


January, 


of  this  State,  and  applied  to  the  Uses  mentioned  in  the  Act  an  Excise  on 
all  the  following  Articles  Sold  by  Retail  or  consumed  within  this  State, 
as  hereafter  expressed  viz  For  every  Gallon  of  foreign  Wine  one  Shil- 
ling, for  every  Gallon  of  foreign  Brandy  eight  Pence,  for  every  Gallon 
of  foreign  Geneva  eight  Pence;  for  every  Gallon  of  West  India  Rum 
six  pence,  for  every  Gallon  of  New  England  or  Country  Rum  four 
pence,  for  all  other  distilled  Spirits  four  pence  Per  Gallon,  for  each 
Pound  of  Imported  Snuff  six  Pence  for  each  Pound  of  Bohea  Tea  six 
pence  for  all  other  kinds  of  India  Tea  two  shillings  Per  pound,  for  each 
Pound  of  Coffee  one  Penny,  for  each  Pound  of  Imported  Chocolate 
three  Pence ; for  each  Pound  of  Chocolate  made  within  this  State  one 
Penny,  for  each  Pound  of  Imported  Loaf  Sugar  two  Pence,  for  each 
Pound  of  Brown  Sugar  one  Penny,  for  all  wrought  Iron  and  Steel 
Ware,  wrought  Silks  Muslins  Gauzes  Cambricks  Beaver  Castor  and  felt 
Hats,  Jewelry  Looking  Glasses,  China  Ware  Earthen  and  Stone  Ware, 
Painters  Oil  and  Colours  Broad  Cloths  of  above  twenty  Shillings  Per 
Yard  Velvet  Corduroys  Lemons  & Lymes  shall  be  paid  five  Per  Cent 
on  the  value  thereof  in  lawfull  Money,  at  the  Time  the  same  shall  be 
purchased  or  procured  by  the  Person  [or]  Persons  who  shall  Retail  or 
consume  the  same ; And  in  Order  to  Collect  the  Same  the  County  Court 
in  each  County  shall  by  said  20th  Day  of  April  next,  appoint  a Suitable 
Person  to  be  Collector  of  the  Excise  aforesaid  in  their  County,  and  so 
from  Time  to  Time  in  each  County  in  this  State  as  Occasion  may  require, 
And  each  Collector  so  appointed  shall  be  sworn  to  a faithfull  Discharge 
of  his  Office  and  also  become  Bound  with  one  or  more  Sufficient  Sureties 
freeholders  and  Inhabitants  of  this  State  before  such  County  Court  or 
any  one  of  the  Judges  thereof,  in  a Recognizance  of  two  thousand 
Pounds  lawfull  Money  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  Conditioned  that 
such  Collector  shall  well  and  faithfully  execute  and  perform  his  said 
Office  according  to  Law,  and  make  good  all  Damages  that  shall  accrue 
to  this  State  by  means  of  his  failure  therein,  which  Bond  shall  be 
entered  on  the  Records  of  such  County  Court.  And  such  Collector  so 
appointed  and  qualified  shall  have  full  Power  to  appoint  one  or  more 
Deputy  or  Deputies  under  him  from  Time  to  Time  as  may  be  needfull 
taking  the  advice  of  the  Civil  Authority  and  Select  Men  in  the  Town 
where  such  Deputy  lives  therein  and  such  Deputies  shall  likewise  be 
Sworn  to  a faithfull  discharge  of  said  Office,  And  each  Such  Collector 
is  hereby  Authorized  and  directed  either  by  himself  or  his  Deputy  to 
Demand  Collect  and  receive  all  the  Excise  aforesaid  within  their  respec- 
tive Counties,  And  each  such  Collector  shall  be  accountable  for  the 
Doings  of  his  Deputies  in  said  Office,  and  is  hereby  Authorized  and 
Impowered  to  call  his  said  Deputies  or  any  of  them  to  Account  for  all 
Monies  and  securities  by  them  so  Collected  when  he  shall  think  Proper, 
And  each  Collector  appointed  by  the  County  Court  and  qualified  as 
aforesaid  shall  render  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  a true  account  of 
all  his  Doings  in  said  Office  and  of  all  the  Monies  collected  and  Secur- 
ities received  on  the  Articles  aforesaid  by  him  and  his  Deputies  by  vir- 
tue of  this  Act  once  in  three  Months  and  oftener  if  required. 


1783. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


17 


And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  such  Per- 
sons as  desire  to  be  Retailers  of  any  or  all  of  the  Articles  aforesaid  shall 
before  they  or  any  of  them  retail  any  of  those  Articles,  obtain  a Licence 
before  some  Assistant  or  Justice  of  Peace  in  the  Same  County,  and 
shall  become  bound  before  such  Assistant  or  Justice  with  Sufficient 
Surety  in  a Recognizance  of  two  hundred  Pounds  lawfull  Money  to  the 
Treasurer  of  this  State  that  such  Retailer  shall  duely  observe  and  keep 
all  the  Laws  of  this  State  that  are  or  shall  be  made  respecting  the 
Excise  on  any  Articles  whatever,  and  render  a Just  and  true  Account 
upon  Oath  to  the  Collector  of  Excise  in  the  County  where  Such  Collector 
Dwells  or  to  his  Deputy  whenever  demanded,  of  all  the  Articles  such 
Retailer  or  Innholder  shall  have  on  Hand  subject  to  Excise  at  the  Time 
of  Granting  such  Licence,  and  of  all  such  Articles  as  he  shall  have  had 
or  vended  at  or  before  the  rendering  such  Account,  and  pay  the  Excise 
thereon  to  such  Collector  substracting  one  eighth  part  of  such  distilled 
Spirits  & Brown  Sugars  for  Leakage  & Wastage.  Which  Licence  shall 
continue  in  force  one  Year  and  no  Longer  from  the  Date  thereof.  And 
such  Assistant  or  Justice  shall  transmit  a Copy  of  such  Licence  and 
Bond  to  the  Collector  of  Excise  in  the  County,  and  his  fee  for  granting 
Licence  and  taking  Bond  as  aforesaid  shall  be  three  Shillings  lawfull 
Money,  and  for  an  Attested  Copy  thereof  One  Shilling  and  six  pence  to 
be  paid  by  such  Retailer.  That  no  Retailer  Licenced  as  aforesaid  shall 
directly  or  indirectly  Sell  a less  Quantity  of  any  of  the  Liquors  afore- 
said than  one  Quart  or  Suffer  the  Same  to  be  drank  in  his  House  under 
the  Same  Penalties  by  Law  Provided  against  Selling  Strong  Liquors  in 
small  Quantities  without  Licence,  And  no  Person  or  Persons  excepting 
Licenced  Tavemkeepers  and  Retailers,  shall  Sell  any  distilled  spirituous 
Liquors  by  less  Quantity  than  thirty  Gallons,  upon  the  Penalty  aforesaid, 
That  if  any  Person  or  number  of  Persons  shall  purchase  more  than 
thirty  Gallons  of  any  of  the  distilled  Spirits  aforesaid  for  their  own 
Private  Use  and  consumption  the  Same  shall  nevertheless  be  subject 
to  Pay  the  Excise  aforesaid  and  may  be  collected  from  the  Purchaser 
thereof,  in  the  Same  manner  as  from  Retailers  or  Tavemkeepers  And 
it  shall  be  the  Duty  of  each  such  Collector  and  Deputy  Collector  to  make 
diligent  Enquiry  after  all  the  Goods  or  Articles,  subject  to  the  Payment 
of  Excise  within  their  respective  Counties  and  to  demand  of  every 
Retailer,  Tavernkeeper  or  other  Person  or  Persons  whatsoever,  on  or 
before  the  20th  Day  of  April  next  and  as  often  as  once  in  three  Months 
afterwards,  a true  manifest  in  Writing  under  Oath,  containing  an 
Invoice  under  his  or  their  Hands  of  all  the  Articles  Subject  to  the  Pay- 
ment of  Excise  therein  expressing  the  Marks  number  Quantity  and 
Quality  thereof,  and  the  Place  where  lodged  kept  or  Stored  which  Oath 
may  be  administered  by  such  Collector  or  his  Deputy  or  by  any  Assist- 
ant or  Justice  of  Peace  as  follows  viz.  [“]  You  swear  that  the  Manifest 
you  have  now  made  contains  a full  and  true  Account  of  all  the  Articles 
You  own  or  have  on  Hand  for  the  purpose  of  retailing  or  Consumption 
subject  by  Law  to  the  Payment  of  Excise  on  which  the  Same  has  not 
been  paid  nor  secured  to  be  Paid  according  to  Your  best  knoledge  and 


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Beleifs;  and  that  You  have  not  directly  nor  indirectly  concealed  or  dis- 
posed of  any  such  Article  or  Articles  to  avoid  the  Payment  or  prevent 
the  Collection  of  the  Excise  thereon  required  by  Law.  So  help  You 
God.[”]  And  in  Case  any  Retailer  of  any  of  the  Articles  aforesaid  or 
any  Inholder  or  other  Person  or  Persons  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  give 
in  an  Account  under  Oath  as  aforesaid  in  a reasonable  Time  after 
Demand  made  as  aforesaid  or  shall  render  a false  Account,  such  Retailer 
Inholder  or  other  Person  or  Persons,  shall  forfeit  and  Pay  the  Sum  of 
One  hundred  Pounds  lawfull  Money  One  half  to  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State,  and  the  other  half  to  such  Collector  or  his  Deputy  or  the  Person 
who  shall  Prosecute  the  same  to  effect  in  any  Court  proper  to  try  the 
Same,  and  shall  be  adjudged  incapable  of  holding  or  receiving  any 
Licence  to  retail  any  Goods  Wares  or  Merchandize  or  to  keep  a Tavern 
or  House  of  Entertainment  within  this  State,  And  when  any  Retailer  of 
any  of  the  Articles  aforesaid  or  any  Inholder  or  other  Person  shall 
desire  it  such  Collector  or  his  Deputy  may  take  good  Security  for  such 
Excise  payable  to  the  Governor  and  Company  of  this  State  one  half  on 
Demand  and  the  other  half  in  three  Months  with  Interest  untill  paid. 
And  if  any  Dispute  shall  arise  concerning  the  Value  or  Quantity  of  any 
of  the  Articles  aforesaid  by  which  the  Excise  thereof  is  to  be  ascertained, 
the  Same  shall  be  determined  by  two  disinterested  Persons  to  be  agreed 
upon  by  such  Collector  and  Retailer  or  Tavernkeeper  or  other  Person 
or  in  Case  they  cannot  agree  such  Collector  shall  apply  to  the  next 
Assistant  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  who  is  disinterested,  and  he  shall 
appoint  two  Judicious  Persons  for  the  Purpose  aforesaid  who  shall  be 
sworn  to  apprize  the  Same  and  ascertain  the  Quantity  and  Quality, 
according  to  their  best  Judgment  and  make  Return  of  their  Doings 
thereon  to  Such  Collector  and  he  shall  collect  the  Excise  thereon  accord- 
ingly together  with  the  Cost  of  such  Apprizal,  And  all  such  Articles  as 
shall  be  liable  to  the  Payment  of  Excise  by  Virtue  of  this  Act  may,  on 
neglect  or  refusal  of  Payment  be  taken  by  such  Collector  or  his  Deputy 
if  to  be  found  within  his  Precincts,  and  shall  be  advertized  and  sold  at 
Public  Vendue  in  the  same  manner  as  Goods  are  Sold  by  Collectors  for 
the  Payment  of  Public  Taxes  sufficient  to  pay  such  Excise  and  Cost  of 
Sale  and  the  remainder  shall  be  returned  to  the  Owner  or  Place  where 
taken,  And  such  Collector  may  enter  any  Store  or  Place  for  the  Execu- 
tion of  his  said  Office  as  shall  be  needfull  after  making  demand  at  the 
Door  of  Entrance  and  refusal  or  neglect  to  grant  the  Same  in  the  Day 
Time  And  the  fee  or  reward  of  such  Collector  or  his  Deputy  shall  be 
seven  and  one  half  per  Cent  on  all  Monies  by  him  Collected  and  paid 
according  to  the  Directions  of  this  Act  And  it  shall  be  the  Duty  of 
the  Collector  in  each  County  to  see  that  all  securities  taken  by  him  or 
his  Deputy  for  Excise  be  duely  collected,  and  on  failure  thereof  to  put 
the  same  in  Suit  by  Attachment  or  otherwise  and  pursue  the  Same  to 
final  Judgment  by  himself  or  Attorney,  as  he  shall  find  to  be  needfull, 
and  shall  be  accountable  for  his  Doings  thereon  to  the  Governor  and 
Company  of  this  State.  And  when  the  Collector  of  Excise  shall  Sus- 
pect any  Person  hath  purchased  any  of  the  aforesaid  Articles  subject 


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to  Excise  or  hath  Supplied  himself  by  any  other  means  than  by  purchas- 
ing from  a licenced  Retailer  it  shall  be  the  Duty  of  such  Collector  to 
apply  to  such  Person  for  an  Account  of  all  such  Articles  as  he  hath  so 
supplied  himself  with  to  be  used  in  his  Family  or  Business  in  this  State 
and  upon  refusal  he  shall  take  out  a Warrant  from  a Justice  of  the 
Peace  to  Summon  such  Person  to  appear  before  him  and  render  such 
Account  on  Oath  according  to  the  best  of  his  knoledge  and  pay 
such  Duty  accordingly  and  upon  refusal  it  shall  be  the  Duty  of  such 
Justice  to  give  Judgment  for  any  Sum  that  he  shall  think  Just  and 
reasonable  not  exceeding  the  Sum  of  five  Pounds  and  Cost. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  no  Person 
or  Persons  whatsoever  shall  sell  by  Retail  any  of  the  Articles  aforesaid 
within  this  State  without  Licence  first  had  and  obtained  on  pain  of 
forfeiting  double  the  Price  or  value  of  the  Articles  Sold  one  half  to 
him  that  shall  sue  for  and  prosecute  the  Same  to  effect  and  the  other 
half  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State, 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  all  the 
Monies  raised  by  Excise  by  Virtue  of  this  Act  shall  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  Pledged  and  secured  in  the  first  Instance  for  the  Payment  of 
the  annual  Interest  of  such  Monies  as  have  been  or  may  be  procured  on 
Loan  by  Order  of  this  Assembly,  And  all  Innholders  or  Taverners 
upon  taking  out  Licence  shall  give  Bonds  according  to  the  Tenor  of 
this  Act. 


An  Act  in  addition  to,  and  alteration  of  a Law,  entituled  “An  Act  for 
forming  regulating  and  conducting  the  Military  Force  of  this  State.* 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  General 
Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same,  that  the  Company 
of  Light  Dragoons,  formed  out  of  the  twenty  sixth  Regiment  of 
Infantry  in  this  State  be  annexed  to  the  fifth  Regiment  of  Light  Dra- 
goons and  do  Duty  in  the  Same  accordingly. 

And  Whereas  it  is  enacted  in  the  aforesaid  Law  that  Serjeants  of 
Foot  or  Corporals  of  Horse  who  by  removing  or  otherwise  shall  or 
may  be  regularly  discharged  from  any  Company  shall  notwithstanding 
be  holden  and  obliged  to  do  Duty  in  the  Company  to  which  they  respec- 
tively belong  or  the  Limits  in  which  they  dwell,  as  Grenadiers,  which  is 
found  to  be  detrimental  to,  and  subversive  of  the  good  Government  and 
Order  of  the  Militia. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  the  Paragraph  of  said 
Law  above  recited  be  and  the  Same  is  hereby  repealed  and  made  void; 
and  that  said  Serjants  of  Foot  and  Corporals  of  Horse  who  have  here- 
tofore or  shall  hereafter  be  regularly  dismissed  or  discharged  from  any 
Company  of  Foot  or  Troop  of  Horse  by  removing  or  otherwise,  shall  be 
Liable  to  do  Military  Duty  in  the  Company  in  the  Limits  of  which  they 
dwell  in  the  same  manner  as  Householders  by  Law  are  obliged  to  do, 

And  Whereas  it  is  further  Provided  in  said  Law  that  all  such  as 


* Conn.  State  Rees.,  IV,  138-153. 


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belong  to  the  Infantry  Companies  and  Householders  shall  be  accoutered 
with  one  Cartouch  Box  carrying  not  less  than  sixteen  Rounds  of  Cart- 
ridges one  Powder  Horn  or  Flask  containing  half  a Pound  of  Good 
Musquet  Powder  one  Pouch  containing  one  Pound  and  a half  of  Bul- 
lets fit  for  his  Gun  part  of  which  are  found  to  be  Burthensome  and 
unnecessary ; which  to  prevent, 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid , that  a Cartouch  Box  carry- 
ing sixteen  Rounds  of  Cartridges  made  with  Good  Musquet  Powder  and 
Ball  fitting  the  Soldier  or  Householders  Gun  shall  be  accepted  at  all 
Reviews  and  Musters  in  Lieu  of  the  above  recited  Articles,  any  Law 
Usage  or  Custom  to  the  Contrary  notwithstanding. 

Be  it  further  Enacted  that  if  any  non  Commissioned  Officer  shall 
refuse  or  neglect  to  do  his  Duty  or  shall  endeavour  to  excite  a Mutiny 
or  shall  Use  reproachfull  Language  to  any  Superior  Officer  when  in  the 
Execution  of  his  Office  it  shall  be  in  the  Power  of  the  Field  Officers  of 
the  Regiment  to  which  such  Non  Commissioned  Officer  belongs  on 
Complaint  being  made  and  Facts  being  Proved  to  reduce  said  non  Com- 
missioned Officer  to  the  Ranks  and  to  do  Duty  as  a Private  Centinel  in 
the  Company  to  which  he  belongs. 

Be  it  further  Enacted,  That  all  Persons  who  have  procured  a Recruit 
to  Inlist  into  the  Army  of  the  United  States  for  three  Years  or  during 
the  War  agreeable  to  the  Resolutions  of  this  Assembly  heretofore  made 
shall  be  exempted  from  any  Drafts  or  Detachments  into  actual  Service 
agreeable  to  the  Tenor  of  such  Resolutions  but  liable  to  do  Duty  on 
Days  of  reviewing  and  mustering  any  Law  Usage  or  Custom  to  the 
contrary  notwithstanding. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  that  when  and 
so  often  as  the  Civil  Authority  and  Select  Men  in  any  Town  in  this 
State  or  the  Major  part  of  them  shall  Judge  it  necessary  or  highly 
convenient  for  the  safety  of  such  Town  to  have  Watches  and  Wards 
therein,  they  are  hereby  Authorized  and  Impowered  by  Warrant  to 
command  the  Constable,  or  some  other  meet  Person  by  them  appointed 
to  warn  such  a number  of  Men  to  appear  at  such  Time  and  Place  in 
said  Town  as  they  shall  think  necessary,  and  all  and  every  such  Person 
or  Persons  that  shall  be  notified  to  watch  or  Ward  as  aforesaid  shall 
appear  at  the  Time  and  place  appointed  with  a good  firelock  and  Car- 
touch  Box  well  Slung,  with  at  least  six  Rounds  fit  for  his  Gun;  and 
shall  observe  such  Directions  as  shall  be  given  by  order  of  said  Author- 
ity and  Select  Men  who  are  hereby  Impowered  to  give  such  Orders 
and  directions  relating  to  the  regulating  such  Watching  and  Warding 
and  the  Continuance  thereof  as  they  shall  Judge  needfull.  And  if  any 
Person  or  Persons  being  warned  as  aforesaid  or  in  any  other  manner 
which  the  Authority  and  Select  Men  shall  agree  and  conclude  upon 
shall  neglect  and  refuse  to  attend,  at  Time  and  Place  appointed  Armed 
and  furnished  as  aforesaid,  or  to  observe  the  Orders  to  them  given  by 
the  Constable  or  any  other  Person  appointed  as  aforesaid,  [they]  shall 
for  every  such  neglect  or  Offence  pay  a fine  of  six  shillings  lawfull 
Money;  which  by  Warrant  from  any  one  Assistant  or  Justice  of  the 


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Peace,  shall  be  levied  by  the  Constable  from  such  Delinquents,  his  Per- 
son his  Parent  Master  or  Guardian  and  disposed  of  for  the  Use  of  such 
Persons  as  attend  upon  and  perform  said  Service  under  the  direction 
of  said  Authority  & Select  Men. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  the  Para- 
graph in  the  Militia  Act  enabling  the  Troop  to  pass  Votes  relative  to 
their  Cloathing  and  the  regulating  and  inforcing  the  Same  be  extended 
in  like  manner  to  the  respective  Artillery  or  Matross  Companies  estab- 
lished in  this  State. 

An  Act  in  addition  to  the  Law  entituled  An  Act  for  collecting  and  paying 
Rates  and  Taxes. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  & Representatives  in  General 
Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same  That  in  all  Cases 
where  any  State  Tax  hath  been  laid  or  Granted  either  by  this  Assembly 
or  any  former  Assembly  which  remain  unpaid  or  that  may  in  future  be 
laid  or  Granted  wherein  Orders  drawn  on  the  Treasurer  Soldiers  Notes 
that  are  due  Certificates  for  the  Interest  of  such  Notes,  or  for  Monies 
loaned  to  this  State  or  any  other  Securities  are  or  may  be  made  receiv- 
able in  payment  of  such  Taxes  it  shall  be  the  Duty  of  the  respective 
Collectors  of  such  Taxes  to  keep  a fair  Account  in  Writing  of  all  such 
Orders  Notes  Certificates  or  other  Securities  received  in  Payment  of 
such  Taxes  therein  containing  an  exact  State  of  the  Time  when  the 
Same  was  received,  the  Name  of  the  Person  from  whom  and  the  Sum 
at  which  the  Sum  at  which  [jfr]  the  Same  were  received,  and  lodge  a 
Copy  thereof  with  the  Treasurer  duely  attested  upon  Oath  which  Oath 
The  Treasurer  is  hereby  Impowered  to  administer  and  if  it  shall  appear 
on  due  examination  that  any  such  Order  Note  Certificate  or  other 
Security  was  received  on  Account  of  any  such  Tax  directly  or  indirectly 
by  such  Collector  or  any  other  Person  for  his  benefitt  at  a discount 
or  lower  Sum  than  the  nominal  Sum  therein  expressed  the  Treasurer  is 
hereby  directed  to  allow  such  Collector  on  Settlement  of  such  Tax  the 
Sum  at  which  he  received  the  Same  and  no  more. 

An  Act  in  addition  to  a Law  of  this  State  passed  in  May  last  intituled 
“An  Act  in  further  addition  to  an  Act  intituled,  an  Act  more  effectually 
to  prevent  illicit  Trade.* 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  General 
Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same  That  no  Goods 
Wares  or  Merchandize  imported  directly  from  any  Port  or  Place  in 
the  Dominions  of  France  Spain  or  the  United  Provinces,  or  other  Powers 
at  open  War  with  Great  Britain  into  this  State,  or  into  any  other  of  the 
United  States  and  from  thence  legally  Imported  into  this  State  shall  be 
liable  to  seizure  or  Confiscation  by  Virtue  of  said  Act. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  That  all  Creatures  Goods  or  Commodities 
that  shall  be  found  going  to  the  Enemy  or  to  any  Place  under  the  Power 

* Conn.  State  Rees.,  IV,  161-162. 


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of  the  Enemy  from  this  State  on  Land  or  Water  together  with  the 
Beasts  and  Carriages  employed  for  the  purpose  of  conveying  the  same 
shall  be  liable  to  Seizure  and  Condemnation  in  the  same  manner  as 
Goods  Imported  from  any  Place  in  the  Possession  of  the  Enemy. 

An  Act  in  further  addition  to  the  Laws  of  this  State  against  Illicit  Trade. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same , That  it  shall 
be  the  Duty  of  the  Civil  Authority  and  Select  Men,  in  the  respective 
Towns  on  the  Sound  and  Sea  Coast  in  this  State,  as  often  as  they  shall 
or  can  discover  any  misbehaviour  or  unlawfull  Conduct  in  any  Com- 
mander or  Commissioned  Officer  of  any  Boat  Galley  or  other  Craft 
Commissioned  to  Cruize  in  the  Sound,  or  Just  Reason  to  suspect  such 
Officers  are  or  have  been  any  Way  concerned  in  Illicit  Trade  with  the 
Enemy  to  give  immediate  Information  thereof  to  his  Excellency  the 
Governor  in  Order  that  Such  Officer  may  be  suspended  and  his  Com- 
mission Interdicted  untill  further  proper  Proceedings  shall  be  had 
thereon, 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  that  every  Per- 
son who  shall  attempt  to  go  or  carry  any  Produce  Goods  or  Chattels  or 
Passengers  without  legal  Pasport  to  the  Enemy  or  within  their  Lines 
by  Land  or  Water  or  bring  any  Goods  Wares  or  Merchandize,  without 
such  pasport,  from  any  Place  within  the  Power  of  the  Enemy  or  their 
Lines  and  be  thereof  duely  convicted  besides  the  Penalties  already 
inflicted  by  Law,  shall  be  adjudged  and  rendered  incapable  of  Commenc- 
ing or  maintaining  any  Suit  or  Action  in  Law  or  of  giving  his  Vote  in 
any  Election  to  any  Office  whatever.  And  all  informing  Officers  are 
hereby  directed  to  make  diligent  enquiry  after  and  due  presentment  of 
all  Breaches  of  this  and  all  other  Acts  of  this  against  Illicit  Trade,  And 
all  Military  Officers  are  hereby  directed  and  Instructed  to  afford  their 
best  Assistance  to  the  Civil  Authority  in  executing  the  Law  aforesaid. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  no  under  Officer  or  Private  shall  be 
admitted  or  allowed  to  enter  on  board  any  such  Boat  Galley  or  other 
Water  Craft  to  Cruize  in  the  same  but  such  as  shall  be  admitted  and 
approved  by  the  Civil  Authority  and  Select  Men  in  the  Town  where 
the  Commander  of  such  Boat  Galley  or  Water  Craft  dwells  or  usually 
resides  when  on  Shore. 

An  Act  for  altering  the  Time  of  holding  the  County  Court  in  the  County 
of  Windham. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same  That  the  Time 
of  holding  the  County  Court  at  Windham  within  and  for  the  County  of 
Windham  instead  of  the  fourth  Tuesday  of  June  shall  be  the  third 
Tuesday  of  June  annually  any  Law  Usage  or  Custom  to  the  Contrary 
notwithstanding. 

Provided  nevertheless  that  all  Matters  Causes  Actions  and  Suits  what- 
soever commenced  and  by  Process  Appeal  Review  continuance  or  other- 


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23 


wise  are  now  depending  before  the  County  Court  to  be  held  in  said 
County  on  the  fourth  Tuesday  of  June  next  shall  proceed  to  be  heard 
and  tryed  by  said  Court  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  June  next  in  the  same 
manner  as  they  might  have  been  on  said  fourth  Tuesday  this  Act 
notwithstanding. 

An  Act  in  addition  to  the  Law  of  this  State  intituled  “An  Act  for  prevent- 
ing and  removing  Nusances  in  Creeks  R[i]vers  and  other  Water  Courses. 

Whereas  there  are  Disputes  arise  respecting  the  taking  of  Fish  in 
Housatonuck  or  Stratford  River  so  called ; which  to  prevent, 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same , that  when  any 
Person  or  Persons  have  been  at  the  expence  of  clearing  any  Fishing 
Place  or  Places  in  said  Housatonuck  River  such  Person  or  Persons 
who  first  cleared  and  have  constantly  improved  the  same  for  taking  of 
Fish  in  the  Season  thereof,  be  established  in  the  full  free  and  peaceble 
enjoyment  thereof  so  long  as  they  do  constantly  improve  the  same  in 
the  Season  and  for  the  purpose  aforesaid,  and  not  liable  to  any  Action 
of  Damage  below  high  Water  Mark  from  the  Mouth  of  said  River  to 
Leavens  worths  Ferry  so  called. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted , That  no  Person  or  Persons  shall  use  any 
Bush  Seins  in  said  River  under  the  Penalty  of  twenty  Pounds  for  every 
such  Offence,  and  that  all  Trees  Logs  or  other  Incumbrances  whatsoever 
fell  sunk  or  put  into  any  fishing  Place  or  Places  cleared  as  aforesaid  which 
shall  hinder  or  impede  the  drawing  of  Seins  or  taking  of  Fish  as  afore- 
said shall  be  deemed  a common  Nusance,  and  such  Person  or  Persons 
who  shall  place  such  incumbrance  in  such  fishing  Place  as  aforesaid,  or 
Cause  the  same  to  be  done  and  be  convicted  thereof  shall  be  liable  to 
the  fine  aforesaid,  one  half  of  such  Fine  to  the  Person  or  Persons  who 
shall  prosecute  the  Same  to  effect  and  the  other  half  to  the  County 
Treasury  where  such  Tryal  shall  be  had. 

An  Act  to  repeal  a Law  of  this  State  passed  in  October  1777  entituled, 
“An  Act  in  addition  to  a Law  of  this  State  entituled  An  Act  to  prevent 
the  obstruction  of  the  course  of  the  Fish  up  the  River  Paukattuck.* 

Whereas  said  Law,  by  experience  is  found  not  to  Answer  the  Ends 
therein  designed 

Therefore  Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representa- 
tives in  General  Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same  that 
said  Law  be  repealed  and  the  Same  is  hereby  repealed. 

An  Act  directing  certain  Duties  or  Services  to  be  performed  by  the  Dele- 
gates in  Congress  from  this  State. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same  that  the 
Delegates  from  this  State  in  Congress,  be  and  they  are  hereby  required 

* See  Conn.  State  Rees.,  I,  416-417. 


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January, 


to  make  Duplicate  Reports  to  his  Excellency  the  Governor  Stating  the 
Names  and  Titles  of  all  Officers  or  others  employed  in  the  Civil  List 
and  in  the  Civil  and  Military  Staff  and  also  all  Ministers  Ambassadors 
and  Consuls  employed  under  the  Authority  of  the  United  States  and 
paid  by  them,  and  shewing  in  what  State  such  Officer  or  other  resides, 
and  what  pay  or  Salary  is  annexed  to  each,  and  also  all  Grants  of  half 
pay  if  any  be  Gratuity  or  Sum  of  Money  and  allowance  for  expence 
to  any  Officers  or  others  for  past  Services,  or  other  Matter,  this  Report 
to  be  made  by  the  first  Day  of  May  next  one  of  which  Duplicates  to  be 
laid  before  the  General  Assembly  for  their  Use, 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  it  shall 
in  future  be  the  Duty  of  the  Delegates  in  Congress  for  the  Time  being 
to  make  Simular  Reports  of  the  Civil  List  and  Civil  & Military  Staff 
or  other  Description  of  Ministers  or  Officers,  with  all  Grants  made  of 
Salary s Gratuity s Pay  &c  according  as  such  Names  Titles  and  Salary s 
shall  be  in  May  and  October  annually  for  the  Information  of  this  State, 
and  it  is  also  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  it  shall  be  the 
Duty  of  the  said  Delegates  in  Congress  to  transmit  to  His  Excellency 
the  Governor  in  May  and  October  Annually  Duplicate  Copies  of  all  the 
Printed  Journals  of  Congress  from  one  of  those  Periods  to  the  other 
in  succession  so  as  to  contain  the  whole  for  the  Use  of  this  State,  one  of 
which  Duplicates  to  be  laid  before  the  General  Assembly  in  May  and 
October  annually. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Delegates  of  this  State  in  Con- 
gress be  Instructed  and  directed  and  they  are  hereby  instructed  and 
directed  not  to  proceed  any  further  towards  carrying  into  Execution  the 
Powers  Authorities  and  Directions  to  them  Given  in  and  by  a Resolve 
of  this  Assembly  passed  at  their  Sessions  in  October  1780  touching 
the  Cession  and  relinquishment  of  this  States  Right  in  the  Western 
Lands  for  the  Benefit  of  the  confederated  United  States  untill  further 
Orders  from  this  Assembly.* 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  a Tax  of  One  shilling  lawfull  Money 
on  the  Pound  be  and  the  Same  is  hereby  laid  upon  the  Polls  and  rateable 
Estate  of  the  Inhabitants  of  this  State  on  the  List  for  the  Year  1782, 
with  the  Additions  payable  the  tenth  Day  of  April  next  which  Tax  is 
hereby  appropriated  for  the  payment  of  the  Charges  of  Government ; 
and  that  all  Orders  drawn  on  the  Treasurer  by  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table  be  received  in  payment  of  this  Tax  saving  and  excepting  that  any 
Orders  drawn  for  Bills  of  this  State  on  any  other  Standard  than  that 
of  Silver  or  Gold,  shall  be  first  returned  to  and  Liquidated  by  the  Com- 
mittee of  Pay  Table  in  hard  Money. 

And  it  is  further  Resolved  that  all  Soldiers  Notes  that  are  now  due, 


* Under  the  resolution  of  October,  1780,  here  referred  to,  Connecticut  would  cede  to  the  United 
'States  an  amount  of  its  western  lands  between  the  “Susquehanna  Purchase”  and  the  Mississippi 
River  in  proportion  to  the  cessions  of  other  states  with  western  claims.  Conn.  State  Rees.,  Ill, 
177.  For  further  action  on  this  important  question  see  below,  pp.  209  , 277. 


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and  all  Certificates  for  the  Interest  of  said  Notes  and  for  Monies  Loaned 
to  this  State  shall  be  received  in  Payment  of  this  Tax. 

Provided  nevertheless  that  the  Civil  Authority  and  the  Select  Men  of 
the  several  Towns  be  and  they  are  hereby  Authorized  and  Impowered 
to  Abate  to  such  of  the  Inhabitants  of  their  respective  Towns  as  are 
least  able  to  pay  said  Tax  in  such  Proportion  as  they  shall  think  proper 
to  the  Amount  of  one  twentieth  part  of  said  Tax  in  the  Same  Way  and 
manner  as  has  heretofore  been  provided  by  Law  in  like  Cases. 

Whereas  it  is  Represented  to  this  Assembly  that  there  are  consider- 
able Sums  of  Money  in  Bills  emitted  by  this  State  since  the  first  Day 
of  January  1780  collected  on  the  sixpenny  and  Penny  halfpenny  Provi- 
sion Taxes  at  the  Rate  of  two  for  one  which  now  lies  in  the  Hands  of 
the  Receivers  of  Provisions  on  said  Taxes  or  in  the  Hands  of  the  Town 
Treasurers, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  all  such  Moneys  so  collected  or 
received  in  payment  of  said  Taxes  may  and  shall  be  received  in  payment 
of  said  Taxes  at  the  Rate  of  two  for  one  any  Resolve  of  this  Assembly 
to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  And  the  Treasurer  is  hereby  directed  to 
receive  the  Same  accordingly. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Listers  in  the  Several  Towns  in 
this  State  be  and  they  are  hereby  Impowered  and  directed  to  continue 
their  Inspection  of  the  rateable  property  in  their  respective  Towns  and 
also  of  the  Assesments  and  make  Return  to  the  Secretary  by  the  20th 
day  of  March  next  of  any  Additions  of  Property  or  Assesments  which 
by  Law  are  rateable  and  which  heretofore  escaped  their  Notice,  any  Law 
to  the  contrary  notwithstanding  And  the  Secretary  is  directed  to  cause 
this  Resolve  to  be  inserted  in  the  Several  News  Papers  in  this  State 
as  soon  as  may  be. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  in  Case  the  Civil  Authority  and  Select 
Men  in  any  of  the  Towns  in  this  State  shall  abate  any  of  the  Assesments 
made  by  the  Listers  in  such  Towns  for  the  Year  1782  the  Listers  of 
such  Towns  shall  make  return  of  such  Abatement  to  the  General  Assem- 
bly in  May  next  with  the  Names  of  the  Persons  to  whom  and  the  Sums 
in  which  such  Abatements  are  so  made. 

Whereas  it  appears  to  this  Assembly  that  the  Listers  in  the  following 
Towns  for  the  Year  1782  have  not  sufficiently  attended  to  the  Law 
made  and  provided  by  this  Assembly  in  May  last  for  assessing  certain 
Denominations  and  Descriptions  of  Persons  within  their  respective 
Towns,  but  have  either  wholly  omitted  some  who  by  Law  should  have 
been  assessed  or  set  them  in  Sums  too  Low  to  be  warranted  by  Law, 
viz  the  Listers  of  the  Town  of  Litchfield  have  omitted  in  said  Asses- 
ments Messrs  Isaac  Baldwin  Junr  Ezekiel  Woodruff  & Uriah  Tracey 


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January, 


Attorneys  at  Law  & Mess”  Taylor — Stoddard  & — Guernsey  Taverners. 
Coventry  have  omitted  Mess”  Jonathan  Wilson  Habbakuch  Turner 
Junr  & Samuel  Robinson  Junr  Taverners.  Hebron  have  omitted  Mr 
Sylvester  Gilbert  Atty  at  Law,  and  Mess”  Bliss  Styles  and  Parker 
Phisicians  and  Mr  Eliphaz  Jones  Taverner.  Stafford  have  only  returned 
an  Assesment  of  £140  when  there  appears  to  be  in  said  Town  seven 
Taverners  a very  profitable  Furnace  a large  Trade  in  dry  Goods  and 
sundry  Mechanics.  Washington  have  assessed  Mr  Daniel  Brinsmade 
Atty  at  Law  at  the  Sum  of  £20  only  Mess”  Daniel  Baker  & Caleb 
Hitchcock  Taverners  at  £10  each  Mess”  Benjamin  Fowler  Jacob  Kinne 
Thomas  Parmely  Junr  and  Joseph  Hurlbart  Taverners  at  £5  each. 
Somers  have  omitted  Mess”  Noah  Pease  Hezekiah  Spencer  Peter  Kibbe 
and  Charles  Sheldon  Taverners  and  Mess”  Benjamin  Phelps  and  Reu- 
ben Sikes  Blacksmiths.  Watertown  omitted  Mr  Eli  Curtiss  Atty  at  Law 
and  sundry  Mechanics  assesed  at  only  three  and  four  Pounds  each  and 
one  Phisician  at  only  £6.  New  Hartford  omitted  Mr  Stephen  Chubb  Jr 
Zechanah  Watson  and  Levi  Watson  Taverners.  Darby  have  assessed 
Mr  Ebenezer  Gracey  Taverner  and  Trader  at  £20  only  Mr  Gideon 
Tucker  Taverner  and  Taylor  at  £10  Mr  Isaac  Smith  Taverner  at  £8  Mr 
Nathan  Buckingham  Taverner  at  £10  0 0 Mr  Thomas  Honey  Trader  at 
£20  Mess”  Stephen  Whiting  G Bartholomew  & Edward  Gibbs  Traders 
at  £12  each.  Suffield  have  omitted  Mr  Elihu  Kent  Taverner.  Torring- 
ton  have  omitted  Mr  John  Strong  Taverner 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Listers  of  the 
several  Towns  aforesaid  and  each  of  them  respectively  shall  return  to 
the  Secretary  of  this  State  by  the  20th  Day  of  March  next  an  Assesment 
on  the  Several  Inhabitants  of  their  respective  Towns  who  ought  by  Law 
to  be  assessed  under  their  Hands  and  Test  of  Office  according  to  Law 
on  pain  of  such  Forfeitures  and  Penalties  as  this  Assembly  shall  Order, 
And  the  Secretary  shall  forthwith  transmit  all  Assesments  so  returned 
to  the  Treasurer,  And  it  shall  be  the  Duty  of  the  Secretary  to  notify  the 
aforesaid  delinquent  Towns  of  their  Deficiencies  respectively  by  causing 
this  Resolve  to  be  published  in  the  several  News  Papers  in  this  State. 


Whereas  sundry  Towns  in  this  State  have  Executions  against  them 
for  Arrears  in  the  Taxes  granted  for  the  supplying  of  Beef  and  Flower 
and  have  Pay  Table  Orders  which  they  received  in  Payment  for  Cloath- 
ing  and  Supplies  of  Soldiers  Families,  which  they  cannot  apply  to  the 
Payment  of  said  Executions. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Sheriff,  who  may  have  Execution 
against  the  Inhabitants  of  any  Town  for  the  Arrears  aforesaid,  do  and 
shall  receive  in  Payment  thereof  Pay  Table  Orders  drawn  on  the  2/6d 
Tax  as  also  Orders  drawn  for  State  Money  they  being  Justly  Liquidated 
and  reduced  by  the  Pay  Table  to  their  Just  value,  where  they  may  have 
been  drawn  for  more  than  Par  and  any  other  Orders  drawn  for  hard 
Money,  And  the  Secretary  is  Ordered  to  Cause  this  Resolve  to  be 
printed  in  all  the  News  Papers  of  this  State. 


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An  Act  for  impowering  and  enabling  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  more 
effectually  to  regulate  the  Public  Accounts  and  produce  a speedy  Settle- 
ment of  all  outstanding  Debts  due  to  this  State. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same  That  in  Order 
more  fully  to  adjust  and  ascertain  all  Public  Accounts  The  Committee 
of  Pay  Table  shall  have  free  access  to  the  Offices  of  the  Treasurer  and 
Secretary  with  full  Power  to  examine  all  Books  Accounts  Documents 
or  other  Accounts  whatever  that  respect  or  relate  to  the  Public  Accounts 
or  Debts  due  to  or  from  this  State,  and  may  call  for  any  Acts  Enter ies 
Resolutions  Abstracts  or  Statings  of  any  and  all  Public  Accounts  as 
they  shall  Judge  necessary  in  Order  to  investigate  their  real  and  true 
Situation.  And  it  shall  be  the  Duty  of  said  Committee  from  Time  to 
Time  diligently  to  examine  and  State  the  amount  of  all  Public  Debts  and 
Credits  of  this  State,  both  as  they  respect  the  Accounts  of  this  State 
with  the  United  States,  and  with  any  Public  Officer  or  other  Individual 
or  Body  of  Men. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  in  Order  to 
effect  a Speedy  Settlement  with  such  as  are  indebted  to  this  State,  that 
the  said  Committee  be  and  they  hereby  are  fully  Authorized  and 
Impowered  to  Institute  and  pursue  to  final  Judgment  and  Execution 
Suits  at  Law  in  the  Name  of  the  Governor  and  Company  of  this  State 
against  any  Person  or  Body  of  Men  who  have  received  any  public 
Monies  or  Property  whatsoever  and  not  duely  accounted  therefor,  the 
Collectors  of  Publick  Taxes  only  excepted,  and  for  that  purpose  to 
employ  one  or  more  Attorney  or  Attorneys  to  prosecute  the  Same  to  full 
effect.  And  it  shall  be  the  Duty  of  said  Committee  to  exhibit  to  the 
General  Assembly  in  May  and  October  annually  and  oftner  if  thereto 
required  an  Account  of  all  Monies  received  into  the  Treasury  on  any 
and  all  Taxes  that  have  been  or  may  be  laid  or  Assessed  by  the  Assembly 
and  remain  unsettled  together  with  all  Deficiencies  and  Abatements 
made  or  that  shall  be  made  thereon,  Also  an  Account  of  all  Monies 
that  have  been  or  may  be  received  into  the  Treasury  for  Fines  for- 
feitures Penalties  and  confiscations  or  any  other  Way  or  means  what- 
soever together  with  an  Account  of  all  Debts  due  to  this  State  and  from 
whom,  also  a General  and  particular  State  of  the  appropriation  and 
expenditure  of  all  Public  Monies  received  as  aforesaid  in  such  manner 
as  they  shall  think  proper  or  the  General  Assembly  or  Governor  shall 
direct. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  in  future  there  shall  as  often  as  is 
convenient  be  published  for  the  information  of  the  Inhabitants  of  this 
State  an  Account  of  all  Taxes  laid  or  Moneys  recieved  thereon  As  well 
as  on  other  Accounts  together  with  a general  and  Summary  Account  of 
the  Appropriation  and  Expenditure  of  all  such  Monies  at  such  Time 
and  in  such  manner  as  the  General  Assembly  shall  direct. 

Whereas  it  is  Represented  to  this  Assembly  that  there  is  a large  Debt 
of  more  than  two  thousand  Pounds  lawfull  Money  due  from  the  con- 


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fiscated  Estate  of  William  Brown  Esqr  to  the  Heirs  of  John  Winthrop 
Esqr  Decd  and  no  special  Provision  made  for  payment  thereof, 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Judge  of  Probate  for 
the  District  of  Norwich  be  and  he  is  hereby  Impowered  Ordered  and 
directed  to  cause  so  much  of  the  Lands  of  said  Confiscated  Estate  to 
be  divided  and  set  out  to  said  Heirs,  and  in  such  Place  or  situation  as 
the  Heirs  or  Administrator  on  said  Winthrop  Estate  shall  pitch  upon 
& Choose  as  shall  be  sufficient  to  pay  and  discharge  said  Debt  to  be 
apprized  by  three  disinterested  Freeholders  of  the  Towns  of  Colchester 
or  Lyme  under  Oath  to  be  Chosen  or  appointed  by  said  Judge  and  the 
Administrator  on  the  Estate  of  said  Winthrop  in  the  Same  manner  as 
by  Law  is  Provided  for  apprizing  Lands  to  satisfy  Executions  And  the 
said  Judge  shall  make  proper  Return  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  who 
is  hereby  Ordered  to  give  and  execute  a Proper  Deed  of  said  Lands  to 
said  Heirs. 

Whereas  the  General  Assembly  in  May  last  made  a Grant  to  Capt 
Elijah  Smith*  who  has  lately  been  a Prisoner  with  the  Enemy  of  Pay 
for  certain  Articles  lost  by  the  said  Smith  at  the  Time  he  was  made 
Prisoner  and  for  his  Wages  &c  as  set  forth  by  the  said  Smith  in  his 
Memorial  now  on  File  And  Whereas  it  is  Represented  to  this  Assembly 
that  the  Facts  relating  to  the  Capture  of  the  said  Smith  were  not  fully 
set  forth  in  said  Memorial  nor  Investigated  by  the  said  Assembly  at  the 
Time  of  the  said  Grant  by  which  reason  said  Grant  was  obtained. 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Capt  Elijah  Smith 
be  and  he  is  hereby  Notified  and  required  to  appear  before  this  Assembly 
in  their  Present  Sessions  on  the  22d  Day  of  January  instant  to  shew 
reason  if  any  he  have  why  the  said  Grant  should  not  be  vacated  and 
made  null  and  void,  and  the  Secretary  is  directed  to  cause  the  said  Smith 
to  be  served  with  a Copy  of  this  Resolve. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  General  Erastus  Wolcott,  Elijah 
Bachus  Esqr  of  Norwich  and  Major  Elijah  Hide  of  Lebanon  be  and  they 
are  hereby  appointed  a Committee  to  view  examine  and  find  the  most 
convenient  Way  and  Place  or  Places  for  a Highway  or  Public  Road  to 
be  laid  out  from  the  Ferry  at  Hartford  to  the  Meeting  House  in  the 
first  Society  in  Lebanon  in  such  manner  as  shall  best  accomodate  the 
Public  in  travelling  from  Hartford  to  Lebanon  Norwich  and  the  South- 
easterly Towns  and  parts  of  this  State  and  what  alterations  from  the 
present  Road  leading  to  Lebanon  may  be  necessary  or  Convenient  and 
Report  make  of  what  they  shall  find  in  the  Premisses  with  their  Opinion 
thereon  to  this  Assembly  at  their  Session  in  May  next. 

Whereas  there  are  sundry  Accounts  presented  to  His  Excellency  the 
Governor  and  Council  of  this  State  by  the  Select  Men  of  Norwich  for 
Expences  of  supporting  Nursing,  and  Doctoring  Sundry  Prisoners  of 

*See  Conn.  State  Rees.,  IV,  234. 


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War  as  also  of  some  Prisoners  returning  from  the  Enemy  through  said 
Norwich  to  the  Neigbouring  States  where  they  belonged  many  of 
whom  were  sick  and  some  Dyed  in  said  Norwich  and  no  particular  Rule 
is  given  for  the  Settlement  of  said  Accounts 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  receive  adjust  and  Settle  said  Accounts  and 
draw  on  the  Treasury  for  what  they  shall  find  Justly  due  to  said  Town 
of  Norwich  thereon,  Charging  the  Same  to  the  United  States  if  for  Sol- 
diers or  Seamen  in  the  Service  of  the  United  States  or  Prisoners  of  War 
and  if  for  others  to  the  States  to  which  they  belonged. 

Whereas  this  Assembly  have  by  Resolve  passed  protected  the  Person 
and  Estate  of  Jonathan  Wells  Esqr  of  Glastonbury  that  he  may  have 
opportunity  to  prefer  his  Petition  in  May  next  for  Releif  from  his 
Creditors  &c  And  Whereas  Gideon  Hale  Constable  of  said  Glastonbury 
is  liable  upon  an  Execution  he  had  against  said  Wells  in  favour  of  Jedh 
Elderkin  Esq  for  the  Sum  or  £34  LMoney  which  ought  to  wait  the 
Event  of  said  Petition  in  common  with  the  other  Creditors  &c. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Execution  against  said  Hale  be 
and  the  same  is  hereby  suspended  from  any  Levy  or  operation  either 
against  the  Person  or  Estate  of  the  said  Hale  untill  the  rising  of  the 
General  Assembly  in  May  next. 

Whereas  the  Committee  of  the  Pay  Table  drew  an  Order  on  the 
Treasurer  in  favour  of  Guy  Richards  A D Q M at  Newlondon  dated 
December  6th  1782  for  the  Sum  of  £300  out  of  any  unappropriated 
Monies,  and  it  being  represented  that  said  Money  is  much  wanted  for 
the  Public  Service  and  that  the  Treasurer  hath  no  unappropriated  Money 
to  pay  the  Same. 

Resolved  that  the  Treasurer  pay  said  Sum  out  of  the  Moneys  Collected 
on  the  Tax  of  two  pence  on  the  Pound  that  was  Payable  on  the  first 
Day  of  Septembr  last. 

Whereas  a Written  Information  is  laid  before  this  Assembly  by 
Thomas  Y.  Seymour  Esqr  of  Hartford  that  Moses  Seymour  of  Hartford 
has  propagated  among  the  good  People  in  this  State  that  His  Excellency 
Governor  Trumbull  has  during  the  Session  of  this  Assembly  received  a 
Bribe  of  One  hundred  Guineas  from  one  Mr  Richard  Smith  a Petitioner 
or  Suitor  before  this  Court  for  which  His  Excellency  did  use  his  Influ- 
ence and  Ability  in  favour  of  said  Smith  and  gave  his  Vote  accordingly, 
which  Insinuation  is  false  feigned  and  scandalous,  and  propogated  with 
Design  to  Injure  the  reputation  and  Influence  of  his  Excellency  and  to 
wound  and  destroy  the  Honor  and  Dignity  of  the  Legislative  Body  of 
this  State; 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Moses  Seymour 
be  Arrested  and  had  to  appear  before  this  Assembly  on  the  31st  Day  of 
January  Ins1  to  Answer  for  his  false  & contemptuous  conduct  aforesaid 
and  the  Secretary  is  directed  to  cause  the  Same  to  be  done. 


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January, 


Whereas  this  Assembly  on  due  examination  find  that  the  Assesment 
made  by  the  Listers  for  the  Year  1782  on  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town 
of  Weathersfield  ought  to  be  Abated  the  Sum  of  £390  And  that  the 
Assesment  made  as  aforesaid  on  six  Taverners  in  the  Town  of  Norfolk 
ought  to  be  abated  the  Sum  of  £529,  And  that  Mr  Henry  Minor  of 
Stonington  ought  to  be  Abated  the  Sum  of  £50, 

Whereupon  Resolved  hy  this  Assembly  that  it  shall  be  the  Duty  of 
the  Civil  Authority  and  Select  Men  in  the  Town  of  Weathersfield  to 
abate  to  their  Inhabitants  who  have  been  Assessed  as  aforesaid  in  such 
manner  as  is  Just  and  equitable  the  Sum  of  £390,  And  that  the  Civil 
Authority  and  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of  Norfolk  shall  Abate  to  the 
said  Taverners  Collectively  to  each  of  them  in  due  and  Just  proportion 
amounting  in  the  whole  to  the  Sum  of  £529,  And  that  Mr  Henry  Minor 
of  Stonington  shall  be  abated  his  Assesment  being  the  Sum  of  £ 50. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  number  of  Officers  and  Men  here- 
after mentioned  be  raised  and  Stationed  in  the  following  Towns  to  Gar- 
rison the  Forts  in  the  Same  the  Time  hereafter  Limited,  at  Black  Rock 
Fort  in  Fairfield  one  Lieutenant  One  Serjeant  two  Corporals  and 
eighteen  Privates,  at  the  Fort  at  Milford  One  Serjeant  two  Corporals 
and  twelve  Privates,  at  the  Fort  at  New  Haven  One  Lieutenant  One 
Serjeant  two  Corporals  and  eighteen  Privates,  At  the  Fort  at  Saybrook 
one  Serjeant  two  Corporals  and  twelve  Privates,  At  the  Fort  at  Stoning- 
ton One  Serjeant  two  Corporals  and  twelve  Privates,  the  Commissioned 
Officers  to  be  Commissioned  by  His  Excellency  the  Governor  the  Non 
Commissioned  Officers  and  Soldiers  may  and  shall  be  raised  by  said 
Towns  by  voluntary  Inlistment  to  be  holden  in  the  Service  untill  the  first 
Day  of  Feby  next,  unless  sooner  discharged,  and  to  have  and  be  Entituled 
to  the  Same  pay  Rations  and  allowance  as  those  that  have  been  Stationed 
at  Black  Rock  the  Year  past  were  entitled  to. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Major  Isaac  Cook  Jur  to  be  Lieutenant 
Colonel  of  the  tenth  Regiment  of  Militia  in  this  State  in  the  room  of 
Lieuten*  Colonel  James  Arnold  resigned. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Cap1  Samuel  Camp  to  be  Major  of  the 
tenth  Regiment  of  Militia  in  this  State  in  the  room  of  Major  Isaac 
Cook  Promoted. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Hamlin  Dwight  to  be  Captain  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  second  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Phineas  Andruss  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  second  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Stephen  Dummer  to  be  Ensign  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  second  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Botsford  to  be  Lieuten*  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  second  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Peck  to  be  Ensign  of  the  6th  Com- 
pany or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elijah  Sperry  to  be  Lieuten*  of  the  16th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Moses  Atwater  to  be  Ensign  of  the  16th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Charles  Williams  to  be  Captain  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Rufus  Lamb  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Bliss  to  be  Captain  of  the  9th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Martin  Curtiss  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Gershom  Holmes  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benajah  Stone  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  in  the  [sic]  13th  Regiment  in 
this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ichabod  Andruss  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abraham  Pettibone  Junr  to  be  Captn 
of  the  14th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elijah  Buckland  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Stephen  Hills  to  be  Ensign  of  the  ninth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Silas  Fairchild  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Eli  Richards  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  5th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Stephen  Filer  to  be  Ensign  of  the  5th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Hylyer  Junr  to  be  Captain  of 
the  second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Roger  Holcomb  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Holcomb  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Hyde  3d  to  be  Captain  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Caleb  Watson  to  be  Ensign  of  the  ninth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  26th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Lee  Junr  to  be  Captain  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  28th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abraham  Fowler  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  28th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Miles  Hall  to  be  Ensign  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  28th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathaniel  Hall  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  28th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathaniel  Parmely  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  28th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Latham  Hull  to  be  Quarter  Master  of 
the  4th  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  second  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Danforth  Clark  to  be  Captain  of  the 
fourth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  7th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Elsworth  to  be  Captain  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  first  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Seth  Dexter  to  be  Ensign  of  the  5th 

Company  or  Trainband  in  the  1st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

» 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Judge  to  be  Captain  of  the  9th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jacob  Sperry  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abraham  Prichard  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benjamin  Upson  to  be  Ensign  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Stephen  Gould  to  be  Cornet  of  a Troop 
of  Horse  in  the  3d  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Asael  Bradley  to  be  Quarter  Master  of 
a Troop  of  Horse  in  the  3d  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Alden  to  be  Captain  of  the  9th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Strong  to  be  Lieuten*  of  the  9th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22nd  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Rogers  to  be  Ensign  of  the  9th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Griswold  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  6th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  McCluer  to  be  Captain  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Hugh  White  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benjamin  Blodget  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
2d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Judson  to  be  Captain  of  the  2d 
Company  or  Trainband  in  Newtown  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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January, 


This  Assembly  do  establish  Amos  Sherman  to  be  Ensign  of  the  2d 

Company  or  Trainband  in  Newtown  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

• 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  John  Tainter  Junr  of  Colchester  in  Hart- 
ford County  Surveyor  of  Land  in  and  for  said  County. 

On  the  Memorial  of  John  Barns  of  Midletown  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  Acted  as  an  Issuing  Commissary  duely  appointed  for 
the  Connecticut  Line  of  the  Continental  Army  from  the  30th  of  Octo- 
ber 1777  to  the  12th  of  August  1781  & that  upon  the  12th  of  August  1781 
he  settled  his  Account  with  the  Committee  of  the  pay  table  and  that 
there  was  found  due  to  him  to  Ballance  the  Sum  of  £364  8 8 and  no 
provision  made  for  the  payment  thereof  as  per  Memorial  on  File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  draw 
on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  to  execute  his  Note  or  Notes  payable  to 
the  said  John  Barns  for  the  Sum  aforesaid  with  Interest  in  manner 
accustomed  for  the  Payment  of  the  Officers  and  Soldiers  of  the  Con- 
necticut Line  of  the  Continental  Army. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Talmadge  Hall  Pay  Master  to  the  Corps  of 
Invalids  now  Serving  in  the  Continental  Army  Shewing  to  this  Assem- 
bly that  the  Committee  appointed  by  this  Assembly  to  Settle  with  the 
Army  for  the  Months  of  January  February  and  March  1781,  made  no 
Settlement  for  those  Serving  in  the  Corps  of  Invalids  and  belonging 
to  this  State  except  in  Some  Instances  where  they  were  returned  by  the 
Officers  of  the  Line,  although  the  three  Months  Pay  was  deducted  out 
of  their  Wages  at  the  Time  of  the  Settlement  made  with  them,  that  the 
Ballances  of  those  belonging  to  said  Corps  and  returned  in  the  Line  to 
said  Committee  are  now  in  the  Hands  of  the  Pay  Masters  of  the  Line, 
that  in  some  Instances  he  has  paid  the  whole  of  said  Ballance  and  in 
others  a part  Praying  that  he  may  be  Impowered  to  receive  said  Bal- 
lances from  said  Pay  Masters  and  that  the  Committee  appointed  to 
Settle  the  Ballances  for  the  Line  may  be  Impowered  to  Settle  with  the 
Corps  of  Invalids  in  the  Same  manner  as  those  Serving  in  the  Line — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  James  Wadsworth  Experience  Storrs 
Shubael  Abbe  and  John  Felch  Esqrs  or  either  two  of  them  be  and  they 
are  hereby  appointed  a Comtee  to  ascertain  the  true  and  exact  Ballance 
due  to  each  Individual  Officers  and  Soldiers  Serving  in  the  Corps  of 
Invalids  belonging  to  this  State  to  whom  three  Months  Pay  hath  been 
charged  in  the  Settlement  with  them  for  their  Wages  for  the  Year  1781 
agreeable  to  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  passed  in  May  1782, 
which  Committee  are  directed  to  deduct  from  said  three  Months  Pay 
charged  as  aforesaid  the  Sum  or  Sums  which  such  respective  Officers 
or  Soldiers  hath  recd  before  the  first  Day  of  Feb7  1783  in  part  Payment 
thereof  and  make  Return  to  His  Excellency  the  Governor  of  the 
Names  of  such  Officers  and  Soldiers  with  the  Ballances  so  found 
annexed  to  their  Names — 


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And  it  is  further  Resolved  that  the  Pay  Masters  in  the  Connecticut 
Line  of  the  Army  pay  and  deliver  to  the  Memorialist  all  such  Sums  of 
Money  as  they  may  have  recd  for  the  Payment  of  the  Wages  in  the 
Months  of  January  Feb7  & March  1781  any  non  Commission  Officer  or 
Soldier  which  belongs  to  said  Corps  of  Invalids  to  be  by  said  Memorial- 
ist paid  to  said  Officers  and  Soldiers. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Alexander  Catlin  and  Benjamin  Ackley  Shew- 
ing to  this  Assembly  that  for  several  Years  past  they  have  been  pur- 
chasers of  Cattle  in  the  Commissarys  Department  Praying  for  Settle- 
ment of  their  Accounts  &c  as  per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  Liquidate  the  Accounts  of  the  Memorialists 
in  the  Premisses  and  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  what  they  may  find 
due  to  them  respectively  if  any  thing  to  Issue  his  Notes  on  Interest  for 
the  Same  in  favour  of  the  Memorialists  separately  Payable  at  the  end 
of  one  Year  after  the  expiration  of  the  present  War  in  the  same  manner 
as  has  heretofore  been  done  in  Simular  Cases  and  also  to  draw  on 
the  Treasurer  to  Issue  his  Orders  for  back  Interest  on  said  Ballances 
if  any  to  be  paid  out  of  the  Taxes  that  have  or  shall  be  laid  for  the 
Payment  of  the  Interest  of  Moneys  loaned  to  this  State. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Jacob  Cuyler  &c  Shewing  this  Assembly  that  at 
their  Sessions  held  at  Hartford  in  May  1771  they  granted  an  Act  of 
Insolvency  in  favour  of  George  Caldwell  then  and  still  of  Hartford  by 
force  of  which  all  the  Estate  of  said  George  was  assigned  over  into  the 
Hands  Of  Col0  Samuel  Chapman  and  Mr  Elisha  Steel  as  Trustees  to 
Settle  for  the  Benefit  of  the  Creditors  to  said  Estate*  further  Shewing 
that  before  said  Matters  were  compleated  said  Steel  hath  Deceasd  which 
necessarily  put  a Stop  to  a Settlement  of  said  Estate  Praying  this  Assem- 
bly that  some  meet  Person  may  at  this  Time  be  appointed  in  the  room 
and  Stead  of  said  Elisha  with  full  Power  and  Authority  to  Join  said 
Chapman  for  the  Purpose  of  carrying  the  aforesaid  Resolve  of  this 
Assembly  into  Execution  recommending  Mr  Joshua  Grigs  of  Tolland 
as  a fit  Person  for  the  purpose  aforesaid. 

Whereupon  it  is  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Mr  Joshua  Grigs 
of  Tolland  in  the  County  of  Hartford  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  a 
Trustee  of  the  insolvent  Estate  of  George  Caldwell  of  said  Hartford  in 
the  room  and  sted  of  Mr  Elisha  Steel  Deceasd  and  the  said  Griggs  be 
and  he  is  hereby  vested  with  full  Power  and  Authority  to  Join  said 
Chapman  for  the  Sole  purpose  of  carrying  said  Resolve  of  this  Assem- 
bly passed  at  their  Sessions  held  in  May  1771  into  full  Execution. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  William  Baxter  of  Lebanon  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  is  Justly  indebted  to  the  State  of  Connecticut  by  the 
mediation  of  Jedediah  Elderkin  Esqr  Praying  that  he  may  be  enabled 
to  pay  and  satisfy  such  Debt  in  securities  Issued  by  this  State, 

* See  Conn.  Col.  Rees.,  1768-1772,  pp.  453-454,  645. 


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And  it  is  hereby  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Jedediah  Elder- 
kin  Esqr  be  enabled  to  settle  and  adjust  said  Debt  with  the  Petitioner 
and  such  Sum  as  shall  be  found  due  to  said  Estate  the  Petitioner  shall 
have  Liberty  to  pay  and  discharge  the  Same  to  said  Elderkin  in  any 
Securities  due  from  this  State  at  their  nominal  value,  Connecticut  State 
Bills  only  excepted  and  such  Securities  shall  be  allowed  said  Elderkin  in 
settling  his  Accounts  with  the  Pay  Table  of  this  State. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Mary  Walker  of  Bolton  Wife  of  Nathaniel 
Walker  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  the  sd  Nathaniel  Walker  is  gone 
of  and  left  the  said  Mary  with  four  small  Children  without  any  support, 
and  that  there  is  due  from  this  State  to  the  said  Nathaniel  about  thirteen 
or  fourteen  Pounds  lawfull  Money  for  Services  in  the  Army  Praying 
that  the  said  Sum  due  from  this  State  may  be  received  and  that  the 
Taxes  due  to  David  Taylor  & Gideon  King  Collectors  for  said  Town 
from  the  said  Nathaniel  Walker  be  paid  out  of  said  Debt  and  the 
remainder  appropriated  to  the  Use  of  Your  Memorialist  as  per  Memorial 
on  File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  on  application  duely  made  to  draw  Orders  on 
the  Treasurer  in  favour  of  the  said  two  Collectors  and  the  said  Mary 
Walker  for  Securities  for  the  said  Debt  due  to  the  said  Nath1  Walker 
and  that  the  Same  be  applied  for  the  Purposes  mentioned  in  said 
Memorial. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Elijah  Botsford  Esq  of  Newtown  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  he  was  by  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  appointed 
Collector  of  the  State  Taxes  in  said  Town  and  in  the  faithfull  Execution 
of  his  Office  had  been  able  by  Cash  and  Orders  received  to  make  a final 
and  compleat  Settlement  with  the  Treasurer  of  this  State,  and  that  on 
the  Night  following  the  5th  of  November  his  House  was  violently 
entered  by  a number  of  Armed  Men  which  made  him  Prisoner  and 
plundered  and  robbed  him  of  one  Order  in  favour  of  the  Select  Men  of 
Newtown  for  the  Sum  of  £30  lawfull  Money  dated  October  1782, 
one  in  favour  of  Daniel  Bouden  Dated  Jan7  18th  1782  for  the  Sum  of 
£50  LMoney  one  Ditto  in  favour  of  Amos  Smith  dated  Jany  15th 
1782  for  the  Sum  of  £19  16  3 one  Ditto  in  favour  name  unknown  on 
the  back  of  it  Ezra  Buoch  N79  Sum  £24,  LMoney  the  whole  amounting 
to  £123  16  3 which  he  carried  to  Hartford  in  October  last  for 
Settlement  with  the  Treasurer  but  was  not  able  to  accomplish  it  by 
reason  of  his  Hurry  in  Business  Praying  that  Justice  may  be  done  as 
Per  Memorial, 

Whereupon  it  is  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of 
this  State  be  ordered  and  directed  and  he  is  hereby  ordered  and  directed 
to  Credit  the  Memorialist  the  amount  of  the  said  Several  Orders  to 
the  Several  Taxes  upon  which  they  were  drawn  and  made  payable  taking 
care  to  make  proper  entries  that  double  Payment  be  not  made. 


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37 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Richard  Smith  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  early  in  the  Year  1774  he  had  proposed  a Voyage  to  England  to 
receive  the  returns  of  a number  of  Ships  which  he  had  previously  Con- 
tracted for  and  was  freighted  for  the  West  India  Islands  and  from 
thence  to  proceed  to  England  that  he  was  unavoidably  delayed  by  his 
private  Business  and  afterwards,  by  the  Commencement  of  these 
Troubles  and  unhappy  War  between  Great  Britain  and  these  United 
States,  untill  some  Time  in  July  1775  when  he  embarked  for  England 
on  his  private  Affairs  and  not  in  consequence  of  the  War  with  full 
purpose  and  design  to  have  returned  in  the  Fall  of  the  Year  1776,  but 
the  Course  of  his  private  Affairs  necessarily  called  him  to  Petersburgh 
and  as  soon  as  the  Situation  of  his  Family  on  his  return  to  England 
would  admit  he  embarked  for  America  with  full  design  to  have  come 
to  Salisbury  in  this  State  and  to  have  resided  on  his  Interest  there  and 
to  have  become  a Member  of  this  Community  but  was  prevented 
by  various  Accidents  though  sought  for  with  anxiety  untill  this  Time 
and  having  released  all  Claim  to  the  Use  Government  has  made  of  his 
Estate  as  being  his  proportion  of  the  Charge  of  this  necessary  War 
Praying  this  Assembly  to  admit  him  to  reside  in  this  State  as  a Member 
of  the  Same  and  with  a Right  to  enjoy  and  participate  of  the  Liberty 
and  Burthens  thereof  as  Freeman  of  this  State,  and  to  remove  his 
Family  and  Effects  therein,  and  to  enjoy  and  be  repossessed  of  his 
Estate  lying  within  the  Same,  giving  the  same  Test  and  Pledge  of  his 
Allegiance  and  Faithfulness  to  this  State  as  other  Freemen  and  Inhab- 
itants by  Law  are  required  to  do  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Richard  Smith  be  and  hereby 
is  admitted  a Member  of  this  State  and  with  full  Right  to  enjoy  and 
Participate  of  the  Liberties  and  Burthens  of  the  Same,  and  to  possess 
himself  of  his  Estate  therein  with  Liberty  and  Authority  to  bring  his 
Family  and  Effects  within  this  State  which  Effects  are  to  be  Landed 
at  New  London  under  the  Inspection  of  Cap11  John  Deshon  of  said 
New  London,  the  said  Richard  Smith  declaring  on  Oath  that  the 
Effects  so  Landed  were  his  own  Property  before  the  passing  this  Grant, 
and  not  that  of  any  other  Persons  the  said  Richard  giving  his  Test 
and  Pledge  of  his  Fidelity  and  Allegiance  to  this  State  as  a faithfull 
Member  thereof  as  other  Members  by  Law  are  required  to  do. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  Bordman  of  Weathersfield  Shew- 
ing to  this  Assembly  that  by  various  Losses  and  Misfortunes  he  has 
become  reduced  and  his  Estate  mostly  gone  out  of  his  Hands  into  the 
Hands  of  his  Creditors  and  that  he  is  unable  to  pay  his  Debts  and  is 
liable  to  go  to  Prison  daily  which  would  prevent  his  settling  his  Affairs 
Praying  that  his  Body  might  be  exempt  from  Arrest  or  Imprisonment 
untill  the  rising  of  the  Assembly  in  May  next  as  Per  Memorial 
on  File. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Body  of  the  Memorialist  be  and 
it  is  hereby  exempted  from  Arrest  or  Imprisonment  for  Debt  untill  the 
rising  of  the  General  Assembly  in  May  next. 


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January, 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Cap4  William  Munson  now  Serving  in  the 
Continental  Army  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  hath  Served  in  the 
Army  for  the  Defence  of  the  Country  from  the  Commencement  of  the 
War  to  the  Present  Time,  and  that  he  hath  received  his  pay  in  State 
Securities  Praying  this  Assembly  to  grant  him  the  Privelege  of  receiv- 
ing so  much  of  the  real  Estate  of  Abeathar  Camp  lying  in  Branford  as 
shall  remain  after  the  Just  Debts  shall  be  paid  which  Estate  hath  been 
legally  confiscated  for  the  Use  of  this  State,  And  Pay  the  Sum  said 
real  Estate  shall  be  apprized  at  in  Securities  which  he  hath  received 
for  his  Service  in  the  Army  As  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Judge  of  the  Probate  for  the 
District  of  Guilford  be  and  he  is  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  Cause 
all  the  real  Estate  of  the  said  Abiathar  Camp  lying  in  Branford  to  be 
apprized  by  three  Judicious  disinterested  Freeholders  under  Oath  at  the 
Just  value  thereof  in  lawfull  Money  and  to  receive  of  the  said  William 
Munson  the  Sum  said  real  Estate  shall  be  apprized  at  in  Securities  which 
he  may  have  against  this  State  for  Service  done  as  aforesaid,  and  on 
Receipt  of  said  Securities  said  Judge  is  directed  in  behalf  of  this  State 
to  execute  a Deed  of  said  Camps  real  Estate  lying  in  Branford  to  the 
Memorialist  reserving  a sufficient  part  of  said  Estate  to  pay  all  the  Just 
Demands  against  said  Camp  if  there  should  appear  to  be  any  more  Debts 
than  the  Personal  Estate  of  said  Camp  will  discharge. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Mary  Alsop  of  Midletown  in  the  County  of 
Hartford  Administratrix  on  the  Estate  of  Richard  Alsop  late  of  said 
Midletown  Decd,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  one  eighth  of  a certain 
House  in  said  Midletown  as  also  two  Acres  and  one  hundred  and  forty 
six  Rods  of  Land  in  Westfield  in  said  Midletown  with  a small  part 
of  a House  and  Barn  and  two  other  small  Peices  of  Land  in  said  Midle- 
town described  in  a Deed  from  William  & Miriam  Powell  to  said 
Richard  dated  March  16tb  1776  are  now  belonging  to  the  Estate  of  said 
Richard  Decd  and  are  so  Situated  as  to  be  of  Damage  but  of  no  advan- 
tage to  said  Estate  untill  Sold  as  per  Memorial  &c. 

Resolved  by  the  Assembly  that  the  said  Mary  be  and  she  is  hereby 
Authorized  and  Impowered  to  Sell  the  said  Peices  of  real  Estate  to 
the  best  advantage  for  the  Benefit  of  said  Estate  taking  the  Advice  of 
the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Midletown  therein  and  to 
give  Proper  Deeds  thereof  accordingly.* 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Abner  Lucas  of  Midletown  representing 
to  this  Assembly  That  one  William  Talbott  of  Midletown  was  bound 
to  the  Superior  Court  held  at  Hartford  the  first  Tuesday  of  Septembr 
1781  on  a Charge  of  carrying  on  Illicit  Trade  &c  and  the  Memorialist 
gave  Bond  for  his  appearence  &c  and  that  said  Cause  by  sundry  Con- 
tinuances and  adjournments  came  to  the  Superior  Court,  held  at  Hart- 
ford the  first  Tuesday  of  March  1782  when  said  Talbott  was  a Pris- 
oner and  not  able  to  appear  and  said  Bond  was  called  and  forfeited  &c 


For  a correction  of  this  resolution  see  below,  p.  148. 


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39 


Praying  that  he  upon  producing  said  Talbot  at  the  next  Superior  Court 
holden  at  Hartford  he  might  be  discharged  from  his  Bond  &c  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Superior  Court  to  be  holden  at 
Hartford  the  first  Tuesday  of  March  next  be  and  they  are  hereby 
Impowered  to  proceed  to  hear  and  determine  said  Information  against 
Talbott  said  former  Proceedings  notwithstanding  and  that  the  Memorial- 
ist on  Paying  all  Cost  already  arisen  on  the  Prosecution  against  said 
Talbott  and  giving  security  to  the  satisfaction  of  said  Court  to  defray  the 
future  Expence  of  said  Tryal  he  shall  be  discharged  of  said  Bond  on 
Condition  that  he  deliver  up  said  Talbot  to  said  Superior  Court  in 
March  next  to  receive  his  Tryal. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Mary  Farmer  late  of  the  City  of  New  York 
now  residing  in  New  Jersey,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  having 
confidence  in  the  Credit  of  this  State  she  received  in  Payment  the  Sum 
of  £ 162  4 0 principal  in  Bills  of  this  State  and  being  wholly  ignorant 
of  the  Law  for  calling  said  Bills  out  of  Circulation  untill  the  Time 
Limited  for  bringing  them  in  was  expired  she  hath  them  now  in  her 
possession  praying  for  releif — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  upon 
receiving  said  Bills  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  Issue  his  Note  on 
behalf  of  this  State  to  the  Memorialist  for  the  Payment  of  the  value 
of  said  Bills  in  hard  Money  to  be  paid  at  the  expiration  of  one  Year 
after  the  end  of  the  present  War  with  lawfull  Interest  thereon  to  be 
paid  annually  the  value  of  said  bills  to  be  computed  by  the  Scale  on 
the  first  Day  of  April  1778,  and  the  Interest  from  that  Time  to  be 
included  in  said  Note. 

Upon  the  Memorial  and  Representation  of  James  Potter  and 
Nehemiah  Beardsley  in  behalf  of  themselves  and  the  rest  of  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  New  Fairfield  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  Aaron  Payne  in  May  1780,  then  of  New  Milford  Preferred  a 
Petition  shewing  that  he  was  by  the  Listers  of  said  New  Fairfield 
Assessed  and  the  whole  of  his  personal  Estate  fourfolded  in  the  Year 
1779,  and  that  he  was  at  the  Same  Time  assessed  at  Kent  and  that 
said  Petition  remains  unheard  and  that  several  Taxes  have  been  laid 
on  said  List  some  of  which  said  Town  are  holden  to  pay,  and  Execu- 
tions are  now  out  for  the  Collection  of  the  Same  in  the  Hands  of  the 
Sheriff  Praying  that  said  Payne  may  be  heard  or  that  said  Execution 
be  stopped  so  far  as  regards  said  List  untill  said  Petition  can  be 
heard  as  Per  Memorial  on  File 

Whereupon  it  is  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Executions  be 
Stayed  and  they  are  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  be  staid  for  so 
much  as  the  Sum  of  the  Rates  arising  on  Aaron  Paynes  List  untill  the 
rising  of  the  General  Assembly  in  May  next. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Mead  and  Jabez  Fitch  in  behalf  of  the 
Town  of  Greenwich  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  many  of  the  Inhab- 


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itants  thereof  have  been  driven  off  and  Plundered  by  the  Enemy  And 
praying  that  a Committee  may  be  appointed  &c. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Col0  Samuel  Canfield  & Majr  James 
Dana  be  appointed  a Committee  to  repair  to  the  Town  of  said  Greenwich 
and  view  the  Situation  and  Circumstances  of  said  Inhabitants  and  abate 
their  Lists  in  whole  or  in  part  as  on  a full  view  of  the  Case  they  shall 
Judge  Just  and  equitable  and  make  Report  of  their  Doings  to  the  General 
Assembly  in  May  next  at  the  expence  of  said  Greenwich.* 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Michael  Lownsberry  Shewing  to  this  Assem- 
bly that  he  was  sentenced  by  the  Superior  Court  in  August  1782  at 
Danbury  in  Fairfield  County  for  certain  Crimes  and  Misdemeanors  to 
pay  a fine  of  £100  LMoney  and  pay  Cost  of  prosecution  and  be  bound 
with  Sureties  to  his  good  behaviour  in  the  Sum  of  £200  LMoney  or 
stand  committed  to  Prison  untill  the  Judgment  should  be  complied  with, 
that  he  has  suffered  long  confinement  in  Litchfield  County  Goal  and  is 
utterly  unable  to  pay  said  Fine  and  Costs  Praying  to  be  discharged  from 
Prison  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  released  upon  his 
giving  good  Security  with  Surety  for  the  Cost  of  Prosecution  to  be 
paid  within  one  Year  and  becoming  bound  with  Surety  in  a Bond  of 
£200,  LMoney  for  his  future  good  and  peacible  Behaviour,  and  the 
Sheriff  of  Litchfield  County  is  hereby  directed  to  take  said  Bonds  &c. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Revd  John  R Marshall  of  Woodbury 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  has  an  Aunt  residing  in  the  City 
of  New  York  possessed  of  a large  Estate  who  stands  in  need  of  his 
Assistance  in  the  Settlement  of  the  Some  of  her  Affairs  and  that  he 
expects  to  receive  from  her  some  Effects  for  support  of  his  Family  &c. 
Praying  for  Liberty  to  go  into  New  York  and  to  bring  therefrom 
such  Things  as  his  said  Aunt  may  give  him  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  is  hereby 
permitted  to  go  into  New  York  and  also  to  bring  from  thence  all  such 
Money  Plate  Cloathing  or  any  other  Articles  for  the  Use  and  support  of 
his  own  Family  only  as  his  said  Aunt  may  give  him  under  the  Inspection 
of  some  one  of  the  following  Gentlemen  viz  the  Honble  Abraham  Daven- 
port Esqr  or  the  Commanding  Officer  of  the  Post  at  Stamford  or  Thad- 
deus  Burr  of  Fairfield  Esqr  or  Robert  Walker  of  Stratford  Esqr  both  on 
his  going  and  returning. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Elijah  Abel  of  the  first  Society  in  Fairfield 
and  Thomas  Nash  of  the  Parish  of  Greens  Farms  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  the  Meeting  Houses  for  Publick  Worship  in  said  Societies 
were  burnt  by  the  Enemy  in  the  General  Conflagration  in  the  Year  1779 
and  that  the  Inhabitants  have  no  convenient  Places  for  Public  Worship 
and  are  unable  to  provide  for  themselves  on  account  of  their  Impover- 


See  below,  p.  127. 


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ished  and  distressed  Situation  and  that  there  is  a number  of  Confiscated 
Estates  in  the  County  of  Fairfield  yet  remain  unsold  as  Per  Memorial  on 
File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  there  be  raised  from  the  Sales  of  the 
confiscated  Estates  in  the  County  of  Fairfield  the  Sum  of  one  thousand 
Pounds  LMoney  for  the  purpose  aforesd  and  that  the  Money  be  divided 
to  each  Society  in  proportion  to  the  apprizement  of  said  Buildings 
made  by  the  Committee  for  ascertaining  the  Losses  in  the  Town  of 
Fairfield  after  the  conflagration  and  that  said  Moneys  be  appro- 
priated for  to  build  said  Houses  for  Pfiblick  Worship  in  each  Society 
accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Abel  Burrit  of  New  Haven  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  was  appointed  and  did  actually  Serve  as  Barrack 
Master  in  providing  Wood  Barracks  &c  for  the  Militia  Stationed  at 
New  Haven  in  the  Months  of  Septembr  October  & Novembr  1781 
Praying  this  Assembly  to  order  and  direct  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table 
to  Settle  his  Account  and  allow  him  a reasonable  reward  for  his  Service 
as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  ordered  and  directed  to  Settle  the  said  Abel  Burrits 
Acct  for  his  Service  as  Barrack  Master  for  the  Time  aforesaid  and 
draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  the  Same  at  the  rate  of  eight  Pounds  Per 
Month  for  the  Time  they  find  he  was  actually  employed  in  said  Service. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Artemus  Johnson  of  Branford  in  the  County 
of  New  Haven  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  Inlisted  as  a Private 
Soldier  in  Capt  William  Douglas  Company  General  Woosters  Regi- 
ment, which  Regiment  was  Ordered  to  march  to  the  Northward  from  the 
reduction  of  St  Johns  &c,  and  that  at  the  Isle  of  Noix  in  Lake  Champlain 
on  the  8th  of  Septembr  1775  he  being  then  serving  in  a Gun  Boat  and 
being  foremost  in  Landing,  when  by  Accident  a Soldiers  Gun  behind  him 
was  discharged,  which  Charge  entered  his  left  Arm  near  his  Shoulder 
which  Shivered  the  Bones  to  such  a Degree  that  amputation  become 
necessary  which  was  Performed  on  the  17th  of  said  Septembr,  and  he 
being  thereby  deprived  of  One  of  his  Arms,  and  having  a large  Family 
of  Children  to  Support  and  in  needy  Circumstances  acknoledges  to 
have  received  the  Sum  of  Sixty  Pounds  in  Continental  Bills  as  a Gratu- 
ity which  the  General  Assembly  were  pleased  to  Grant  to  him  at  their 
Session  in  May  1776*  which  Sum  has  long  since  been  expended  in 
the  necessary  Support  of  his  needy  Family  Praying  for  further  Relei f 
as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be 
and  they  are  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  adjust  the  Pay  and  allow 
the  Memorialist  Wages  in  the  Same  manner  and  by  the  Same  Rule  as 
though  his  Wound  had  been  recieved  in  an  engagement  with  the 


* See  Conn.  Col.  Rees.,  1775-1776 , pp.  374-375. 


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January, 


Enemy  and  draw  in  his  favour  therefor  deducting  what  he  has  already 
received  and  Charge  the  Same  to  the  United  States. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Mary  Leverett  Widow  of  John  Leverett  Esqr 
late  of  Midletown  Decd  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  May  1776 
her  Husband  hired  a House  in  Midletown  the  Property  of  Sylvester 
Gardiner  Esqr  an  Absentee  at  the  Rate  of  fifteen  Pounds  Per  Annum 
Rent  which  she  occupied  about  four  Years  and  three  Months  which  Rent 
at  the  end  of  each  Year  was  offered  to  Titus  Hosmer  Esqr  Attorney  to 
said  Gardiner  which  Mr  Hosmer  declined  accepting  alledging  that  said 
Gardiner  was  gone  to  the  Enemy  and  it  was  probable  the  Government 
would  take  upon  themselves  the  management  of  his  Estate  and  that 
his  refusal  could  not  operate  to  her  disadvantage  as  what  she  had 
offered  him  viz  Paper  Money  would  always  be  received  of  her  accord- 
ing to  her  Husbands  agreement,  That  the  Administrator  on  the  Estate 
of  said  Gardiner  now  calls  on  her  for  said  Rent  in  Silver  and  Gold  and 
refuses  any  other  Money  contrary  to  the  agreement  and  assurances  of 
Mr  Hosmer  Praying  that  she  may  be  discharged  of  said  Debt  on  pay- 
ing said  Administrator  the  nominal  Sum  of  said  Rent  in  Continental 
Bills  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — On  which  Memorial  Jabez  Hamlin 
John  Dickinson  Esqr  and  Chauncey  Whittlesey  were  appointed  a Com- 
mittee to  examine  the  Matters  alledged  in  said  Memorial  and  Report  with 
their  Opinion  &c  which  Committee  have  reported  that  the  Facts  con- 
tained in  said  Memorial  are  true  and  that  it  is  equitable  and  Just  that 
the  Administrator  be  directed  to  receive  the  said  Rent  in  Continental 
Bills  at  their  nominal  value  which  were  appropriated  by  the  Memorialist 
for  that  purpose  and  that  on  the  Payment  thereof  she  should  be  dis- 
charged &c  as  Per  Report  on  File  which  Report  is  accepted  and 
thereupon 

It  is  Resolved  and  Ordered  that  the  Administr  on  the  Estate  of  said 
Gardiner  do  and  he  is  directed  to  receive  the  nominal  Sum  in  Continental 
Bills  of  the  Memorialist  for  the  rent  of  said  House  and  that  upon  the 
payment  of  said  nominal  Sum  in  Continental  Bills  the  Memorialist  be 
discharged  from  any  Demand  said  Administrator  may  have  against  her 
for  said  Rent. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Aaron  Austin  of  New  Hartford  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  the  Latter  end  of  May  last  he  lost  a number  of 
Papers  among  which  were  two  Orders  drew  by  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table  on  John  Lawrence  Esqr  Treasurer  of  the  following  Description 
viz  One  Order  in  favour  of  Col0  Samuel  Canfield  for  the  Sum  of  fifty 
One  Pounds  ten  shillings  in  Bills  of  this  State  Signed  by  William 
Mosely  only  with  Some  figured  Accounts  on  the  Back  of  said  Order, 
the  other  Order  in  favour  of  Capt  Stephen  Griffin,  for  the  Sum  of 
five  Pounds  eight  Shillings  and  some  odd  Pence  payable  out  of  the  Tax 
of  2/6  on  the  Pound  the  Blank  of  said  Order  filled  up  with  the  Mem- 
orialist8 own  Hand  Praying  for  Releif  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 


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Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  the  Memorialist  Executing  to 
the  Treasurer  of  this  State  a Sufficient  Bond  obliging  the  Memorialist 
in  Case  said  Orders  have  heretofore  or  shall  hereafter  be  paid  into 
the  Treasury  or  shall  be  found,  that  the  Memorialist  pay  into  the  Treas- 
ury of  this  State  an  equal  Sum  in  Orders  for  like  Money,  That  the 
Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  and  directed 
to  account  with  the  Memorialist  for  the  Sum  of  £51  10  0 in  Bills  of 
this  State  and  draw  an  Order  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  in  favour 
of  the  Memorialist  for  the  Sum  of  £5  8 0 payable  out  of  the  Tax  of 
2/6  on  the  Pound. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Stephen  Thomas  of  Chatham  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  has  been  taken  and  held  a Prisoner  with  the  Enemy 
from  the  25tb  Day  of  May  1780  until  the  first  Day  of  January  A D : 1781 
and  was  necessarily  delayed  untill  the  10th  Day  of  January  aforesd 
before  he  could  reach  Home  and  that  he  has  received  no  pay  for 
said  Time  although  he  was  a Soldier  in  the  Service  of  this  State  when 
taken  &c  Praying  Payment  for  said  Time  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File 
Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  draw  an  Order  on  the  Treasurer  in  favour 
of  said  Thomas  for  his  Wages  as  a Soldier  during  the  aforementioned 
Time. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Chenward  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  in  Novr  last  he  made  a contract  with  Messrs  Hallam  & C°  to 
furnish  them  with  a Quantity  of  Flour  a part  of  which  is  now  Seized 
at  Hebron  Praying  for  releif  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Liberty  be  and  is  hereby  granted  to 
the  Memorialist  to  receive  his  Flour  seized  as  aforesaid,  and  those 
Persons  in  whose  Custody  said  Flour  now  is  be  and  they  are  hereby 
directed  immediately  to  resign  and  deliver  up  the  Same  to  the  Memo- 
rialist upon  his  giving  sufficient  Bonds  to  be  answerable  in  case  of 
condemnation  thereof  on  Tryal  which  Bonds  the  Officer  having  the 
Custody  of  the  Same  is  hereby  directed  to  take  accordingly. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Joseph  Southwick  of  Danverse  in  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Massachusets  Shewing  that  on  the  13th  of  Decembr  1777 
he  received  about  seven  Pounds  in  Bills  of  Credit  of  this  State  for  the 
value  of  that  Sum  in  hard  money  Praying  for  such  allowance  for  the 
Same  as  is  Just  and  right. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  the  Memorialist  delivering  the 
said  Bills  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is 
hereby  directed  to  give  him  his  Note  for  the  value  thereof  in  hard 
Money  reduced  by  the  Scale  on  the  first  Day  of  April  1778  including 
lawfull  Interest  from  that  Time  of  the  like  Tenor  as  has  been  given 
in  simular  Cases. 


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January, 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Jonas  Brush  of  New  Fairfield  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  on  the  first  Day  of  April  last  past  his  Dwelling  House 
was  consumed  by  fire  that  he  was  then  possessed  of  an  Order  drawn 
by  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  out  of  the  28/6d  Tax  to  the  amount  of 
six  Pounds  law  full  Money  that  the  Same  was  consumed  by  fire  &c  Pray- 
ing to  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  Impowered 
and  directed  to  draw  an  Order  in  favour  of  the  Memorialist  for  the 
Same  Sum  as  was  contained  in  the  former  Order  as  Per  Memorial  on 
File. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  the  Pay  Table  be 
directed  to  draw  an  Order  in  favour  of  the  Memorialist  payable  out  of 
the  two  shilling  & 6d  Tax  for  the  Sum  of  six  Pounds  LMony. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Vaughan  Capt  Joseph  Leach  Lieut  and 
other  Officers  and  Soldiers  of  an  independent  Military  Company  in  the 
Town  of  Lebanon  in  the  12th  Regiment  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
before  the  Act  or  Law  of  this  State  for  forming  and  establishing  the 
Alarm  List  Company s so  called  this  Assembly  had  recommended  it  to 
all  those  who  were  by  Law  excused  from  the  Line  of  Militia  Duty  and 
such  as  had  been  dismissed  from  common  Military  Exercise,  to  form 
themselves  into  Companies  chuse  their  Officers  equip  themselves  and  be 
in  readiness  for  common  Defence  &c,  That  in  pursuance  of  such  recom- 
mendation and  prompted  by  an  ardent  Zeal  to  strengthen  the  Military 
force  of  this  State  and  to  defend  the  Cause  of  their  Country  against 
the  unjust  and  arbitrary  designs  of  Great  Britain  then  beginning  to  be 
carried  into  Execution  by  the  sword  of  Violence  they  formed  themselves 
into  a Military  Company  to  the  number  of  about  eighty  able  bodied 
Men  of  such  as  were  not  liable  to  do  Duty  in  the  standing  Militia  Chose 
their  Officers  and  were  recognized  and  their  Officers  Commissioned 
agreeable  to  the  Laws  of  this  State  that  they  voluntarily  marched  to 
New  York  in  1776,  on  the  call  of  General  Washington  and  the  Authority 
of  this  State  though  beyond  the  Limits  of  their  Original  Articles  where 
their  then  Captain  and  Sundry  other  valuable  Members  of  their  Com- 
pany died  that  they  have  ever  been  ready  and  on  all  Occasions  exerted 
themselves  for  the  Service  of  their  Country  and  praying  that  said  Com- 
pany may  not  be  considered  as  dissolved  with  the  Alarm  List  Companys, 
as  they  suppose  it  is  not  within  the  Letter  of  the  Act  dissolving  the  Same, 
but  that  they  may  be  established  &c  As  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Company  be  and  the  Same 
is  hereby  continued  and  established  according  to  the  Articles  of  their 
original  agreement  and  shall  be  called  & known  by  the  name  of  the 
veteran  Military  Company  in  Lebanon  with  the  Same  Powers  and 
Priveleges  as  other  Militia  Companys  by  Law  have  and  under  the  Rules 
and  Regulations  of  the  Laws  respecting  the  Same,  Provided  that  said 
Company  do  now  consist  of  a number  not  exceeding  Sixty,  nor  less 
than  forty  Rank  & file  or  that  they  shall  be  compleated  to  either  of  said 
Numbers  of  able  Bodied  Men  not  Liable  by  Law  to  do  Duty  in  the 


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45 


standing  Militia  Companys,  by  voluntary  Inlistments  on  or  before  the 
first  Monday  of  May  next  and  the  Captain  of  said  Company  shall  deliver 
to  the  Commanding  Officer  of  said  Regiment  an  attested  Copy  of  the 
Inlistment  & Names  of  said  Company  and  their  original  Articles  of 
agreement  when  thereto  by  him  required  and  continue  to  make  regular 
Returns  according  to  Law. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Nathan  Gallop  of  Groton  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  in  January  1778  he  was  appointed  by  the  Authority  of 
this  State  a Lieut  Colonel  in  a Regiment  then  to  be  raised  for  the  Term 
of  one  Year  to  be  in  full  Pay  when  in  actual  Service  and  half  pay  when 
not  in  actual  Service  that  he  was  in  actual  Service  eight  Months,  and 
that  in  May  1779  he  received  his  Wages  in  Continental  Money  as  being 
equal  to  hard  Money  being  £225  14  0 which  was  in  real  Value  no 
more  than  £18  10  0 LMoney  which  is  not  adequate  to  his  Services  and 
the  Pay  allowed  to  the  Officers  of  the  same  Rank  Praying  for  releif 
as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  and 
he  is  hereby  directed  to  secure  to  said  Memorialist  the  Sum  of  £26  19 
LMoney  payable  one  Year  after  the  War  or  a cessation  of  Hostilities 
between  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain  with  an  annual  Interest 
from  the  first  Day  of  June  1780  untill  paid  in  full  for  the  Arrears  of 
said  Services. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Thomas  Clark  and  Daniel  Holbrook  in  behalf 
and  for  the  Town  of  Derby  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  said  Town 
have  been  at  the  expence  of  Building  and  maintaining  two  large  Bridges 
over  Nauguatoock  River  so  called  for  a long  Time,  one  of  which  was 
formerly  a Tole  Bridge  but  the  Town  considering  the  inconvenience 
attending  that  for  Travellers  said  Town  have  for  a number  of  Years 
past  maintained  both  of  said  Bridges  at  their  own  Expence  in  which 
Time  one  of  said  Bridges  has  been  carried  away  once  and  the  other 
not  less  than  three  Times  by  the  Ice  Floods  in  said  River  and  rebuilt 
by  said  Town  and  both  of  said  Bridges  being  now  decayed  and  Judged 
unsafe  to  stand  another  Year  without  being  rebuilt  and  also  a new 
Highway  from  Woodbury  to  Derby  by  Housatonuck  River  which  said 
Town  are  now  called  on  to  make  which  is  computed  will  amount  to  the 
Sum  of  five  hundred  Pounds  and  that  said  Bridges  are  of  great  Utility 
to  the  Public  Praying  for  Liberty  to  Set  up  a Lottery  to  raise  the  said 
Sum  of  five  hundred  Pounds  to  enable  said  Town  to  rebuild  said  Bridges 
and  make  said  Highway  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Inhabitants  of  said 
Town  of  Derby  have  Liberty  and  Liberty  and  Authority  is  hereby  given 
and  Granted  to  said  Inhabitants  to  erect  set  up  and  draw  a Lottery 
sufficient  to  raise  the  Sum  of  £300  LMoney  at  the  Sole  risque  of  said 
Town  for  the  purpose  of  rebuilding  two  good  Cart  Bridges  over  Nau- 
guatock  River,  where  the  Bridges  now  stand,  and  make  a Highway  by 


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January, 


Housatonuck  River  from  Woodbury  to  Derby  with  full  Power  and 
Authority  to  appoint  Suitable  Persons  as  managers  of  said  Lottery  and 
said  Managers  to  be  under  Oath  for  a faithful  Discharge  of  their  said 
Trust  Provided  said  Lottery  shall  be  fully  compleated  and  drawn  within 
the  Term  of  one  Year  from  the  first  Day  of  June  next. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Smith  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
he  has  several  Negroe  Slaves  and  a Sum  of  Money  in  New  York  which 
he  has  reason  to  beleive  he  could  obtain  if  he  could  send  for  them  and 
Praying  Liberty  for  Justus  B Smith  to  go  into  said  New  York  to 
obtain  the  Same  as  by  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Smith  have  Liberty  and  Liberty 
is  hereby  granted  to  said  Justus  B Smith  to  go  into  said  New  York 
and  to  return  with  any  such  Negroes  of  said  John  as  he  may  be  able 
to  obtain,  and  to  lay  out  such  of  said  Money  in  New  York  as  may  be 
necessary  to  procure  Necessaries  for  the  Family  of  said  John  and  to 
return  with  the  Same  under  the  Inspection  and  direction  of  the  Honble 
Abraham  Davenport  Esqr  or  the  Commandant  of  the  Post  of  Stamford. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Joshua  Griggs,  Elnathan  Strong  Stephen 
Simpson  and  Hope  Lathrop  Listers  of  the  Town  of  Tolland  in  the  Year 
1781  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  on  the  first  Day  of  January  1782 
they  made  a Return  of  all  the  fourfolds  of  the  Town  of  Tolland  on  the 
grand  List  for  the  Year  1781  to  the  Honorable  General  Assembly  then 
sitting  and  no  return  of  said  fourfolds  hath  ever  been  made  to  the  State 
Treasurer  amounting  in  the  whole  to  £688  11  0 as  set  down  in  the 
Grand  List  Praying  the  said  fourfold  Sum  of  £688  11  0 may  be 
returned  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  that  the  Publick  and  the  Memo- 
rialists may  have  Justice  done  in  the  premisses  as  Per  Memorial  on 
File— 

Resolved  that  said  fourfold  Assesment  of  £688  11  0 be  and  hereby 
is  Ordered  and  directed  to  be  returned  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State 
and  the  Treasurer  is  hereby  directed  and  Ordered  upon  said  Assesment 
being  returned  to  him  to  Issue  his  Warrants  to  the  Collector  of  the 
State  Taxes  of  said  Tolland  for  the  Year  1782  in  usual  form  to  Collect 
of  the  Person  or  Persons  on  whom  said  fourfold  Assesment  was  raised 
to  Collect  of  him  or  them  the  several  Taxes  which  have  already  been 
laid  on  the  List  of  1781,  in  like  proportion  Per  Pound  as  the  Taxes  on 
that  List  have  been  laid  and  collected. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Michael  Baldwin  Collector  of  the  State  Taxes 
for  the  Town  of  New  Haven  made  on  the  List  for  the  Year  1780, 
Shewing  that  by  reason  of  Sickness  of  himself  and  Family  he  has  been 
unable  to  complete  the  Collection  of  said  Taxes  and  that  the  distressed 
State  of  his  Family  is  at  present  such  that  he  cannot  pay  due  attention 
to  said  Collection  Praying  for  Liberty  to  appoint  a suitable  Person  to 
Assist  him  therein — 


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47 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  is  hereby 
Authorized  by  and  with  the  approbation  of  the  said  Town  or  the  Select 
Men  thereof  to  appoint  a suitable  Person  to  aid  him  in  the  Collection 
of  said  Taxes  who  shall  have  like  Power  and  Authority  as  the  Memo- 
rialist hath  for  executing  the  Treasurers  Warrant  granted  for  that 
purpose  Provided  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  exempt  the  Memo- 
rialist from  being  proceeded  against  for  the  Arrears  of  said  Taxes  or 
to  exempt  the  said  Town  or  Select  Men  from  being  proceeded  against 
for  the  Same  in  the  Same  manner  as  if  this  Resolve  had  not  been  passed. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Benjamin  Clark  of  Milford  in  the  County  of 
New  Haven  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  previous  to  a Resolution 
of  the  General  Assembly  directing  the  taking  out  of  Circulation  the  Bills 
of  this  State  he  had  on  Hand  thirteen  Pounds  in  said  Bills  which  at 
the  Time  limited  for  calling  in  said  Money  and  before  was  mislaid  and 
could  not  be  found  after  the  most  diligent  Search  untill  the  Enemy  came 
to  New  Haven  in  July  1779  when  in  putting  up  Clothing  &c  he  found 
said  Money  in  the  Bottom  of  a Chest  and  has  kept  it  ever  since  Praying 
that  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  be  Ordered  and  directed  to  execute  and 
deliver  a Note  of  the  Same  Tenor  and  Date  of  those  that  were  carried  in 
agreeable  to  said  Resolution  as  Per  Memorial  on  File. 

It  is  thereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State  be  ordered  and  directed  and  he  is  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to 
draw  and  execute  a Note  of  the  Same  Tenor  and  Date  to  the  Memorialist 
of  those  that  were  given  for  said  Bills  that  were  carried  in  agreeable 
to  said  Resolution. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Peter  Vandervoort  now  residing  in  Hart- 
ford Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  by  reason  of  the  Calamities  of  the 
present  War  his  means  of  subsistance  are  much  diminished  and  that  he 
has  Debts  and  Rents  in  New  York  which  he  is  advised  he  can  now 
recover  Praying  for  Liberty  for  himself  or  his  Wife  Sarah  Vandervoort 
to  go  on  to  Long  Island  or  into  the  City  of  New  York  and  Collect  the 
said  Debts  and  Rents  to  the  amount  of  £ 1 500  or  £ 2000  and  the  same 
to  bring  from  thence  into  this  State  in  Goods  or  Money  under  proper 
Limitations  & Restrictions  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Peter  Vandervoort  or  some 
proper  Person  by  him  appointed  and  approved  by  His  Excellency 
Governor  Trumbull  and  Mrs  Sarah  Vandervoort,  be  and  are  hereby 
permitted  to  go  from  this  State  on  to  long  Island  or  into  the  City  of 
New  York  for  the  purpose  aforesaid  and  from  thence  to  bring  into  this 
State  to  the  amount  of  two  thousand  Pounds  value  of  what  is  there 
due  to  said  Peter  Vandervoort  for  Debts  and  Rents  in  Goods  or  Money 
Provided  that  no  more  than  the  value  of  one  hundred  Pounds  Lawfull 
Money  be  Imported  in  Goods  of  British  Manufacture  and  that  the 
aforesaid  Importation  shall  be  entirely  in  every  Respect  and  particular 
under  the  Inspection  and  direction  of  the  Honble  Abraham  Davenport 
Esqr  or  the  Commandant  of  the  Guards  at  Horseneck. 


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January, 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Theophilus  Morgan  Esqr  of  Killingworth 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  hath  Suffered  many  Losses  since  the 
Commencement  of  the  present  War,  That  Joseph  Chew  Esqr  late  of 
New  London  now  in  New  York  is  Indebted  to  him  in  a large  Sum  which 
said  Chew  is  willing  to  pay  in  Goods,  That  said  Morgan  hath  two 
Negroe  Servants  run  from  him  within  the  British  Lines  Praying  for 
Liberty  to  receive  said  Debt  and  recover  his  Servants  &c  as  Per  Memo- 
rial on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  or  such  other  Suit- 
able Person  as  shall  be  approved  of  by  Abraham  Davenport  Esq  or  the 
Commandant  of  the  Fort  at  Stamford  have  Liberty  and  the  Same  is 
hereby  granted  to  him  to  pass  with  a Flagg  within  the  British  Lines 
and  to  New  York  by  Land  or  Water  and  to  receive  his  said  Debt  of 
Joseph  Chew  Esqr  and  to  return  with  Safety  into  this  State  with  the 
Effects  of  said  Debt  in  Mony  Goods  or  Merchandize  Provided  no  more 
thereof  in  value  than  one  hundred  Pounds  Lawfull  Mony  at  the  whole 
Sale  Price  be  of  the  British  Manufacture,  Also  to  recover  and  bring 
back  his  said  Servants  into  this  State,  said  Morgans  Conduct  in  the 
Business  abovesaid  or  the  Person  who  shall  go  in  his  behalf  to  be  under 
the  inspection  and  direction  of  the  Honble  Abraham  Davenport  Esqr  or 
the  Commander  of  the  Guards  on  the  Western  Frontiers  of  this  State. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Collins  Gorton  a Prisoner  now  confined  in 
Hartford  Goal  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  was  Sentenced  by  the 
Honbe  Superior  Court  holden  at  Hartford  in  March  1782  to  Suffer  three 
Years  Imprisonment  in  NewGate  for  the  Crime  of  passing  Counterfeit 
Bills  &c  and  that  his  Health  is  much  Impaired  by  his  long  Confinement 
Praying  for  Liberation  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  is  hereby 
released  from  his  said  Confinement  and  has  Liberty  to  reside  in  the 
North  Parish  in  the  Town  of  New  London  and  not  to  Depart  the  Limits 
of  said  Society  without  proper  Licence  on  pain  of  being  remanded  to 
Prison  to  Suffer  the  remaining  part  of  his  Imprisonment. 

Whereas  Rebecca  Payne  of  Hartford  in  Hartford  County  Adminis- 
tratrix on  the  Estate  of  her  Deceasd  Husband  Benjamin  Payne  Esq  has 
preferred  her  Petition  to  this  Assembly  Shewing  that  in  and  for  the 
Consideration  of  the  Sum  of  eighty  four  Pounds  LMoney  received  from 
said  Benjamin  Payne  Esqr  Mr  Ebenezer  Webster  late  of  said  Hartford 
now  Decd  deeded  unto  the  said  Benjamin  Payne  Esqr  on  the  23d  Day  of 
May  1765,  two  Peices  of  Land  in  said  Hartford,  One  Peice  in  the  South 
Meadow  so  called  containing  about  two  Acres  twenty  six  Rods  of  Land 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows  viz  North  on  Land  of  Col0  George 
Wyllys  East  in  part  on  Samuel  Knowles  Land  and  part  on  Land  belong- 
ing to  Joseph  Buckingham  Esqr  Deceasd  South  on  Thomas  Ensign 
Land  and  West  on  Medad  Websters  Land,  the  other  Peice  of  Land 
containing  twenty  eight  Acres  and  three  Roods  of  Land  bounded  West 


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on  a Highway  North  on  undivided  Land  East  on  Hog  River  so  called 
and  South  on  said  River  in  part  and  partly  on  Land  in  the  Possession 
and  Improvement  of  the  Heirs  of  Ebenezer  Benton  Junr  Deceasd  Con- 
ditioned in  said  Deed  that  if  the  said  Grantor  Ebenezer  Webster  his 
Heirs  Executors  or  Administrtrators  or  either  of  them  should  well  and 
truly  pay  unto  the  said  Benjamin  Payne  his  Heirs  and  Assigns  the 
said  Sum  of  eighty  four  Pounds  LMoney  and  the  lawfull  Interest 
thereof  at  or  before  the  23d  Day  of  May  next  ensuing  the  Date  of  said 
Deed  then  said  Deed  to  be  void  that  there  was  an  agreement  made 
between  Cap*  Medad  Webster  of  said  Hartford  and  sd  Benjamin  Payne 
Esqr  that  he  the  said  Medad  Webster  should  Pay  and  satisfy  unto  the 
said  Benjamin  Payne  the  aforesaid  Sum  of  eighty  four  Pounds  LMoney 
and  Lawfull  Interest  thereof,  he  the  said  Benjamin  Payne  should  make 
unto  said  Medad  Webster  a Quit  Claim  Deed  of  said  Premisses  that  said 
Agreement  remained  in  part  unexecuted  at  the  Time  of  the  Death  of 
her  said  Husband  Praying  that  she  the  said  Rebecca  Payne  may  be  fully 
Authorized  and  impowered  as  administratrix  on  the  Estate  of  her 
Deceasd  Husband  to  make  and  execute  unto  the  said  Medad  Webster 
a Quit  Claim  Deed  of  all  the  Right  Title  and  Interest  the  Heirs  of  the 
said  Benjamin  Payne  Esqr  have  or  ought  to  have  unto  the  above 
described  Premisses  upon  his  the  said  Medad  Websters  Paying  or 
satisfying  unto  said  Administratrix  what  now  remains  due  on  said 
Mortgage  Deed  as  by  said  Memorial  appears. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Widow  Rebecca  Payne  of  Hart- 
ford in  Hartford  County  Administratrix  on  the  Estate  of  her  deceasd 
Husband  Benjamin  Payne  Esqr  late  of  said  Hartford  upon  the  aforesaid 
Medad  Webster  of  said  Hartford  paying  or  satisfying  unto  her  the 
said  Rebecca  Payne  as  Administratrix  as  aforesaid  the  Sum  that  now 
remains  due  on  the  aforesaid  Mortgage  Deed  she  the  said  Rebecca 
Payne  be  and  hereby  is  fully  Authorized  and  Impowered  to  make  and 
execute  unto  the  said  Medad  Webster  a Deed  of  Quit  Claim  of  all  the 
right  Title  and  Interest  the  Heirs  of  said  Benjamin  Payne  Esqr  Decd 
have  or  ought  to  have  unto  the  above  described  Premisses. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Hebron  by 
their  Agents  Joel  Jones  and  Daniel  Ingham  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  agreeable  to  the  Laws  of  this  State  they  have  heretofore  mended 
and  repaired  the  Public  Highways  in  said  Town  by  warning  out  the 
Inhabitants  as  the  Law  in  that  Case  directs  and  Provides  which  under 
their  present  Circumstances  is  in  some  measure  unequal  and  unjust 
Praying  for  Liberty  to  tax  themselves  for  the  purpose  of  mending  and 
repairing  the  Public  Highways  in  said  Town  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Inhabitants  of  said 
Town  of  Hebron  have  Liberty  and  Liberty  and  Authority  is  hereby 
Given  to  said  Town  to  mend  and  repair  the  Public  Highways  in  said 
Town  by  taxing  themselves  in  the  Same  way  and  manner  as  by  Law 


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they  have  right  to  defray  the  other  necessary  expences  and  Cost  in  said 
Town  for  the  Term  of  three  Years  from  the  first  Day  of  April  next. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Lloyd  Junr  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  he  has  sundry  Debts  due  to  him  from  Persons  on  Long  Island 
Praying  for  Liberty  to  collect  the  same  in  Money  and  Salt  and  bring 
the  Same  into  this  State  as  Per  Memorial  on  File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  is  hereby 
permitted  either  by  himself  or  some  prudent  Person  by  him  to  be 
appointed  to  go  on  to  Long  Island  and  to  bring  from  thence  of  his 
aforesaid  Debts  to  the  amount  of  two  thousand  Guineas  in  Specie  and 
one  thousand  Bushels  of  Salt  and  to  purchase  Some  suitable  Vessell 
if  he  chooses  in  which  to  bring  said  Salt  all  under  the  inspection  of  the 
Honble  Abraham  Davenport  Esqr  or  the  Commanding  Officers  at  the 
Post  at  Stamford  who  are  respectively  Impowered  to  give  such  direction 
and  take  such  Order  in  the  Premisses  as  they  may  think  Proper. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Abigail  Wheeler  of  Stonington  in  New 
London  County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  her  Decd  Husband  David 
Wheeler  early  in  the  present  War  entered  into  the  Service  of  the  United 
States  and  that  in  the  Year  1777  sickened  and  died  in  said  Service  And 
that  the  Committee  for  settling  with  the  Army  found  a Ballance  due  to 
said  Decd  the  Sum  of  £7  15  4 that  the  Creditors  of  said  Decd  neglect 
and  refuse  to  Administer  on  said  Estate  and  that  said  Abigail  was  left 
with  a Family  of  small  Children  without  any  other  means  to  Support 
them  than  her  Labour  and  the  Charity  of  her  Friends  Praying  that  the 
Committee  of  Pay  Table  may  be  directed  to  secure  to  said  Abigail  said 
Ballance  due  to  said  Decd  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  give  Orders  to  the  Treasurer 
to  Secure  to  said  Abigail  Wheeler,  the  Ballance  due  to  said  Decd  as 
aforesaid  in  the  Same  Way  and  manner  as  is  given  for  the  Security  of 
the  Ballances  due  to  the  other  Soldiers  in  the  Connecticut  Line  of  the 
Continental  Army  to  enable  her  to  Support  the  Children  of  said  Deceasd. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  Bradley  of  Fairfield  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  at  the  Time  of  confiscating  the  Estate  of  John  Croofoot 
of  Newtown,  and  Years  before  and  since,  he  was  by  the  Providence  of 
God  visited  with  Sickness  and  confined  to  his  room  and  did  not  know 
that  said  Crofoot  had  gone  to  the  Enemy  and  his  Estate  confiscated  or 
that  Commissioners  were  appointed  to  examine  the  Claims  of  the 
Creditors  to  said  Estate  untill  a long  Time  after  said  Commissioners 
had  made  their  Report  to  the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of 
Danbury  and  that  said  Crofoot  was  and  now  is  indebted  to  the 
Memorialist  the  Sum  of  three  Pounds  lawfull  Money  with  the  Interest 
from  the  15th  day  of  April  1774  by  a Note  of  Hand  of  that  Date  which 
Note  for  Reasons  aforesaid  was  never  exhibited  to  said  Commissioners 


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&c  Praying  to  have  the  Administrator  on  said  Estate  ordered  to  pay 
to  the  Petitioner  the  Contents  of  said  Note  out  of  said  Estate  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Administrator  be  and  he  is 
hereby  Ordered  to  pay  to  the  Petitioner  out  of  said  Estate  the  amount 
of  the  aforesaid  Note  including  the  lawfull  Interest  thereon. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Daniel  Osborn  of  Fairfield  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  the  Petitioner  and  David  Burr  Esqr  late  of  said  Fairfield 
Decd  received  from  Archibald  Campbell  on  the  17th  Day  of  Decembr 
1770  a Mortgage  Deed  of  a certain  Tract  of  Land  in  said  Fairfield  and 
other  Estate  bounded  and  described  in  said  Deed  which  Deed  was  for  the 
purpose  of  securing  Debts  due  to  Thaddeus  Osborn  to  whom  said  Daniel 
is  Conservator  and  that  said  Burrs  Estate  is  no  way  interested  in  said 
Mortgage  and  that  it  has  become  necessary  to  dispose  of  said  Mortgaged 
Estate  as  Per  Petition  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Liberty  be  granted  and  Liberty  and 
Authority  is  hereby  granted  to  said  Daniel  Osborn  to  Sell  and  dispose 
of  said  Mortgaged  Estate  in  as  full  a manner  as  if  said  Burr  had  not 
been  named  in  said  Deed  and  that  on  such  Sale  a Deed  duely  executed 
under  the  Hand  and  Seal  of  said  Daniel  Osborn  of  such  of  those  Lands 
and  Estate  that  shall  be  by  him  Sold  shall  be  full  and  compleat  Evi- 
dence of  Title  thereto  to  the  Purchaser  his  Heirs  and  Assigns  to  all 
Intents  and  purposes. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of  New  Milford, 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  the  rapid  Ousatonuck  River  so  called 
has  its  course  through  the  Center  of  said  Town  and  across  which  River 
lays  at  all  Times  but  especially  since  the  Present  War  a very  great  Use- 
full  and  public  Road,  leading  from  the  Eastern  to  the  Southern  States 
over  which  River  in  the  Center  of  said  Town  of  New  Milford  a great 
number  of  Bridges  have  been  successively  erected  at  the  Expence  of  the 
People  of  said  New  Milford  and  a few  of  the  Neighbouring  Inhabitants 
of  one  or  two  of  the  adjacent  Towns  which  Bridges  cost  nearly  £300 
lawfull  Money  each  and  have  been  all  of  them  successively  swept  away 
by  the  mighty  Ice  Floods  which  frequently  happen  in  said  River,  and 
that  there  being  now  the  utmost  need  of  a Bridge  across  said  River  in 
said  New  Milford  Town,  and  that  the  Expence  of  erecting  a good  and 
lasting  Bridge  will  be  very  Great  and  that  a Bridge  across  said  River  in 
New  Milford  would  be  of  great  Utility  to  the  Public  Praying  for  Liberty 
to. set  up  a Lottery  to  raise  the  Sum  of  four  Hundred  Pounds  to  enable 
said  Town  to  build  a Bridge  across  said  River  in  said  Town  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Select  Men  of  the 
Town  of  New  Milford  have  Liberty  and  Liberty  and  Authority  is  hereby 
given  and  granted  to  said  Select  Men  to  erect  set  up  and  draw  a Lottery 
sufficient  to  raise  the  Sum  of  four  hundred  Pounds  lawfull  Money  at 


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the  Sole  Risque  of  said  Town  for  the  purpose  of  building  a Bridge  across 
the  said  Ousatonuck  River  in  or  near  the  Center  of  said  New  Milford 
with  full  Power  and  Authority  to  appoint  Suitable  Persons  as  managers 
of  said  Lottery  and  said  Managers  to  be  under  Oath  for  a faithfull  dis- 
charge of  their  said  Trust  Provided  said  Lottery  shall  be  fully  compleated 
and  drawn  within  the  Term  of  one  Year  from  the  first  Day  of  June  next. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Asa  Lyon  of  Woodstock  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  by  meer  mistake  in  the  return  made  to  the  Committee  of 
Pay  Table  of  his  Services  done  in  the  Army  for  the  Year  1780  as  an 
Officer,  he  hath  been  defeated  from  receiving  such  Securities  for  pay- 
ment in  future  Time  as  other  Officers  under  like  Circumstances  Praying 
that  Justice  may  be  done  to  him  in  the  Premisses  as  Per  his  Petition  on 
File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Petitioner  shall  have  and  receive 
from  the  Treasury  of  this  State  six  Pounds  Per  Month  for  his  Services 
as  an  Officer  in  their  Service  computing  the  Same  from  the  first  Day  of 
May  1780  untill  the  thirteenth  Day  of  Septembr  then  next  following 
and  the  Comtee  of  Pay  Table  are  hereby  directed  to  Settle  with  the  Peti- 
tioner in  manner  aforesaid  and  draw  an  Order  on  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State  for  such  Sums  as  they  shall  find  due,  and  the  Treasurer  is  likewise 
directed  to  make  out  a Security  to  the  Petitioner  for  said  Sum  in  the 
Same  manner  as  to  other  Officers  and  Soldiers  of  the  Line  of  said  Army 
and  Charge  the  Same  to  the  Account  of  the  United  States. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Margret  Moor  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
her  late  Husband  William  Moor  Served  several  Years  in  the  Continental 
Army  in  the  Connecticut  Line,  that  he  died  in  said  Service  the  22d  of 
Novembr  1781,  that  by  the  returns  of  the  Committee  of  the  Army  of  this 
State  there  was  found  due  to  said  William  at  the  Time  of  said  Decease 
the  Sum  of  £114  2 LMony  from  this  State  for  his  said  Service  that  he 
left  the  Memorialist  with  three  Children  without  any  means  of  support 
that  he  died  in  Debt  but  his  Estate  so  small  that  his  Creditors  have 
refused  to  take  Administration  thereon  nor  has  any  Administration  been 
taken  thereof  Praying  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  may  be  directed 
to  secure  said  Sum  due  to  the  Memorialist  for  the  Benefit  of  her  and  her 
said  Children  &c  As  Per  Memorial  on  File. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  Secure  the  payment  of  said  Sum  of  £11  4 2 
to  the  said  Margaret  for  the  benefit  and  Support  of  her  and  Children  in 
the  Same  manner  as  other  Soldiers  in  the  Same  Service  in  the  Connecti- 
cut Line  have  been  by  Law  Secured. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Archibald  Currie  now  residing  in  Hartford 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  at  the  commencement  of  the  War  he 
took  an  active  part  therein  and  that  from  his  attachment  as  aforesaid 
he  was  Obliged  with  his  Family  to  fly  from  New  York  where  he  left  con- 


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siderable  Sums  of  Money  in  the  Country  since  which  he  has  been  very 
unfortunate  in  loosing  his  Property  &c  Praying  for  Liberty  to  go  upon 
Long  Island  or  to  the  City  of  New  York  to  bring  off  in  Goods  or  Money 
to  the  value  of  £1500  due  him  as  aforesaid  as  Per  Memorial  on  File 

Whereupon  it  is  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be 
and  he  is  hereby  permitted  to  go  to  the  City  of  New  York  and  to  bring 
out  from  thence  such  Sums  as  he  shall  Collect  in  Moneys  or  Goods  Pro- 
vided that  no  more  than  one  hundred  Pounds  LMoney  be  in  Goods  of 
British  Manufactures  and  that  the  Same  be  under  the  Care  and  direction 
of  the  Honble  Abraham  Davenport  Esqr  or  the  Commander  of  Guards  on 
the  Western  Frontiers  of  this  State. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Josiah  Fowler  and  others  Inhabitants  of  the 
Town  of  Branford  in  New  Haven  County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
a Town  Meeting  was  holden  in  said  Branford  on  the  second  Day  of 
Decembr  last  past  without  any  legal  Warning  by  the  Select  Men  of  said 
Town  as  is  by  Law  directed  and  said  Meeting  proceeded  to  the  Choice  of 
Select  Men  and  other  Town  Officers  and  by  the  Previous  Arts  of  sundry 
Persons  unfriendly  to  the  States  and  favourers  of  the  Illicit  Trade,  and 
by  the  general  attendance  of  Persons  of  simular  Character  effected  the 
purpose  of  displacing  the  former  Town  Officers  and  Choesing  sundry 
others  of  dubious  and  suspicious  Character.  That  the  other  Inhabitants 
of  the  said  Town  who  are  opposed  to  the  Illicit  Trade  and  zealous  in 
the  Cause  of  this  Country  alarmed  at  their  Proceedings  procured  another 
Town  Meeting  to  be  warned  and  holden  on  the  19th  Day  of  said  Decembr 
which  Meeting  also  chose  another  sett  of  Town  Officers,  and  that  both 
said  Setts  of  Town  Officers  are  now  acting  in  said  Town  Praying  for 
Releif  as  Per  Memorial  on  File,  on  which  Memorial  the  Agents  for  said 
Parties  in  said  Town  were  duely  notified  and  appeared  and  were  fully 
heard  with  their  Evidences  and  Exhibits  before  this  Assembly, 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  all  the  Doings  and  proceed- 
ings of  both  the  said  Town  Meetings  so  holden  in  said  Branford  in  the 
Month  of  Decembr  last  past  be  vacated  and  set  aside,  and  the  Same  are 
hereby  wholly  set  aside  and  declared  null  and  void  to  all  Intents  and  pur- 
poses whatsoever,  That  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  be  and  they  are 
hereby  Ordered  and  Impowered  to  meet  in  Town  Meeting  in  said  Town 
on  the  13th  Day  of  February  next  at  the  Meeting  House  in  the  first 
Society  at  One  of  the  Clock  Afternoon  and  then  and  there  proceed  to  the 
Choice  of  Town  Officers  in  and  for  said  Town  for  the  current  Year  and 
do  and  transact  all  other  legal  and  necessary  Business  in  said  Town  with 
full  Powers  to  adjourn  to  any  Time  or  Times  within  the  Month  of  Feb- 
ruary to  compleat  said  Business,  That  the  Civil  Authority  or  the  Major 
Part  of  them  in  the  Town  of  Branford  be  and  they  are  hereby  Author- 
ized and  directed  to  warn  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  by  notifications 
under  their  Hands  set  up  on  the  Sign  Post  in  each  Society  five  Days  pre- 
ceding said  13th  Day  of  February,  to  meet  in  Town  Meeting  on  the  said 
13th  Day  of  February  next  as  aforesaid  for  the  purposes  before  men- 
tioned, And  Edward  Russell  Esqr  the  Town  Clerk  is  hereby  authorized 


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and  Impowered  to  lead  said  Inhabitants  when  so  met  to  the  Choice  of  a 
Moderator  at  said  Meeting,  And  that  the  Town  Officers  who  shall  be  so 
Chosen  by  said  Town  Meeting  to  be  holden  as  aforesaid  be  and  they  are 
hereby  Authorized  and  Impowered  to  Act  and  Serve  in  their  respective 
Offices  as  fully  and  legally  to  all  Intents  and  purposes  as  though 
they  had  been  duely  Chosen  in  the  Month  of  December  last  past  accord- 
ing to  the  Laws  of  this  State  heretofore  made  and  Provided  and  shall  be 
liable  to  the  same  Penalties  and  Forfeitures  in  Case  of  their  refusal  to 
Serve  in  their  respective  Offices  as  is  by  Law  already  provided,  and  shall 
continue  in  their  respective  Offices  untill  a new  Choice  of  Town  Officers 
shall  be  duely  made  at  a legal  Town  Meeting  to  be  holden  in  said  Bran- 
ford in  the  Month  of  Decembr  next  according  to  the  Laws  of  this  State 
Provided  nevertheless  that  in  all  Cases  wherein  the  Constables  Chosen 
in  said  Town  at  either  of  the  Town  Meetings  holden  in  said  Month  of 
Decembr  last  have  already  served  any  legal  Writs  to  them  directed,  or 
have  in  due  form  of  Law  begun  the  Service  of  the  Same  before  the 
passing  of  this  Bill  they  shall  be  and  are  hereby  Impowered  to  compleat 
the  Service  and  return  thereof  in  due  form  of  Law,  and  such  Service 
and  return  shall  be  holden  valid  and  good  in  Law  as  though  said  Con- 
stable had  been  duely  Chosen  and  appointed  to  said  Office, 

And  it  is  further  Resolved  that  the  Civil  Authority  be  and  are  hereby 
Impowered  to  meet  with  the  Select  Men  and  other  Town  Officers  who 
shall  be  Chosen  at  said  Town  Meeting  so  herein  appointed  to  be  holden 
and  proceed  to  appoint  Tavern  keepers  and  Jurymen  in  and  for  said 
Town  for  the  current  Year  sometime  in  the  said  Month  of  February. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Walter  Seaman  of  the  State  of  New  York 
now  resident  in  Ridgfield  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  left  the  City 
of  New  York  in  the  Year  1776  and  has  constantly  aided  the  measures  of 
the  Country  by  personal  Services  and  otherways  that  he  needs  the  Aid 
of  his  Friends  to  Assist  and  help  him,  that  his  Father  would  furnish  a 
Quantity  of  Salt  for  his  Use  part  of  the  Avails  of  which  he  is  willing  to 
deposit  with  the  State  & c Praying  for  Liberty  to  Import  said  Salt  from 
New  York  without  being  liable  to  Seizure  and  condemnation  &c  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  is  hereby  granted  to  him  to  Import  from  New  York  in  some 
suitable  Vessell  two  thousand  Bushels  of  Salt  directly  to  the  Port  of 
New  London  and  that  Capt  John  Deshon  of  said  New  London  is  hereby 
Authorized  and  Impowered  to  search  and  Inspect  the  lading  of  said  Ves- 
sell and  to  examine  the  Memorialist  and  any  other  Persons  on  Oath  or 
otherwise  touching  the  Lading  of  said  Vessell.  and  on  his  becoming  satis- 
fied that  no  article  except  Salt  has  been  laden  on  Board  said  Vessell, 
he  shall  Certify  the  Same,  and  the  naval  Officer  of  that  Port  on  such 
Certificate  is  authorized  and  Impowered  to  enter  the  said  Vessell  and 
Cargoe  of  Salt  in  said  Port,  and  thereupon  the  Memorialist  may  proceed 
to  Sell  and  dispose  of  said  Salt  and  Vessell  first  giving  Bond  with  said 
Naval  Officer  who  is  Impowered  to  take  the  Same  in  the  name  of  the 


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Treasurer  of  this  State.  Conditioned  to  deposit  such  part  of  the  Avails 
of  said  Salt  in  the  Treasury  of  this  State  on  Loan  as  the  Governor  and 
Council  of  safety  shall  direct  Provided  always  that  the  Memorialist  shall 
retain  of  the  Avails  of  said  Salt  in  his  own  Hands  at  least  six  shilling’s 
LMoney  per  Bushel  and  said  Vessell  and  Cargoe  shall  not  be  liable  to 
Seizure  or  condemnation  in  any  Court  in  this  State  any  Law  to  the  con- 
trary notwithstanding. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of  Fairfield 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  appointed  by  the  General 
Assembly  at  their  adjourned  Session  in  January  1782  to  Settle  the 
Claims  of  the  Several  Towns  in  the  County  of  Fairfield  to  ascertain  the 
number  of  non  Commisssioned  Officers  and  Privates  that  said  Town  had 
in  Service  whose  Time  of  Service  did  not  expire  before  the  first  Day  of 
March  then  next*  found  by  the  return  from  the  Army  and  such  Proofs 
as  they  had  before  them  at  the  Time  of  their  Meeting  for  that  purpose, 
that  the  Town  of  Fairfield  were  deficient  ten  Men  to  compleat  the  Quotas 
of  said  Town  and  Report  accordingly  and  thereupon  said  Town  was 
doomed  that  number  which  the  Memorialist  thinks  is  not  right  and  was 
occasioned  by  reason  that  the  Agent  appointed  by  said  Town  was  provi- 
dentially prevented  from  attending  before  said  Committee  Praying  for 
Releif  in  the  Premisses  by  a Committee  or  some  otherway  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Town  of  Fairfield  have  Liberty 
and  Liberty  is  hereby  granted  them  to  lay  in  their  Claims  before  the  same 
Committee  that  was  appointed  to  Settle  and  adjust  the  Same  in  the 
County  of  Fairfield  any  Time  before  the  Sitting  of  the  Assembly  in  May 
next  who  are  hereby  Authorized  and  Impowered  to  hear  and  adjust  the 
Same  at  the  Cost  and  expence  of  the  Memorialists  by  the  same  Rules 
and  Regulations  as  is  directed  in  the  Act  of  Assembly  appointing  said 
Committee  and  directing  their  Proceedings  and  if  upon  the  return  and 
Report  of  said  Committee  before  the  Sitting  of  the  Assembly  in  May  next, 
it  shall  appear  to  the  Secretary  of  this  State  that  said  Town  of  Fairfield 
was  not  deficient  in  the  number  of  said  ten  Men  then  he  be  directed  to 
indorse  the  Execution  against  said  Town  or  for  such  Sum  or  Sums  as 
the  Committee  shall  Judge  ought  to  be  abated  and  that  the  said  Execu- 
tion be  stayed  accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Ezekiel  Williams  Sheriff  of  Hartford  County 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  some  Time  the  last  Spring  &c  the 
Treasurer  of  this  State  put  into  his  Hands  to  Collect  a large  number 
of  Executions  against  sundry  Collectors  in  various  parts  of  this  State, 
and  that  after  he  had  Spent  considerable  Monies  and  much  Time  faith- 
fully endeavouring  to  Collect  the  Same  and  before  the  Same  was  fully 
settled  and  before  he  had  received  any  or  very  little  fees  thereon  the 


* See  “An  Act  for  filling  up  this  States  Quota  of  the  Army  of  the  United  States,”  Conn.  State 
Rees.,  IV,  5-8. 


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January, 


Assembly  did  at  their  Session  in  October  last  Order  that  said  Executions 
should  be  returned  to  the  Treasurer  aforesaid*  which  in  obedience 
thereto  he  returned  accordingly  And  praying  this  Assembly  on  the  view 
of  the  whole  Matter  would  grant  him  such  Sum  for  his  Services  as  they 
should  think  Just  &c  And  thereupon  a Committee  was  appointed  to  confer 
with  the  said  Sheriff  and  after  Conference  had  and  on  full  examination 
of  his  Charges  in  said  Services  &c  made  Report  that  in  their  Opinion 
there  was  Justly  due  to  him  the  Sum  of  £58  16  0 LMoney  which  Report 
was  accepted, 

Whereupon  Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  draw  Order 
on  the  Treasurer  to  pay  to  the  said  Sheriff  the  said  Sum  of  £58  16  0 
out  of  any  of  the  unappropriated  Moneys  due  to  this  State. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of  Chatham 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  said  Town  was  fined  for  the  deficiency  of 
two  Continental  Soldiers  for  the  Year  1781,  and  Execution  was  Issued 
by  the  Secretary  against  said  Town  for  the  Collection  of  the  Sum  of 
£30  for  said  two  Deficiencies  when  in  fact  said  Town  had  their  fuil 
Quota  in  Service  in  said  Year  Praying  that  the  Secretary  may  be  directed 
to  recall  and  make  void  said  Execution 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Execution  of  £30,  against  said 
Town  of  Chatham  be  and  the  Same  is  hereby  made  void  & of  none  effect 
and  the  Secretary  is  hereby  directed  to  recall  and  discharge  the  Same. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Theodore  Woodbridge  of  Glastonbury  late 
Major  of  the  second  Connecticut  Regiment  and  John  R Watrous  of  Col- 
chester late  Surgeon  in  the  first  Connecticut  Regiment  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  they  have  Served  in  the  Connecticut  Line  of  the  Continen- 
tal Army  during  almost  the  whole  of  the  Present  War  and  have  public 
Securities  to  a considerable  amount  given  them  for  their  said  Services 
yet  unpaid  Praying  this  Assembly  to  grant  them  a small  Tract  of  Con- 
fiscated Land  belonging  to  the  Estate  of  William  Brown  Esqr  known  by 
the  Name  of  the  Harding  Farm  in  the  Township  of  Lyme  whereon 
Robert  Henry  now  lives  containing  about  two  hundred  and  eighty  eight 
Acres  and  to  receive  said  Obligations  in  payment  therefor  as  Per  Mem- 
orial on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  the  said  Memorialist  paying  and 
delivering  to  the  Honble  Benjamin  Huntington  Esqr  Administrator  on 
the  Estate  of  said  Brown  for  the  Use  of  this  State  the  full  amount  of 
the  value  of  said  Tract  of  Land  estimated  at  four  Pounds  per  Acre  in 
the  Public  Securities  Given  for  Services  rendered  Prior  to  the  first  Day 
of  January  1780  and  producing  the  Certificate  of  said  Administrator  to 
their  payment  thereof  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  is  ordered  and  directed 
to  make  execute  and  deliver  to  the  Memorialists  an  Authentic  Deed  of 
said  Lands  conveying  the  fee  thereof  to  the  Memorialists  and  their  Heirs 
and  Assigns  forever  together  with  a Right  of  a P[  ] or  Private 


See  Conn,  State  Rees.,  IV,  290. 


1783. 


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57 


Highway  or  Passage  through  proper  Gates  or  Barrs  as  the  Case  may 
require  across  the  remaining  Confiscated  Lands  of  said  Brown  from  said 
Hardings  Farm  to  the  Highway  nearly  opposite  to  the  dwelling  House 
where  John  Henry  now  lives  and  said  Huntington  is  also  hereby  directed 
on  Receipt  of  Such  Payment  to  transmit  a true  Account  thereof  to  the 
Committee  of  Pay  Table  agreeably  to  the  Law  of  this  State  directing  the 
Sale  of  confiscated  Lands. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Elisha  Hale  of  Glastonbury  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  was  appointed  Collector  of  the  State  Taxes  for  said 
Town  for  the  Year  1780  in  which  Year  a Tax  was  granted  of  two  pence 
halfpenny  on  the  Pound  in  Gold  and  Silver  or  Bills  of  Public  Credit 
equivalent  thereto  and  the  Memorialist  thereon  received  in  the  Bills  of 
Credit  of  this  State  £81  2 10  at  the  discount  of  two  for  one  according 
to  its  then  current  value  which  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  is  not 
Impowered  to  receive  and  Credit  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  and 
he  is  hereby  Authorized  and  directed  to  receive  of  the  Memorialist  said 
Sum  of  £81  2 10  in  said  Bills  of  this  State  so  collected  and  to  Credit 
the  Memorialist  the  Sum  of  £40  11  5 LMoney  as  Gold  & Silver  on 
said  State  Tax  of  two  pence  halfpenny  on  the  Pound  granted  in  the 
Year  1780. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Pitkin  Samuel  Bishop  and  Elisha 
Pitkin  Esqrs  preferred  to  this  Assembly  praying  for  Liberty  to  have  the 
exclusive  Right  to  Set  up  and  carry  on  a Glass  Manufactory  in  this 
State 

Resolved  that  the  Memorialists  have  Liberty  and  the  Liberty  and 
Privelege  is  hereby  granted  unto  them  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  to  erect 
and  Set  up  a Glass  Manufactory  and  to  have  the  Sole  and  exclusive 
Right  in  this  State  to  make  Glass  of  any  kind  for  the  Term  of  twenty 
five  Years  from  and  after  the  Time  they  shall  begin  the  first  blast  for 
making  Glass,  And  that  the  Memorialists  shall  be  exempted  for  the  Term 
of  ten  Years  from  the  rising  of  this  Assembly  from  any  Assesments  on 
Account  of  the  Profits  that  may  arise  from  their  manufactoring  of  Glass 
in  consequence  of  this  Resolve;  Always  Provided  that  the  Memorialists 
Shall  compleat  their  Works  so  as  to  begin  the  Manufacturing  Glass 
according  to  the  Intent  of  this  Act  within  three  Years  from  the  rising  of 
this  Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Job  Bartram  of  Norwalk  in  the  County  of 
Fairfield  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  has  two  valuable  and  likely 
Negroe  Men  run  away  from  him  and  gone  over  to  Long  Island  and  put 
themselves  under  the  Protection  of  the  Enemy  where  they  now  are  and 
that  he  has  assurance  if  he  can  procure  Liberty  to  go  to  Long  Island 
he  may  either  bring  his  said  Negroes  Home  again  or  Sell  or  dispose 
of  them  there  Praying  for  Liberty  to  go  over  to  said  Long  Island  for 
the  purpose  aforesaid 


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January, 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  is  hereby 
permitted  to  go  over  to  Long  Island  aforesaid  and  there  Sell  and  dispose 
of  his  said  Negroes  and  be  allowed  to  bring  back  the  Avails  of  said 
Negroes  in  any  Thing  British  Goods  or  Manufactures  excepted. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Park  Brown  of  Greenwich  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  liveing  near  the  Lines  he  was  compelled  to  Join  Delaneys 
Corps  and  continued  with  them  a Short  Time  involuntarily  and  as  soon 
Time  past  confined  in  Litchfield  County  Goal  Praying  for  Releif  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  pardoned  & that 
he  have  Liberty  to  reside  in  the  County  of  Litchfield  and  be  released 
from  his  present  confinement  upon  paying  Cost  of  Prosecution  and 
finding  Surety  for  his  future  good  Behaviour  and  the  Sheriff  of  Litch- 
field County  is  hereby  Impowered  to  take  Such  Bond. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Hezekiah  Bissell  of  Windham  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  a General  Court  Martial  was  appointed  by  His  Excel- 
lency the  Governor  pursuant  to  a Resolve  of  the  Honble  Assembly  and 
held  in  the  Months  of  August  and  September  last  for  the  Tryal  of  Lieu1 
Col°  Gallop  and  others  for  neglect  of  Duty  and  misconduct  on  the  6th 
of  Septembr  1781,  the  Time  when  the  Town  of  New  London  and  Groton 
were  burnt  and  destroyed  by  a Detachment  of  British  Troops*  Praying 
that  Some  provision  may  be  made  for  the  Adjusting  Settling  and  paying 
the  Expences  arising  in  and  about  said  Court  Martial  as  Per  Memo- 
rial &c, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Col0  William  Williams  Nathaniel 
Wales  and  Shubael  Abbee  Esqrs  be  and  they  are  appointed  a Committee 
to  adjust  and  Settle  the  Accounts  of  each  of  the  Members  of  said  Court 
Martial  and  draw  Orders  on  the  Treasury  of  this  State  for  what  Sums 
may  be  found  due  to  them  respectively  for  said  Service. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Packwood  of  New  London  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1776,  he  was  employed  by  Daniel  [Nat] 
Shaw  Esqr  Agent  for  this  State  on  a Voyage  to  the  West  Indias  to  pro- 
cure Powder  and  other  Military  Stores  for  the  Use  of  the  Public  which 
he  accomplished  at  great  Cost  and  Hazard,  and  that  he  has  never  been 
paid  his  Wages  or  any  compensation  therefor  Praying  a Committee  to 
Settle  said  account  & c as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Jabez  Perkins  Esqr  of  Norwich  and 
Capt  John  Deshon  of  New  London  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a 
Committee  at  the  Expense  of  the  Memorialist  to  examine  all  said  trans- 
actions and  Report  what  they  find  with  their  Opinion  what  is  Justly  due 
to  the  Memorialist  on  the  Matters  contained  in  his  MemoriaLf 

* See  Conn.  State  Rees.,  TV,  175. 

t See  below,  p.  424,  for  report  and  action  on  this  case.  In  the  text  above,  in  the  second  line, 
the  letters  "Nat”  are  written  in  above  the  “Daniel”  of  "Daniel  Shaw.”  In  the  entry  referred 
to  below  the  name  is  correctly  given  as  "Nathaniel  Shaw.” 


1783. 


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59 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Lathan  of  Groton  in  the  County  of 
New  London  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  on  the  6th  Day  of  Septem- 
ber 1781,  he  was  made  a Prisoner  in  Fort  Griswold  and  that  a State 
Note  Signed  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  the  Sum  of  £30  0 0 
lawfull  Money  Dated  the  13th  Day  of  June  1777  the  Property  of  the 
Memorialist  was  taken  from  him  by  the  Enemy  and  which  he  never  hath 
recovered  Praying  this  Assembly  for  a New  Note  of  the  Same  Tenor 
and  Date  as  Per  Memorial  on  File  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  directed  and  he  is 
hereby  directed  to  Issue  a new  Note  in  favour  of  the  said  William 
Latham  of  the  same  Tenor  and  Date,  as  that  so  lost  as  aforesaid  taking 
proper  Care  to  make  such  Entries  and  take  such  Measures  as  effectually 
to  prevent  a double  Payment  of  the  said  Sum  for  the  Same  Debt. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Giles  Sill  of  Lyme  in  the  County  of  New 
London  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  on  the  Night  following  the  ninth 
Day  of  January  instant  by  some  accident  his  dwelling  House  took  fire 
and  was  consumed  and  that  he  was  at  that  Time  possessed  of  and  owner 
of  the  following  Soldier  Notes  which  were  then  consumed  in  the  Flames 
viz  one  in  favour  of  David  Ransom  for  the  Sum  of  £10  1 9^4  payable 
the  first  of  June  1783,  one  in  favour  of  Nathan  Miller  for  the  Sum  of 
£7  19  2y2  payable  the  first  of  June  1783,  one  in  favour  of  Joseph  Reed 
for  the  Sum  of  £12  3 8 payable  the  first  of  June  1783,  and  one  in 
favour  of  Joseph  Reed  payable  the  first  of  June  1785  for  the  Sum  of 
£12  3 8 Praying  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  to  be  directed  to  Secure 
to  the  Memorialist  the  above  said  Sums  with  the  Interest  arisen  since  the 
first  Day  of  June  1782  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  directed  and  he  is 
hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  Issue  his  Notes  for  the  Several  Sums 
abovementioned  with  the  Interest  arisen  since  the  first  of  June  1782  on 
Interest  payable  at  the  Time  each  of  the  said  became  payable  to  the 
Memorialist. 

The  Sums  total  of  the  Additions  Single  and  fourfold  of  the 
Lists  of  the  several  Towns  in  this  State  for  the  Year  1781,  as  sent 
in  to  the  Committee  appointed  to  receive  the  Same  by  the  General 
Assembly  at  their  Sessions  in  January  A Dom  1782 


Single  Additions  fourfold  Assesmt8 


Hartford 

£1951 

17 

0 

£344 

0 0 

Glastonbury 

65 

8 

0 

— — 

Symsbury 

518 

5 

3 

— — 

Wellington 

Midletown 

681 

16 

2 



Southington 

178 

19 

2 

51 

12  — 

Hebron 

1055 

1 

2 

— — 

Weathersfield 

845 

6 

0 

— — 

60 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


January, 


Single  Additions  fourfold  Assesmte 


Somers  £ 0 

Windsor  987 

East  Hadam  1179 

Enfield  1115 

Haddam  123 

Tolland  348 

Farmington  537 

East  Windsor  243 

Suffield  94 

Chatham  870 

Bolton  541 

Colchester  874 

Stafford  

New  Haven  

Guilford  

Wallingford  1108 

Durham  

Branford  

Waterbury  441 

Derby  1184 

Cheshire  892 

Milford  246 

Fairfield  1260 

Stratford  

New  Fairfield  

Newtown  545 

Danbury  71 

Norwalk  625 

Stamford  

Reading  

Greenwich  5162 

Ridgfield  362 

New  London  3523 

Norwich  1306 

Preston  380 

Groton  3980 

Stonington  396 

Saybrook  

Killingworth  346 

Lyme  1063 

Windham  867 

Lebanon  2350 

Woodstock  667 

Volumtown  249 


0 

0 

£ 32 

— 

— 

3 

— 

174 

6 

0 

15 

2 

838 

0 

0 

19 

3 

[? 

]*0 

0 

6 

3 

26  [ ? 

]*0 

0 

11 

11 

1793 

2 

4 

12 

0 

99 

14 

0 

10 

0 

— 

— 

2 

9 

173 

8 

0 

18 

6 

— 

— 

7 

6 

840 

7 

0 

17 

10 

148 

0 

0 

— 

— 

22 

16 

0 

9 

0 

337 

16 

0 

5 

9 

68 

8 

0 

13 

9 

719 

4 

0 

13 

11 

— 

— 

4 

0 

374 

— 

— 

0 

6 

— 

— 

14 

5 

825 

9 

0 

13 

9 

438 

3 

3 

8 

9 

— 

— 

2 

9 

tl83 

6 

6 

13 

0 

1657 

16 

0 

10 

10 

3324 

13 

5 

3 

6 

710 

4 

0 

19 

5 

653 

8 

0 

17 

3 

108 

0 

0 



_ 

72 

0 

0 

8 

0 

3134 

0 

0 

10 

— 

81 

10 

0 

5 

6 

46 

11 

0 

5 

0 

— 

— 

14 

9 

413 

19 

0 

* Blotted. 


61 


1783.  OF  CONNECTICUT 


Single  Additions  fourfold  Assesmt8 


Pomfret 

£ 568 

2 

0 





Killingley 

30r6 

3 

3 

— 

— 

Mansfield 

1583 

2 

3 

— 



Plainfield 

808 

1 

9 

£408 

16 

0 

Canterbury 

289 

9 

7 

— 

— 

Union 

359 

11 

6 

370 

8 

0 

Ashford 

3206 

19 

6 

28 

0 

0 

Coventry 

448 

7 

6 

378 

4 

0 

Litchfield 

88 

17 

11 

195 

9 

0 

Woodbury 

769 

17 

0 

192 

10 

0 

New  Hartford 

458 

16 

0 

969 

10 

0 

Salisbury 

1221 

12 

0 

204 

12 

0 

New  Milford 

406 

13 

0 

548 

0 

0 

Washington 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Kent 

400 

0 

0 

268 

7 

0 

Sharon 

912 

6 

0 

— 

— 

Hartland 

647 

5 

0 

60 

— 

— 

Norfolk 

235 

4 

0 

— 

— 

Goshen 

525 

7 

6 

36 

2 

0 

Harwington 

333 

8 

0 

135 

12 

0 

Canaan 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Watertown 

249 

18 

0 

79 

4 

0 

Torrington 

301 

14 

0 

384 

4 

0 

Cornwall 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Winchester 

225 

6 

0 

378 

10 

0 

Hartford  13th  March  1782  Hezk  Wyllys  Committee 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Ransom  Esqr  of  Kent  and  Rebecca  his 
Wife  and  Isaac  Baldwin  of  Waterbury  Son  of  said  Rebecca  Shewing 
that  they  have  a Sum  of  Money  in  Great  Britain  devised  to  said  Rebecca 
by  John  Hearault  & Elizabeth  Hearault,  and  that  they  have  an  Interest 
there  as  Heirs  of  Isaac  Hearault  and  Praying  for  Liberty  to  bring  the 
Same  to  America  in  Drugs  Medicine  & Books  as  by  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  said  John  and  Isaac  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  is  hereby  Granted  to  them  to  send  for  and  bring  out  from  the 
Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  the  Amount  of  such  Sums  as  they  have  in 
Great  Britain  devised  and  left  to  them  as  aforesaid  and  to  bring  the 
Same  to  America  in  Drugs  Medicine  & English  Books. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Elijah  Abel  of  Fairfield  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  was  a recruiting  Officer  for  the  fourth  Brigade  Sz 
received  a .Sum  of  Continental  Money  from  the  Treasurer  of  this  State 
for  the  purpose  of  procuring  Recruits  to  fill  up  this  States  Quota  of  the 
Continental  Army,  and  to  pay  the  Bounty  to  those  that  Inlisted  and  were 
draughted  for  said  Service  and  that  six  Sheats  amounting  to  £1368  0 0 


62 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


January, 


remained  in  the  Hands  of  Your  Memorialist  which  Money  was  returned 
to  the  Treasurer  and  now  lies  in  his  Hands  and  no  Credit  given  Your 
Memorialist  to  enable  him  to  Settle  with  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  as 
Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
Ordered  and  directed  to  give  Credit  to  said  Abell  for  said  six  Sheets  of 
Continental  Money  amounting  to  £1368  0 0 and  that  the  Committee  of 
Pay  Table  Settle  with  said  Abel  accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Selah  Dickinson  and  Joshua  Horton  late  of 
Southold  on  Long  Island  now  resident  in  Guilford  in  New  Haven 
County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialists  with  their 
Families  removed  to  said  Guilford  at  the  Time  when  the  Enemy  took 
possession  of  New  York  and  have  remained  there  ever  since  and  that 
they  are  now  desirous  to  return  to  their  Habitations  and  Praying  Liberty 
so  to  do,  and  also  to  transport  their  Household  Stuff,  one  Years  Provi- 
sion and  Some  live  Stock  with  Some  Boards  and  Shingles  as  Per  Mem- 
orial on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Memorialists  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  is  hereby  given  to  the  said  Selah  Dickinson  and  Joshua  Horton 
to  remove  with  their  Families  to  said  Southold  and  carry  their  House- 
hold Furniture  and  one  Years  Provision  for  their  said  Families  and  also 
that  said  Dickinson  have  Liberty  to  carry  two  Cows  three  Young  Cattle 
five  Sheep  & two  small  Swine  and  said  Horton  to  carry  two  Cows, 
and  also  that  the  Memorialists  have  Liberty  to  carry  1000  feet  of  Boards 
& 1000  of  Shingles  each  Provided  that  they  shall  employ  no  Person  to 
transport  them  to  said  Long  Island  but  such  as  shall  be  Nominated  and 
approved  by  the  Civil  Authority  in  and  Select  Men  of  said  Guilford ; 
nor  shall  any  Article  be  shipt  on  board  such  Vessell  as  they  shall  procure 
for  the  purpose  but  what  shall  be  Inspected  and  approved  by  such  Per- 
son or  Persons  as  said  Authority  and  Select  Men  shall  appoint,  said 
Vessell  to  be  examined  and  approved  at  her  Departure  and  return. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Mehitabel  Tuttle  late  of  Southold  on  Long 
Island  now  resident  in  Guilford  in  New  Haven  County  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  she  left  said  Southold  about  Six  Years  ago,  and  has 
ever  Since  lived  in  said  Guilford  and  is  now  desirous  to  return  to 
said  Southold  Praying  for  Liberty  so  to  do  and  to  carry  her  Family 
consisting  of  two  Young  Women  and  a Negroe  Girl  with  her,  and 
also  to  carry  with  her,  two  Cows  one  Horse,  one  Shoat  Barrell  of 
Pork  t/2  Barrell  of  Beef,  twelve  Bushell  of  Wheat,  five  Bushell  of 
Indian  Corn  and  one  Riding  Chair  together  with  all  her  Household 
Furniture  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  is  hereby  Granted  to  her  to  remove  herself  with  the  Persons  and 
Effects  above  enumerated  to  said  Southold ; yet  so  as  that  no  Person  be 
Improved  therein  but  Such  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  Civil  Authority 


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in  and  Select  Men  of  said  Guilford  nor  any  Goods  Shipped  but  what 
shall  be  inspected  and  approved  by  such  Person  As  said  Authority  and 
Select  Men  shall  appoint  and  no  Vessell  to  be  Improved  but  what  said 
Inspector  shall  examine  and  approve  of  and  also  Inspect  and  examine 
at  her  return. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  James  Church  of  Hartford  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  before  the  commencement  of  the  present  War  the  Mem- 
orialist was  Connected  in  Trade  with  Richard  Alsop  Esqr  of  Midletown 
late  Deceasd  whereby  he  was  necessarily  connected  with  Sundry  Persons 
then  and  still  of  the  City  of  New  York,  with  whom  there  are  many 
Matters  unsettled  and  sundry  Sums  due  to  the  said  Alsop  and 
Church  as  likewise  to  Your  Memorialist  Personally,  Praying  for  Permis- 
sion to  go  to  the  West  end  of  Long  Island  and  New  York  for 
the  purpose  of  settling  said  Matters  and  the  Ballances  so  due  to  bring 
from  thence  into  this  State  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  is  hereby  granted  him  to  go  to  New  York  by  Land  or  Water 
adjust  and  Settle  his  Affairs  and  whatever  shall  be  found  due  to  him 
thereon,  bring  from  thence  in  a Suitable  Vessell  in  Salt  Duck  or  Cordage, 
Provided  always  the  Same  be  under  the  direction  and  Care  of  Messra 
John  Deshon  and  Thomas  Shaw  of  New  London  who  are  directed  to 
take  Suitable  Security  of  the  Memorialist  that  he  do  not  exceed  the 
above  Licence. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Dan  White  of  Torrington  in  Litchfield 
County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  was  a Soldier  in  Capt  Matthew 
Smiths  Company  in  General  Waterburys  Brigade  at  Horseneck  and  that 
on  the  8th  Day  of  February  1782  he  was  made  Prisoner  by  the  British 
Light  Horse  and  carried  into  New  York  and  there  remained  untill  the 
18th  Day  of  June  following  when  he  was  exchanged  for  which  Term  he 
has  received  no  pay  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table  be  and  they  are  hereby  directed  upon  examination  to  draw  on 
the  Treasurer  for  the  Sum  they  shall  find  Justly  due. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Elias  Buell  Praying  for  Liberty  to  pass  to 
Long  Island  and  bring  from  thence  One  hundred  Pounds  Lawfull 
Money  in  Specie  or  other  Articles  British  Goods  only  excepted — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  is  hereby  granted  that  he  may  pass  from  this  State  to  Long 
Island  and  recover  his  said  Debt  and  bring  from  thence  the  Avails 
thereof  in  Specie  or  other  Articles,  British  Goods  only  excepted  always 
Provided  that  the  Same  shall  be  under  the  Inspection  of  Messrs  John 
Deshon  & Thomas  Shaw  of  New  London. 


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Upon  the  Memorial  of  James  Chamberlain  of  East  Windsor  Shew- 
ing to  this  Assembly  that  a Ferry  is  needed  across  Connecticut  River 
between  said  East  Windsor  and  Windsor  at  the  South  part  of  the  Land 
late  belonging  to  William  Thrall  of  East  Windsor  Praying  that  a Ferry 
may  be  allowed  and  established  across  the  River  from  William  Thralls 
Land  on  the  East  Side  Connecticut  River  and  that  he  may  have  an 
exclusive  Right  to  the  Same,  As  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  a Ferry  be  allowed  in  the  Place 
Prayed  for  and  that  the  Memorialist  have  an  exclusive  Right  to  the 
Same  Provided  he  cast  out  a Road  or  Highway  from  the  common  Road 
in  East  Windsor  through  his  Land  to  the  Waters  Edge  at  the  Ferry 
Place,  said  Ferry  to  be  under  the  Same  Regulations  as  other  Ferries  in 
said  East  Windsor. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Daniel  Booth  formerly  of  Southold  on  Long 
Island  now  resident  at  Guilford  in  New  Haven  County  Shewing  this 
Assembly  that  he  left  said  Long  Island  AD  1776  and  has  Lived  at  said 
Guilford  ever  since,  and  his  Interest  being  chiefly  at  said  Long  Island 
and  it  being  difficult  for  him  Longer  to  provide  for  his  Family  here, 
he  prays  for  Liberty  to  return  to  said  Southold  with  his  Family  and  to 
carry  with  him  one  Yoke  of  Young  Oxex  three  Cows  two  Shoats  and 
one  Horse,  with  provision  necessary  for  his  said  Family  to  Serve  untill 
next  Fall  together  with  his  Household  Goods  and  Furniture  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  is  hereby  Granted  to  him  to  return  to  said  Southold  and  to  carry 
his  said  Family  and  the  above  mentioned  Articles  Yet  so  as  no  Person 
to  be  employed  on  Board  the  Passage  Boat  but  such  as  shall  be  nom- 
inated by  the  Civil  Authority  in  and  Select  Men  of  said  Guilford,  and 
said  Boat  to  be  Subject  to  the  Inspection  of  such  Person  or  Persons  as 
said  Authority  and  Select  Men  shall  appoint  both  at  its  departure  & 
return  said  Goods  Likewise. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Christopher  Lefflngwell  Thomas  Mumford, 
Joseph  Howland,  Thomas  Cout.  John  Broom  Adam  Babcock  and  the 
rest  of  the  Owners  of  the  Brigantine  Thetis  commanded  by  Capt  Wil- 
liam Wattles,  Representing  to  this  Assembly  that  said  Brigantine  sailed 
from  Amsterdam  in  the  Month  of  October  last  past  Bound  for  Boston, 
but  through  Distress  of  Weather  was  obliged  to  put  in  to  the  Port  of 
New  London  and  that  a great  Part  of  the  Brigantine  and  her  Cargo 
belongs  to  Persons  in  Boston  who  will  not  receive  her  at  any  other  Port 
being  Insured  for  the  Port  of  Boston  only,  and  representing  that  they 
have  reason  to  suspect  some  of  said  Cargo  has  received  Damage  and 
that  they  cannot  Land  the  Goods  belonging  to  the  owners  living  within 
this  State  least  Some  of  the  Goods  Freighted  in  said  Brig  should  be 
British  Prize  Goods  liable  to  Seizure  in  this  State  but  are  not  by  the 
Laws  of  Massachusets,  Praying  for  Liberty  to  enter  said  Brig  in  the 


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Port  of  New  London  and  reship  such  Goods  as  belong  to  Persons  in 
Boston  and  not  be  Subject  to  Seizure  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialists  Owners  and  the 
concerned  in  the  Cargoe  and  Brigantine  Thetis  be  and  hereby  are  author- 
ized to  enter  the  said  Vessell  in  the  Port  of  New  London  and  reship 
such  Part  of  her  Cargoe  as  belongs  or  is  Consigned  to  Persons  in  Boston 
in  the  State  of  Massachusets  exempted  from  a Liableness  to  be  Seized 
by  any  Law  of  this  State,  or  if  the  Owners  Chuse  may  transport  the 
Same  by  Land  to  avoid  the  Dangers  of  the  Seas  to  Boston  with  the 
like  exemption  should  any  of  said  Goods  be  counterband  by  the  Laws 
of  this  but  not  so  by  the  Laws  of  Massachusets. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Collier  of  Hartford  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  some  Time  past  his  Brother  Daniel  Collier  was  captured 
by  the  Enemy  soon  after  which  he  died  on  a passage  to  New  York 
leaving  a Will  by  which  he  bequeathed  his  whole  Estate  to  Your  Mem- 
orialist which  he  is  informed  amounted  to  Several  hundred  Pounds 
which  said  Will  has  been  duely  proved  and  approved,  according  to  the 
Laws  and  Usages  of  said  City  of  New  York,  and  that  Your  Memorialist 
hath  once  been  into  New  York  by  Permission  in  order  to  obtain  what 
was  bequeathed  to  him  as  aforesaid,  but  Such  were  the  Circumstances  of 
Affairs  at  that  Time  that  he  was  not  able  to  obtain  the  Same  in  con- 
sequence of  which  he  left  Orders  and  Authority  with  one  Robert  R 
Waddle  of  said  City  to  Collect  and  Secure  for  the  Memorialist  all  his 
said  Brothers  Effects  since  which  he  is  informed  that  said  Robert  hath 
collected  the  Same  or  the  Greater  Part  thereof  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on 
File  Dated  20th  Jany  1783  Praying  this  Assembly  to  grant  him  per- 
mission to  go  into  New  York  under  Proper  Restrictions  and  to  bring 
from  thence  the  whole  of  his  said  Brothers  Effects  into  this  State  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  William  Collier  be  and  he 
is  hereby  permitted  either  by  himself  or  some  prudent  Person  by  him  to 
be  appointed  and  approved  by  the  Honorable  Abraham  Davenport  Esqr 
to  go  into  New  York  and  to  bring  from  thence  the  whole  of  his  said 
Brothers  Effects,  all  under  the  Inspection  of  the  Honble  Abraham  Daven- 
port Esqr  or  the  Commanding  Officer  of  the  Post  of  Stamford  who  are 
respectively  Impowered  to  give  such  direction  and  take  Such  Orders  in 
the  Premisses  as  they  may  think  proper. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Josiah  Lacey  of  Fairfield  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  in  AD  1777  he  raised  a Company  with  which  he  served 
in  the  5th  Battalion  of  the  Connecticut  Line  in  the  Continental  Army  and 
that  in  raising  said  Company  he  expended  agreeable  to  Orders  received 
from  his  Colonel  for  Bounty  Arms  Blankets  &c  the  Sum  of  £83  13  6 
LMony  exclusive  of  Public  Monies  he  received  as  appears  by  adjust- 
ment of  his  Accounts  with  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  which  Money  he 
now  stands  in  need  of  Praying  this  Assembly  to  take  his  Case  into  Con- 
sideration and  order  that  the  Pay  Table  give  an  Order  to  the  Treasurer 


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to  pay  said  Sum  and  Interest  to  the  Memorialist  out  of  the  unappropri- 
ated Moneys  if  any  such  there  be  or  otherwise  direct  that  His  Excellency 
the  Governor  and  Council  of  Safety  do  Order  that  a certain  Tract  of 
Confiscated  Land  lying  in  the  Parish  of  North  Fairfield  which  formerly 
belonged  to  Nathan  Summers  now  with  the  Enemy  may  be  apprized 
to  him  by  Judicious  Men  and  his  account  Credited  with  the  Avails  and 
the  Treasurer  be  directed  to  give  a Deed  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  draw  an  Order  on  the  Treasurer  for  the 
Payment  of  said  Sum  with  the  Lawfull  Interest  out  of  any  unappro- 
priated Moneys,  and  that  said  Tract  of  Land  be  apprized  to  the  Mem- 
orialist by  Judicious  Freeholders  under  Oath  to  be  appointed  by  the 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Fairfield  at  its  Just 
value  in  Money,  And  the  amount  thereof  to  be  endorsed  on  said  Order, 
and  the  Same  being  exhibited  to  the  Treasurer  the  Treasurer  is  hereby 
directed  to  execute  and  deliver  to  the  Memorialist  a Deed  of  said  Land 
in  behalf  of  this  State. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Seth  Austin  of  Suffield  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  the  General  Assembly  at  their  Sessions  in  January  1782 
were  pleased  to  abate  to  him  the  one  half  of  a Recognizance  of  £ 1600 
lawfull  Money  he  before  that  Time  forfeited  to  the  Public  Treasury 
of  this  State,  and  to  decree  and  Order  that  upon  his  Paying  or  Securing 
the  one  half  the  Sum  of  said  Bond  of  Recognizance  to  the  Treasurer  that 
he  should  be  released  and  discharged  from  Suffering  or  Paying  any 
further  Sum  or  part  thereof,*  that  before  the  gracious  Decree  aforesaid 
he  paid  to  the  States  Attorney  for  the  County  of  Hartford  about  £660. 
in  State  Money  Bills  which  by  Law  were  receivable  for  fines  and  For- 
feitures and  had  executed  to  Said  Attorney  a Note  of  Hand  for  about 
£ 140  which  he  took  in  his  own  private  Name,  hath  Since  Sued  the  Same 
and  insists  to  have  the  Same  Sum  in  Hard  Money  in  payment  of  said 
Note  and  will  take  nothing  else  notwithstanding  the  Memorialist  hath 
always  had  the  State  Money  Bills  and  been  ready  to  pay  the  Same  and 
urged  the  Treasurer  and  said  Attorney  to  receive  said  Bills  Praying  the 
Treasurer  or  the  States  Attorney  for  the  County  of  Hartford  be  ordered 
and  directed  to  receive  of  the  Memorialist  State  Money  Bills  to  the 
Amount  with  what  he  hath  already  paid  of  the  one  half  said  Bond  of 
Recognizance  and  that  thereupon  the  Notes  gave  to  said  Attorney  may 
be  cancelled  and  made  void  and  of  no  Effect, 

Whereupon  Resolved  that  upon  the  Memorialist  paying  to  the 
Treasurer  of  this  State  or  to  the  States  Attorney  for  the  County  of 
Hartford  the  one  half  of  said  Bond  of  Recognizance  with  what  he 
already  paid  in  State  Money  Bills  exclusive  of  the  Interest  arising 
thereon  from  and  after  the  rising  of  the  General  Assembly  convened  at 
Hartford  in  January  1782,  who  are  hereby  they  or  either  of  them 


See  Conn.  State  Rees.,  IV,  67. 


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Ordered  and  directed  to  receive  the  Same  the  said  Note  of  Hand  given 
to  the  States  Attorney  for  the  County  of  Hartford  by  the  Memorialist 
as  aforesaid  be  cancelled  and  hereby  is  cancelled  and  made  utterly  void 
and  of  no  effect  the  Memorialist  to  pay  the  Cost  already  arisen  in  the 
Action  commenced  upon  said  Note. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Aaron  Mallery  3d  of  Woodbury  in  the  County 
of  Litchfield  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  some  Time  in  in  Septembr 
last  he  purchased  of  Thaddeus  Beacher  of  New  Haven  one  Soldiers 
Note  Given  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  he  thinks  to  Isaac  Bunn  for 
six  Pounds  nineteen  shillings  & elevenpence  three  farthings  LMoney, 
with  Interest  payable  the  first  Day  of  June  last  and  that  soon  after  said 
Note  was  purchased  it  being  in  the  pocket  of  a Pair  of  Breeches,  was  put 
into  a wash  Tub  and  washed  to  Peices,  and  Praying  that  the  Treasurer  of 
this  State  execute  another  Note  of  the  Same  Date  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on 
File — 

Resolved,  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  execute 
a Note  of  the  Same  Date  and  f or  the  Same  Sums  and  deliver  the  Same 
to  the  Memorialist. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Major  Albert  Chapman  of  Fairfield  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  Nathan  Burrall  of  Norwalk  in  the  Year  1771,  hired 
a Sum  of  Money  of  Charles  W.  Apthorp  of  the  City  of  New  York  for 
which  he  gave  his  Note  and  Mortgaged  his  Land  since  which  the  Estate 
of  said  Apthorp  has  been  confiscated  to  the  Use  of  this  State  and  the 
Memorialist  has  purchased  the  Equity  of  Redemption  of  said  Mortgaged 
Lands  and  now  has  a Note  for  Service  in  the  Connecticut  Line  of  the 
Army  against  this  State  which  was  due  in  June  last,  which  he  Prays 
might  be  received  in  Payment  of  said  Debt  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Administr  on  said  Apthorp8  Estate 
be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  receive  of  the  Memorialist  his  said  Note 
in  part  payment  of  said  Debt  and  upon  the  same  being  fully  paid  to  give 
said  Burrell  a discharge  therefrom,  and  also  to  give  to  the  Memorialist 
a Quit  Claim  Deed  in  behalf  of  this  State  of  said  Mortgaged  Lands. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  Hart  Junr  of  Stamford  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1773,  he  hired  of  Charles  Ward  Apthorp 
of  the  City  of  New  York  One  hundred  Pounds  New  York  Money  for 
which  he  gave  his  Note  and  Mortgaged  his  Lands  that  he  has  tendered 
the  Money  for  said  Debts  which  was  refused,  since  which  the  Estate  of 
said  Apthorp  has  been  Confiscated  to  the  Use  of  this  State,  and  he  has 
now  in  his  Hands  Orders  on  the  half  Crown  Tax  and  other  Securities 
against  this  State  Praying  to  have  the  Administrator  on  said  Apthorps 
Estate  directed  to  receive  said  Securities  in  payment  of  said  Debt  and 
discharge  him  therefrom  &c  As  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Administrator  on  said  Apthorps 
Estate  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  receive  of  the  Memorialist  any  of 


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January, 


the  abovementioned  Securities  in  payment  of  said  Debt,  and  upon  the 
Same  being  paid,  to  give  him  a Discharge  therefrom  and  also  to  give 
him  a Quit  Claim  Deed  of  said  Mortgaged  Lands  in  behalf  of  this  State. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Jonathan  Whiting  of  Stamford  in  Fairfield 
County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1772  he  hired  One 
hundred  Pounds  New  York  Money  of  Charles  Ward  Apthorp  of  the 
City  of  New  York,  and  gave  his  obligation  and  Mortgaged  his  Lands  for 
the  Same  since  which  he  has  tendered  the  Money  due  thereon  which  was 
refused  and  that  he  now  has  Sureties  against  this  State  for  Service  done 
and  that  the  Estate  of  said  Apthorp  is  confiscated  to  the  Use  of  this  State 
Praying  to  have  said  Sureties  received  in  payment  of  said  Debts  and  he 
be  discharged  therefrom  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Administrator  on  said  Apthorps 
Estate  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  receive  any  Securities  against  this 
State  for  hard  Moniey  or  Orders  on  the  half  Crown  Tax  in  payment  of 
said  Obligations  and  thereupon  to  discharge  the  Memorialist  therefrom 
and  also  to  give  him  a Quit  Claim  in  behalf  of  this  State  to  the  Lands 
Mortgaged  as  aforesaid. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Jonathan  Wareing  Junr  of  Stamford  Shew- 
ing to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1772  he  hired  One  hundred  Pounds 
New  York  Money  of  Charles  Ward  Apthorp  of  the  City  of  New  York 
and  gave  his  Obligation  and  Mortgaged  his  Land  for  the  Same  since 
which  he  has  tendered  the  Money  due  thereon  which  was  refused  and 
that  he  now  has  Securities  against  this  State  for  Service  done  and  that 
the  Estate  of  said  Apthorp  is  confiscated  to  the  Use  of  this  State 
Praying  to  have  said  Securities  received  in  Payment  of  said  Debt  and 
be  discharged  therefrom  & c as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Administrator  on  said  Apthorps 
Estate  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  receive  any  Securities  against  this 
State  for  hard  Money  in  Payment  of  said  Obligation  and  thereupon  to 
discharge  the  Memorialist  therefrom  and  also  to  give  him  a Quit  Claim 
in  behalf  of  this  State  to  the  Lands  Mortgaged  as  aforesaid. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  Doolittle  a Prisoner  now  confined 
in  Hartford  Goal  Shewing  that  he  was  sentenced  to  four  Years  Imprison- 
ment in  NewGate  for  being  concerned  in  robbing  Ebenezer  Daytons 
House  and  has  suffered  Imprisonment  during  great  part  of  said  Term 
Praying  for  release  from  said  confinement  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  said  Memorialists  giving  his 
Note  with  one  sufficient  Surety  to  the  Sheriff  of  Hartford  County  for  all 
Costs  due  from  him  the  said  Memorialist  be  Liberated  from  his  said 
Imprisonment  and  allowed  to  reside  in  the  Town  of  Woodbury  in  the 
County  of  Litchfield  under  the  Care  and  direction  of  the  Select  Men  of 
said  Town  during  the  residue  of  the  Term  of  his  said  Imprisonment. 


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Upon  the  Memorial  of  Joseph  Wilder  Agent  for  the  Society  of 
Barkhemsted  in  Litchfield  County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  they 
have  hired  Preaching  among  them  for  part  of  each  Year  for  several 
Years  past  and  thajt  they  have  no  Meeting  House  where  the  Inhabitants 
can  conveniently  meet,  that  a Place  for  a Meeting  House  is  affixed  by  the 
County  Court  in  said  Society  &c  Praying  f or  a Tax  of  six  pence  on  the 
Acre  on  all  Lands  in  said  Society  for  the  purpose  of  Building  said  House 
&c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  a Tax  of  six  pence  Per  Acre  be  laid 
on  the  Lands  within  said  Society  for  the  purpose  of  Building  said  Meet- 
ing House  and  Mr  James  Austin  of  said  Society  be  and  he  is  hereby 
appointed  and  Impowered  to  collect  the  Same  of  the  Owners  of  said 
Land  by  the  first  Day  of  June  next  and  the  Money  so  collected  he  is 
directed  to  pay  to  the  Treasury  of  said  Society  or  a Committee  appointed 
by  said  Society  to  receive  the  Same,  And  that  the  Lands  of  the  non  resi- 
dent Proprietors  who  shall  neglect  to  pay  said  Tax  by  the  first  Day  of 
June  next,  the  said  Collector  is  hereby  authorized  and  Impowered  to 
Sell  and  dispose  of  for  the  payment  of  said  Tax  in  the  Same  manner  and 
under  the  Same  Restrictions  and  Regulations  which  the  Lands  of  non 
resident  Proprietors  who  neglect  to  pay  any  other  Taxes  are  by  Law 
Subjected  to  be  Sold. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Joseph  Lane  Junr  John  Lane  Jr  Hezekiah 
Clark  Elisha  White,  Giles  Parmely  Samuel  Crittenden  Elias  Redfield 
Ezra  Porter  Joel  Wilcox,  Joel  Evarts  and  Walter  Griswold  of  Killing- 
worth  Dated  the  6th  Day  of  October  1782  representing  to  this  Assembly 
that  they  voluntarily  Inlisted  into  the  Continental  Army  for  the  Term  of 
six  Months  and  performed  their  Duty  therein,  and  in  consequence  thereof 
were  entituled  by  a Resolve  of  the  General  Assembly  to  receive  the  Sum 
of  thirty  Shillings  each  for  furnishing  themselves  with  Blankets  &c 
which  they  have  never  received  And  this  Assembly  being  informed  that 
Brigadier  General  Ward  had  received  the  Several  Sums  due  to  the 
Memorialists  and  had  paid  the  Same  to  Col0  William  Worthington  for 
their  Use  but  they  have  not  been  able  to  obtain  the  Same 

Whereupon  Resolved  that  Brigr  Gen1  Ward  be  and  is  hereby 
Authorized  and  directed  to  enquire  into  the  Matters  aforesaid  and  if  he 
finds  the  Money  retained  in  the  Hands  of  the  said  Col0  Worthington  or 
any  other  Person  to  receive  the  Same  and  pay  over  to  the  Memorialists 
together  with  the  Interest,  since  the  Same  ought  to  have  been  paid  and  if 
the  said  Monies  are  withheld  by  any  Person  the  said  Gen1  Ward  is 
directed  to  prosecute  the  Same  at  the  Expence  of  this  State  for  the  Use 
of  the  said  Memorialists  and  Report  make  to  this  Assembly  in  May  next. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Gideon  Stoddard  of  Woodbury  in  Litchfield 
County  Conservator  of  the  Person  and  Estate  of  Jerusha  Stoddard  of 
said  Woodbury  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  hath  expended  for  the 
Support  of  the  said  Jerusha  the  Sum  of  ten  Pounds  & sixpence  Lawfull 


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January, 


Money,  and  that  the  said  Jerusha  hath  great  need  of  a considerable  more 
at  present,  for  Cloathing  &c  which  he  is  unable  to  advance,  and  that  the 
whole  of  said  Jerusha8  Estate  consists  in  one  Peice  of  Land  which  is 
so  Situated  that  to  Sell  off  about  twenty  four  Pounds  worth  of  Land 
will  be  greatly  advantageous  to  the  Estate  &c  and  Praying  for  Liberty 
to  make  Sale  of  so  much  of  the  real  Estate  of  the  said  Jerusha  as  to  make 
twenty  four  Pounds  Lawfull  Money  for  the  Payment  of  the  Debts  and 
Charges  already  arisen  and  to  be  improved  for  said  Jerusha8  further 
Support  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
he  is  hereby  Impowered  to  make  Sale  of  so  much  of  the  real  Estate 
of  the  said  Jerusha  as  to  make  the  Sum  of  £24  LMoney  to  be  improved 
for  the  Payment  of  the  Debts  and  Charges  already  arisen  and  for  her 
further  support. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Edward  Smith  and  Elizabeth  Smith  his  Wife 
and  Anne  Ingraham  of  Stonington  in  the  County  of  New  London  and 
David  Mumford  of  New  London,  Executors  of  the  last  Will  and 
Testament  of  David  Cheeseborough  late  of  said  Stonington  Decd ; 
representing  to  this  Assembly  that  the  said  David  Cheeseborough 
by  his  last  Will  and  Testament  devised  away  the  whole  of  his  Estate 
both  real  and  Personal  Saving  £62  10  0 real  and  £196  9 7 of 
Personal  Estate  to  sundry  Persons  two  of  whom  viz  Abigail  Grant 
and  Abigail  Cheeseborough  Grant  are  in  England,  that  the  Memorialists 
and  Margaret  Cheeseborough,  late  of  said  Stonington  Decd  and 
the  said  Edward  Elizabeth  and  Anne  are  the  other  Legatees  and  the  said 
David  in  his  last  Will  hath  made  no  Provision  for  the  Payment  of  his 
Debts,  and  that  there  is  due  from  said  Estate  exclusive  of  the  aforesaid 
Sums  a Ballance  of  more  than  three  hundred  Pounds  which  ought  to 
be  paid  out  of  the  Estate  of  each  of  the  Legatees  according  to  the  value 
of  their  Legacies  both  of  real  and  personal  Estate  Praying  a Committee 
may  be  appointed  with  full  Powers  to  Liquidate  and  determine  the 
Debts  due  from  said  Estate,  and  to  ascertain  the  Proportion  of  the  Same 
which  shall  be  paid  by  the  Several  Legatees  aforesaid,  and  to  enable  and 
Impower  the  said  Executor  to  Sell  the  said  undevised  real  Estate  of  £62 
10  0 and  so  much  of  the  Legacies  of  the  said  Abigail  Grant  and  Abigail 
Cheesborough  Grant,  being  real  and  Personal  Estate  as  shall  be  sufficient 
to  discharge  their  proportion  of  said  Debts,  that  equal  Justice  may  be 
done  to  the  several  Legatees  and  Creditors  as  Per  Memorial  may 
appear — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Nathaniel  Minor  and  Paul  Wheeler 
Esqrs  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Committee  to  examine  into 
the  Matters  of  said  Memorial  and  adjust  the  Proportions  the  Several 
Legatees  shall  be  Charged  with  for  to  raise  Sufficient  Sums  of  Money 
to  pay  and  Satisfy  the  Debts  and  Legacies  according  to  Justice  and  to  the 
Will  of  the  Testator  and  that  they  make  returns  to  the  Court  of  Probate 


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for  the  District  of  Stonington,  that  such  Orders  may  be  had  thereon  as 
will  make  a Just  Settlement  of  said  Estate, 

And  it  is  further  Resolved  that  said  Executor  be  and  he  is  hereby 
Authorized  and  Impowered  to  Sell  said  Land  undevised  and  also  so 
much  of  the  real  and  Personal  Estate  of  the  Legatees  as  by  the  Report 
of  said  Committee  and  Order  of  said  Court  of  Probate  shall  be  Sufficient 
to  Pay  said  Debts  & Legacys  and  Charges  under  the  direction  of  said 
Court. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  David  Wooster  Junr  of  Waterbury  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  he  having  fully  complied  with  and  conformed  to 
the  Act  of  Assembly  made  in  his  behalf  in  Jany  last  which  was  that  he 
should  be  released  from  his  Imprisonment  in  NewGate  on  Condition  he 
should  procure  sufficient  Bonds  for  his  good  and  peacible  Behaviour  in 
future  towards  this  State  and  the  United  States  and  that  he  should  be 
permitted  to  live  in  some  Town  on  the  East  Side  of  Connecticut  River 
during  the  Pleasure  of  the  Assembly*  and  that  he  having  procured 
Bonds  as  aforesaid,  had  lived  with  General  Spencer  in  the  Town  of  East 
Hadam  ever  since  February  last,  and  had  conducted  himself  well  to  the 
approbation  and  satisfaction  of  all  among  whom  he  Lived,  and  was  deter- 
mined still  to  continue  to  conduct  himself  as  a good  Subject  and  Friend 
of  the  United  States  Praying  that  he  might  be  released  from  his  Bonds 
aforesaid  and  be  admitted  to  the  priveleges  of  a free  Citizen  & c or  that  he 
might  be  permitted  to  pass  on  the  West  Side  of  Connecticut  River  to  such 
Town  and  for  such  Length  of  Time  as  General  Spencer  should  give  his 
Written  permit  for  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  is  hereby  Granted  him  to  pass  on  the  West  Side  of  Connecticut 
River  to  Such  Town  and  for  such  length  of  Time  as  he  shall  from  Time 
to  Time  obtain  a Written  permit  for  from  the  Honble  Major  General 
Spencer. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Jonathan  Arnold  of  Hartford  in  the  County 
of  Hartford  in  the  State  of  Connecticut,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
he  is  a Serjeant  in  the  Continental  Army  and  unfortunately  bears  the 
Sir  Name  of  the  Infamous  Benedict  Arnold  once  a Major  General  in 
the  Armies  of  the  United  States,  now  a Traytor  and  Deserter,  that  some 
Time  after  the  Defection  of  the  said  Benedict  the  Honble  Major  General 
Baron  Steuben  pitying  the  Misfortune  of  any  Person  friendly  to  the 
American  Cause  doomed  to  bear  the  Same  Name  with  a notorious  Tray- 
tor, offered  the  Memorialist  Liberty  to  assume  the  Name  of  Steuben, 
and  by  that  name  to  be  known  and  called  and  engaged  to  Your  Memorial- 
ist on  his  taking  and  assuming  the  said  Name  of  Steuben  to  pay  to  him 
the  Sum  of  two  Dollars  Per  Month  during  the  present  War  &c  Praying 
this  Assembly  to  permit  him  to  assume  the  Sir  name  of  Steuben  and  by 


See  Conn.  State  Rees.,  IV,  47-48. 


72  public  records  January, 

that  Name  to  be  hereafter  known  and  called  as  Per  Memorial  on  File 
Dated  30th  January  1783 — 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same  that  the  said 
Memorialist  have  Liberty  and  Liberty  is  hereby  Granted  to  him  to  take 
upon  himself  the  Sir  Name  of  Steuben  instead  of  that  of  Arnold  and 
that  the  Memorialists  Sir  Name  be  Steuben  and  that  by  that  Name  in 
all  legal  Proceedings  he  be  ever  hereafter  known  and  called. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Benjamin  Huntington  Esqr  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  hath  on  Hand  an  Order  drawn  by  the  Committee  of 
Pay  Table  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  one  hundred  Pounds  in 
Bills  ordered  by  Congress  to  be  Issued  from  the  Treasury  of  this  State, 
said  Order  bearing  Date  the  first  Day  of  September  1780  and  in  favour 
of  Nehemeah  Hubbard  D.Q.M.G  that  the  Memorialist  received  the 
Same  in  payment  for  forfeited  Lands  And  the  Bills  ordered  by  Congress 
being  never  Issued  the  Treasurer  hath  nothing  in  his  Hands  to  pay  the 
Same  Praying  that  the  Treasurer  may  be  Ordered  to  accept  the  Same 
at  par  with  Bills  of  this  State  emitted  in  the  Year  1780  &c  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
Ordered  and  directed  to  receive  the  said  Order  at  the  Hand  of  the 
Memorialist  at  Parr  with  the  Bills  of  this  State  emitted  in  the  Year 
1780  in  payment  for  said  Lands  Sold  for  State  Money  and  place  the 
Same  to  the  Account  of  this  State  accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Isaiah  Thomson  and  others  Officers  and  Sol- 
diers belonging  to  the  four  Companies  of  Artillery  under  the  Command 
of  Col°  Lamb  and  now  Serving  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States,  and 
are  engaged  to  continue  during  the  Present  War,  Shewing  to  this  Assem- 
bly that  they  extend  said  Service  on  the  plighted  faith  of  this  State 
and  that  they  expected  the  Same  Advantages  and  emoluments  as  their 
Brethren  in  the  Army  serving  in  the  Infantry,  and  that  in  the  beginning 
of  the  Year  1781,  said  Companies  were  by  a Sovereign  Act  of  Congress 
transferred  to  the  State  of  New  York,  and  that  in  consequence  of  said 
transfer  the  Memorialists  are  defeated  from  receiving  three  Months  pay 
which  they  were  Justly  Intituled  to  in  consequence  of  their  first  Engage- 
ments in  the  Present  War  Praying  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialists 
may  be  entituled  to  have  and  receive  from  this  State  three  Months  Pay 
refreshments  and  Supplies  equal  to  what  hath  been  already  advanced  to 
the  Infantry  Serving  in  the  Continental  Army  belonging  to  said  State 
for  the  Term  aforesaid,  their  being  transferred  over  to  the  State  of  New 
York  notwithstanding  As  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialists  shall  be  allowed  by 
this  State  three  Months  Pay  in  the  Same  manner  and  in  the  same  Propor- 
tion as  other  Officers  and  Soldiers  have  received  who  have  Served  as 
Infantry  in  the  Connecticut  Line  of  the  Continental  Army,  And  that  His 


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73 


Excellency  the  Governor  be  desired  to  Write  to  Congress  on  the  Subject 
for  their  approbation  and  also  to  Instruct  the  Delegates  of  this  State  in 
Congress  to  endeavour  to  procure  relei f upon  the  Matter  aforesaid. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Isaiah  Thomson  CaptQ  Lieut,  Lieut  James 
Brewster  Peter  Woodward  and  John  R Throop  Serjfc  Elias  Wilcox  and 
Samuel  Printitle,  Ebenezer  Lines  Nathan  M Lounsbury  Asael  Jacobs 
Andrew  Dawling  Thomas  Warner,  Obadiah  Hill  Benjamin  Peck  Wil- 
liam DeMott,  Joshua  Hinkley,  Edmund  Parker,  Ebnezr  Hasting  Thad- 
deus  Thomson  Peter  Ferriss  Jonathan  Mead,  Joseph  Hunt  and  William 
Hart,  raised  in  this  State  and  now  Serving  in  the  Continental  Army  and 
accounting  as  part  of  the  Quota  of  this  State  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  the  real  Estate  of  Nicholas  Lechmere  in  New  Haven  hath  been 
legally  confiscated  for  the  Use  of  this  State  and  praying  this  Assembly 
to  Order  and  direct  the  Judge  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  New  Haven 
to  cause  said  Estate  to  be  apprized  at  its  Just  value  and  execute  a Deed 
of  the  Same  to  Your  Memorialist8  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Judge  of  the  Probate  for  the 
District  of  New  Haven  be  and  he  is  Authorized  and  directed  to  Cause  so 
much  of  the  real  Estate  of  Nicholas  Lechmere  to  be  apprized  by  three 
Judicious  disinterested  freeholders  under  Oath  at  its  Just  value  in  Money, 
and  shall  make  and  execute  a Warrantee  Deed  of  said  Estate  in  behalf 
of  this  State  and  binding  on  them  to  the  Memorialists  they  paying  to 
the  amount  it  shall  be  apprized  at  in  Obligations  against  this  State  for 
their  Service  in  the  Continental  Army  previous  to  the  Year  1781  always 
excepting  so  much  of  said  Estate  as  to  pay  the  Cost  of  Condemnation 
and  the  Just  Debts  due  from  said  Estate  being  ascertained  according  to 
Law. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Asa  Bebee  and  Joseph  Day  both  of  Colchester 
in  the  County  of  Hartford  Shewing  to  this  Assemibly  that  in  the  Year 
1779  they  sold  sundry  Beef  Cattle  to  Israel  Champion  of  East  Haddam 
in  said  County  an  Assistant  purchasing  Commissary  for  the  United 
States  of  America  on  Credit  and  payment  being  delayed  they  brought 
their  Several  Actions  against  the  said  Champion,  which  Actions  are  now 
pending  proposing  to  receive  their  Several  Debts  for  said  Cattle  in  Treas- 
urers Notes  payable  one  Year  after  the  War  on  Interest,  agreeable  to  an 
Act  of  Assembly  passed  for  the  purpose  of  Liquidating  such  Debts  Pro- 
vided they  may  be  allowed  the  legal  Costs  of  such  Suits  and  that  the  said 
Costs  in  each  of  said  Actions  be  taxed  by  two  of  the  Judges  of  the 
County  Court  in  the  County  of  Hartford  and  that  the  Same  may  be 
secured  and  made  payable  in  the  Same  manner  as  the  principal  Debts  as 
Per  Memorial  &c, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Debts  due  to  the  said  Asa  Bebee 
and  Joseph  Day  for  Beef  Cattle  as  aforesaid  be  Liquidated  according  to 
Law,  and  that  the  Costs  lawfully  arisen  on  said  Suits  be  taxed  by  any 
two  of  the  Judges  of  said  Court  and  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table 
draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  the  Sums  found  due  to  the  beforementioned 


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January, 


Asa  Bebee  and  Joseph  Day  severally  upon  such  Liquidation  together 
with  the  respective  Bills  of  Cost  to  be  secured  to  them  by  Notes  in 
manner  as  above  proposed. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Andrew  Hillyer  of  Symsbury  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  as  Constable  of  said  Symsbury  on  the  24th  Day  of  June 
1782  he  had  in  his  Hands  one  certain  Execution  in  due  form  containing 
a Sum  exceeding  £20  LMoney,  against  one  Levi  Wolworth  by  force  of 
which  the  Memorialist  had  then  taken  the  Body  of  said  Wolworth  and 
there  then  being  no  other  means  of  Payment  to  be  had  from  him  but  by 
his  drawing  an  Order  in  favour  of  the  Memorialist  on  the  Paymaster  of 
the  second  Regiment  of  the  Light  Dragoons  of  this  State  to  which  he 
then  belonged  which  he  then  did  for  said  Sum  of  £20,  on  the  receipt 
whereof  Your  Memorialist  indorsed  said  Execution  in  full  but  so  it  hath 
happened  that  before  the  Comtee  appointed  by  this  State  to  Settle  and 
destine  Such  Sum  as  should  be  Justly  due  to  him  for  Wages  for  past 
Service  in  said  Regiment,  he  said  Wolworth  did  Desert  said  Service 
which  hath  Defeated  Your  Memorialist  from  recovering  said  £20  for 
that  by  force  of  sd  Desertion  all  Wages  then  due  said  Wolworth  did 
become  forfeit,  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Whereupon  it  is  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee 
appointed  by  this  State  to  Liquidate  and  Determine  what  Sum  is  Justly 
due  each  Soldier  belonging  to  this  State  for  their  past  Services  be  enabled 
and  they  are  hereby  directed  to  Settle  and  determine  such  Sum  as  was 
Justly  due  said  Wolworth  for  his  Service  as  a Soldier  of  this  State  at 
the  Time  of  his  Desertion,  and  if  said  Sum  of  £20  should  be  found  due 
then  in  such  Case  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  are  enabled  to  draw  an 
Order  in  favour  of  the  Memorialist  on  the  Treasury  of  said  State  who  is 
likewise  enabled  to  make  out  such  kind  of  security  for  said  Sum  of  £20 
or  such  as  shall  be  found  due  payable  in  the  Same  way  and  manner  as 
would  have  been  done  to  said  Wolworth  in  case  he  had  not  deserted. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Mary  Marshall  now  residing  in  Windsor 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  her  late  Husband  the  late  Elisha  Marshall 
who  died  in  the  Army  left  due  to  him  from  the  Public  Ten  Pounds  nine 
shillings  and  eleven  pence  LMoney  for  his  Services  in  the  Connecticut 
Line  before  January  1780,  and  that  the  said  Elisha  has  left  when  he  died 
no  Estate  Sufficient  to  pay  the  expence  of  taking  out  Letters  of  Adminis- 
tration &c  excepting  the  said  Debt  from  the  public  and  that  the  Mem- 
orialist is  left  indigent  with  three  small  Children  to  maintain  Praying 
for  Liberty  to  receive  the  publick  Securities  for  said  Debt  without  being 
at  the  expence  of  taking  a Letter  of  Administration  on  the  Estate  of  said 
Deceasd  as  Per  Memorial  on  File  — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  is  hereby  Granted  to  the  said  Mary  Marshall  to  receive  the  said 
Publick  Securities  in  manner  as  Prayed  for  and  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table  are  hereby  directed  to  give  Orders  for  the  said  Securities 
accordingly. 


1783. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


75 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Jabez  Stone  Junr  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
he  hath  for  a number  of  Years  been  a Lieutenant  of  the  Guards  Sta- 
tioned at  the  Forts  at  New  London  and  Groton,  was  in  the  last  mentioned 
Fortress  when  it  was  Stormed  by  the  Enemy  Captivated  and  carried 
Prisoner  to  New  York  after  permitted  to  return  Home  on  Paroll,  pro- 
cured Pay  Table  Orders  for  sundry  Articles  of  Cloathing  he  lost  in  Fort 
Griswold,  and  afterward  purchased  the  States  Share  of  a small  Vessell 
that  had  been  condemned  in  a Maritime  Court  for  not  conforming  to 
the  Laws  of  Trade  and  Commerce  and  therefor  became  bound  by  Bond 
to  the  State  Treasurer  in  the  Sum  of  £31  Praying  said  Treasurer  may 
be  directed  and  Ordered  to  receive  of  the  Memorialist  the  States  Orders 
to  the  amount  of  what  is  due  from  the  Memorialist  on  the  Bond  afore- 
said, and  that  thereupon  said  Bond  may  be  cancelled  and  delivered  to 
the  Memorialist  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  and 
he  hereby  is  Ordered  and  directed  upon  the  said  Jabez  Stones  Paying 
or  delivering  to  him  said  Pay  Table  Orders  to  the  amount  of  the  Bond 
given  by  said  Jabez  as  aforesaid  to  cancell  and  deliver  the  Same  to  the 
said  Jabez  Stone. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Benjamin  Hine  and  Daniel  Brown  both  of 
Waterbury  in  New  Haven  County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  said 
Hine  is  possessed  of  an  Order  in  his  favour  on  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State  for  the  Sum  of  £233  9 11  for  so  much  Lawfull  Money  by  him 
advanced  in  the  Year  1777,  for  Provisions  and  other  necessaries  for 
a Company  of  State  Guards  then  under  his  Command  which  Order  is 
dated  June  16th  1780  and  yet  unpaid,  and  said  Brown  did  by  his  Deed 
March  16th  1772  Mortgage  to  Charles  Ward  Apthorp  of  the  City  and 
Province  of  New  York  for  £90  New  York  Currency  a certain  peice  of 
Land  lying  in  said  Waterbury  in  said  Deed  described  as  by  the  Records 
of  said  Town  of  Waterbury  appears  Praying  that  said  Hine  may  have 
Liberty  to  discharge  the  Sums  due  on  said  Mortgage,  the  Estate  of  said 
Apthorp  being  since  confiscated  to  the  Use  of  this  State,  in  the  Sums 
due  by  said  Order,  and  may  thereon  receive  a Deed  of  Release  of  said 
Land  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  James  Hilhouse  Esqr  of  New  Haven 
in  New  Haven  County  Administrator  on  the  confiscated  Estate  of  said 
Apthorp  be  and  he  is  hereby  Impowered  and  directed  to  adjust  and 
determine  with  said  Brown  the  Sums  due  in  hard  Money  by  Virtue  of 
said  Mortgage  Deed  and  on  his  receiving  from  said  Hine  a Receipt  for 
the  full  Sums  so  due  upon  said  Order,  and  in  full  Payment  of  said 
Order  so  far  as  said  Sums  shall  extend  towards  payment  on  the  Same, 
the  said  Hilhouse  be  and  he  is  hereby  Authorized  and  directed  in  behalf 
of  this  State  to  execute  to  said  Hine  a good  and  legal  Deed  of  Release 
of  said  Mortgaged  Lands,  thereby  vesting  in  said  Hine  all  such  Interest 
Right  Title  Claim  and  demand  as  this  State  or  its  Agents  have  in 
and  unto  said  Mortgaged  Premisses  by  Virtue  of  said  Mortgage  Deed 
and  confiscation  abovementioned. 


76 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


January, 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  James  Chamberlin  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  on  the  13th  Day  of  August  1776,  he  received  his  Excellencies  the 
Governors  Proclamation  to  raise  a Company  of  Volunteers  to  march  and 
Join  the  Army  under  his  Excellency  General  Washington,  that  he  raised 
a Company  of  thirty  able  Volunteers,  That  he  was  Commissioned  by  His 
Excellency  the  Governor  as  their  Captain  and  received  his  Excellencys 
Order  on  the  Pay  Table  for  £50  State  Bills  as  marching  Money,  and  on 
the  20th  of  said  August  set  out  on  his  march  and  Joined  the  Army  under 
his  Excellency  General  Washington  at  New  York  and  continued  in  Serv- 
ice untill  duely  discharged  that  he  imployed  Teams  to  transport  the 
Baggage  of  his  Company  to  New  York,  that  he  was  turned  over  for  the 
pay  of  his  Company  to  the  Continental  Paymaster  who  would  allow  Pay 
only  from  the  218t  [ ?]  of  said  August  to  the  Time  of  discharge,  nor  any 
Pay  for  the  transporting  said  Baggage  and  that  in  Paying  of  his  Men 
he  was  obliged  to  pay  them  from  the  Time  of  their  Inlisting,  which  was 
six  Days  more  than  he  drew  pay  for  Praying  Releif  &c  as  Per  Memorial 
on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be 
hereby  directed  to  Settle  the  Memorialists  Accounts  in  the  Premisses 
allowing  what  is  reasonable  for  said  six  Days  and  transporting  the  Bag- 
gage of  said  Company  and  draw  an  Order  on  the  Treasurer  in  his  favour 
for  what  they  may  find  Justly  due. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Simon  Chapman  of  Tolland  in  the  County  of 
Hartford  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  had  become  Bail  in  a 
Recognizance  of  five  hundred  Pounds  lawfull  Money  to  the  Treasurer  of 
this  State,  that  one  Kimball  Calton  late  of  said  Tolland  should  appear 
before  the  Superior  Court  held  at  Hartford  on  the  first  Tuesday  of 
Septembr  1782  to  answer  to  a Complaint  legally  filed  against  him  the 
said  Calton  for  passing  Counterfeit  Bills  made  current  by  Law  and  Pay 
Table  Orders  drawn  by  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  on  the  Treasurer 
of  this  State  &c  which  Bond  is  forfeited  and  a Suit  is  now  Pending 
before  the  Adjourned  County  Court  to  be  holden  at  Hartford  on  the 
second  Tuesday  of  February  next  on  said  Bond  Praying  for  Liberty  to 
pay  and  discharge  said  Bond  by  Pay  Table  Orders  and  Soldiers  Notes 
already  due  from  this  State  &c  As  Per  Memorial  on  File  dated  the  31st 
January  1783  may  appear — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Liberty  be  Given  and  Liberty  is 
hereby  Given  to  the  Memorialist  to  pay  and  discharge  said  Bond  of 
£500  LMoney  in  Pay  Table  Orders  drawn  on  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State  to  be  paid  out  of  the  28/6  Provision  Tax  and  Soldiers  Notes 
already  due  and  oweing  to  them  from  this  State,  he  the  Memorialist 
paying  all  lawfull  Cost  that  has  or  may  arise  on  said  Suit  now  pending 
on  said  Bond  in  Hard  Money. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Abel  Franklin  now  residing  in  Groton  Shew- 
ing to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1776  he  moved  from  Block  Island 
where  he  has  a House  and  small  Farm  that  he  is  now'  an  aged  Man 


1783. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


77 


not  able  to  Labour  having  a Wife  and  three  Grand  Children  to  maintain 
&c  Praying  Liberty  to  return  to  Block  Island  with  his  Family  &c  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  is  hereby  Granted  to  the  Memorialist  with  his  said  Family  to 
return  to  Block  Island  with  his  Household  Furniture  together  with  two 
Cows  two  Yearling  Cattle  and  two  Swine  under  the  Inspection  and  direc- 
tion of  the  Officer  commanding  at  the  Posts  of  New  London  & Groton 
that  nothing  be  done  which  is  not  contained  in  this  Grant. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Cap4  Jonathan  Hart  in  behalf  of  the  detach- 
ment of  Light  Infantry  which  Served  with  Majr  General  the  Marquis 
De  La  Fayette  in  the  Campaign  of  1781,  representing  that  in  settling  the 
Accounts  with  the  Officers  and  Soldiers  of  the  Connecticut  Line  for 
their  Services  in  the  Year  1781,  a Charge  was  improperly  made  against 
said  Detachment  of  a Sum  equal  to  One  Months  Pay  and  subsistance 
in  Specie  received  at  the  Head  of  Elk  in  Bills  of  Pensylvania  new 
Emission,  that  it  was  carried  to  Account  against  them  as  part  of  the 
three  Months  Pay,  which  this  Assembly  were  Pleased  to  Order  Paid  to 
their  Soldiers  for  their  Services  in  1781,  that  the  said  Bills  of  New 
Emission  were  paid  to  them  as  contingent  Expences  and  not  carried  to 
Account  against  this  State  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  appointed  to  Settle 
with  the  Connecticut  Line  of  the  Army  be  Instructed  not  to  Charge  the 
Pensylvania  Money  received  by  the  Memorialist  at  the  Head  of  Elk 
to  them  as  any  part  of  their  three  Months  Pay  mentioned  in  their  Peti- 
tion but  to  Settle  with  them  for  the  Same  in  the  same  manner  as  though 
no  such  Payment  had  been  made. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Sarah  "Burrows  of  Groton  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  a number  of  Arms  which  were  procured  by  her  late  Hus- 
band Capt  Hubbard  Burrows  Deceasd  for  the  Service  of  the  Public  have 
been  taken  by  the  Enemy  from  the  Place  where  deposited  and  that  she 
the  Memorialist  under  her  low  and  distressed  Circumstances  is  now 
called  upon  to  pay  for  said  Arms  &c  Praying  to  be  discharged  from  pay- 
ing for  said  Arms  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File  — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  and  the  Estate  of  the 
late  Cap4  Hubbard  Burrows  Decd  be  and  the  Memorialist  & said  Estate 
is  hereby  discharged  from  making  any  Payment  for  said  Arms  to  any 
Claimant  whatsoever. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Stephen  Miller  Junr  of  Midletown  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  Month  of  October  1780  One  Gurdon  Whit- 
more stood  Indicted  before  the  Honble  Superior  Court  of  this  State,  as 
being  Guilty  of  transgressing  the  Laws  of  this  State  against  Illicit  Trade 
before  which  Court  the  Memorialist  became  bound  in  a Recognizance  of 
£200  Lawfull  Money  Conditioned  that  said  Witmore  should  abide  final 
Judgment  in  said  Cause,  but  so  it  happened  that  said  Witmore  did 


78 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


January, 


fail  in  complying  with  the  Conditional  Part  of  said  Bond  whereby  the 
penal  part  became  forfeit,  and  that  Judgment  is  since  had  thereon  against 
the  Memorialist  for  said  Sum  of  £200  with  additional  Costs  and  Execu- 
tion granted  thereon  by  force  of  which  the  Body  of  the  Memorialist 
hath  been  Imprisoned  Praying  this  Assembly  to  have  Liberty  to  pay 
said  Sum  of  two  hundred  Pounds  in  State  Securities  as  Per  Memorial 
on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  is  hereby  Granted  that  he  may  pay  and  discharge  said  Sum  of 
two  hundred  Pounds  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  in  any  securities 
Issued  by  them  and  now  due  saving  Securities  for  State  Bills,  and  the 
Treasurer  is  likewise  Ordered  and  directed  to  receive  said  Securities  in 
discharge  of  said  Debt  at  their  nominal  value,  except  the  Cost  which 
hath  arose  in  and  about  said  Prosecution  which  shall  be  paid  in  Specie 
Provided  always  that  the  Memorialist  deliver  in  such  Security  within 
One  Month  after  the  rising  of  this  Assembly. 

The  Sums  total  of  the  Lists  of  the  Polls  and  rateable  Estate 
together  with  the  fourfold  additions  of  the  same,  of  the  several 
Towns  hereafter  mentioned  as  returned  to  this  Assembly  and 
accepted  are  as  follow  viz. 


Single  Fourfold 


Hartford 

£17090 

5 

10 

£1214 

8 

0 

Windsor 

24315 

14 

5 

403 

4 

0 

Weathersfield 

31789 

19 

2/2 

309 

11 

0 

Symsbury 

37732 

3 

8 

— 

— 

East  Windsor 

31488 

9 

4 

222 

17 

0 

Farmington 

53079 

6 

8 

1555 

4 

0 

Hebron 

22161 

5 

11 

64 

8 

0 

Glastonbury 

19237 

9 

3 

1217 

0 

0 

Southington 

19191 

2 

4 

220 

10 

0 

Tolland 

14220 

12 

7 

729 

4 

0 

Colchester 

31936 

12 

9 

1345 

14 

6 

Bolton 

10788 

8 

0 

82 

12 

0 

Enfield 

12426 

6 

3 

— 

— 

Haddam 

15179 

16 

1 

44 

4 

0 

Chatham 

24387 

17 

11 

276 

14 

0 

Willington 

8645 

3 

9 

63 

2 

0 

Suffield 

20240 

9 

6 

— 

— 

East  Haddam 

24868 

0 

0 

1149 

10 

8 

Somers 

9403 

12 

1 

— 

— 

Stafford 

12535 

7 

2 

242 

— 

— 

Midletown 

40547 

9 

0 

193 

0 

0 

New  Haven 

61578 

15 

7 

920 

9 

0 

Milford 

23892 

1 

9 

415 

4 

0 

Derby 

17351 

17 

8 

— 

— 

— 

79 


1783. 


Waterbury 

Cheshire 

Wallingford 

Durham 

Guilford 

Branford 

New  London 

Norwich 

Saybrook 

Killingworth 

Lyme 

Groton 

Stonington 

Preston 

Fairfield 

Stratford 

Norwalk 

Stamford 

New  Town 

Ridgfield 

Danbury 

Greenwich 

Redding 

New  Fairfield 

Windham 

Ashford 

Canterbury 

Coventry 

Killingley 

Lebanon 

Mansfield 

Pomfret 

Plainfield 

Union 

Voluntown 

Woodstock 

Litchfield 

Woodbury 

New  Milford 

Kent 

Sharon 

Salisbury 

Canaan 

Goshen 

Washington 

Cornwall 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


Single 

Fourfold 

£20076 

16 

£ 457 

10 

0 

18291 

5 

2 

— 

— 

28718 

15 

2 

19 

4 

0 

12481 

9 

2/ 

152 

0 

0 

32660 

3 

11 

1106 

14 

5 

21236 

4 

9 

— 

— 

33249 

0 

6 

6529 

7 

0 

64249 

8 

9/ 

3062 

18 

3 

24507 

12 

5/ 

— 

— 

20724 

13 

3 

11 

10 

0 

24192 

10 

4 

3020 

0 

0 

23421 

17 

o / 

1426 

17 

0 

33047 

1 

11/ 

392 

0 

0 

21720 

19 

3 

610 

16 

0 

43494 

2 

2 

— 

— 

50098 

6 

7 

0 

0 

0 

39187 

18 

4 

— 

— 

26209 

2 

0 

55 

8 

4 

19499 

0 

0 

— 

— 

17838 

1 

10 

— 

— 

24140 

2 

0 

498 

0 

0 

9037 

16 

0 

— 

— 

13412 

— 

— 

86 

0 

0 

13023 

0 

0 

220 

0 

0 

32490 

5 

8 

— 

— 

18880 

11 

6 

60 

— 

— 

21144 

6 

0 

576 

17 

0 

20657 

5 

9 

108 

18 

0 

27062 

3 

9 

— 

— 

37262 

15 

10/ 

— 

— 

— 

22712 

4 

0 

822 

4 

0 

26787 

17 

1 

163 

12 

0 

13795 

13 

8 

329 

10 

0 

6132 

3 

0 

— 

— 

12981 

15 

1 

305 

8 

0 

21157 

— 

— 

— 

— 

26894 

4 

3 

148 

0 

0 

49112 

4 

3 

— 

— 

29298 

9 

2 

— 

— 

15538 

19 

0 

— 

— 

14741 

5 

6 

353 

8 

— 

18892 

8 

11 

134 

0 

0 

15898 

15 

8 

— 

— 

13333 

10 

1 

108 

2 

0 

14306 

18 

7 

117 

16 

0 

9864 

9 

6 

28 

8 

0 

80  public  records  January, 


Single  Fourfold 


Torrington 

£11284 

19 

0 

£593 

12 

0 

Harwington 

9976 

9 

0 

934 

0 

0 

Norfolk 

10623 

7 

1 

— 

— 

Winchester 

4376 

2 

0 

411 

2 

0 

Hartland 

7716 

11 

6 

86 

0 

0 

Watertown 

22944 

1 

5 

— 



New  Hartford 

10983 

1 

10 

397 

15 

0 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Town  of  Midletown  by  their  Agents  Ben- 
jamin Henshaw  and  Seth  Wetmore  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
said  Town  are  desirous  of  Liberty  to  repair  their  Highways  by  a Tax 
and  praying  for  Liberty  and  Authority  to  do  the  Same  and  to  tax  them- 
selves accordingly  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Town  of  Midletown  be  and 
they  are  hereby  Impowered  from  and  after  the  first  of  April  Anno  Dom 
1784,  to  repair  all  their  Highways  by  a Tax  or  Rate  on  the  List  of  said 
Town  untill  said  Town  shall  in  legal  Town  Meeting  specially  warned  for 
that  purpose  agree  otherwise  and  when  said  Town  shall  Grant  any  Tax 
for  the  repairing  of  the  Highways  or  Bridges  it  shall  be  specially  appro- 
priated and  Improved  for  that  purpose  only  in  such  manner  and  propor- 
tion and  under  such  Directions  as  they  shall  Order. 


The  Gentlemen  nominated  by  the  Votes  of  the  Freemen  of  this  State 
Assistants,  to  stand  for  Election  in  May  next  as  sent  into  this  present 
Assembly  are  as  follow  viz. 


His  Excellency  Jonath 

Trumbull  Esqr 

Richard  Law 

Esqr 

The  Honbl  Matthew  Griswold  Esqr 

Oliver  Elsworth 

Esqr 

Jabez  Hamlin 

Esqr 

Andrew  Adams 

Esqr 

Eliphalet  Dyer 

Esqr 

Benjamin  Huntington 

Esqr 

William  Pitkin 

Esqr 

William  Williams 

Esqr 

Roger  Sherman 

Esqr 

Gener1  Erastus  Wolcott 

Abraham  Davenport 

Esqr 

Col0  Jesse  Root 

Joseph  Spencer 

Esqr 

Mr  Stephen  M Mitchell 

Oliver  Wolcott 

Esqr 

Mr  Daniel  Sherman 

Samuel  Huntington 

Esqr 

Col0  Joseph  Platt  Cook 

The  Gentlemen  nominated  by  the  Votes  of  the  Freemen  of  this 
State  to  stand  for  Election  in  May  next  Delegates  in  Congress  of  the 
United  States  of  America  for  the  Year  1783  as  sent  in  to  the  Assembly 
are  as  follows,  viz 


Samuel  Huntington 

Esqr 

Jedidiah  Strong 

Esqr 

Oliver  Elsworth 

Esqr 

Eliphalet  Dyer 

Esqr 

Richard  Law 

Esqr 

Stephen  M Mitchell 

Esqr 

Jesse  Root 

Esqr 

Pierpoint  Edwards 

Esqr 

Oliver  Wolcott 

Esqr 

Roger  Sherman 

Esqr 

Benjamin  Huntington 

Esqr 

Andrew  Adams 

Esqr 

1783. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


81 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Chauncey  Whittlesey  of  Midletown  Adminis- 
trator to  the  Confiscated  Estate  of  James  Jauncey  late  of  the  City  of  New 
York  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  recovered  Judgment  against 
Josiah  Starr  of  Midletown  for  the  Surrendry  of  his  House  and  Home- 
sted  upon  a Mortgage  from  said  Starr  to  said  Jauncey  since  which  said 
Starr  hath  paid  up  said  Mortgage  and  Cost  of  Suit  to  the  Memorialist 
and  no  Way  is  appointed  by  Law  by  which  said  Starr  can  obtain  a proper 
Deed  to  discharge  the  aforesaid  Mortgage  and  Judgment  of  Court  Pray- 
ing for  Authority  to  execute  a Deed  of  Release  of  said  Mortgage  Prem- 
isses &c  As  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  is  hereby 
Impowered  to  reconvey  said  Mortgaged  Estate  unto  said  Starr  And  for 
that  purpose  to  execute  a Deed  of  Release  thereof  which  being  corn- 
pleated  said  Starr  shall  be  as  fully  and  compleatly  entituled  to  said 
Mortgaged  Estate  as  though  the  Same  had  never  been  Mortgaged  unto 
said  James  Jauncey. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Abel  Hine  of  New  Milford  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  in  May  1777  pursuant  to  appointment  and  direction  of 
the  General  Assembly  he  received  of  the  Treasurer  a Quantity  of  small 
Bills  to  number  and  Sign  to  the  amount  of  £403  16  3 which  he  paid 
for  by  replacing  in  the  Treasury  the  like  Sum  in  Money,  and  that  he  was 
unable  to  compleat  and  finish  the  whole  of  said  small  Bills  untill  by 
the  depreciation  of  Paper  Currency  they  became  of  no  value  by  which 
means  he  has  left  on  Hand  the  Sum  of  £95  11  2 part  Signed  and 
part  not  Signed  Praying  that  on  his  returning  to  the  Treasurer  the  said 
Bills  on  Hand  amounting  to  said  Sum  of  £95  11  2 the  Treasurer  be 
directed  to  pay  the  value  of  the  amount  at  the  Time  it  was  received 
with  Interest  &c  and  to  Secure  the  Same  &c  As  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  on  the  Memorialists  returning  the  said  Bills  on  Hand  into  the 
Treasury  to  give  security  to  the  Memorialist  for  such  Sum  as  the  said 
Bills  were  worth  at  the  Time  they  were  paid  for  by  the  Memorialist  with 
the  Interest  from  that  Time,  and  that  said  Security  be  made  Payable 
within  one  Year  after  the  end  of  the  present  War  with  Interest  annually 
in  the  usual  form. 

Resolved  that  all  Suits  between  Party  and  Party  lying  before  this 
Assembly  by  and  hereby  are  Continued  to  the  Sessions  of  the  General 
Assembly  in  May  next,  and  that  all  Powers  and  Authorities  given  to 
Committees  or  other  Persons  and  all  Exemptions  heretofore  granted  by 
this  Assembly  on  such  Suits  be  and  remain  in  full  force. 


[At  this  point  comes  to  an  end  Volume  2 of  the  manuscript  State  Records  of  Connecticut. 
Volume  3 opens  with  the  May  1783  session  of  the  General  Assembly.] 


82  public  records  January, 

At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  at  Hartford 
THE  9th  DAY  OF  JANUARY  1783. 

Present  his  Excellency  the  Governor. 

The  EIonble  Mathew  Griswold. 

Wm  Pitkin 
Joseph  Spencer 
Joshua  Porter 
Sam1  Huntington 

Resolved , That  Permision  be  granted  by  his  Excellency  the  Gov- 
ernor to  Miss  Mary  Ann  Moore  to  go  with  a Flag  to  New  York  by  the 
way  of  Dobbs8  Ferry. 

Resolved  That  his  Excellency  the  Governor  grant  Permission  to 
Brigr  General  Huntington8  Lady  & Children  to  have  an  Interview  with 
her  Parents  and  famaly  at  Dobbs8  ferry. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Safety  convened 
at  Hartford  the  11th  day  of  January  1783. 


Present  his  Excellency  the  Governor. 
The  Honble  Mathw  Griswold. 


Abrm  Davenport 
Joseph  Spencer 
Wm  Williams 
Joshua  Porter 
Sam.  Huntington  „ 


Esq”. 


Resolved  That  the  Committee  of  pay  table  draw  on  the  Treasurer 
in  favour  of  Cap1  Wm  Stanton  pay  master  to  the  Second  Regiment  of 
Light  Draggoons  for  the  Sum  of  Four  hundred  Eighty  one  pounds 
Seventeen  Shillings  & three  pence  to  be  applied  in  payment  of  the  wages 
of  Said  Regiment  now  in  Actuall  Service;  for  the  months  of  January 
February  & March  1783,  Said  Capt  Stanton  to  be  accountable  & make  a 
particular  return  to  the  pay  table  of  the  payments  made  of  Said  Monies 
to  each  & every  officer  & private  that  receive  the  same : as  soon  as  may  be. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Lester  Bebee 

Resolved  That  Lester  Bebee  a Refugee  late  of  Southhold  on  long 
Island,  now  Residing  at  Stoning  have  permission  granted  him  to  go 
to  said  Long  Island  in  a Small  boat  with  two  hands  on  board  for  the 
purposes  mention11  in  his  Memorial,  & that  he  have  liberty  to  bring  off 
Money,  Twenty  bolts  of  Russia  Duck  & Some  flax  for  his  famalie8  use 
as  prayd  for:  to  be  under  the  Inspection  of  Nath1  Miner  Esqr  both  going 
& coming. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Gamaliel  Bayley  a Reffugee  from  long  Island 
now  residing  at  Lyme  praying  for  Liberty  to  return  with  his  Effects, 


1783. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


83 


Resolved  that  the  said  Bayley  have  permission  to  return  to  long  Island 
with  his  famaly  & the  following  articles  viz  His  famaly  being  six  in 
number  all  their  Clothing  & household  Stuff ; Twenty  bushells  wheat ; 
Ten  bushels  Indian  corn ; one  barrel  pork:  One  barrel  beef : rum,  Sugar, 
& Molasses,  One  barrel  each ; thirty  pound  Tallow ; Twenty  pounds  hogs 
lard;  Twenty  pounds  butter:  eight  thousand  boards:  three  Cows,  one 
horse,  twenty  Sheep,  three  Shoats,  two  dunghill  fowls  Six  Geese  & Six 
Turkey8:  all  under  the  Inspection  of  Cap1  Josiah  Burnam. 

Resolved  That  Cap*  Elijah  Hubbard  procure  if  not  all  ready  on  hand 
One  Hogshead  rum  & forward  the  Same  to  the  order  of  Col0  Sam1  Can- 
field  at  Stamford  for  the  use  of  the  Troops  under  his  Command. 

Jany  17th  orders  given  to  Ebr  Bernard  to  Supply  one  Hogs  [head] 
rum  in  lieu  of  the  foregoing. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Ruth  Rogers  a Refugee  from  long  Island 
praying  for  liberty  to  return  with  her  Effects. 

Resolved  that  the  said  Ruth  Rogers  have  permission  to  return  to 
long  Island  with  her  famaly  consisting  of  Six  persons  & to  Carry 
with  her  the  following  articles  for  her  famalies  use  viz  two  Cows, 
two  young  Cattle,  Seven  Sheep,  three  thousand  feet  of  boards,  one 
Swine,  Twenty  bushells  wheat  Ten  bushels  of  Indian  corn,  One  bar- 
rel of  pork,  One  barrel  Beef  Twenty  pounds  Butter  & Twenty  pounds 
of  hogs  lard  all  to  be  Under  the  Inspection  of  Cap*  Josiah  Burnam. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Daniel  Tutthill  a Refugee  from  long  Island 
now  residing  at  Lyme  praying  for  liberty  to  return  with  his  Effects. 
Resolved  That  the  Memorialist  have  permission  to  return  to  long  Island 
with  his  famaly  being  six  in  number  and  the  following  Articles  viz  One 
Yoke  of  Oxen,  two  Cows,  Twenty  Sheep,  Two  Shoats,  Twenty  bushells 
wheat,  fifteen  bushells  rye,  ten  bushells  Indian  corn,  all  under  the 
Inspection  of  Cap*  Josiah  Burnam,  together  with  Such  quantity  of  pork, 
beef,  Poultry,  Sugar,  rum,  Molasses,  Tallow,  boards  & Shingles  as  the 
said  Cap*  Burnam  Shall  Judge  necessary  for  the  use  of  the  memorialists 
famaly  & to  repair  his  buildings. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  at  Hartford 
January  13th  1783. 

Present  his  Excellency  the  Governor. 

The  Honble  M.  Griswold. 

Wm  Pitkin 

Abm  Davenport  I rg 
Joseph  Spencer  [ * 

Sam.  Huntington 

Upon  the  Application  of  Seth  Storer  Coburn  of  Springfield,  pray- 
ing for  permission  to  go  into  N York  for  Special  reason  by  him  repre- 
sented to  this  board. 


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Resolved  that  permission  be  granted  to  the  said  Seth  Storer  Coburn 
to  proceed  to  New  York  by  the  way  of  long  Islsand,  to  cross  the  Sound 
from  Fairfield  under  the  Inspection  of  Gen1  Gold  Seleck  Silliman;  or 
from  Stamford  under  the  Inspection  of  Col  Sam1  Canfield  as  shall  be 
most  Convenient. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Govr  & Council  of  Safety  conven*  at  Hart- 
ford THE  14th  DAY  OF  JANUARY  1783. 


Present  his  Excellency  the  Governor. 
The  Honble  M.  Griswold. 


Abm  Davenport 
Wm  Pitkin 
Joseph  Spencer 
Wm  Williams 
Joshua  Porter 
Sam1  Huntington 


Esqrs. 


Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  draw  on  the  Treasurer  in 
favour  of  Walter  Hough  for  the  Sum  of  Twenty  one  pounds  & three 
Shillings  to  be  paid  out  of  the  2d  tax  payable  in  Septemr  last:  it  being 
for  a quantity  of  Mediecine  furnishd  by  sd  Hough  to  that  amount  for 
the  Use  of  the  Hosbital  of  the  Regiment  at  Horseneck. 

Upon  the  memorial  of  Reubin  Cone  of  East  Haddam  praying  for 
liberty  to  visit  his  Brother  a prisoner  with  the  Enemy.  Resolved  that 
the  Memorialist  have  permission  to  pass  to  long  Island  under  the  Inspec- 
tion of  Col.  Sam1  Canfield  at  Stamford;  in  order  to  administer  releif  to; 
or  Effectuate  the  exchange  of  his  Said  Brother  now  a prisoner  with 
the  Enemy;  on  long  Island  or  in  New  York. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  Convened 

at  Hartford  the  16th  day  of  Jan7  1783.* 

Resolved  that  the  Widow  [blank]  Manwaring  of  Lyme  be  permitted 
to  go  to  her  Mother  on  Long  Island  & to  carry  with  her  one  Cow  & 
fifteen  bushels  of  grain  under  the  inspection  of  Cap1  Josiah  Burnam, 
with  such  quantity  of  meat  & Household  furniture  for  her  own  use  as 
said  Cap1  Burnam  shall  Judge  reasonable  & necessary. 

Resolved  That  the  Committee  of  pay  table  draw  on  the  Treasurer 
in  favour  of  the  Revd  Wm  Baldwin  for  the  sum  of  Seven  pounds  & 
ten  shillings  being  the  ballance  of  his  wages  for  the  months  of  Jan7 
Feb7  & March  1781. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Peirpoint  Edwards  of  New  Haven  Esqr — 
Resolved  that  the  Memorialist  have  permission  to  go  to  Jamaiai  on  Long 
Island  & from  thence  to  New  York  if  need  be  to  Transact  his  particular 

private  business  as  Mentioned  in  said  Memorial. 

£ 


* No  attendance  list  given. 


1783. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


85 


Resolved  that  Wm  Collier  of  Hartford  have  permission  to  go  to  New 
York  in  order  to  Transact  the  business  of  Setling  the  Estate  of  his 
deceasd  brother  in  New  York  agreable  to  his  request. 

Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  draw  on  the  Treasurer 
in  favour  of  Majr  Theodore  Woodbridge  for  the  Sum  of  Ten  pounds 
Sixteen  Shillings  being  the  ballance  of  his  wages  due  for  the  months 
of  January  February  & March  1781. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Govr  & Council  of  Safety  Conven1  at  Hart- 
ford January  17  th  1783. 


Present  His  Excellency  the  Governor. 
The  Honble  M.  Griswold. 


Abm  Davenport 
Wm  Pitkin 
R.  Sherman 
Josh  Spencer 
Wm  Williams 
Wm  Hillhouse 
Joshua  Porter 
Sam.  Huntington 


Esqrs. 


Resolved  that  the  pay  table  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  the  Sum  of 
Seven  pounds  Eleven  Shillings  & ten  pence  in  favour  of  Josiah  Thomson 
to  be  paid  out  of  the  2d  tax  payable  in  Sept  last  & charge  the  Same  to 
the  account  of  Nicholas  Lechmere8  Confiscated  Estate. 

Resolved  That  the  Committee  of  pay  table  liquidate  the  account  of 
Docr  John  Scott  for  his  attendance  & medicine  afforded  Liba  Wood- 
word  a Soldier  Wounded  in  Fort  Griswold  at  Groton  & draw  on  the 
Treasurer  for  the  Sum  that  shall  be  found  Justly  due. 

Resolved  that  Ebenr  Bernard  Junr  Supply  the  Troops  under  the 
Command  of  Col.  S.  Canfield  with  a Sufficient  quantity  of  flour  in  the 
Cheapest  & most  expeditious  manner,  & also  with  one  Hogshead  of 
New  England  rum. 


At  a meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  convened 
at  Hartford  the  20th  of  Jan7  1783. 


Present  his  Excellency  the  Governor. 
The  Honble  M.  Griswold. 


Wm  Pitkin 
Am  Davenport 
Jos  Spencer 
R.  Sherman 
Sam1  Huntington 


Esqrs. 


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January, 


Resolved  That  the  Committee  of  pay  table  draw  on  the  Treasurer 
for  Ten  thousand  dollars  in  favour  of  Messra  Elijah  Hubbard  & Selah 
Norton,  who  are  to  receive  Said  monies  of  the  Treasurer,  & proceed 
forthwith  to  the  encampment  of  the  Connecticutt  line  of  the  Continental 
Army  & pay  So  much  thereof  Into  the  hands  of  the  Regimental  pay- 
masters of  the  Connecticutt  line  as  shall  pay  the  ballance  that  shall  be 
found  Justly  due  to  those  Troops  of  the  Conn,  line  now  in  Service  on 
liquidating  their  Accounts;  for  the  months  of  January  February  & 
March  1781. 

Upon  the  Memorialist  of  Majr  Lemuel  Clift  praying  that  He  may 
have  liberty  to  pay  the  purchase  money  for  confiscated  Lands  in  Plain- 
field  which  he  hath  bought,  out  of  the  ballance  due  to  him  for  wages 
as  an  officer  in  the  Continental  Army  for  the  years  1780  & 1781 — 

Resolved  that  Said  Lemuel  Clift  have  liberty  to  pay  or  discount  the 
purchase  money  for  the  Lands  aforesd  out  of  the  wages  due  to  him 
from  this  State  for  the  Years  1780  & 1781  any  former  Resolve 
notwithstanding. 

Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  draw  on  the  Treasurer  in 
favour  of  Messr8  Elijah  Hubbard  & Selah  Norton  for  Twenty  pounds 
to  defray  the  expences  of  their  Journey  to  Camp:  they  to  be  accountable. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Cap1  Thom8  Wooster  — Resolved  that  the 
Committee  of  pay  table  draw  on  the  Treasurer]  in  favour  of  the 
Said  Cap1  Wooster  for  the  Sum  of  Seventy  Six  pounds  one  Shilling  & 
two  pence  it  being  for  monies  he  hath  advanced  to  the  paymaster  of  the 
1st  2d  3rd  & 4th  Connecticutt  Regiments  in  the  Army  as  appear  from  said 
Memorial  & sundry  receipts  & Certificates  Exhibitted,  which  are  to  be 
lodged  with  the  pay  table. 

Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  draw  on  the  Treasurer  in 
favour  of  Oliver  R.  Warner  & Lydia  Hosmer  Administratrix  on  the 
Estate  of  the  Honble  Titus  Hosmer  Esqr  deceasd  for  the  Sum  of  Eleven 
pounds  fifteen  Shillings  & two  pence  being  the  ballance  due  for  flour 
advanced  by  Said  Hosmer  & Warner  in  the  lifetime  of  Said  Hosmer  as 
Per  account  Exhibitted,  for  the  use  of  this  State. 

Resolved , That  Braddock  Dickinson  now  Resident  in  Middletown 
have  permission  to  go  to  Southhold  on  long  Island  & bring  from  thence 
the  monies  due  to  him  from  John  Overton  Junr  by  note  being  Sixty 
pounds : Said  Dickinson  to  pass  under  the  Inspection  of  Col  Sam1  McClel- 
lan or  Cap1  Josiah  Burnam  both  in  going  & returning  & the  permission 
to  continue  in  force  from  the  date  thereof  & no  longer. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Wm  Bernard — 

Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  Take  up  the  Orders  drawn 
in  his  favour  for  the  Wages  due  to  him  as  commander  of  the  prison 
guard,  & draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  the  Sum  due  on  account  of  his 
wages  aforesaid  to  be  paid  out  of  the  2d  tax  payable  in  Septembr  last. 


1783. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


87 


At  a meeting  of  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Safety  convened 
at  Hartford  the  21st  day  of  Jan7  1783. 


Present  his  Excellency  the  Governor. 
The  Honble  M.  Griswold. 


Wm  Pitkin 
Am  Davenport 
R.  Sherman 
Joseph  Spencer 
Sam.  Huntington 


Esqrs. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  George  Merrils — 

Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  draw  on  the  Treasurer  in 
favour  of  the  Memorialist  for  the  ballance  due  on  his  Account  referd 
to  in  the  Memorial  viz  £41  4 4 with  Interest  thereon  from  the  1st  of 
Decemr  1781  payable  out  of  the  2d  Tax  of  Septemr  last. 


At  a Council  of  Safety  Convened  at  Hartford  on  the  22d  day 
of  January  1783. 


Present  His  Excellency  the  Governor. 
The  Honble  M.  Griswold. 


Wm  Pitkin 
Am  Davenport 
R.  Sherman 
Joseph  Spencer 
Sam.  Huntington 
Wm  Williams 
Joshua  Porter 


" Esq”. 


Upon  the  Representation  & Complaint  of  the  Civil  Authority  & 
Select  Men  of  Guilford  Complaining  of  the  misconduct  of  Cap11  Nath1 
Norton  residing  in  Said  Guilford,  Commander  of  an  Armed  boat  to 
Cruise  in  the  Sound ; 

Resolved  That  Said  Capt  Nath1  Norton  be  notified  to  appear 
before  his  Exy  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  at  Hartford  on  Tues- 
day the  28th  day  of  January  Instant,  to  answer  unto  the  matters  Alledged 
against  him  in  Said  Representation  or  Complaint,*  And  that  the  Said 
Cap1  Norton  be  Suspended  from  his  said  Command  in  the  mean  time. 

And  it  is  further  resolved  that  Brigadier  General  Andrew  Ward 
be  & he  hereby  is  Authorized  & directed  to  Seize  Secure  & Safe  keep 
the  boat  or  vessel  which  hath  been  Commanded  by  sd  Cap1  Norton  with 
her  guns,  Tackle,  furniture  & the  Same  hold  until  the  further  Order  of 
this  board,  and  cause  to  be  deliver3  to  Said  Cap1  Norton  or  left  at  the 
place  of  his  usual  abode  in  said  Guilford  a Copy  of  this  Resolve  & 

* See  under  date  of  February  4 below,  p.  92. 


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January, 


the  Complaint  or  representation  aforesd  as  a Notification  for  him  to 
appear  & answer  as  aforesd.  And  Said  General  Ward  is  also  hereby 
Authorized  & desired  to  notify  Cap1  Sam1  Lee  Junr  of  Guilford  to 
appear  before  this  board  on  sd  28th  day  of  Jan7  Instant  to  give  his  Evi- 
dence relative  to  the  matters  complaind  of  as  aforesd:  and  also  to 
procure  Such  Depositions  respecting  the  Matters  aforesd  as  he  shall 
think  Necessary,  & lay  them  before  this  board  in  due  Season. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  convened 
at  Hartford  the  23d  day  of  Jan7  1783. 


His  Excellency  the  Governor. 
The  Honble  M.  Griswold. 


Wm  Pitkin 
Am  Davenport 
Joseph  Spencer 
R.  Sherman 
Sam  Huntington 
Wm  Williams 
Wm  Hillhouse 
Joshua  Porter 
Joseph  Hopkins 


* Esqrs. 


Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  Adjust  the  account  of 
Solomon  Whitman  for  riding  Express  from  Stamford  to  Lebanon  by 
order  of  Col  Sam  Canfield,  and  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  the  ballance 
that  shall  be  found  Justly  due. 

Copy  dd  Col0  Hooker  Mar  14th. 

Whereas  by  a Resolve  of  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Safety  Nath1 
Wales  Esqr  is  directed  & Authorized  to  enquire  after  & dispose  of  the 
Salt  belonging  to  this  State  in  the  hands  of  the  Several  Receivers  in  the 
County  of  Windham  & pay  the  Sums  he  shall  receive  to  the  Treasurer 
of  this  State  taking  receipts  according  to  law. 

And  on  enquiring  after  the  same  there  appears  to  be  many  other 
Articles  viz  Indian  corn  rye  & wheat  flour,  pork,  beef,  & Clothing  in 
Small  quantities  in  the  hands  of  the  Receivers  notwithstanding  the 
Orders  that  have  been  given  to  collect  the  Same  for  the  use  of  the 
public,  which  may  with  little  additional  expence  be  collected  & disposd 
off — 

Therefore  Resolved  that  the  Said  Wales  enquire  after  & take  a 
proper  account  of  all  & every  Article  belonging  to  this  State  in  Said 
County,  and  such  as  shall  appear  to  him  best,  to  dispose  off,  & pay 
to  the  Treasurer  the  Sums  he  Shall  receive  in  like  manner  as  in  Said 
Resolve  relative  to  the  Salt;  & make  out  a fair  account  of  the  whole 
Articles  he  Shall  find  & lay  the  Same  before  the  Governor  & Council 
of  Safety  that  Such  further  Order  may  be  taken  thereon  as  the  public 


1783. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


89 


Interest  requires,  and  those  persons  who  have  any  of  Said  Articles  in 
their  hands  are  directed  to  deliver  the  Same  to  Said  Wales  or  his  Order 
taking  his  receipt  therefor  which  will  be  allow1  & accepted  in  Setling 
their  accounts. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Jacob  Ogden  of  the  23rd  Instant,  now  laid 
before  this  Board — 

Resolved  that  permission  be  granted  to  the  Memorialist  & that  he  be 
recommended  to  his  Excellency  General  Washington  for  permission  to 
go  into  New  York  to  See  his  relations  in  their  distress,  & to  Negotiate 
his  particular  business  as  mentioned  in  said  Memorial. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Safety  convened 
at  Hartford  on  the  24th  day  of  January  1783. 

Present  His  Excellency  the  Governor. 

The  Honble  M.  Griswold. 

Am  Davenport 
Joseph  Spencer 
Sam.  Huntington 
Wm  Williams 
Joshua  Porter 
Joseph  Hopkins 


Esqr 


Resolved  that  John  Canfield  Esqr  be,  & he  hereby  is  Authorized  and 
directed  to  Settle  with  Mr  Wm  Whiting  and  receive  from  him  all  monies 
due  to  this  State  on  account  of  the  Furnace  at  Salsbury  agreable  to  the 
Report  of  the  Committee  viz  Messrs  Treadwell  Hooker  & Phelps,  and 
also  receive  into  his  Custody  any  Articles  that  appertain  to  sd  Furnace  or 
have  been  used  or  made  their  & which  belong  to  this  State,  & out  of  the 
monies  He  shall  so  receive,  pay  Said  Committee  Their  bills  as  allow1 
by  this  board  and  also  his  bill  for  Services  and  expences  in  attending 
before  Said  Committee  in  behalf  of  this  State : and  render  his  Account 
of  his  proceedings  to  this  board  as  soon  as  may  be,  & as  often  as  occa- 
sion shall  require. 


At  a meeting  of  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Safety  convened 
at  Hartford  28th  January  1783. 

Present  His  Excellency  The  Govr.  His  Honor  the  Dep7  Govr. 

Will  Pitkin  Esqr  Ro.  Sherman  Esqr 

Abram  Davenport  Esqr  Jos.  Spencer  Esqr 

Willm  Williams  Esqr  Joshua  Porter  Esqr 

Jose.  Hopkins  Esqr 

On  Motion  of  Asa  Waterman  Junr  to  have  his  Account  of  29,5 15lb 
Beef  amounting  to  £491  18  4 dd  Col°  Abbot  for  the  Army  £491  18  4 
& 16,735lb  D°  fresh  to  279  8 4 d°  d°  d°  for  N London,  be  allowed  at 


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PUBLIC  RECORDS 


February, 


4d/  on  pd  on  the  2/6  Tax  for  the  Town  of  Norwich  and  he  allowed 
to  pay  for  two  bb8  of  pork  at  £6  12  each  £13  4 & for  31  1/8  vds  Toe- 
Cloth  lost  at  3/ £4  13  Al/2.  The  same  is  referred  to  the  pay  Table  to 
receive  & Allow  Accordingly.  Acc°  given  & Endorsed. 

On  a Further  Motion  of  sd  Waterman  to  have  his  Accts  of  Issues  to 
recruiting  Officers,  recruits  on  their  march,  Prisoners,  Guards  &c  to 
have  settled  & his  reasonable  allowance  for  his  time  taken  and  actually 
spent  in  that  service — Granted  That  The  Pay  Table  Settle  the  Same  & 
make  him  Allowance  for  his  time  actually  & reasonably  taken  up  therein. 


At  a meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  convened 

at  Hartford  on  the  318t  day  of  January  1783. 

Present  His  Excellency  the  Governor. 

The  Honble  Deputy  Governor. 

Wm  Pitkin 
Am  Davenport 
Joseph  Spencer 
Sam.  Huntington 

Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  draw  on  the  Treasurer 
in  favour  of  Richard  Goodman  for  the  Sum  of  two  pound  one  Shilling 
& two  pence  for  his  Service  & expence  in  going  Express  to  Gen1  Ward. 

Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  draw  on  the  Treasurer  in 
favour  Cap1  Sam1  Lee  Junr  for  the  Sum  of  three  pounds  thirteen 
Shillings  & ten  pence  for  his  Service  &c  in  Collecting  Evidences  & 
attending  as  a witness  at  Hartford  on  Complaint  against  Cap1  Nath1 
Norton — as  per  Bill. 

Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  draw  on  the  Treasurer 
in  favour  of  Joseph  Wylie  Constable  of  Voluntown  for  the  Sum  of 
Seven  pound  nine  Shillings  & ten  pence  lawfull  money  it  being  for  the 
like  Sum  advanced  by  sd  Constable  Wylie  for  the  marching  money  or 
milage  paid  to  Messre  Ezra  Palmer,  John  Harris  & Benjh  Burges  three 
Soldiers  detachd  to  march  to  Horseneck. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  convened 
at  Hartford  the  first  day  of  February  1783. 

Present  His  Exy  the  Governor. 

His  Honor  the  Deputy  Governor. 

Wm  Pitkin 
Am  Davenport 
Joseph  Spencer 
Sam.  Huntington 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Phineas  Bradly  & others  of  New  Haven 
owners  of  the  Sloop  Tyger  Complaining  of  the  conduct  of  Daniel 
Jones  of  said  New  Haven  Commander  of  Said  Sloop  Commission 


1783. 


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to  Cruise  in  the  Sound,  The  Memorialist  being  Bound  for  said  Jones 
for  his  due  observance  of  the  Laws  & regulations  in  such  Case  made 
and  provided  during  the  time  he  holds  his  Said  Commission  & praying 
that  he  may  be  Suspended  & his  Commission  Interdicted  & c — 

Resolved  That  the  Said  Commission  of  the  Said  Daniel  Jones  be  & 
the  Same  is  hereby  Interdicted  & the  Said  Jones  is  hereby  Suspended 
from  Acting  any  further  or  Attempting  to  Cruise  under  Colour  or 
Authority  of  his  Sd  Commission  until  the  further  order  of  this  Board. 


At  a meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  convened 
at  Hartford  on  the  3rd  day  of  February  1783. 


Present  His  Excellency  the  Governor. 

The  Honble  Deputy  Governor. 

Wm  Pitkin  >| 

Am  Davenport  I 

Joseph  Spencer  | Esqrs. 

Sam.  Huntington  J 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Margaret  Hancock  Widow  now  residing  in 
Weathersfield  praying  that  permission  may  be  granted  for  her  Daughter 
Jenney  Hancock  to  come  from  the  city  of  New  York  to  Weathersfield 
aforesaid — 

Resolved  that  Permission  be  granted  to  the  Said  Miss  Jenney  Han- 
cock to  Come  from  the  City  of  New  York  to  Weathersfield,  with  Mr 
Wm  Collier  of  Hartford  or  Some  other  Suitable  person;  to  be  under 
the  Inspection  of  the  Honble  Abm  Davenport  Esqr  or  the  Commanding 
Officer  at  the  post  in  Stamford. 


At  a meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  conven3  at 
Hartford  the  4th  day  of  Feb7  1783. 


Present  his  Excellency  the  Governor. 
The  Honble  Deputy  Governor. 
Wm  Pitkin 


Am  Davenport 
Joseph  Spencer 
Sam.  Huntington 
Wm  Williams 
Wm  Hillhouse 
Joshua  Porter 
Joseph  Hopkins 


' Esqrs. 


Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  draw  on  the  Treasur  in 
favour  of  Mr  Andrew  Hillyer  of  Symsbury  for  the  Sum  of  Thirty 
pounds  Lawfull  money  payable  out  of  the  2d  tax  which  was  to  be  paid 
in  Septemr  last,  on  account  of  the  Said  Hillyer8  Services  in  taking  up 
& Securing  deserters  from  the  continental  army  He  to  be  accountable. 


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PUBLIC  RECORDS 


February, 


Resolved  that  the  former  resolution  of  this  board  on  the  [blank]  day 
of  [blank]  respecting  the  pay  allowd  to  Lieu4  Andrew  Griswold  & the 
guard  under  his  Command  at  Lyme  be  reconsidered;  & that  Such  fur- 
ther pay  & allowance  be  made  to  him  & them  for  Said  Service  as  on 
due  examination  & Consideration  shall  be  found  reasonable  and  Just. 

Upon  the  Complaint  of  the  Civil  Authority  & Select  Men  of  the 
Town  of  Guilford  in  the  County  of  New  Haven  Representing  to  this 
Board  that  Cap4  Nath1  Norton  Commander  of  the  Boat  Suffolk  under 
Commission  from  his  Excellency  Govr  Clinton  to  Cruise  in  the  Sound, 
Said  Norton  hath  been  Guilty  of  Misconduct  & made  use  of  his  Said 
Commission  to  favour  Illicit  trade  & Correspondance  with  the  Enemy, 
and  on  Examination  into  the  matter  of  said  Complaint  the  sd  Norton 
being  duly  Notified  & present,  there  appears  so  much  evidence  against 
the  Said  Cap4  Norton  of  his  Misconduct  & abuse  of  his  Said  Commission 
that  the  said  Cap4  Norton  ought  to  be  Suspended — 

Whereupon  Resolved  that  his  Excellency  the  Governor  be  desired 
to  Transmit  to  his  Excellency  Govr  Clinton  the  Evidences  which  have 
been  exhibitted  to  this  board  respecting  the  Conduct  & behaviour  of 
sd  Cap4  Norton  in  the  matters  aforesd,  & the  proceedings  of  this  Board 
thereon.  And  that  in  the  mean  time  the  said  Cap4  Norton  be  Suspended 
from  his  Command  & sd  boat  detaind  until  further  orders. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Rebecca  Paine  Administratrix  on  the  estate 
of  Benjamin  [Paine]  Esqr  deceasd  who  Served  Some  time  as  Clerk  to 
the  Council  of  Safety  — Resolved  that  those  persons  who  have  Severally 
Served  as  Clerks  in  the  Council  of  Safety,  be  allow*1  a reasonable  Reward 
for  their  Services  in  said  office  as  Clerks. 


At  a meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  convened 

at  Hartford  the  5th  day  of  Feb7  1783. 

Present  His  Excellency  the  Governor. 

The  Honble  Deputy  Governor. 

Wm  Pitkin  'j 

Am  Davenport 

Joseph  Spencer  r Esq". 

Sam.  Huntington  J 

Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  be  & they  are  hereby 
Authorized  to  draw  for  any  ballance  found  due  to  Col  Wm  Williams 
on  account  of  his  Services  as  a Delegate  at  Congress  in  the  years  1776 
& 1777  on  any  tax  or  other  public  monies  not  otherways  appropriated. 

Upon  the  Representation  of  Augustus  Collins  Esq  laid  before  this 
Board — 

Resolved  that  Elijah  Crane  of  Guilford  and  all  other  persons  that 
have  received  Commission  from  his  Excellency  Governor  Clinton  to 
Cruise  in  the  Sound  along  the  Shores  of  this  State  be  Suspended  & 
their  Commissions  Interdicted,  & the  boats  which  they  Command 
Secured  until  further  orders  and  that  his  Excellency  the  Governor  be 


1783. 


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desired  to  write  to  Governor  Clinton  and  represent  to  him  the  Miscon- 
duct & Behaviour  of  those  Cruizers  & the  proceedings  of  this  Board, 
Consequent  thereon. 


At  a meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  conven^  at 
Hartford  the  6th  day  of  Febr7  1783. 


Present  His  Excellency  the  Governor, 
the  Honble  Deputy  Governor. 


Wm  Pitkin 
Am  Davenport 
Joseph  Spencer 
Sam.  Huntington 
Wm  Hillhouse 
Wm  Williams 
Joshua  Porter 


> Esq”. 


Resolved  that  Col.  Samuel  Canfield  Commandant  of  the  post  now 
at  Stamford  be  & he  hereby  is  Authorized  and  directed  at  his  best  dis- 
cretion if  he  shall  Judge  It  proper  & expedient  to  remove  the  lines  from 
Stamford  & take  post  at  Byrans  river  or  the  western  part  of  Green- 
wich as  he  shall  find  the  ground  & Situation  most  convenient  & Tenable 
& erect  a proper  block  house  as  soon  as  conveniently  may  be  & form  the 
lines  so  as  may  best  serve  to  cover  the  Inhabitants  of  Greenwich  & the 
Southwestern  parts  of  this  State  from  the  incursions  & ravages  of  the 
enemy:  & in  case  of  his  removing  from  his  present  post,  to  take  proper 
care  of  & Secure  the  Stores  & works  & all  materials  belonging  to  the 
public  from  waste  or  Imbezelment  with  as  much  care  & Economy  as 
possible  And  that  he  give  Information  to  the  Captain  General,  of 
his  proceedings  or  the  expediency  in  his  opinion  of  removing  the  lines 
as  aforesaid,  & in  Case  he  Shall  so  remove  that  the  same  be  done  with 
as  much  Secrecy  as  may  be. 


At  a meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  conven3  at 
Hartford  the  7th  day  of  Feb7  1783. 


Present  His  Excellency  the  governor. 
The  Honble  Deputy  Governor. 
Wm  Pitkin 


Ara  Davenport 
Joseph  Spencer 
Sam.  Huntington 
Wm  Williams 
Wm  Hillhouse 
Joshua  Porter 


- Esq”. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Rebecca  Paine  Administratrix  on  the  Estate 
of  Benjamin  Paine  Esqr  deceasd — 


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February, 


Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  in  Setling  the  account 
of  the  said  Benjamin  Paine  Esqr  deceasd  for  his  Service  in  attending 
the  Council  of  Safety  & as  Clerk  to  this  Board,  to  allow  the  wages  stated 
per  day  for  the  whole  number  of  days  which  it  shall  appear  he  attended 
including  those  days  when  the  assembly  were  Sitting  as  a full  recom- 
pence  for  his  Services  as  Clerk  as  well  as  member  of  Council. 

Resolve d that  Majr  Benjn  Talmage  be  desired  as  often  as  occasion 
shall  require  to  give  Information  to  his  Excellency  the  Governor  of  any 
misconduct  of  Commandants  of  Boats  cruizing  in  the  Sound  who  shall 
be  Suspected  of  favouring  or  aiding  Illicit  Trade  or  other  misconduct  in 
order  that  they  may  be  Interdicted  & dealt  with  as  the  nature  of  their 
Conduct  shall  merit. 

Resolved  that  his  Excellency  the  Governor  grant  permission  for  the 
Sloop  Jersey  burden  about  forty  five  Tons  to  proceed  from  Hartford 
to  the  ports  of  New  York  & Amboy  by  the  way  of  the  east  river  as  a 
Flag  of  Truce  in  order  to  carry  Mr  Lavinors  Clerkson  & his  famaly  to 
Charles  Town  South  Carolina. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Govr  & Council  of  Safety  at  Lebanon 
Fryday  14th  Feb7  1783. 


Present  his  Excell7  The  Governor. 


Wm  Williams 
Nath1  Wales 
Wm  Hillhouse 
Jz  Perkins 
Jer.  Halsey 
Ebenr  Ledyard 


>.  Esqr9. 


The  Govr  laid  before  the  Board,  a Letter  from  Govr  Green  of  Rhode 
Island,  inclosing  a Copy  of  a Mem0  of  Dan1  Rodman  & Giles  Mumford, 
stating  that  They  had  by  authority  of  a Continental  Com11  captured  (by 
Tho8  Wickham  master  of  the  Privateer  Hampton  Packet  on  ye  1st  Feb7 
last)  a certain  vessell,  called  the  Sloop  Polly,  & carried  the  Same  within 
the  Jurisdiction  of  the  sd  State  of  Rhode  Island,  laden  with  British 
Goods  &c  & Libelled  the  Same  as  taken  on  the  high  Seas,  as  legal  Prize 
&c  & that  one  Cap  [blank]  Angel  of  an  armed  Brigantine  belonging  to 
Wm.  Stewart  pursued  & retook  sd  Prize  on  the  3d  Inst,  within  the  Juris- 
diction of  sd  R.  Island  discharging  the  Cannon  & c & carried  her  into 
this  State  &c  complaining  of  the  Same  as  illegal  &c  & prayg  sd  Gov  Green 
to  demand  sd  Prize  to  be  returnd  to  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  & Dd  to  the 
Authority  thereof,  to  be  there  tried  accord8  to  Law  &c  &c  as  Per  the 
Same.  & Signifying  his  Govr  Greens  Desire  or  Expectation  that  the 
Same  Vessell  & Cargo,  be  returned  to  sd  State  for  Tryal  &c  & inclosing 
some  Depositions  &c. 

Also  laid  before  the  Board  a large  Letter  from  Mesrs  Tho8  Mumford, 
Dan1  Rodman,  Joshua  Huntington  & Giles  Mumford,  stating  all  those 


1783. 


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95 


matters  at  large,  & arguing  the  Cause,  & requesting  sd  Prize  Vessell 
Polly  to  be  remanded  to  sd  State  of  Rhode  Island  for  Tryal  &c  or  at 
least  that  one  of  Them  may  be  authorized  to  demand  receive  Copys 
of  the  original  Invoices  of  the  Cargo  of  sd  Sloop  of  sd  R.  Smith  or  Cap 
Deshon  with  Liberty  in  his  or  their  presence  to  compare  the  Same  with 
sd  goods,  &c  &c. 

The  aforesd  Matters  proposed  by  the  Govr  for  Consideration  & 
Advice  &c  & Mr  Mumford  Mr  Rodman,  with  Mr  Chandler  as  their 
Attorney  were  admitted  & largely  heard,  in  all  the  Premisses  & 

They  withdrew. 

& The  Subject  taken  up  & Considered,  & 

it  appearing  that  the  whole  Affair  relating  to  the  Introduction  of  Mr 
Smith  & his  Property  having  been  in  the  first  Instance  laid  before 
this  Board,  & on  full  Consideration  determined  that  this  Board  could 
not  with  Propriety  Resolve  a Question  of  that  Nature  but  that  it 
ought  to  be  decided  by  the  Gen1  Assembly  as  the  only  proper  Forum, 
& referd  Him  there  accordingly,  & the  Same  had  been  laid  before  sd 
Assembly,  fully  heard  & decided  by  Them,  & a Permission  by  sd  Assem- 
bly granted  Him  to  become  a Citizen  of  this  State  & to  bring  his 
Property  &c  & the  present  Question  affecting  materially  the  operation 
of  the  Act  and  grant  of  the  Supreme  Legislature,  & the  Authority 
thereof  in  making  the  Same,  & also  tending  to  embroil  the  two  Sister 
States  in  an  unhappy  Dispute  of  a delicate  Nature  & occasioned  by  an 
apparent  Interference  of  some  Individuals  of  this  State  to  prevent  the 
Execution  of  the  aforesd  Grant  & Permission,  Therefore  & for  many 
Reasons  This  Board  are  of  opinion  That  They  have  not  Jurisdiction  of 
this  Cause  & Question  which  may  possibly  be  considered  by  the  Hon0 
the  Supreme  Authority  of  this  State  to  affect  their  Honor  & Dignity  & 
Do  not  judge  proper  to  come  to  any  determinate  Resolution  at  this 
Time. 

The  Govr  having  comunicated  His  Answer  to  the  Letter  of  Gov  Green, 
above  refered  to  bearing  Date  11  Inst,  This  Board  Do  approve  sd 
Answer. 

& sd  Gov  Green  having  replyd  to  the  Same,  which  is  just  now  received 
& read.  Govr  Trumbull  is  desired  to  answer  the  Same  & state  the 
Circumstances  of  the  Case  in  proper  & prudential  Manner  as  his  Wis- 
dom shall  suggest  so  as  to  endeavor  to  obviate  & prevent  any  misunder- 
standing which  might  be  occasioned  between  this  & that  Sister  State 
by  a Dispute  belonging  intirely  to  the  Subjects  & Inhabitants  of  this 
Jurisdiction. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  at  L.  by 
Adjourn m4  from  yesterd7. 

Present  the  Same  as  yesterday. 

His  Ex7  The  Governor  &c. 

The  Matter  before  enterd  respecting  Mr  Smith  & Mr  Mumford, 
was  not  finished  till  this  Day. 


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PUBLIC  RECORDS 


February, 


Whereas  The  Governor  and  Council  of  Safety  are  informed  that 
there  are  in  the  hands  of  the  receivers  of  provisions  cloathing,  salt 
&c  in  the  several  towns,  small  quantities  of  said  articles  belonging  to 
this  State,  which  have  not  been  deliverd  to  the  receivers  for  the  State 
agreeable  to  the  former  orders,  by  means  whereof  the  State  is  in  danger 
of  considerable  loss,  which  to  prevent — 

Resolved  That  some  proper  person  be  appointed  & impowered  in 
each  County  to  inquire  after  all  such  articles  as  aforesaid  in  the  hands 
of  such  town  receivers,  and  sell  and  dispose  of  them  for  money  or  pay 
table  orders  as  they  shall  judge  most  for  the  benefit  of  the  state,  or 
direct  such  articles  to  be  delivered  immediately  to  those  appointed  to 
receive  and  dispose  of  them  for  the  use  of  the  state,  as  they  shall  judge 
best.  And  such  town  receivers  are  hereby  directed  to  deliver  to  such 
persons  so  appointed  to  receive  and  dispose  of  said  articles,  such  articles 
in  their  hands  as  aforesaid,  taking  their  receipts  which  shall  be  allowed 
by  the  Committee  of  Pay  table  in  settling  sd  accounts,  and  the  persons 
appointed  for  the  purpose  aforesaid  are  to  pay  the  money  they  receive 
to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  taking  proper  Receipts,  and  make  return 
of  their  doings  in  the  premisses  to  the  Committee  of  Pay  table.  And 
Jabez  Perkins  of  Norwich  Esqr  is  hereby  appointed  for  the  County  of 
New  London,  Mr  Ebenezer  Barnard  junr  of  Hartford  for  Hartford 
County,  Henry  Daggett  of  New  Haven  Esqr  for  New  Haven  County, 
Daniel  Bennet  of  Stratford  Esqr  for  Fairfield  County,  Nathanael  Wales 
of  Windham  Esqr  for  Windham  County  & Abel  Hinde  of  New  Milford 
Esqr  for  Litchfield  County. 

Whereas  by  a resolve  of  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Safety  Nathan1 
Wales  of  Windham  is  empowered  and  directed  to  inquire  after  and 
dispose  of  the  pork  and  Salt  scatter3  about  in  the  hands  of  the  receivers 
belonging  to  this  State,  in  the  County  of  Windham,  and  pay  the  money 
he  shall  receive  to  the  treasurer  of  this  State,  and  on  inquiry  he  finds 
there  are  cloths  and  other  articles  in  small  quantities  also  in  the  hands 
of  the  receivers  in  said  County — He  is  hereby  directed  to  take  an 
account  of  them,  collect  and  dispose  of  them  in  like  manner,  or  send 
them  to  such  as  are  heretofore  appointed  to  receive  and  dispose  of  them 
for  the  use  of  this  State,  or  order  them  so  to  be  sent  according  to 
his  discretion,  and  make  return  to  the  Committee  of  Pay  table  of  his 
doings  in  the  premises — and  his  receipt  or  order  if  complied  with  shall 
be  accepted  in  favor  of  those  to  whom  given  in  settling  their  accounts 
with  the  Committee  of  Pay  table — Said  Wales  may  take  pay  table  orders 
for  a quantity  of  poor  Salt  at  Pomfret  if  he  judges  he  can  sell  the 
same  to  more  advantage  for  the  State  than  for  money. 

On  Petition  of  Mr  Nathan  Avery  a Refugee  from  Long  Island 
& recommendation  and  request  from  the  Selectmen  of  the  town  of 
Norwich  — granted  liberty  to  said  Avery  he  being  in  an  ill  state  of 
health,  to  return  to  said  island  and  reside  there,  said  Avery  having  a 
father  now  living  on  said  island. 


1783. 


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97 


On  petition  of  Hannah  Havens  widow  of  Daniel  Havens  represent- 
ing that  she  with  her  husband  and  family  (he  being  then  alive)  removed 
from  Long  Island  to  Groton  in  this  State  about  the  time  the  British 
took  possession  of  said  Island — that  since  the  death  of  her  husband  she 
is  left  in  indigent  circumstances  with  three  small  children  to  maintain 
and  is  unable  to  provide  for  their  subsistence,  praying  for  liberty  to 
return  to  said  island,  to  take  benefit  of  her  inheritance  there,  & prevent 
the  same  from  going  to  ruin — and  also  to  carry  with  her  several  articles 
for  the  support  of  her  family  after  their  arrival,  & for  the  repair  of  her 
house — 

Voted  that  permission  be  & is  hereby  granted  to  the  sd  Hannah 
Havens  to  return  with  her  family  to  said  island  agreeable  to  her  petition, 
& to  carry  with  her  for  the  purpose  aforesaid  her  household  furniture 
one  thousand  feet  of  boards  one  barrel  of  pork  1 barrel  of  flour,  two 
barrels  of  cyder,  one  Cow  & calf,  one  hog,  six  store  sheep,  five  geese, 
twelve  Gallons  of  molasses,  twenty  eight  pounds  of  Sugar,  thirty  pounds 
of  cheese  & twenty  pounds  of  hogs  lard — and  that  Mr  Joseph  Havens 
have  liberty  to  remove  the  said  Hannah  with  her  family  & effects  afore- 
said— to  be  under  the  inspection  of  Col0  McClellan — recommendation  in 
favor  of  the  petitioner  having  been  given  to  this  Board  by  the  Civil 
Authority  & Selectmen  of  said  town  of  Groton. 

On  Memorial  of  Nath1  King  a refugee  from  Long  Island,  and 
recommendation  from  the  civil  authority  and  Selectmen  of  Saybrook 
granted  liberty  to  sd  King  to  go  on  to  said  island  and  bring  off  6 Bushels 
of  wheat  & 40  lb  of  flax  the  produce  of  his  farm  there — also  5 Bushels 
of  Salt — likewise  permission  to  carry  on  to  said  island  four  bushels 
of  Summer  wheat  for  the  purpose  of  sowing  on  sd  farm — to  go  & 
return  under  the  inspection  of  Col0  McClellan. 

On  Petition  of  Martha  Gardiner  wife  of  Col0  Thomas  Gardiner  of 
Plumb  Island,  granted  her  liberty  to  return  to  said  island  and  carry 
with  her  one  yoke  of  lean  cattle,  two  milch  cows  twenty  store  sheep 
& two  swine,  to  go  under  the  inspection  of  Col0  McClellan. 

On  Petition  of  Samuel  Newbury  of  Plumb  Island,  who  removed 
from  thence  to  this  State  at  the  time  Long  Island  and  the  islands 
adjacent  were  reduced  to  the  power  of  the  British  afterwards  went  back 
to  sd  island,  representing  that  he  has  an  aged  mother  in  destitute  cir- 
cumstances, now  reside  in  this  State  & praying  for  liberty  to  carry  her 
over  to  sd  island,  & likewise  to  carry  over  several  articles  for  the  sub- 
sistence of  his  family  & for  repair  of  his  house — granted  permission  for 
the  woman  to  pass  & for  him  to  carry  over  one  milch  cow  ten  store 
sheep,  & 2000  feet  of  boards — under  the  inspection  of  Col°  McClellan. 

On  petition  of  William  Nicholson  a refugee  from  Long  Island,  and 
recommendation  from  the  civil  authority  and  Selectmen  of  Groton  — 
granted  liberty  to  the  sd  Nicholson  to  return  to  said  island  and  carry 
with  him  for  the  subsistence  of  his  family,  two  Cows  & calves,  one  pair  of 
Steers,  one  and  an  half  barrel  of  pork,  one  barrel  of  beef,  two  barrels 


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PUBLIC  RECORDS 


March, 


of  cyder,  two  barrels  of  flour,  one  barrel  of  molasses  or  sugar,  eight 
sheep,  two  swine,  twenty  pounds  of  hogs  lard,  thirty  pounds  of  cheese 
& eight  fowls— also  3,000  feet  of  boards  for  the  purpose  of  repairing 
his  house — to  be  under  the  inspection  of  Col0  McClellan. 


At  a meeting  of  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Safety  at  Lebanon 
Wednesday  5th  March  1783. 

Present  His  Excellency  The  Govr. 

Jos.  Spencer,  Wm  Hillhouse,  Jabez  Perkins,  & Ebenr  Ledyard  Esqrs.  AM. 

Permission  granted  to  Mr  Eb  Platt  to  go  to  Long  Island  & bring 
Cash  only,  under  inspection  of  G Selleck  Silliman  at  Fairfield — Col0  Thos 
Fitch  at  Norwalk,  or  Col°  Davenport  or  Comandt  of  the  Troops  at 
Stamford,  see  that  nothing  illicite  is  practised. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Govr  & Council  of  Safety  at  Lebanon 
Thurso  6 Mar.  1783. 


A Pay  Roll  of  Benj  Durkee  for  his  Service  as  a Lieu1  at  Fort 
Trumbull  & Griswold  from  1 Novr  1781  to  21  June  1782,  was  presented 
to  this  Board,  by  Col  McClellan,  praying  to  have  the  Same  settled  & 
adjusted  &c  resolved  That  sd  pay  Abstract  be  refered  to  the  Comte  of 
Pay  Table,  & That  They  settle  & adjust  the  Same  & draw  on  the  Treasr 
to  pay  what  shall  be  due  to  him  out  of  the  one  shilling  Tax  granted 
in  Jan7  1783. 

Whereas  Mr  Guy  Richards  As.  D.  Q M at  the  Posts  of  N London 
& Groton,  has  recd  orders  from  the  Comte  of  Pay  Table  in  various  Sums 
to  the  amt  of  £300  LM  on  the  2d  Tax  payable  in  Sepr  last,  by  virtue 
& in  pursuance  of  a Resolve  of  the  G.  Assembly  at  the  Session  in  Jan7 
1783  & being  much  in  advance  for  the  Supply  of  sd  Posts,  & not  able  to 
obtain  the  money  due  on  sd  orders  & being  in  great  need  of  it — Resolved 
by  this  Board , that  the  Treasp  of  this  State  be  directed  to  endorse  or 
direct  sd  orders,  (or  any  of  Them  which  shall  be  presented)  to  any 
Constable  Collector  of  sd  Tax  in  the  County  of  New  London  for  pay- 
ment, & on  their  return  to  him  by  such  Collector  properly  indorsed  by 
the  Drawee  to  allow  the  Same  in  Settlemt  on  such  Collectors  Tax. 


Present  His  Ex7  The  Governor. 


Jos.  Spencer 
Wm  Williams 
Nath1  Wales 


W“  Hillhouse  r Es(T- 


Jabez  Perkins 
Ebenr  Ledyard 


1783. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


99 


Resolved  That  the  Comte  of  Pay  Table  Draw  on  Jabez  Perkins  Esqr3 
in  favr  of  Mr  Guy  Richards  As.  D.  Q.  M at  the  Posts  of  New  London 
& Groton,  for  the  Sum  of  £440  LM.  He  to  be  accountable,  sd  Perkins 
to  be  allowed  in  Credit  therefor  on  payment,  on  Account  of  Sundry 
Provisions  in  his  Care  & Disposition  belonging  to  this  State. 

Resolved  That  Mr  Stephen  Hempstead  be  & He  is  hereby  appointed 
Pay  Master  to  the  Company  of  the  late  Cap  Adam  Shapley  Decd  Sta- 
tioned at  New  London,  He  having  also  been  appointed  to  sd  office  by  the 
G.  Assembly  in  Jan7  last,  & the  Resolve  said  to  be  lost.  He  giving  Bond 
with  Surety  for  the  faithful  Discharge  of  sd  office. 

Resolved  That  the  Comte  of  Pay  Table  be  & They  are  authorized  & 
directed  to  receive  Examine  & Settle  the  Pay  Rolls  of  the  Garison  or 
Troops  which  are  or  have  been  from  time  to  time  stationed  at  N London 
& Groton,  & which  have  not  been  settled,  & draw  for  what  shall  be 
found  legally  due  on  the  12d  Tax  granted  in  Jan7  last,  & The  Receiver 
of  such  orders  or  Drafts,  on  paying  out  the  Same  are  to  take  proper 
Receipts  or  Indorsmts  of  the  Persons  to  whom  the  wages  is  due  & paid 
& return  & lodge  the  Same  with  sd  Comte  of  Pay  Table  within  six 
Months,  & That  They  be  accountable  for  the  Surplus  of  what  They 
shall  receive  above  the  Sums  for  which  they  shall  lodge  their  Receipts 
as  aforesd  & The  Comte  of  Pay  Table  are  to  take  Receipts  for  the 
orders  they  shall  so  draw  & deliver  accordingly. 

On  petition  of  Mattby  Gelston  of  Southampton  Long  Island — 
granted  him  permission  to  carry  over  to  sd  island  ten  thousand  feet  of 
pine  boards,  eight  thousand  shingles — one  pair  of  lean  oxen  & one 
horse — under  inspection  of  [blank  in  MS.]. 

Granted  permission  to  William  Havens  to  return  to  Long  Island 
with  his  family  & household  furniture,  & to  carry  with  him  Eighteen 
thousand  feet  of  boards,  fifteen  thousand  shingles,  one  yoke  of  lean 
oxen,  five  cows,  twenty  store  sheep,  two  barrels  of  pork,  two  barrels 
of  beef,  six  hundred  W*  of  flour  & one  firkin  of  butter,  under  inspec- 
tion of  Col0  McClellan. 

Granted  permission  to  Daniel  Rachet  to  return  to  Long  Island 
with  his  family  & to  carry  with  him  his  household  furniture  & tools, 
one  pair  of  working  cattle,  three  cows  ten  or  fifteen  sheep,  two  swine, 
three  geese,  one  dozen  of  dung  hill  fowls,  fifteen  bushels  of  grain,  one 
and  an  half  barrel  of  meat,  sugar,  sewet  & tallow  fifteen  pounds  of  each, 
two  sides  of  leather,  one  calf  skin,  & one  thousand  feet  of  pine  boards  — 
under  inspection  of  Samuel  Fields  of  Saybrook  Esqr. 

Granted  permission  to  Benjamin  King  to  return  to  Long  Island 
with  his  family  & to  carry  with  him  two  milch  cows,  one  pair  of  lean 
oxen,  ten  store  sheep,  three  barrels  of  beef  & pork,  three  swine,  thirty 
bushels  of  grain,  one  barrel  of  flour,  one  barrel  of  Rum,  one  barrel  of 
Sugar,  one  barrel  of  molasses,  twenty  pounds  of  tallow,  twenty  pounds 
of  hogs  lard,  thirty  pounds  of  cheese,  twenty  pounds  of  butter,  one 
dozen  of  Geese,  one  dozen  of  fowls,  Six  turkies,  Seven  Thousand  feet 


100  public  records  March, 

of  boards,  one  thousand  feet  of  quarter  stuff  & one  thousand  chesnut 
rails,  to  go  under  inspection  of  L1  John  Griswold. 

Granted  permission  to  Abigail  King  widow  of  Cap1  Benjamin  King 
junr  deceased  to  remove  herself  & children  to  her  friends  on  Long 
Island,  and  to  carry  with  her  twelve  bushels  of  grain,  one  barrel  of 
Sugar,  two  swine,  two  milch  cows,  one  horse,  one  young  creature, 
fifteen  pounds  of  tallow,  fifteen  pounds  of  hogs  lard,  one  dozen  of 
fowls,  one  dozen  of  geese,  and  one  side  of  leather — under  inspection  of 
L1  John  Griswold. 

Granted  permission  to  Zebulon  Potter  of  Wallingford  to  go  with  a 
flag  to  Statten  Island,  for  the  purpose  of  procuring  property  left  him 
by  his  mother  deceased,  to  pass  and  repass  under  the  inspection  of 
the  Commandant  at  the  post  of  Stamford  or  Horseneck. 

Granted  permission  to  Daniel  Fordum  to  go  to  Long  Island,  and  to 
carry  with  him  for  the  support  of  his  son  a prisoner  on  said  island — 
fourteen  store  sheep,  two  barrels  of  flour,  one  barrel  of  pork,  & one 
hundred  Sixty  six  pounds  of  Sugar,  also  ten  thousand  feet  of  pine  board 
and  five  thousand  shingles  for  the  purpose  of  repairing  his  dwelling 
House.  To  go  under  the  inspection  of  Sam1  Field  of  Saybrook  Esqr. 

Granted  permission  to  Grover  Glover  to  return  to  Long  Island  and 
carry  with  him  two  pairs  of  working  oxen,  four  cows  with  calf,  twenty 
store  sheep,  one  horse,  fifteen  bushels  of  Summer  Wheat,  two  thousand 
chesnut  rails  & one  Dutch  plough  & plough  share,  under  inspection  of 
Col0  McClellan. 

Granted  permission  to  Jeremiah  Veal  to  return  to  L.  Island  & carry 
with  him  one  pair  of  small  oxen — under  inspection  of  Col°  McClellan. 

On  petition  of  Samuel  H.  Parsons  Esqr  — granted  him  liberty  to 
go  once  to  Long  Island  by  the  first  of  May  next,  for  the  purpose  of 
procuring  evidence  relative  to  the  seizure  of  Goods  from  Ebenezer 
Dayton  by  William  Starr  of  Middletown  in  which  seizure  said  Parsons 
is  concerned.  To  go  under  inspection  of  Cap1  Josiah  Burnham  of  Lyme. 

Granted  permission  to  John  Geltson  to  go  with  his  wife  & daughter 
to  Long  Island,  to  take  care  of  his  interest  there,  & to  see  their  friends 
— to  go  under  inspection  of  [blank  in  MS.]. 

On  the  Memorial  of  Mr  Ebenr  Barnard  Junr — praying  for  twenty  five 
barrels  of  Beef,  and  five  barrels  of  Pork,  to  be  on  Account  of  his 
Services — 

Resolved,  That  the  Memorialist  take,  if  he  see  fit  twenty  five  barrels 
of  Beef,  and  five  barrels  of  Pork  in  his  custody  belonging  to  this  State, 
at  the  prices  the  same  was  received  in,  on  the  tax  by  which  it  was  col- 
lected, to  be  accounted  for  his  Services. 

Resolved,  That  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  draw  on  Jabez  Perkins 
Esqr  for  One  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  lawfull  Money,  for  the  use  of 
the  Honble  Eliphalet  Dyer  Esqr  One  of  the  Delegates  at  Congress  from 
this  State — he  said  Dyer  to  be  Accountable. 


1783. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


101 


At  a Meeting  of  The  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  at  Lebanon, 
Mond.  March  24  1783. 

Present  His  Exy  The  Governor. 

Hon.  Mat.  Griswold  Esqr. 

WmPitkin 
Joseph  Spencer 
Sam1  Huntington 
Wm  Williams 
Nath1  Wales 
Wm  Hillhouse 
Jabez  Perkins 
pm.  Roger  Sherman  ! 

& Ebenr  Ledyard  & afterwd  Jer  Halsey  Esq. 


Esquires. 


On  the  Mem°  of  Mr  Wm  Winthrop,  praying  for  that  purpose — 
granted  him  Liberty  to  carry  on  to  Fishers  Island  six  lean  working 
oxen  & Six  milch  Cows,  for  the  purpose  & to  enable  him  to  carry  on 
the  Brick  making,  greatly  wanted  &c  all  under  the  Inspection  & direc- 
tion of  the  Select  Men  of  N.  London,  & to  be  remanded  & bro’t  back 
by  Them  or  their  order  at  the  expence  of  sd  Winthrop  if  they  shod 
judge  there  is  danger  of  their  being  taken  by  the  Enemy. 

His  Exy  The  Governor  laid  before  the  Board  a Letter  from  his 
Exy  Govr  Hancock  inclosing  a Resolve  of  the  Gen1  Assembly  of  Massa- 
chusetts proposing  & recomending  that  Delegates  be  appointed  by  & 
from  the  New  Engld  & New  York  States  to  meet  at  Hartford  on  the 
last  Wednesday  of  April  next  to  Confer  on  the  necessity  of  adopting 
within  the  sd  States,  for  their  respective  Uses  such  general  & uniform 
System  of  Taxation  by  Impost  & Excise  as  may  be  thought  advan- 
tageous to  the  sd  States,  which  System  being  agreed  on  by  the  majority 
of  the  Delegates  so  to  be  convened  shall  be  recomended  to  the  Legisla- 
tures of  the  sd  States  that  Laws  may  be  enacted  to  carry  the  Same  into 
Execution,  & That  said  Delegates  in  Convention  do  agree  on  the  Form 
of  a Bill  or  Bills  for  that  Purpose. 

& recomending  to  sd  Govr  Hancock  to  write  Circular  Letters  to  the  Chief 
Executives  of  sd  States  request8  them  to  Submit  to  the  Consider11  of  thr 
respective  Legislatures  the  foregoing  Resolution,  & the  expediency  of 
their  appoint8  Delegates  to  meet  in  the  sd  Convention  of  Conference. 
The  foregoing  being  laid  &c  was  taken  into  Consideration,  it  appears, 
that  it  wod  be  inexpedient  & too  expensive  & on  many  Accos  inconvenient, 
to  have  the  Gen1  Assembly  convened  for  the  purpose  of  Chosing  such 
Delegates,  & This  Board  is  of  opinion  That  the  Assembly  wod  readily 
concur  in  making  the  appointment  for  such  Convention,  & that  in  their 
Recess,  it  is  the  Duty  of  the  Board  to  make  the  appointment. 

& Being  Calld  upon  by  his  Exy  The  Governor  to  give  in  their  Ballots 
for  such  Appointment,  & being  taken,  & sorted  Roger  Sherman,  Eras- 
tus  Wolcott  & Benja  Huntington  Esqrs  were  successively  chosen  & 


102  public  records  March, 

appointed  Delegates  for  sd  Purpose  & His  Exy  The  Govr  is  desired 
to  commission  them  accordg. 

The  Time  of  the  Service  of  the  Troops  at  the  Western  Frontier 
expiring  the  1st  of  April  next  & it  appearing  dangerous  & imprudent 
to  leave  that  Post  unguarded,  and  the  Comunication  with  the  Enemy 
left  open  &c — Therefore  Resolved  That  Two  Companys  of  Militia  be 
raised  by  Detachment,  from  the  4th  & 6th  Brigades,  in  proper  propor- 
tion by  the  Direction  & at  the  Discretion  of  the  Comanding  Officers 
of  sd  Brigades  & properly  officered,  agreable  to  such  Orders  as  They 
shall  think  proper  to  give,  & be  sent  immediately  to  take  Post  & suc- 
ceed the  Regimt  under  the  Comd  of  Lt  Col  Canfield,  to  Continue  in 
Service  for  the  term  of  two  months,  after  They  shall  arrive,  to  be 
properly  equipped  & furnished.  & under  the  same  pay  & Regulations, 
as  other  Militia  calld  into  Service.  & That  Lt  Col  Canfield  be  & He 
is  hereby  Continued  in  sd  Service  & Command  during  sd  Term — 

& his  Exy  The  Govr  desired  to  give  orders  accordingly. 

On  the  Memorial  of  Eben  Ledyard  Esq  for  that  Purpose,  Resolved 
& orderd  That  the  Comte  of  Pay  Table  Liquidate  & Settle  his  Acc°  as 
Comisy  of  Issues  to  the  Garisons  at  N London  & Groton,  & allow 
& draw  for  any  Ballance  which  may  be  found  due. 

On  the  Mem°  of  Mr  W Winthrop  stating  his  great  Necessity  of 
going  to  New  York  to  secure  & obtain  Moneys  from  Mr  Matthews  the 
Mayor  & Corporation  of  N York,  & to  endeavor  to  secure  Interest 
moneys  due  to  his  Mother  in  England  &c.  Voted  That  The  Governor 
be  desired  to  Write  Gen1  Washington  & recomend  it  to  Him  if  He 
thinks  proper  to  grant  him  permission  for  that  purpose,  under  such 
Restrictions  as  He  shall  direct. 

Resolved  That  Joshua  Raymond  Junr  be  and  he  is  hereby  permitted 
To  Bring  of  from  Plumb  Island  a Young  Three  Year  old  Stone  Horse 
to  New  London  under  the  inspection  of  Colonel  McClellan  provided  he 
carries  no  Money  or  Effects  from  this  State  to  pay  the  price  of  the 
Same. 

Resolved  That  Mr  Ebenr  Barnard  of  Hartford  deliver  the  Hon° 
W Pitkin  two  Barrels  of  Porks  at  [?]  belonging  to  this  State  in  his 
Care,  taking  his  Receipt  duplicate  to  account  with  the  Treasurer 
therefor,  & lodge  one  of  them  with  sd  Treasurer. 

On  Mem0  of  Jn°  Holts  Widw  &c  Resolved  That  He  be  allowed  as 
Quarter  Master  of  the  Garisons  at  N.  London  & Groton,  at  the  rate  of 
eight  pounds  per  month  for  his  Services  in  that  Capacity,  & the  Comte 
of  pay  Table  are  to  Settle  with  his  Adr  accordingly. 

Resolved  That  The  Govr  draw  in  favour  of  the  Revd  Jn  Ellis  for 
the  ballance  due  him  for  the  three  Months  of  Janry,  Febry,  & March 
1781 — To  Comtee  of  Pay  Table,  & Also  in  favour  of  Cha8  Fanning  L1 
& P.  Master  1st  Connec1  Regt  Capt  Hearts  C°  of  L1  Infantry  & for 
the  old  5th  Reg1  for  ballances  on  sd  Months. 


1783. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


103 


At  a Meet*  of  The  Govr  & Council  of  Safety  at  Lebanon  Tuse- 
day  25th  March  1783. 


Present  His  Exy  The  Governor. 


Jos.  Spencer 
Wm  Williams 
Nath1  Wales 
Wm  Hillhouse 
Jer.  Halsey 
Ebenr  Ledyard 


- Esqrs. 


On  Mem°  of  Aaron  Isaacs  of  Long  Island,  shewing  th1  he  having 
recovd  Judgm1  against  the  plunderers  of  his  Effects  &c  by  some  People 
from  Stonington  for  a large  Sum  &c  which  he  has  not  been  able  to 
recover  but  in  part  & that  he  cod  get  some  part  in  Boards  &c  & praying 
Liberty  to  carry  &c  granted  Liberty  to  him  to  transport  thither  15000 
feet  of  Boards,  1000  Shingles  IBB  Linseed  Oil,  1 BB  Sugar,  I Hdd 
Molasses,  40  bus.  Grain  to  be  done  under  the  Inspection  of  Capt  Josiah 
Burnham  of  Saybrook.  [In  margin : done.] 

On  Mem0  of  Cap1  Nichol  Fosdick,  granted  him  Liberty  to  bring 
over  his  two  Sisters  from  Long  Island,  his  Mother  being  lately  dead 
& left  Them  destitute  &c  under  the  Direction  of  Col  McClellan.  [In 
margin : done.] 

Permission  is  granted  to  Cap1  Oliver  Coit,  to  go  to  N.  York  in 
the  Flag  now  going  for  him  to  negotiate  the  Exchange  of  his  Son 
& others  Prisoners  there.  [In  margin : done.] 

On  Mem°  of  Wm  Heron  of  Reading,  praying  Liberty  to  go  to 
N.  York,  to  secure  some  Debts  due  to  him  there  &c.  Voted  That  The 
Govr  be  desired  to  write  Gen1  Washington  in  his  favr  to  grant  him  a 
Permit  for  that  purpose,  under  such  Directions  as  He  shall  think 
proper.  [In  margin : Done.] 

On  Mem°  of  Henry  Vandyck  for  Leave  to  go  to  N.  York  &c 
granted  That  The  Govr  be  desired  to  write  Gen1  Washington  in  his 
favr  to  grant  him  a permit  if  He  thinks  proper  to  go  [by]  Dobbs  Ferry 
or  as  He  may  direct  under  such  Restrictions  as  he  may  or  shall  order. 

Resolved  That  an  allowance  be  and  is  hereby  ordered  to  be  made 
to  Messrs  Jonathan  Trumbull,  David  Trumbull,  and  John  Trumbull 
for  their  Services  in  writing  for  the  Governor  in  his  office  from  the 
beginning  of  the  War  till  the  year  1777  the  Sum  £150  0 One  hundred 
pounds  lawful  money,  and  the  treasurer  is  ordered  to  pay  the  same  to 
them  accordingly. 

This  Resolve  was  voted  yesterday. 


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104 


April, 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  at  Lebanon 

Fryd.  4th  April  1783.* 

Present  His  Exy  The  Governor. 

Hon0  M.  Griswold. 

Wm  Pitkin 
Rogr  Sherman 
Jos.  Spencer 
Wm  Williams  ^ 

Nath1  Wales  | ^sq  * 

Wm  Hillhouse 
Tabez  Perkins 
PM.  Jer.  Halsey 

Whereas  on  the  present  appearance  of  a general  Peace  having 
taken  place  between  great  Britain  & America,  & the  rest  of  the  belliger- 
ent Powers,  it  will  be  expedient,  (soon  as  official  & authentic  Accounts 
of  such  Peace  shall  arrive,  as  daily  expected)  That  the  Posts  at  & about 
Stamford  in  this  State  shod  be  evacuated  & dismantled,  & there  being 
variety  of  Garison  Equipage,  Utensils  & other  Articles  of  public  prop- 
erty not  necessary  to  be  kept  after  offensive  operations  are  ended,  and 
will  be  in  danger  of  being  plundered  and  destroyed  soon  as  the  garrison 
leaves  the  posts — 

Therefore  Resolved  that  Lieu1  Col0  Canfield  be,  and  he  is  desired 
to  continue  in  Service  for  the  present  (his  term  being  expired  the  first 
of  April  instant)  with  ten  or  twelve  men  to  guard  and  secure  the  posts 
and  public  property  untill  authentic  intelligence  of  peace  or  war  shall 
arrive,  and  on  such  confirmation  of  peace,  it  is  further  Resolved  That 
Abraham  Davenport  Esqr,  Brigadier  General  Mead,  and  Lieu1  Col0 
Canfield  be,  and  they  are  authorized  and  desired,  in  such  manner  as 
they  shall  agree,  to  sell  and  dispose  to  the  best  advantage  of  all  the 
property  of  the  above  description,  for  money  or  any  public  securities 
now  due  and  payable  from  this  State,  and  for  the  benefit  thereof,  and 
to  give  necessary  orders  concerning  the  state  of  any  public  matters 
and  property  which  necessarily  may  be  left,  and  make  all  convenient 
dispatch  in  all  the  premisses,  that  said  Col0  Canfield  and  the  remaining 
part  of  the  garrison  may  be  dismissed  soon  as  possible,  and  the  state 
eased  of  every  unnecessary  expence — and  they  will  give  any  proper 
intelligence  and  make  proper  return  of  their  doings  to  His  Excellency 
the  Governor. 

And  whereas  orders  have  been  heretofore  lately  issued  by  the  Gov- 
ernor to  said  General  Mead,  and  to  Brig.  General  Hart  to  raise  out 
of  each  of  their  Brigades,  one  company  of  militia  for  the  said  garrisons, 
and  such  prospects  of  peace  having  since  been  received,  as  render  it, 
in  the  opinion  of  this  Board  unnecessary  to  raise  said  Company. — 


* Beginning  at  this  point  and  continuing  half  way  through  the  entry  for  May  30  the  Journal 
is  written  on  both  sides  of  a series  of  six  substantially  smaller  sheets  inserted  into  the  bound 
volume  of  the  Journal. 


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It  is  therefore  resolved  That  said  General  Mead  and  General  Hart 
cease  and  suspend  the  execution  of  said  orders  untill  they  may  receive 
further  directions  in  the  premisses,  and  His  Excellency  The  Governor 
is  desired  to  countermand  said  orders  accordingly. 

Resolved  that  Cap  Jabez  Perkins  deliver  to  Mr  Darius  Peck  of 
Norwich  one  barrel  of  Pork,  & one  barrel  of  Beef  belonging  to  the 
State  at  the  market  Price  on  Acc*  of  an  order  on  Treasr  Lawrence, 
sd  Peck  has  obtained  for  his  Expences  in  keeping  Prisoners  in  the 
Prison  at  Norwich. 

On  the  Memorial  of  Mess”  Champion,  Phelps  & C°  Contractors 
with  Mess”  Parker  & C°  Contractors  for  supplies  of  the  Army  of  the 
United  States,  praying  leave  to  transport  four  or  five  hundred  barrels 
of  Beef  by  water  up  North  River  from  this  State  provided  they  get  a 
passport  from  the  British  Officer  or  Comander  in  Chief  for  their 
protection  against  our  Enemies — Granted  That  they  have  leave  and 
protection  from  this  State  for  the  purpose  as  prayed  for. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Govr  & Council  of  Safety  at  Leb.  28  Ap1 
1783. 


Pres 1 His  Exy  The  Governor. 


Jos.  Spencer 
Sam1  Huntington 
Wm  Williams 
Nath1  Wales 
Wm  Hillhouse 
Jz  Perkins 
pm.  Jer.  Halsey 


> Esq”. 


Col  Sam1  McClellan,  of  the  Post  of  N London  exhibd  his,  his  Adjut 
& Qr  Masr  Pay  Abstract  &c  from  Sepr  1781  to  this  Time,  & is  refered 
to  the  Comte  of  pay  Table  to  settle  & draw  for  on  the  12d  Tax,  Acc° 
is  charged  @ £22  10,  £12  for  Adj.  & QMr. 

An  Acc°  of  Sundry  small  bills  exhibd  by  Mr  Guy  Richards,  for  bar- 
racking the  Troops  at  N Londn  refered  refered  [sic]  to  the  Com”  of 
Pay  Table,  to  be  allowed  & drawn  for  out  of  the  124  Tax. 

On  Mem0  of  Guy  Richards  A.  D.  Q.  M at  N London,  stating  his 
AgreenT  with  Mr  Pomroy  for  his  Services  &c  resolved  That  sd  Mr 
Pomroy  D.  Q.  Masr  of  the  united  States  be  requested  to  settle  the  Acc° 
according  to  his  Agreemt  & Certifie  the  Same  to  the  Comte  of  Pay 
Table  who  are  to  draw  on  the  12d  Tax  for  what  is  due,  & Charge  the 
united  States. 

Resolved  that  the  Comtee  of  pay  Table  be  and  they  are  hereby 
directed  to  Liquidate  and  Settle  with  Mess”  Jedh  Elderkin  Nath1 
Wales  and  David  Youngs  of  Windham  the  Expence  of  keeping  a* 


Word  omitted  here. 


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PUBLIC  RECORDS 


April, 


to  guard  the  State  powder  and  Salt  Petre  at  the  powder  mill  at  Wind- 
ham during  the  War.  Not  allowing  more  then  two  shillings  per  day 
to  one  person  nor  more  then  two  on  guard  at  one  time  also  to  allow 
such  Sum  as  they  shall  Judge  reasonable  for  finding  House  Room  and 
fire  for  the  guard  in  that  Season  of  the  year  that  the  Same  was  needful : 
also  to  Liquidate  and  Settle  with  Said  Elderkin  and  Wales  the  payments 
by  them  or  Either  of  them  made  for  and  on  account  of  said  guards  and 
also  the  money  received  on  a Certain  note  Executed  by  John  Griswold 
and  Abel  Marsh  to  the  Governor  and  Company  of  this  State  — dated 
July  2d  1776  and  in  part  paid  out  to  said  guard  also  to  allow  to  Said 
Wales  out  of  the  money  received  on  sd  Note  thirty  dollars  paid  by  Said 
Wales  to  Mark  Foquet  as  per  his  receipt  and  draw  on  the  treasurer  of 
this  State  for  such  Sum  as  may  be  found  due  to  Said  Elderkin  Wales 
and  Youngs  or  Either  of  them  in  the  matters  afore  Said  to  be  paid  out 
of  the  one  Shilling  tax  the  Committe  of  pay  table  are  directed  to  Charge 
the  thirty  dollars  paid  to  Mark  Foquet  to  the  united  States. 

An  Acc°  of  Andw  Griswold,  De  Rec*  & distribution  of  home  made 
Salt  ab*  300  bus.  referred  to  the  Comte  of  Pay  Table,  to  Settle  & adjust, 
& draw  for  any  Ballance  they  may  find  due  on  the  12d  Tax. 

Voted  that  an  order  be  drawn  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  in  favr 
of  Sam1  Huntington  Esqr  for  the  Sum  of  £17  5 1 payable  out  of  the 
one  Shilling  tax  for  his  Jorney  and  Expences  to  Boston  in  April  1783 
on  public  Service  by  order  of  the  Govr  & Council  of  Safety. 

On  the  Memorial  of  Majr  James  Dana — 

Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  draw  on  Isaac  Perkins  of 
Ashford  Esqr  in  favour  of  the  Memorialist  for  the  Sum  of  Thirty  three 
pounds,  and  Charge  the  Same  On  Account  of  Pay  due  him,  as  an 
Officer  in  the  Service  of  this  State  with  the  Troops  Stationed  at  Horse- 
neck  the  Year  past. 


Copy  delivered  the  Major. 


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STATE  OF  CONNECTICUT 


At  a General  Assembly  of  the  Governor  and  Company  of  the 
State  of  Connecticut  in  America  holden  at  Hartford  on  the 
second  Thursday  of  May;  being  the  eighth  Day  of  said 
Month,  and  Continued  by  Adjournments,  untill  the  seventh 
Day  of  June  next  following  Anno  Domini  1783. 

Present: 


His  Excellency,  Jonathan  Trumbull  Esqr  Governor. 

The  Honorable  Matthew  Griswold  Esqr  Deputy  Governor. 
Jabez  Hamlin  Esqr 
William  Pitkin  Esqr 
Roger  Sherman  Esqr 
Abraham  Davenport  Esqr 
Oliver  Wolcott  Esqr 
Samuel  Huntington  Esqr 
Richard  Law  Esqr 
Benjamin  Huntington  Esqr 


* Assistants 


Representatives  or  Deputies  of  the  Freemen  of  the  several  Towns  in  the 
State  who  attended  the  Assembly  are  as  follow — 
viz — 

Cap1  Jonathan  Bull,  Col0  George  Pitkin,  for  Hartford. 

Mr  Samuel  Carver,  Cap1  Edward  Payne,  for  Bolton. 

Mr  Ebenezer  White,  Mr  James  Bill,  for  Chatham. 

Col°  Henry  Champion,  Mr  Daniel  Foot,  for  Colchester. 

Mr  Israel  Spencer,  Mr  Samuel  Huntington,  for  East  Hadam. 

Genl  Erastus  Wolcott,  Mr  Joseph  Allen,  for  East  Windsor. 

Cap1  Daniel  Perkins,  Cap1  Ephraim  Pease,  for  Enfield. 

Col°  Isaac  Lee,  Mr  John  Treadwell,  for  Farmington. 

Mr  Gideon  Hale,  Mr  Philip  Selew,  for  Glastonbury. 

Cap1  Cornelius  Higgins,  Col°  Abraham  Tyler,  for  Haddam. 

Mr  Elihu  Marvin,  Mr  John  Phelps,  for  Hebron. 

Col°  Comfort  Sage,  Mr  Ebenezer  Bacon,  for  Midletown. 

Cap1  Reuben  Sykes,  Mr  Zerah  Kibbe,  for  Somers. 

Majr  Asa  Bray,  Cap1  John  Curtiss,  for  Southington. 

Col°  Stephen  Moulton,  Mr  Isaac  Foot,  for  Stafford. 

Capt  Abraham  Granger,  Cap1  John  Harmon,  for  Suffield. 

Capt  Daniel  Humphry,  Mr  Dudley  Pettibone,  for  Symsbury. 

Col°  Samuel  Chapman,  Col0  Solomon  Welles,  for  Tolland. 

Mr  Stephen  M Mitchell,  Col0  John  Chester,  for  Weathersfield. 

Cap1  Joseph  Crocker,  Mr  Moses  Holmes,  for  Willington. 

Mr  Eliakim  Marshall,  Cap1  Henry  Allyn,  for  Windsor. 

Cap1  Henry  Daggett,  Cap1  James  Hillhouse,  for  New  Haven. 

Col°  Edward  Russell,  Mr  Jonah  Clark,  for  Branford. 

Mr  John  Peck,  Mr  Samuel  Beach,  for  Cheshire. 


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May, 


Cap1  John  Holbrook,  Cap1  Daniel  Holbrook,  for  Derby. 

Gen1  Janies  Wadsworth,  Mr  Daniel  Hall,  for  Durham. 

Mr  John  Burgess,  Majr  Augustus  Collins,  for  Guilford. 

Mr  Stephen  Gunn,  Mr  Gideon  Buckingham,  for  Milford. 

Cap1  Oliver  Stanley,  Col0  Street  Hall,  for  Wallingford. 

Mr  Joseph  Hopkins,  Col0  Phineas  Porter,  for  Waterbury. 

Cap1  John  Deshon,  Majr  William  Hillhouse,  for  New  London. 
Cap1  Elisha  Lathrop,  Mr  John  Bachus,  for  Norwich. 

Mr  Ebenezer  Ledyard,  Mr  Elisha  Williams,  for  Groton. 

Mr  Theophilus  Morgan,  Cap1  Martin  Lord,  for  Killingworth. 

Mr  Ezra  Selden,  Majr  Richard  Wait,  for  Lyme. 

Majr  Nathan  Peters,  Mr  Elias  Brown,  for  Preston. 

Col0  John  Ely,  Majr  William  Hart,  for  Saybrook. 

Majr  Charles  Phelps,  Mr  Gilbert  Fanning,  for  Stonington. 

Mr  Jonathan  Sturgis,  Capt  Samuel  Wakeman,  for  Fairfield. 

Col0  Joseph  P.  Cook,  Capt  Daniel  Taylor,  for  Danbury. 

Genl  John  Mead,  Capt  Jabez  Fitch,  for  Greenwich. 

Col°  Nehemiah  Beardslee,  Cap1  James  Potter,  for  New  Fairfield. 
Col0  John  Chandler,  Mr  Henry  Peck,  for  Newtown. 

Col0  Stephen  St.  John,  Mr  Samuel  C.  Syllyman,  for  Norwalk. 

Mr  Stephen  Betts,  Mr  Thaddeus  Benedict,  for  Redding. 

Col°  Philip  B Bradley,  Cap1  David  Olmsted,  for  Ridgefield. 

Gen1  David  Waterbury,  Mr  Charles  Weed,  for  Stamford. 

Majr  Agur  Judson,  Cap1  Joseph  Walker,  for  Stratford. 

Mr  Shubael  Abbee,  Cap1  Ebenezr  Mosely,  for  Windham. 

Cap1  Benjamin  Sumner,  Mr  Isaac  Perkins,  for  Ashford. 

Mr  John  Fitch,  Mr  Eliashib  Adams,  for  Canterbury. 

Col0  Jesse  Root,  Mr  Ephraim  Kingsbury,  for  Coventry. 

Mr  Sampson  Howe,  Cap1  Obadiah  Clough,  for  Killingley. 

Col0  William  Williams,  Mr  Elkanah  Tisdale,  for  Lebanon. 

Col0  Experience  Storrs,  Cap1  Samuel  Thomson,  for  Mansfield. 
Gen1  John  Douglass,  Majr  Andrew  Backus,  for  Plainfield. 

Mr  John  Williams,  Cap1  Daniel  Tyler,  for  Pomfret. 

Cap1  Solomon  Wales, for  Union. 

Col0  James  Gordon,  Mr  Joseph  Wyley,  for  Voluntown. 

Mr  Asa  Lyon,  Cap1  Amos  Payne,  for  Woodstock. 

Mr  Jedidiah  Strong,  Col0  Bozaleel  Bebee,  for  Litchfield. 

Cap1  Thomas  Hosmer,  Cap1  Samuel  Forbes,  for  Canaan. 

Majr  John  Sedgwick,  Mr  Matthew  Patterson,  for  Cornwall. 

Mr  Daniel  Miles,  Cap1  Elisha  Sill,  for  Goshen. 

Col0  Benjamin  Hutchins,  Cap1  Eleazer  Ensign,  for  Hartland. 
Cap1  Josiah  Phelps,  Cap1  George  Catlin.  for  Harwington. 

Cap1  Joseph  Pratt,  Capt  Joseph  Carter,  for  Kent. 

Cap1  Matthew  Gillett,  Mr  Amos  Miller,  for  New  Hartford. 

Mr  Daniel  Everett,  Cap1  Elizar  Warner,  for  New  Milford. 

Mr  Elijah  Grant,  Capt  Michael  Mills,  for  Norfolk. 

Mr  Hezekiah  Fitch,  Capt  Elisha  Fitch,  for  Salisbury. 


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Cap1  Simeon  Smith,  Capt  David  Downs,  for  Sharon. 

Mr  Noah  North,  Mr  Eliphalet  Eno,  for  Torrington. 

Mr  John  Whittlesey,  Capt  Nathan  Hicox,  for  Washington. 

Capt  Thomas  Fenn,  Capt  Nathaniel  Barns,  for  Watertown. 

Mr  Ozias  Brownson, , for  Winchester. 

Mr  Daniel  Sherman,  Col°  Increase  Mosely,  for  Woodbury. 

William  Williams,  Esqr,  Speaker 
Jedidiah  Strong,  Esqr,  Clerk 

Of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

This  Day  being  appointed  by  the  Laws  of  this  State  for  the  Election 
of  the  Public  Officers  of  the  same  viz  Governor,  Deputy  Governor, 
Assistants  Treasurer  and  Secretary;  Proclamation  was  made  in  manner 
accustomed;  And  then  the  Votes  of  the  Freemen  were  given  in  to  the 
Persons  appointed  by  the  Assembly  to  receive  Sort  and  Count  them  and 
to  declare  the  Names  of  such  Persons  as  shall  be  Chosen  to  any  of  the 
forementioned  Offices  according  to  Law;  Which  Persons  so  appointed 
were,  Jabez  Hamlin,  Roger  Sherman,  Abraham  Davenport,  Oliver  Wol- 
cott, Samuel  Huntington,  Richard  Law,  Benjamin  Huntington,  Esqrs, 
Mr  John  Treadwell,  Col°  John  Chester,  Cap1  Henry  Daggett,  Col° 
Edward  Russell,  Cap1  John  Deshon,  Majr  Charles  Phelps,  Col0  John 
Chandler,  Col°  Stephen  S1  John,  Col0  Experience  Storrs,  Mr  Elkanah 
Tisdale  Majr  John  Sedgwick  and  Mr  Daniel  Everet  who  were  all  sworn 
to  a faithfull  Discharge  of  that  Trust.  And  the  Votes  of  the  Freemen 
being  brought  in  Sorted  and  Counted — 

The  Honorable  Matthew  Griswold  Esqr  is  Chosen 

Deputy  Governor  of  this  State  for  the  Year  ensuing. 

Jabez  Hamlin,  Eliphalet  Dyer,  William  Pitkin,  Roger  Sherman 
Abraham  Davenport,  Joseph  Spencer,  Oliver  Wolcott,  Samuel  Hunting- 
ton,  Richard  Law  Oliver  Elsworth  Andrew  Adams,  and  Benjamin  Hunt- 
ington Esquires,  were  Chosen  Assistants  for  the  Year  ensuing. 

John  Lawrence  Esqr  is  Chosen  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  the  Year 
ensuing. 

George  Wyllys  Esqr  is  Chosen  Secretary  of  this  State  for  the  Year 
ensuing. 

This  Day  being  appointed  by  Law  for  the  Choice  of  Delegates  to 
represent  this  State  at  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  Proclamation 
was  made  in  manner  accustomed,  and  then  the  Votes  of  the  Freemen 
were  given  in  to  the  Persons  appointed  by  the  Assembly  to  secure  Sort 
and  Count  them  and  declare  the  Names  of  the  Persons  legally  Chosen 
to  the  Office  aforementioned,  which  Persons  so  appointed  were,  William 
Pitkin  Esqr  Col0  Comfort  Sage  Cap1  James  Hilhouse  Mr  Ezra  Seldon 


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May, 


Mr  Jonathan  Sturgis,  Cap1  Ebenezer  Mosely  & Mr  Daniel  Miles,  who 
were  all  sworn  to  a faithfull  Discharge  of  that  Trust.  And  the  Votes  of 
the  Freemen  being  bro11  in  Sorted  & Counted 


Were  elected  and  publicly  declared  to  be  Delegates  to  represent  this 
State  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  according  to  Law. 

The  Deputy  Governors  Oath  prescribed  by  the  Law  of  this  State  was 
duely  Administered  to  the  Honble  Matthew  Griswold  Esqr  now  Chosen 
Deputy  Governor  of  this  State. 

The  Assistants  Oath  prescribed  by  the  Law  of  this  State  was  duely 
Administered  to  Jabez  Hamlin  Esqr  William  Pitkin  Esqr  Roger  Sher- 
man Esqr  Abraham  Davenport  Esqr  Joseph  Spencer  Esqr  Oliver  Wol- 
cott Esqr  Samuel  Huntington  Esqr  Richard  Law  Esqr  Andrew  Adams 
Esqr  and  Benjamin  Huntington  Esqr  now  Chosen  Assistants  over  this 
State  who  thereupon  took  their  Seats  at  the  Council  Board. 

The  Treasurers  Oath  appointed  by  the  Law  of  this  State  was  duely 
administred  to  John  Lawrence  Esqr  now  Chosen  Treasurer. 

The  Secretary’s  Oath  appointed  by  Law  was  duely  Administered  to 
George  Wyllys  Esqr  now  Chosen  Secretary  of  this  State. 

In  the  House  of  Representatives  His  Excellency  Jonathan  Trumbull 
Esqr  is  Chosen  Governor  of  this  State  for  the  Year  ensuing. 

Teste  Jedidiah  Strong  Clerk 
Concurrd  in  the  Upper  House  Test  George  Wyllys  Secret7. 

The  Governors  Oath  prescribed  by  the  Law  of  this  State  was  duely 
Administered  to  His  Excellency  Jonathan  Trumbull  Esqr  now  Chosen 
Governor  of  the  State  of  Connecticut,  who  thereupon  took  the  Governors 
Seat  in  the  Assembly. 

Ordered  that  Roger  Sherman  Esqr  and  Cap1  Henry  Daggett  return 
the  Thanks  of  this  Assembly  to  the  Revd  Dr  Ezra  Stiles  for  his  Sermon 
delivered  before  the  Assembly  on  the  eighth  Instant  and  desire  a Copy 
thereof  that  it  may  be  printed. 


Samuel  Huntington 
Oliver  Elsworth 
Oliver  Wolcott 
Benjamin  Huntington 
Jedidiah  Strong 
Stephen  M Mitchell 
Richard  Law 


Esqr 

Esqr 

Esqr 

Esqr 

Esqr 

Esqr 

Esqr 


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111 


This  Assembly  do  appoint  The  Honble  Matthew  Griswold  Esqr  to  be 
Chief  Judge  of  the  Superior  Courts  in  this  State  for  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Eliphalet  Dyer  Esqr  Roger  Sherman  Esqr 
William  Pitkin  Esqr  and  Samuel  Huntington  Esqr  to  be  Judges  of  the 
Superior  Court  in  this  State  for  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Jabez  Hamlin  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
County  Court  in  and  for  the  County  of  Hartford  the  Year  ensueing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  James  Wadsworth  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of 
the  County  Court  in  and  for  the  County  of  New  Haven  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Richard  Law  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
County  Court  in  and  for  the  County  of  New  London  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Abraham  Davenport  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of 
the  County  Court  in  and  for  the  County  of  Fairfield  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  William  Williams  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
County  Court  in  and  for  the  County  of  Windham  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Oliver  Wolcott  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
County  Court  in  and  for  the  County  of  Litchfield  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Roger  Newberry  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Hartford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Erastus  Wolcott  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of 
Probate  for  the  District  of  East  Windsor  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Joseph  Spencer  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  Pro- 
bate for  the  District  of  East  Haddam  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Jabez  Hamlin  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Midletown  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Isaac  Pinney  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Stafford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Solomon  Whitman  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of 
the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Farmington  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Noah  Phelps  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Symsbury  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  John  Whiting  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  New  Haven  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Gurdon  Saltonstall  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of 
the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  New  London  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Aaron  Eliott  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Saybrook  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Elisha  Lathrop  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Norwich  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Charles  Phelps  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Stonington  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Jonathan  Sturgis  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Fairfield  the  Year  ensuing. 


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This  Assembly  do  appoint  Abraham  Davenport  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of 
the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Stamford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Joseph  Platt  Cook  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of 
the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Danbury  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  William  Williams  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Windham  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  John  Felch  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the  Court 
of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Plainfield  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Charles  Church  Chandler  Esqr  to  be  Judge 
of  the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Pomfret  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Robert  Fairchild  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Stratford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Oliver  Wolcott  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Litchfield  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Daniel  Sherman  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Woodbury  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Joshua  Porter  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Sharon  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Caleb  Hall  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the  Court 
of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Wallingford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Giles  Pettibone  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Norfolk  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Joseph  Hopkins  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Waterbury  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Edward  Russell  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Guilford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  William  Wolcott,  Samuel  Talcott  Erastus 
Wolcott  and  Stephen  Mix  Mitchell  Esqrs  to  be  Justices  of  Peace  and 
Quorum  in  and  for  the  County  of  Hartford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  George  Wyllys,  John  Pitkin,  John 
Lawrence  Thomas  Seymour  George  Pitkin  Jonathan  Wells  of  Hart- 
ford Noah  Webster  Richard  Pitkin  Elisha  Williams,  John  Chester, 
Charles  Churchill  Solomon  Wells,  John  Robbins,  Henry  Allyn  Roger 
Newberry  Peletiah  Mills,  James  Hooker  Matthew  Talcott,  Nathaniel 
Chauncey  John  Dickinson,  Roger  Riley,  Philip  Mortimer,  Elijah  Tred- 
way,  Solomon  Whitman  Selah  Hart  Isaac  Lee  Noadiah  Hooker,  Ichabod 
Norton  Simeon  Hart,  Zebulon  Peck  Nathaniel  Gilbert,  Isaac  Miller, 
Judah  Holcomb,  Oliver  Humphry,  Daniel  Humphry  Asahel  Holcomb 
Noah  Phelps  Ozias  Pettibone  Alexander  King,  John  Leavitt  John  Har- 
mon Junr  Phineas  Sheldon,  Edward  Collins  Eliphalet  Terry  Elizur  Tal- 
cott Samuel  Huntington,  Jabez  Chapman,  Timothy  Gates  Daniel  Foot, 
John  Watrous,  Henry  Champion,  Elias  Worthington,  Joseph  Brooks 
Nehemiah  Brainerd,  Hezekiah  Brainerd,  John  Phelps  Samuel  Gilbert 
Noziah  Bliss,  Elijah  Kellogg,  Benjamin  Talcott,  Joel  White  Samuel 
Carver,  Samuel  Chapman,  Isaac  Pinnev,  Daniel  Alden,  Isaac  Foot  Abner 
Barker,  Moses  Holmes,  Thomas  Pitkin,  Reuben  Sikes,  Daniel  Elsworth. 


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David  Sage  Ebenezer  White,  Joseph  Dart,  John  Clark,  Jonathan  Pen- 
field,  John  Curtiss,  Timothy  Clark,  Jonah  Cowles  Solomon  Wells,  Israel 
Spencer  Samuel  Lyman,  Jonathan  Bull,  Elisha  Pitkin,  Comfort  Sage 
Gad  Stanley,  Lemuel  Roberts,  Elisha  Graham,  Ichabod  Warner,  Edward 
Payne,  Isiah  Hale  Joseph  Allyn,  Frederick  Elsworth,  Dudley  Pettibone, 
Cornelius  Higgins,  & Elizur  Hale  Jr  Esqrs  to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace 
within  and  for  the  County  of  Hartford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Ezra  Brainerd  Esqr  to  be  a Justice  of  the 
Peace  in  and  for  the  County  of  Hartford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Samuel  Bishop  Joseph  Hopkins  Andrew 
Ward,  and  James  Beard  Esqrs  to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace  and  Quorum 
within  and  for  the  County  of  New  Haven  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint,  James  Wadsworth,  John  Whiting  Caleb 
Beecher.  David  Austin,  Thomas  Mansfield,  Bazel  Munson,  Timothy 
Jones  Charles  Chauncey,  Jonathan  Dayton  Nehemiah  Smith,  Josiah 
Bradley,  Henry  Daggett  Timothy  Ball,  Ephraim  Strong,  Gideon  Buck- 
ingham, John  Dibble,  Lewiss  Mallet  Junr  Stephen  Gunn,  Charles  French, 
John  Daviss,  Eliphalet  Hotchkiss  Thomas  Clark,  Jonathan  Baldwin 
Samuel  Lewiss  Ezra  Brunson  Reuben  Atwater  Samuel  Beech,  John 
Peck  Aaron  Lyman  Caleb  Hall  Oliver  Stanley,  Eliahim  Hall,  Caleb  Cook 
Street  Hall,  John  Hough  Daniel  Hall  Simeon  Parsons  John  Burgess 
Augustus  Collins  Thomas  Burgas  Junr  William  Starr,  Elias  Graves 
James  Baskin  Ebenezer  Russell  Edward  Russell  & Jonah  Clark  Esqrs 
to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  New  Haven  the 
Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Samuel  Coit,  William  Hilhouse  Elisha 
Lathrop  and  William  Noyes  Esqrs  to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace  & Quorum 
for  the  County  of  New  London  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Jonathan  Lattimore,  Joshua  Raymond 
Winthrop  Saltonstall,  Timothy  Green  Joseph  Harriss,  Joshua  Coit, 
Thomas  Shaw,  Ebenezer  Hartshorn  Simon  Tracy  Elijah  Backus  Samuel 
Tracy  Christopher  Leffingwell  Rufus  Lathrop,  Jonathan  Huntington, 
Samuel  Leffingwell  Nehemiah  Waterman  Junr  Jonathan  Brewster,  Jabez 
Fitch,  Barnabas  Huntington  Samuel  Lovett  Benjamin  Coit  Samuel  Mott, 
Robert  Crary,  John  Tyler,  Jeremiah  Halsey  John  Avery  Junr  Elias 
Brown,  John  Williams  Charles  Phelps  Paul  Wheeler  Nathaniel  Minor 
Jonathan  Palmer  Junr  William  Denison  Joshua  Babcock  Elijah  Palmer, 
Oliver  Smith  William  Williams  of  Groton  William  Avery  Benadam 
Gallop  Ebenezer  Ledyard  Amos  Geer  Thomas  Northrup  Niles  Amos 
Prentice  Thomas  Avery  Samuel  Ely  John  Say  2d  Eliazer  Mather  Ezra 
Selden  Richard  Wait  Jr  Andrew  Griswold  Seth  Ely  John  Shipman 
Samuel  Field  Justus  Buck  Timothy  Starkey  Jedidiah  Chapman  Aaron 
Eliott  John  Parson  Theophilus  Morgan  Hezh  Lane  George  Eliott,  Job 
Wright  John  Perkins  William  Hart  junr  & John  McClaren  Breed  Esqr8 
to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace  in  and  for  the  County  of  New  London  for 
the  Year  ensuing. 


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This  Assembly  do  appoint  John  Deshon  Esqr  to  be  a Justice  of  the 
Peace  in  and  for  the  County  of  New  London  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Robert  Fairchild,  Joseph  Platt  Cook  John 
Chandler  and  Lemuel  Stanford  Esqrs  to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace  & 
Quorum  for  the  County  of  Fairfield  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Daniel  Judsor  Samuel  Whiting  John 
Brooks  Robert  Walker  Elisha  Mills  Daniel  Barret  David  Wilcoxson  John 
Judson  Daniel  Fairchild  Abraham  Brinsmade  Jonathan  Sturgis,  Samuel 
Squire,  Gold  Sillek  Silliman  Andrew  Rowland  Hezekiah  Hubbell  Abra- 
ham Andrews  George  Burr  Ger shorn  Hubbel  Samuel  Bradley  Samuel 
Wakeman  Thomas  Fitch  Thaddeus  Betts  Stephen  St  John  2*  Eliphalet 
Lockwood  Samuel  Cook  Sylliman  Clap  Raymond  Matthew  Mead  David 
Wood  of  Greenwich  Charles  Webb,  James  Cogswell,  David  Waterbury 
Junr  Reuben  Scofield  Eliphalet  Seely  Junr  Messenger  Palmer,  John  Mead 
Amos  Mead  Jabez  Fitch  Benjamin  Mead  Junr  Samuel  Olmsted  John 
Benedict  Philip  Burr  Bradley,  Daniel  Cooley,  Daniel  Taylor  Thaddeus 
Benedict  Eli  Mygatt,  Thomas  Taylor  Ephraim  Hubbel  Nehemiah  Beard- 
sley Zacheus  Towner  Alexander  Stewart,  Henry  Peck  Caleb  Baldwin, 
Jabez  Protsford  Joseph  Smith  Stephen  Betts  Agur  Judson  Abijah  Star- 
ling Nathan  Bulkley  Daniel  Duncan  Isaac  Lockwood  Thaddeus  Benedict 
of  Redding  & Jesse  Raymond  Esqrs  to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace  within 
and  for  the  County  of  Fairfield  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Jabez  Fitch  Nathaniel  Wales  Ebenezer 
Devotion  and  Constant  Southworth  Esqrs  to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace  and 
Quorum  within  and  for  the  County  of  Windham  the  Year  Ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  William  Williams  Samuel  Gray  Jedidiah 
Elderkin,  Jacob  Simons  Hezekiah  Manning  Ebenezer  Mosely,  Heze- 
kiah Bissell  John  Clarke  Jonathan  Trumbull  Junr  James  Pineo  Junr 
Ephraim  Carpenter,  Ephraim  Root  Jesse  Root  Abraham  Burnap  Junr 
Ephraim  Kingsberry,  James  Bradford,  Elisha  Perkins  William  Dixson, 
John  Douglas  Andrew  Bachus  Joseph  Storrs  John  Salter  Samuel  Craft 
John  Williams,  Joseph  Baker  Eliashib  Adams,  David  Payne,  John  Felch 
Elijah  Whitor  Benjamin  Sumner  Benjamin  Clark  Isaac  Perkins,  Bryant 
Brown  William  Danielson,  Benjamin  Leavins  Jedidiah  Morse  Charles 
Church  Chandler  Elisha  Child  Samuel  Stewart  James  Gordon  John  Cole, 
Solomon  Wales,  John  Sessions  Sherebiah  Butts,  Thomas  Grosvenor 
Peleg  Thomas,  Elkanah  Tisdale  Allen  Campbell  & Experience  Storrs 
Esq”  to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  Windham 
the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Mess”  Samuel  Thomson  & Jesse  Williams 
to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  Windham  the 
Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Daniel  Sherman  Joshua  Porter  Samuel 
Canfield  and  Jedidiah  Strong  Esq”  to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace  & 
Quorum  in  and  for  the  County  of  Litchfield  the  Year  ensuing. 


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This  Assembly  do  appoint  Jacob  Woodruff  Isaac  Baldwin  David 
Welch  Reuben  Smith  Abraham  Bradley  Daniel  Everit,  Benjamin  Hin- 
man,  Edward  Hinman,  Benjamin  Spees,  David  Hurd  Hezekiah  Thom- 
son, Oliver  Parmely  Abel  Hine  Sherman  Boardman,  Timothy  Ruggles 
Nathan  Eliott,  Jethro  Hatch,  Jedidiah  Hubbell  Justus  Sackett,  Daniel 
Griswold,  John  Canfield  David  Downes  Abiel  Camp  Lott  Norton  Charles 
Burrall,  Elisha  Baker,  Samuel  Forbes  Nathan  Hale  Samuel  Nash,  Ebe- 
nezer  Norton  Asaph  Hall  Elisha  Sill  Epaphras  Sheldon,  Shubael  Gris- 
wold Daniel  Catlin  Cypryan  Webster  George  Catlin  Zebulon  Merrell  Seth 
Smith  Giles  Pettibone  Hosea  Wilcox  Dudley  Humphry  William  Cogs- 
well, John  Calhoun  Thomas  Matthews  Timothy  Judd  Phineas  Rice, 
Thomas  Fenn  Nehemiah  Andrews  of  Hartland  Eleazer  Ensign  Eliphaz 
Alvord,  Joseph  Wilder  Elijah  Rockwell  Heman  Swift,  Judah  Kellogg, 
John  Peirce  of  Cornwall  Edward  Rogers  & Daniel  Everitt  of  New 
Milford  Esqr8  to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace  in  and  for  the  County  of  Litch- 
field for  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Mr  Tapping  Rower  & Mr  James  Morriss 
Jr  to  be  Justices  of  Peace  for  the  County  of  Litchfield  for  the  Year 
ensuing. 


An  Act  for  repealing  several  Laws  of  this  State. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same,  That  the  sev- 
eral Laws  of  this  State  entituled  as  follows  viz. 

An  Act  for  securing  Boats  and  other  small  Craft  for  preventing  any 
Persons  going  out  of  any  Harbour  River  or  Creek  with  such  Craft 
without  Licence, 

An  Act  to  prevent  traiterous  Conspiracies  against  this  and  the  United 
States  of  America, 

An  Act  in  addition  to  an  Act  entituled  An  Act  for  apprehending  and 
Securing  such  Inimical  Persons  as  shall  be  deemed  and  adj  udged  danger- 
ous to  the  State,  and  also  the  Act  to  which  the  Same  is  an  addition, 

An  Act  to  compel  the  furnishing  necessary  Supplies  and  Assistance  to 
the  Quarter  Master  General  and  Commissary  General  of  Forage  of  the 
Continental  Army, 

An  Act  more  effectually  to  prevent  Illicit  Trade  and  the  Several  Acts 
made  in  addition  thereto, 

An  Act  to  detect  certain  Frauds  which  have  been  practised  by  many 
Persons  to  screen  and  Secure  themselves  from  Detachments,  and  other 
Personal  Military  Duties, 

An  Act  to  compel  the  furnishing  Provisions  and  necessary  Supplies  to 
the  superintending  Commissary  of  Purchases,  and  their  Assistants  in 
this  State, 

An  Act  for  assessing  certain  Inimical  Persons, 

An  Act  for  promoting  Commerce,  and  also  all  the  Acts  repealed  by 
said  Act  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed — 


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Provided  nevertheless,  that  any  Prosecutions  begun  and  now  depend- 
ing upon  any  of  said  Acts  shall  not  be  affected  thereby,  but  may  be 
prosecuted  to  final  Judgment  and  Execution  said  Repeal  notwithstanding. 


An  Act  in  alteration  of  an  Act,  intituled,  An  Act  for  regulating  and  orderly 
celebrating  of  Marriage,  and  for  preventing  and  punishing  incestuous 
and  other  unlawfull  Marriages. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor,  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same  That  the  Power 
and  Authority  of  ordained  Ministers  by  Law  authorized  to  Join  Persons 
in  Marriage,  shall  extend  through  the  County  to  which  they  severally 
belong  during  the  Time  they  respectively  continue  the  regular  Ordained 
Ministers  of  any  Eclesiastical  Society  or  Town  within  this  State  in  the 
same  manner  as  that  of  Justices  of  the  Peace,  any  Law  or  Custom  to 
the  Contrary  notwithstanding. 

An  Act  in  addition  to  an  Act  intituled,  an  Act  for  the  settlement  of  Testate 
and  intestate  Estates. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled,  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same,  That  for  the 
future  the  Executor  or  Executors  of  any  last  Will  and  Testament  when 
the  Will  shall  be  proved  and  approved  by  the  Judge  of  Probate  shall 
become  bound  to  such  Judge  and  his  Successors,  with  sufficient  Surety 
faithfully  to  discharge  the  Duty  and  Office  of  an  Executor  or  Executors 
duely  to  execute  such  Will  and  to  Settle  such  Estate  according  to  Law, 
and  the  Provisions  of  the  Will,  and  on  neglect  or  refusal  to  give  such 
Bond  shall  be  disabled  and  disqualified  to  execute  said  Office,  and  there- 
upon said  Judge  shall  and  may  appoint  some  suitable  Person  or  Persons 
administrator  or  Administrators  cum  Testamento  annexo  which  Admin- 
istrator or  Administrators  shall  have  full  Power  to  administer  on  such 
Will  and  Testament  giving  Bond  according  to  Law. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  the  like 
method  may  be  taken  with  regard  to  any  Estate  now  depending  and 
unsettled  before  any  Court  of  Probate  in  this  State  where  the  Judge  of 
such  Court  shall  suppose  the  Same  to  be  necessary  or  expedient,  and  the 
Authority  of  such  Executor  or  Executors  shall  thence  forward  cease  and 
determine. 


An  Act  for  the  Amendment  of  the  Law  entituled  An  Act  for  laying  an 
Excise  on  sundry  Articles  of  Consumption  within  this  State.* 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same  That  the  enu- 
merated Articles  on  which  an  Excise  of  five  Per  Cent  is  laid  by  said  Act, 
shall  not  extend  to  any  Articles  wrought  or  manufactured  in  this  State. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  any  Person  who  shall  Sell  any  of  the 


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Articles  by  Law  subject  to  an  Excise,  without  Licence,  shall  in  Addition 
to  the  Penalties  incurred  by  said  Act  pay  a fine  of  six  Pounds  for  every 
such  Offence  for  the  Use  of  this  State,  And  the  Collectors  and  Deputy 
Collectors  of  Excise  within  their  respective  Districts,  and  all  other 
informing  Officers  are  hereby  enjoined  to  enquire  after  and  due  pre- 
sentment make  of  all  the  Breaches  of  this  and  the  aforesaid  Act. 


An  Act  in  addition  to  and  alteration  of  an  Act  Entituled  an  Act  for  releiv- 
ing  and  ordering  of  Ideots,  Impotent  distracted  and  Idle  Persons. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same,  that  in  future 
whenever  it  shall  appear  to  the  respective  County  Courts  upon  the 
liquidation  and  adjustment  of  Accounts  exhibited  to  them  pursuant  to 
the  Provisions  of  said  Act,  that  the  Debts  so  ascertained  shall  exceed 
the  Personal  Estate  of  such  Ideot  distracted  or  Impotent  Person  or  Per- 
sons, it  shall  be  lawfull  to  the  said  Courts  respectively  to  order  the  Sale 
of  so  much  of  the  real  Estate  of  such  Person  or  Persons  as  shall  be  suffi- 
cient to  pay  the  same  with  incident  Charges  of  Sale  in  such  manner 
as  shall  appear  to  them  most  for  the  benefit  of  such  Estate ; which  Sales 
shall  be  good  and  effectual  in  the  Law  to  all  Intents  and  Purposes  what- 
soever any  Thing  in  said  Act  to  the  contrary  in  any  wise  notwithstanding. 


An  Act  in  addition  to  and  alteration  of  an  Act  entituled,  an  Act  for  order- 
ing and  regulating  Fields  and  Fences. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same,  That  when  any 
number  of  Proprietors  have  Lands  adjoining  and  so  situated  that  it  may 
be  commodious  and  beneficial  for  them  to  Improve  said  Lands  in  a com- 
mon Field,  if  too  third  Parts  of  such  Proprietors,  accounting  their 
Notes  according  to  their  Interest  shall  agree  to  Improve  such  Lands  in 
a Common  Field,  they  are  directed  to  represent  the  Circumstances 
thereof  to  the  County  Court  of  that  County,  and  Notify  the  other  Pro- 
prietors of  said  Lands  living  in  the  same  Town  to  appear  before  said 
Court  to  make  Objection  if  any  they  have  against  said  Lands  being 
Improved  as  aforesaid,  And  on  said  Proprietors  obtaining  the  appro- 
bation and  allowance  of  said  Court  to  Improve  said  Lands  as  aforesaid 
the  Proprietors  and  Owners  of  such  Lands  are  hereby  fully  Authorized 
and  Impowered  to  form  and  Improve  said  Lands  as  a Common  Field, 
Be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  the  Propri- 
etors, of  any  common  Field  may  by  their  Major  Vote  computed  as  afore- 
said, agree  on  the  Fee  to  be  paid  by  the  Owner  of  any  Horse  Horse 
kind  Neat  Cattle  or  Sheep  impounded  out  of  such  Common  Field  and  the 
Sum  thus  agreed  on  and  Voted  in  any  lawfull  Meeting  shall  be  the 
lawfull  Fee  to  be  paid  by  the  owner  of  such  Impounded  Creature, 

Always  Provided  it  be  not  more  than  three  shillings  for  each  Horse 
Horse  kind  & Neat  Cattle  and  for  all  Sheep  fourpence  Per  Head. 


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118 


May, 


An  Act  for  regulating  and  well  ordering  the  Fishery  at  the  Mouth  of 
Connecticut  River. 

Whereas  destructing  the  Course  of  the  Fish  into  Connecticut  River 
is  a Public  Damage ; which  to  prevent : 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same.  That  no 
Person  shall  hereafter  set  or  draw  any  Sein  or  Seins  for  the  Purpose 
of  catching  fish  from  the  15th  Day  of  March  to  the  15th  Day  of  June 
annually  South  of  an  East  & West  Line  from  Saybrook  Fort  so  called, 
within  One  Mile  and  an  half  East  and  West  on  each  Side  the  Mouth  of 
said  River  except  in  the  Coves  called  and  known  by  the  Name  of  Lyndes 
Cove  and  Griswolds  Cove,  and  except  the  Proprietors  of  the  Lands  on 
each  Side  of  said  River  known  by  the  Name  of  Eastern  Point,  and 
Lyndes  Point,  who  shall  have  an  exclusive  Right  to  draw  or  Improve  two 
Seins  at  Discretion  within  the  aforesaid  Limits  in  the  Waters  adjoining 
their  own  Lands  from  Monday  Morning  at  Sunrise  until  Sunset  on  Fri- 
day Evening  in  each  Week  and  no  more,  and  neither  of  said  Seins  shall 
be  of  greater  length  than  twenty  five  Rods. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  if  any  Person  or  Persons  whatsoever 
shall  be  Guilty  of  any  Breach  of  this  Act,  shall  for  every  such  Offence 
forfeit  and  pay  the  Sum  of  ten  Pounds  the  one  half  to  the  Benefit  of  him 
or  them  who  shall  prosecute  the  Same  to  Effect  the  other  half  to  the 
Treasury  of  the  County,  and  shall  forfeit  the  Sein  Ropes  and  other 
Utensils  made  Use  of  for  the  Catching  Fish  contrary  to  this  Act. 


An  Act  in  addition  to  a Law  entituled  an  Act  for  Collecting  and  paying 
Rates  or  Taxes. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same , That  the 
Treasurer  of  this  State,  in  granting  Execution  against  any  Collector  of 
State  Taxes,  from  whom  Arrears  of  several  Taxes  are  due,  shall  include 
in  one  Execution  as  many  of  such  Taxes  as  Circumstances  will  admit, 
therein  specifying  the  Sum  due  on  each  and  any  other  Matters  respect- 
ing the  Same  that  may  be  necessary  for  directing  the  Sheriff  in  the  Levy 
of  such  Execution. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  a Tax  of  two  Pence  lawfull  Money 
on  the  Pound  in  the  List  of  Polls  and  rateable  Estate  for  the  Year 
1782  be  laid  to  be  paid  into  the  Treasury  of  this  State  by  the  first 
Day  of  August  next  in  Gold  or  Silver  Money  and  the  Treasurer  is 
hereby  directed  to  Issue  his  Warrants  to  Collect  the  Same  accordingly, 
And  the  Money  that  shall  be  raised  by  said  Tax  is  hereby  appropriated 
to  the  Sole  purpose  of  Supporting  Civil  Government  in  this  State,  And 
for  the  releif  of  the  Poor  and  Indigent  one  twentieth  part  of  the  afore- 
said Tax  may  be  abated  in  the  Usual  manner. 


1783. 


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119 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  William  Pitkin  Esqr  and  Messr8 
Samuel  Lyman  Ebenezer  Plummer  and  Ralph  Pomeroy  be  and  they  are 
hereby  appointed  Auditors  to  Audit  adjust  and  Settle  the  Public 
Accounts  of  this  State  with  the  Treasurer  and  also  to  receive  examine  and 
burn  all  the  Bills  of  Credit  emitted  by  this  State  that  may  be  found  in 
the  Treasury  and  to  Report  to  this  or  the  next  Session  of  the  General 
Assembly. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  Certificates  Signed  by  the  Treasurer 
for  Interest  become  due  on  any  of  the  Notes  Issued  on  the  Credit  of 
this  State  may  be  received  by  the  Collectors  in  payment  of  any  of  the 
State  Taxes  made  Payable  in  hard  Money  Since  the  first  Day  of  October 
1781,  except  those  appropriated  for  the  Use  of  the  United  States  or  for 
the  Support  of  the  Civil  Government  of  this  State,  And  that  the  Secre- 
tary cause  this  Resolve  to  be  published  in  the  News  Papers. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  and 
he  is  hereby  directed  forthwith  to  procure  a Sufficiency  of  Money  to  pay 
and  Settle  the  Debenture  of  this  Assembly  by  Loan  if  obtainable  and  to 
give  his  securities  therefor  on  Interest  at  six  Per  Cent  which  shall  be 
by  him  repaid  out  of  the  first  Monies  that  shall  be  by  him  received  on 
the  2d  Tax  laid  by  this  Assembly  payable  the  first  Day  of  August  next. 

Whereas  it  is  Represented  to  this  Assembly  that  there  are  a number 
of  the  Widows  and  Families  of  those  Persons  who  fell  by  the  Hand  of 
the  Enemy  in  Fort  Griswold,  who  are  in  distressed  Circumstances,  and 
have  now  no  where  to  look  for  Relei f but  to  the  Public, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Majr  Charles  Phelps  and  Col° 
James  Gordon  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Committee  to 
enquire  of  the  particular  State  and  Circumstances  of  such  who  were 
made  Widows  in  Consequence  of  the  Action  of  the  6th  of  Septembr  1781, 
in  Fort  Griswold  and  of  their  Families  their  Wants  and  Distresses,  and 
make  Report  thereof  to  this  or  the  next  General  Assembly,  that  such 
further  consideration  thereon  may  be  had  as  then  under  the  special  Cir- 
cumstances of  the  Case  may  be  thought  best.* 

Whereas  in  the  Course  of  the  late  War  the  Records  and  Files  of 
the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  New  London  were  unfortu- 
nately consumed  by  Fire,  when  the  Enemy  were  at  New  London  in  Sep- 
tembr  1781,  Whereby  many  Persons  have  lost  the  Legal  Evidence  of 
their  Titles  and  much  Injustice  may  be  done  to  remedy  which 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembly  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same,  That  the  Judge 
of  Probate  for  the  District  of  New  London  for  the  Time  being  with  the 
Judge  of  the  County  Court  for  the  County  of  New  London  or  in  his 


* See  below,  p.  283. 


120 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


May, 


absence  any  two  of  the  Justices  of  the  Quorum  for  said  County  be  and  they 
are  hereby  appointed  Authorized  and  Impowered  upon  application  made 
to  them  to  hear  and  examine  the  Evidence  in  such  Way  as  they  shall 
Judge  to  be  proper  and  necessary  touching  any  Record  File  Exhibit  or 
other  Paper  or  Instrument  which  was  lodged  in  the  Office  of  said 
Probate  Court  and  concerned  the  Administration  of  it,  which  was  burnt 
or  destroyed  by  the  Enemy  in  September  1781,  and  after  having  caused 
the  concerned  to  be  notified  if  within  this  State  and  given  reasonable 
Time  for  them  to  be  heard,  shall  proceed  and  Order  such  Entries  to  be 
made  in  the  Records  of  said  Court  of  Probate  as  they  shall  Judge  to  be 
Just  and  true  and  conformable  to  the  original  Record  File  Instrument 
or  other  Paper  destroyed,  and  the  same  or  an  attested  Copy  thereof  shall 
be  Legal  Evidence  and  be  admitted  as  such  in  the  Courts  in  this  State 
in  all  Cases  where  the  Original  would  have  been  admissible. 

Provided  nevertheless  that  any  Person  affected  by  such  Entries  who 
at  the  Time  of  making  the  Same  shall  be  an  Inhabitant  in  any  other 
State  or  be  absent  out  of  this  State,  or  be  a Feme  Covert,  non  Compos 
Mentis  or  a Minor  under  the  Age  of  twenty  one  Years  may  contest 
the  Evidence  of  such  Entries  by  other  Proofs  at  any  Time  within  one 
Year  after  their  comeing  into  this  State  or  the  removal  of  their  legal 
Disabilities. 

Whereas  it  is  necessary  in  the  settlement  of  the  Business  of  the 
late  War  that  the  Powers  of  the  Council  of  Safety  be  continued  for 
some  Time  yet  to  come 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Powers  and  Authority 
heretofore  given  to  the  Council  of  Safety  of  this  State,  by  the  General 
Assembly  be  and  the  Same  are  hereby  Continued  untill  the  rising  of 
the  Assembly  in  October  next  and  that  the  Same  Gentlemen  who  were 
appointed  by  this  Assembly  in  May  1782*  be  and  they  are  hereby 
appointed  to  be  of  the  Council  of  Safety  untill  the  rising  of  the  Assem- 
bly in  October  aforesaid. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Eliphalet  Dyer  Esqr  Col0  Jesse  Root 
and  Nathaniel  Wales  Esqrf  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Com- 
mittee to  consider  what  Measures  may  be  proper  to  be  taken  by  this  State 
to  obtain  releif  for  the  People  settled  on  the  Lands  West  of  Delaware 
River  under  the  Claim  of  this  State  and  for  quieting  their  Possessions, 
and  whether  some  Redress  cannot  be  obtained  against  the  Judgment 
Given  by  the  Commissioners  in  the  Case  between  this  State  and  the 


* Matthew  Griswold,  William  Pitkin,  John  Chester,  Roger  Newberry,  Joseph  Spencer.  Joseph 
Hopkins.  James  Hillhouse,  William  Hillhouse,  Ebenezer  Ledyard,  Jeremiah  Halsey,  Abraham 
Davenport.  Joseph  Platt  Cook,  John  Chandler,  William  Williams.  Eliphalet  Dyer.  Nathaniel 
Wales,  Junior.  Oliver  Wolcott,  Jedidiah  Strong,  Joshua  Porter.  Jabez  Perkins,  and  Roger 
Sherman.  See  State  Rees,  of  Conn.,  IV,  174,  178.  Samuel  Huntington  was  added  to  the  Council 
of  Safety  in  October,  1782  {ibid.,  p.  292),  and  continued  to  serve  as  if  covered  in  the  present 
resolution, 

t William  Samuel  Johnson  was  appointed  in  October.  1783.  to  replace  Nathaniel  Wales,  who  had 
died.  Below,  pp.  205-6.  For  the  committee  report  see  below,  pp.  208-9. 


1783. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


121 


State  of  Pensylvania,  and  also  what  is  Proper  to  be  done  to  Secure  to 
this  State  the  Benefits  of  the  Lands  contained  in  our  ancient  Charter, 
West  of  the  Susquehanna  Purchase  so  called,  and  make  Report  to  this 
Assembly  at  their  next  Session. 

Whereas  the  United  States  in  Congress  Assembled  on  the  18th  Day 
of  April  1783,  among  other  Things  Resolved,  that  as  a more  convenient 
and  certain  Rule  of  ascertaining  the  Proportions  to  be  supplied  by  the 
States  respectively  to  the  Common  Treasury,  the  following  Alteration  in 
the  Articles  of  Confederation  and  perpetual  Union  between  these  States 
be  and  the  Same  is  hereby  agreed  to  in  Congress,  and  the  several  States 
are  advised  to  authorize  their  respective  Delegates  to  Subscribe  and 
ratify  the  Same  as  part  of  the  said  Instrument  of  Union  in  the  Words 
following  viz.  “So  much  of  the  eighth  of  the  Articles  of  Confederation 
and  perpetual  Union  between  the  thirteen  States  of  America  as  is  con- 
tained in  the  Words  following  to  wit,  “All  Charges  of  War  and  all 
other  Expences  that  shall  be  incurred  for  the  common  Defence  or 
General  Welfare,  and  allowed  by  the  United  States  in  Congress  Assem- 
bled shall  be  defrayed  out  of  a Common  Treasury,  which  shall  be  sup- 
plied by  the  Several  States  in  proportion  to  the  value  of  all  Land  within 
each  State  granted  to  or  Surveyed  for  any  Person,  as  such  Land  and 
the  Buildings  and  Improvements  thereon  shall  be  estimated  according 
to  such  Mode  as  the  United  States  in  Congress  Assembled  shall  from 
Time  to  Time  direct  and  appoint,  is  hereby  revoked  and  made  void ; and 
in  place  thereof  it  is  declared  and  concluded  the  Same  having  been 
agreed  to  in  Congress  of  the  United  States,  that  all  Charges  of  War  and 
other  expences  that  have  been  or  shall  be  incurred  for  the  common 
Defence  or  General  Welfare  and  allowed  by  the  United  States  in  Con- 
gress Assembled,  except  so  far  as  shall  be  otherwise  Provided  for,  shall 
be  defrayed  out  of  a Common  Treasury,  which  shall  be  supplied  by  the 
several  States  in  proportion  to  the  whole  number  of  White  and  other 
free  Citizens  and  Inhabitants  of  every  Age  Sex  and  Condition  includ- 
ing those  bound  to  Servitude  for  a Term  of  Years,  and  three  fifths  of 
all  other  Persons  not  Comprehended  in  the  foregoing  discription,  except 
Indians  not  paying  Taxes  in  each  State  which  number  shall  be  triennially 
taken  and  transmitted  to  the  United  States  in  Congress  Assembled  in 
such  mode  as  they  shall  direct  and  appoint.  [”]* 

It  is  Resolved  and  Enacted  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Delegates  of 
this  State  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  or  any  two  or  more  of 
them  be  and  they  are  hereby  fully  Authorized  and  Impowered  on  behalf 
of  this  State  to  subscribe  and  Ratify  the  afore  recited  alteration  in  the 
eighth  of  the  Articles  of  Confederation  and  perpetual  Union  between 
the  United  States  of  America  as  a part  of  the  said  Instrument  of 
Union. 


* See  Journals  of  the  Continental  Congress,  XXIV,  257-261. 


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May, 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  there  shall  be  borrowed  on  the 
Credit  of  this  State  the  amount  of  six  hundred  and  nine  Thousand  five 
hundred  and  Seventy  two  Pounds  lawfull  Money  on  Interest  at  the 
Rate  of  six  Per  Cent  Per  Annum,  the  Interest  to  be  paid  in  Gold  or 
Silver  Money  annually  and  the  Principal  shall  be  made  payable  in  like 
Money  within  a Term  not  less  than  three  Years  or  more  than  ten  Years 
after  the  first  Day  of  June  1783,  at  the  option  of  the  Lenders,  and 
the  Treasurer  of  this  State  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  Issue 
his  Notes  for  the  Payment  of  any  Sums  not  less  than  ten  Pounds 
which  may  be  so  borrowed  to  the  Persons  lending  the  same  accordingly. 

Provided  always  that  this  State  shall  be  at  Liberty  to  pay  the 
Principal  or  any  part  thereof  in  a shorter  Time  if  the  Legislature  shall 
think  fit,  and  that  the  Monies  that  shall  be  borrowed  as  aforesaid  shall 
be  applied  for  payment  of  the  Principal  of  the  Debts  now  due  from 
this  State  or  which  will  become  payable  on  or  before  the  first  Day  of 
June  1784. 

And  it  is  further  Resolved  that  the  Creditors  to  this  State  have  Lib- 
erty to  Loan  their  respective  Debts  as  part  of  the  aforesaid  Sum  to  be 
borrowed,  the  same  being  ascertained  in  hard  Money,  whether  the 
same  be  due  by  Note  or  otherwise,  And  all  Notes  that  have  been  Issued 
on  the  Credit  of  this  State  shall  continue  to  draw  Interest  annually 
untill  the  State  is  ready  to  pay  the  Principal, 

And  as  a fund  for  Payment  of  the  Annual  Interest  of  the  Monies 
to  be  borrowed  as  aforesaid  it  is  further  Resolved  that  the  Tax  of  two 
Pence  on  the  Pound  on  the  List  of  Polls  and  Rateable  Estate  for  the 
Year  1782  payable  the  first  Day  of  Decembr  next  and  in  Decembr 
annually  on  each  Successive  List  be  augmented  to  six  pence  on  the 
Pound  in  Silver  or  Gold  and  be  and  hereby  is  appropriated  and  per- 
petuated for  the  Payment  of  the  annual  Interest  of  said  Debts,  until 
the  principal  shall  be  discharged  or  other  permanent  Funds  be  Pro- 
vided sufficient  for  the  payment  of  said  Interest  and  the  Treasurer  is 
hereby  directed  to  Issue  his  Warrants  for  Collecting  the  Same  accord- 
ingly, And  that  for  the  Releif  of  the  Poor  and  Indigent  one  twentieth 
Part  of  said  Tax  be  abated  in  the  usual  manner. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Roger  Sherman  and  Richard  Law 
Esqrs  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Committee  to  revise  the 
Statute  Laws  of  this  State,  and  make  such  Alterations  Additions 
exclusions  and  Amendments  as  they  shall  Judge  Proper  and  expedient 
Collecting  together  into  one  all  the  Statutes  that  have  been  made  upon 
the  Same  Subject  reducing  the  whole  into  one  regular  System  or  Code 
in  Alphabetical  Order  and  lay  the  same  as  soon  as  possible  before  the 
General  Assembly.* 

Whereas  a number  of  Soldiers  called  short  Levies  who  by  Peremp- 
tory Detachment  in  Years  past  have  Served  in  the  Army  of  the  United 


* For  the  act  confirming  this  revision  and  consolidation  of  the  laws  in  1784  see  below,  p.  281. 


1783. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


123 


States  for  the  Term  of  Six  Months  and  have  received  no  Pay  for 
their  Service  on  account  of  their  having  been  accidentally  omitted  in 
the  Returns, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  the  said  Levies  or  any  of  them 
procuring  a Certificate  of  the  Commanding  Officers  of  the  Companies 
in  which  they  respectively  Served  or  producing  other  satisfactory 
Evidence  of  their  Service  in  the  Army  the  length  of  their  respective 
Tours  of  Duty,  and  their  having  been  regularly  discharged,  that  the 
Committee  of  Pay  Table  thereupon  receive  examine  and  Liquidate  the 
Accounts  of  said  Levies  or  any  of  them  for  their  Wages  and  Pay,  and 
draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  such  Sums  as  they  shall  find  due  in  the 
Same  manner  as  in  Case  they  had  been  regularly  returned  who  is 
hereby  directed  to  execute  a proper  Security  for  the  said  Sums  on 
Interest  payable  within  the  Term  of  two  Years  with  Interest  Annually. 

Whereas  sundry  Persons  belonging  to  this  State  have  Mortgaged 
their  real  Estate  to  secure  the  Payment  of  Monies  to  Persons  whose 
Estates  have  been  adjudged  forfeited  to  this  State,  who  represent  that 
by  the  Casualties  of  the  War  and  other  Accidents  are  rendered  unable 
to  discharge  said  Mortgages,  unless  the  Debts  due  and  oweing  from 
this  State  in  Gold  and  Silver  could  be  received  in  Payment, 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  any  of  said  Mortgages 
may  be  discharged  by  paying  the  amount  of  the  Principal  and  Interest 
due  thereon  in  Soldiers  Notes  or  any  of  the  Securities  of  this  State, 
which  have  been  reduced  and  Liquidated  to  the  Standard  of  Gold 
and  Silver  which  now  are  or  shall  become  due  within  one  Year  after 
the  rising  of  this  Assembly,  And  the  respective  Administrators  on 
said  Estates  be  and  they  are  hereby  Impowered  and  directed  to  receive 
the  Same  in  discharge  of  said  Mortgages  and  make  execute  and  deliver 
Quit  Claim  Deeds  of  all  the  Right  Title  and  Estate  which  this  State  has 
in  and  to  said  Mortgaged  Lands  by  Virtue  of  said  Forfeiture  as  afore- 
said to  the  Person  or  Persons  so  Paying  and  discharging  said 
Mortgages 

Provided  nevertheless  that  where  any  Suits  have  been  commenced 
or  cost  has  arisen  the  Same  shall  be  paid  and  discharged  in  Silver  or 
Gold,  And  also  that  no  Person  who  shall  proceed  to  any  Tryal  at  Law 
in  any  of  said  Matters  and  hereafter  have  a Judgment  of  Court  against 
him  therefor  shall  receive  any  Benefit  from  the  Provisions  of  this  Act. 

The  Quarter  Master  General  of  this  State  is  hereby  directed  to 
apply  to  his  Excellency  the  Governor  and  Council  for  their  Orders 
for  such  Quantities  of  Powder  Ball  and  other  Warlike  Stores  belong- 
ing to  this  State  as  the  Law  requires  in  his  Department  And  his  Excel- 
lency the  Governor  and  Council  are  hereby  Authorized  and  desired  to 
give  Orders  accordingly  as  also  to  give  Orders  for  the  Disposal  of  all 
such  surplus  of  Warlike  Stores  and  Salt  Petre  belonging  to  this  State 
as  may  remain  on  Hand  after  the  Definitive  Treaty  of  Peace  with 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


124 


May, 


Great  Britain  shall  be  concluded  in  such  manner  as  the  Governor  and 
Council  shall  Judge  most  for  the  Benefit  of  the  State. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  James  Gibson  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  he  was  convicted  before  the  Superior  Court  holden  at  Hartford 
in  March  last  for  being  Guilty  of  a Rape  in  consequence  of  which  he 
is  now  under  Sentence  of  Death,  which  is  Soon  to  be  executed,  that 
he  is  a Stranger  in  the  Country  &c  Praying  for  a Commutation  of  his 
Punishment  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  aforesaid  Sentence  of  Death 
past  by  said  Superior  Court  against  said  James  be  and  the  Same  is 
hereby  reversed  and  set  aside,  and  that  he  the  said  James  be  and  he 
is  hereby  Ordered  to  be  Castrated  And  the  Sheriff  of  Hartford  County 
is  hereby  directed  at  Some  convenient  Time  not  exceeding  One  Month 
from  the  rising  of  this  Assembly  to  Cause  this  Sentence  to  be  Carried 
into  Execution  accordingly. 


Whereas  it  becomes  necessary  to  Close  the  Accounts  with  the  Line 
of  the  Army  of  this  State  agreeably  to  an  Act  of  Congress  for  that 
purpose  so  that  the  Account  of  all  Supplies  furnished  the  Officers  and 
Privates  of  said  Line  which  have  not  been  rendered  to  the  Committee  of 
Pay  Table  and  Adjusted  be  immediately  done. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Several  Towns  and  the  Clothier 
General  of  this  State,  and  all  others  who  by  Law  have  been  directed  to 
furnish  said  Officers  and  Privates  or  their  Families  with  any  Supplies, 
with  which  such  Officers  and  Privates  ought  to  be  Charged,  immediately 
and  before  the  first  Day  of  July  next  transmit  all  Accounts  thereof 
which  have  not  been  rendered  and  adjusted  to  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table,  and  in  Failure  thereof  every  such  Town  or  other  Person  as 
aforesaid,  shall  not  thereafter  have  his  or  their  Accounts  received  or 
allowed;  And  the  several  Towns  Clothier  and  others  under  the  Orders 
of  this  State  to  furnish  Supplies  to  said  Line  are  directed  upon  the 
publication  of  this  Resolution  to  discontinue  the  Same  as  it  is  necessary 
to  Compleat  the  Settlement  of  those  Accounts.  And  Mr  Elijah  Hubbard 
Clothier  of  this  State  is  directed  immediately  to  proceed  under  the 
direction  of  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table,  and  exhibit  to  the  Pay  Master 
general  or  Such  other  Person  as  shall  be  Impowered  to  Settle  the 
Accounts  of  said  Line,  all  Accounts  of  this  State  not  already  allowed  and 
Charged  against  said  Line.  And  the  said  Mr  Hubbard  is  to  Observe  all 
Such  Directions  as  he  shall  receive  from  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table 
in  negotiating  the  Settlement  of  said  Accounts  and  return  to  them 
such  Certificates  or  Vouchers  thereof  as  he  shall  receive  from  the 
Committee  of  Pay  Table  in  Negotiating  the  Settlement  of  said  Accounts, 
and  Return  to  them  Such  Certificates  or  Vouchers  thereof,  as  he 
shall  receive  from  the  Pay  Master  General  or  other  proper  Officer 
respecting  their  Allowance.  And  the  Representatives  in  the  General 
Assembly  now  Convened  are  directed  Seasonably  to  inform  their  respec- 


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tive  Towns  of  the  passing  of  this  resolution  And  the  Printers  within 
this  State  are  directed  as  soon  as  it  can  be  done  to  publish  the  Same 
in  their  respective  News  Papers. 

Whereas  it  appears  to  this  Assembly  that  the  Listers  in  sundry  of 
the  Towns  in  this  State  by  meer  mistake  of  the  Law,  have  laid  a four- 
fold Assesment  on  several  Parcels  of  Land  belonging  to  this  State, 
and  made  their  Returns  accordingly,  by  which  Warrants  and  Rate 
Bills  have  been  Issued  and  made  out  to  the  respective  Collectors  to 
Collect  Taxes,  arising  thereon  which  must  involve  great  Inconvenience 
and  Impropriety,  which  to  releive  & prevent, 

It  is  Resolved  by  this  Assembly , That  in  every  Instance  where  the 
Listers  of  any  of  the  respective  Towns  in  this  State  have  laid  a four- 
fold Assesment  on  any  of  the  Lands  belonging  to  this  State,  The 
Committee  appointed  to  receive  the  Additions  to  the  List  of  the  Polls 
and  rateable  Estate  in  this  State  are  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to 
expunge  such  fourfold  Assesment  or  Assesments  out  of  the  Returns 
of  Assesment  made  by  such  Listers  to  this  Assembly,  and  all  Taxes 
made  on  such  fourfold  Assesment  so  far  as  it  is  laid  on  the  Lands 
belonging  to  this  State,  are  hereby  Abated,  And  the  Treasurer  is  hereby 
directed  to  allow  the  Same  to  the  respective  Collectors  accordingly. 
And  the  Listers  in  the  respective  Towns  in  this  State  are  hereby 
directed  for  the  future  to  omit  laying  any  assesment  on  the  Lands 
belonging  to  this  State. 

On  the  Report  of  Noah  Phelps  Esqr  Agent  for  this  State  appointed 
to  Collect  and  State  a true  Account  of  all  the  Lands  belonging  to  this 
State  in  Farmington  Southington  and  Waterbury  and  lay  the  Same 
before  this  Assembly  in  which  the  said  Agent  hath  represented  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  hath  discovered  sundry  Tracts  of  Land  belonging  to 
this  State  within  the  Towns  aforesaid  with  the  Circumstances  attending 
the  same  as  Per  Report  on  File 

Which  Report  is  accepted  and  approved  and  thereupon  Resolved  by 
this  Assembly  that  the  said  Noah  Phelps  Esqr  be  and  he  is  hereby 
appointed  and  Impowered  to  make  such  further  Enquiry  as  shall  be 
needfull  into  the  present  State  and  Circumstances  of  all  such  Lands 
within  said  Towns  of  Farmington  Southington  and  Waterbury  as  belong 
to  this  State  by  Mortgage  or  otherwise  and  to  Sell  and  dispose  of  all 
such  Parcels  of  said  Lands  as  may  be  free  and  unincumbered  to  the  best 
advantage  in  his  Power  and  to  remove  in  every  proper  and  legal  Way 
such  Incumbrances  as  may  be  on  any  of  said  Lands  And  the  same  to 
dispose  of  as  soon  as  may  be  for  the  Benefit  of  this  State  rendering 
his  Account  thereof  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State,  and  said  Treasurer 
is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  make  and  Execute  a Proper  Deed 
or  Deeds  of  such  Land  upon  receiving  a proper  Certificate  or  Certifi- 
cates from  said  Agent  of  such  Sale  and  containing  a Discription  of 
such  Land  by  him  Sold  and  disposed  of  as  aforesaid,  And  to  make 


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May, 


Report  of  his  Doings  in  the  Premisses  to  the  General  Assembly  in 
October  next. 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Ezekiel  Williams  Esq  Sheriff  of  the 
County  of  Hartford  be  and  he  hereby  is  directed  and  Authorized  at 
his  best  Discretion  as  soon  as  may  be  to  make  Sale  of  two  Tracts  of 
Land  lying  in  Hebron  which  belong  to  this  State,  and  were  by  said 
Sheriff  taken  on  Executions  in  favour  of  the  State  against  Joseph  Man 
and  Asa  Hutchinson.  That  he  make  Sale  of  said  Lands  for  Money 
or  good  Security  payable  to  the  Treasurer  in  One  Year  with  Interest 
or  for  Obligations  for  hard  Money  against  the  State  which  are  now  due, 
and  the  Treasurer  is  hereby  fully  Impowered  and  directed  to  Execute  a 
Deed  or  Deeds  of  said  Lands  to  the  Purchaser  or  Purchasers  in  behalf 
of  this  State,  on  being  Certifyed  by  said  Sheriff  the  Contract  and  Pur- 
chase made  for  said  Lands,  which  said  Sheriff  is  hereby  directed  to  do, 
and  pay  or  deliver  to  the  said  Treasurer  the  Avails  of  what  said  Lands 
shall  Sell  for  and  make  Report  of  his  Doings  in  the  Premisses  to  this 
Assembly  at  their  next  Session. 

Provided  nevertheless  that  whereas  it  is  represented  that  said  Lands 
taken  from  said  Asa  Hutchinson  were  given  to  him  in  and  by  the  last 
Will  & Testament  of  his  Father  Moses  Hutchinson  Decd  and  that  there 
now  remain  sundry  Debts  due  from  the  Estate  of  said  Testator  which 
ought  to  be  paid  out  of  the  Avails  of  said  Lands  there  being  no  other 
Estate  left  by  said  Testator  to  pay  the  same, 

Therefore  Resolved  that  the  said  Sheriff  be  and  he  hereby  is 
directed  to  pay  and  satisfy  out  of  the  Avails  of  said  Land  taken  from 
said  Asa  Hutchinson,  all  such  Debts  due  from  the  Estate  of  said  Moses 
Hutchinson  Decd  as  shall  be  Ascertained  and  allowed  by  the  Judge  of 
Probate  for  the  District  of  East  Hadam  with  incident  Charges  arising 
in  said  Court  on  or  before  the  first  Day  of  Septembr  next. 


Whereas  it  is  Represented  to  this  Assembly  in  behalf  of  those 
Persons  in  the  Town  of  Fairfield  whose  Buildings  and  Property  were 
burnt  by  the  Enemy  in  July  1779,  that  they  are  still  unable  to  pay  their 
State  Taxes,  and  that  they  request  an  Abatement  of  the  Same  for  the 
Years  1781  and  1782 

Resolved  therefore  by  this  Assembly  that  so  much  of  the  State  Taxes 
of  those  Sufferers  in  said  Town  where  Taxes  have  heretofore  been 
Abated  to  them  on  the  Lists  of  1778  1779  and  1780  be  abated  on  the 
Lists  of  1781,  as  shall  arise  on  the  Sum  of  £4080  12  0 in  the  Year 
1781,  and  that  so  much  of  the  State  Tax  of  Wakeman  Burritt  who  has 
married  the  Widow  of  Joseph  Wakeman  Decd  and  has  given  in  a List  of 
the  Estate  of  said  Deceasd  for  the  Year  1781  as  arises  on  the  Sum  of 
£85  11  0 be  abated  and  said  Taxes  are  hereby  abated  accordingly  and 
that  the  Civil  Authority  and  Select  Men  of  said  Town  apportion  said 
Abatements  to  said  several  Sufferers  excepting  said  Burrit  as  they  shall 
Judge  right  considering  the  Circumstances  of  the  said  Sufferers. 


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Upon  the  Report  of  the  Committee  appointed  by  the  General  Assem- 
bly at  their  Sessions  in  January  1783  to  enquire  into  the  Situation  and 
Circumstances  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Greenwich  and  to 
Report  who  ought  to  have  their  Lists  in  whole  or  in  part  abated  on 
the  List  1782*  and  who  reported  that  there  ought  to  be  the  Sum  of 
£5150  0 0 abated  on  said  List. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Sum  of  £5150  0 0 be  abated  on 
Greenwich  List  1782,  in  proportion  to  the  Several  Persons  as  set  down 
in  the  Report  of  said  Committee  and  the  same  is  hereby  abated 
accordingly. 

Upon  the  Report  of  the  Committee  appointed  by  the  General  Assem- 
bly in  May  1782  to  enquire  into  the  Situation  and  Circumstances  of  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Greenwich,  and  to  Report  who  ought  to 
have  their  Lists  in  whole  or  in  part  Abated  on  the  Lists  1780  & 1781f 
and  who  reported  that  there  [ought]  to  be  to  the  amount  of  the  Sum 
of  £5990  1 10  abated  on  the  List  1780  and  the  Sum  of  £9888  10  4 
Abated  on  the  List  1781. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Sum  of  £5990  1 10  be  Abated 
on  Greenwich  List  1780  And  the  Sum  of  £4944  5 2 be  abated  on  Green- 
wich List  1781  being  only  one  half  the  Sum  Reported  for  the  Year  1781 
in  proportion  to  the  Several  Persons  as  set  down  in  said  Report  and  the 
Same  is  hereby  Abated  accordingly. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  His  Excellency  the  Governor  be 
desired  in  behalf  of  the  Assembly  to  Write  to  his  Excellency  the  General 
acknoledging  the  Receipt  of  his  Favour  of  June  1783, $ and  express- 
ing the  high  Sence  this  State  entertain  of  his  exalted  Merit,  disinter- 
ested Virtue,  and  unshaken  Patriotism,  the  great  Obligations  we  are 
under  to  him,  and  his  Patriot  Army,  through  the  Blessing  of  Heaven 
for  the  establishment  of  Freedom  Independence  and  Peace,  and  wishing 
him  the  enjoyment  of  every  present  and  future  Felicity,  informing  his 

* See  above,  pp.  39-40. 

tSee  Conn.  State  Rees.,  IV,  178-179. 

1 General  Washington’s  circular  letter  to  the  governors  of  the  states  in  anticipation  of  his 
retirement  as  commander  in  chief  is  printed  in  full  in  John  C.  Fitzpatrick,  ed.,  Writings  of 
George  Washington  (Washington,  1938),  XXVI,  483-496.  Governor  Trumbull’s  reply,  here  author- 
ized, dated  June  10,  1783,  is  printed  in  Trumbull  Papers,  II,  Collections  of  the  Mass.  Hist.  Soc., 
5th  Series,  X,  280-281.  The  heart  of  Washington’s  message  is  contained  in  the  following  passage 
(p.487): 

“There  are  four  things,  which  I humbly  conceive,  are  essential  to  the  well  being,  I may  even 
venture  to  say,  to  the  existence  of  the  United  States  as  an  Independent  Power: 

“1st.  An  indissoluble  Union  of  the  States  under  one  Federal  Head. 

“2dly.  A Sacred  regard  to  Public  Justice. 

“3dly.  The  adoption  of  a proper  Peace  Establishment,  and 

“4thly.  The  prevalence  of  that  pacific  and  friendly  Disposition,  among  the  People  of  the 
United  States,  which  will  induce  them  to  forget  their  local  prejudices  and  policies,  to  make 
those  mutual  concessions  which  are  requisite  to  the  general  prosperity,  and  in  some  instances,  to 
sacrifice  their  individual  advantages  to  the  interest  of  the  community. 

“These  are  the  Pillars  on  which  the  glorious  Fabrick  of  our  Independency  and  National 
Character  must  be  supported;  Liberty  is  the  Basis,  and  whoever  would  dare  to  sap  the  founda- 
tion, or  overturn  the  Structure,  under  whatever  specious  pretexts  he  may  attempt  it,  will  merit 
the  bitterest  execration,  and  the  severest  punishment  which  can  be  inflicted  by  his  injured 
Country.” 


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Excellency,  as  his  Letter  arrived  at  the  Time  when  the  Assembly  was 
upon  the  Point  of  Adjourning,  the  Collection  of  Papers  not  having  come 
to  Hand  the  further  Consideration  thereof  is  deferred  to  the  Adjourn- 
ment, when  the  Subject  of  the  Address  will  we  Trust  meet  with  that 
Attention  and  Respect,  which  the  Interesting  Importance  of  it  demands. 

Whereas  Samuel  Mott,  Rufus  Lathrop  and  Elias  Brown  Esqrs  were 
appointed  a Committee  in  October  last  to  make  Abatements  to  certain 
Persons  in  the  Towns  of  New  London  and  Groton  who  were  Sufferers 
by  the  Enemy  in  Septembr  1781,  but  they  have  not  gone  through  with 
and  compleated  the  Same  in  the  Town  of  Groton  &c. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Samuel  Mott  Rufus  Lathrop 
and  Elias  Brown  Esqrs  be  and  they  are  hereby  reappointed  a Committee 
with  the  Same  Powers  and  Directions  as  heretofore  for  the  purpose 
aforesaid  and  to  Report  thereon  to  the  next  General  Assembly,  and  in 
the  mean  Time  the  Collection  of  the  Taxes  of  such  Sufferers  shall 
and  the  same  are  hereby  suspended. 

Upon  the  Representation  of  Ezekiel  Williams  Esqr  Sheriff  of 
Hartford  County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  Collins  Gorton  of  New 
London  was  in  March  1782  before  the  Honble  Superior  Court  Sentenced 
to  three  Years  Imprisonment  in  NewGate,  and  that  he  was  afterwards 
upon  his  Memorial  to  this  Assembly  released  from  his  Confinement 
with  Liberty  to  reside  in  the  North  Parish  of  New  London  and  not  to 
depart  the  Limits  thereof  without  proper  Licence,  and  that  he  is  now  in 
Hartford  without  being  able  to  Shew  any  Proper  Licence  and  has  also 
been  Guilty  of  some  Disorders  and  Misconduct  upon  which  the  said 
Sheriff  has  committed  him  to  the  Goal  in  said  Hartford  where  he  now 
holds  him  Praying  for  the  Direction  of  this  Assembly  &c  as  Per  Repre- 
sentation on  File. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Conduct  of  the  said  Sheriff 
Williams  in  committing  and  holding  the  said  Gorton  in  Goal  be  and 
the  Same  is  hereby  approved  and  the  said  Sheriff  is  hereby  directed  to 
Convey  the  said  Gorton  to  the  said  North  Parish  of  New  London,  there 
to  remain  and  not  at  any  Time  to  depart  the  Limits  thereof  without  spe- 
cial Licence  from  the  General  Assembly  on  pain  of  being  corporally 
punished  by  whipping,  twenty  Stripes  on  his  naked  Body  to  be  inflicted 
by  Order  of  any  one  Assistant  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  this  State  as 
often  as  he  shall  be  found  without  the  Limits  of  said  North  Society 
destitute  of  such  Licence  as  aforesaid,  which  punishment  such  Assistant 
or  Justice  is  hereby  Impowered  and  directed  to  Order  accordingly  and 
also  to  remand  the  said  Gorton  back  to  said  North  Society  of  New  Lon- 
don and  the  said  Gorton  is  also  hereby  directed  to  pay  all  reasonable 
Cost  of  his  being  apprehended  confined  and  remanded  as  aforesaid  at 
this  present  Time  and  also  at  any  future  Time,  and  upon  failure  thereof 
that  he  be  committed  to  any  of  the  Goals  in  this  State  there  to  remain 
untill  he  shall  pay  and  discharge  the  Same. 


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Whereas  the  Superintendent  of  Finance  pursuant  to  a Resolution 
of  Congress  hath  nominated  Majr  William  Thomson  of  the  State  of 
Massachusets  the  Commissioner  for  Settling  the  Accounts  of  this  State 
with  the  United  States — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Nomination  aforementioned  be 
and  the  Same  is  hereby  approved. 

Upon  the  Report  of  a Committee  viz  the  Honble  Abraham  Daven- 
port, John  Mead  & Samuel  Canfield  Esq”  appointed  by  His  Excellency 
the  Governor  and  Council  of  Safety  to  dispose  and  make  Sale  of  the 
Fort  at  Stamford,  all  the  Public  Property  therein  or  thereto  belonging 
for  Money  or  any  Public  Securities  become  due,  that  they  the  said  Com- 
mittee in  pursuance  of  said  Appointment  on  the  25th  Day  of  April  last 
sold  and  disposed  of  all  the  Public  Property  aforesaid  to  the  best 
Advantage  for  the  Sum  of  £183  13  10  LMoney  £31  1 7 of  which 
Sum  they  received  in  Cash  the  remainder  amounting  to  the  Sum  of 
£152  12  3 in  public  Securities,  And  the  said  thirty  one  Pounds  one 
shilling  & seven  Pence  Cash  being  ordered  by  this  Assembly  to  be  dis- 
counted with  the  said  Canfield, 

Resolved  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby  Ordered  and  directed 
to  receive  of  said  Committee  the  said  Sum  of  £152  12  3 in  public 
Securities  as  aforesaid,  and  to  execute  Duplicate  Receipts  therefor  one 
to  be  lodged  with  the  Committee  aforesaid  and  the  other  with  the 
Secretary. 

Whereas  there  are  two  Executions  in  favour  of  this  State  in  the 
Hands  of  the  Sheriff  of  New  London  County  against  the  Inhabitants 
of  Stonington  for  their  Deficiency  in  raising  their  Quota  of  Men 
Ordered  to  be  raised  for  the  Continental  Army,  And  Whereas  the 
General  Assembly  in  January  1782  granted  the  Sum  of  £240  0 0 
LMoney  to  said  Stonington  to  enable  them  to  keep  up  Guards  on  the 
Coast  of  said  Town  in  the  Year  1782  which  Guards  were  duely  kept  up 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  the  Select  Men  of 
Stonington  procuring  an  Order  of  Pay  Table  on  the  Treasurer  for  the 
Sum  due  to  said  Town  upon  said  Grant,  the  Sums  contained  in  said 
two  Executions  be  discounted  thereon  in  favour  of  the  Inhabitants  of 
said  Town  of  Stonington  and  the  Sheriff  of  New  London  County  is 
hereby  directed  to  discount  the  Same  accordingly  taking  a Receipt  of 
said  Select  Men  of  Stonington  for  the  amount  of  said  two  Executions 
in  part  payment  of  said  Grant,  and  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  is  hereby 
directed  to  Receive  said  Receipt  of  said  Sheriff  in  Settlement  of  said 
two  Executions. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Peter  Gilkey  of  Waterbury  in  New  Haven 
County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  February  last  he  was  Con- 
victed before  the  Honble  Superior  Court  holden  at  New  Haven  in  said 
County  for  Counterfeiting  Money  and  Sentenced  to  two  Years  Impris- 


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May, 


onment  in  NewGate  &c  Praying  for  the  Interposition  of  the  Clemency 
and  Grace  of  this  Assembly 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Peter  Gilkey  be  discharged 
from  any  further  Imprisonment  in  Virtue  of  said  Conviction  and  the 
Keeper  of  the  Goal  at  Hartford  is  hereby  directed  to  liberate  the  said 
Gilkey  accordingly. 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  General  John  Douglas  Col0  Philip 
Burr  Bradley  & Capt  Israel  Spencer  be  and  they  are  appointed  a Com- 
mittee to  repair  to  the  Town  of  Farmington  for  the  purpose  of  viewing 
the  Roads  mentioned  in  the  Memorial  of  Thomas  Goodman  and  others 
Inhabitants  of  said  Farmington  Hartford  &c  and  in  the  remonstrance 
of  the  Town  of  Farmington  laid  in  against  said  Memorial  hear  all 
Parties  on  the  Matter  and  Report  make  of  the  Facts  with  their  opinion 
thereon  to  this  Assembly  in  their  Present  Sessions. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  William  Williams  and  Nathaniel 
Wales  Esqrs  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  Overseers  of  the  Mohe- 
gan  Tribe  of  Indians  in  addition  to  the  Overseers  formerly  appointed. 


Upon  a Representation  made  to  this  Assembly  that  the  Abatements 
upon  the  Public  Taxes  which  have  been  laid  since  the  Commencement 
of  the  late  War  with  Great  Britain  amount  at  an  Average  to  about  one 
fourth  part  of  said  Taxes 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  William  Pitkin  Esqr  Mess”  Samuel 
Lyman  Ebenezer  Plummer  & Ralph  Pomeroy  or  either  two  of  them 
who  are  appointed  to  Audit  the  Public  Accounts  of  this  State  with  the 
Treasurer  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Committee  to  enquire 
into  the  true  State  of  such  Abatements,  to  Ascertain  the  Amount  thereof 
upon  the  List  of  each  Year  from  the  List  for  the  Year  1778  to  the  List 
for  the  Year  1782  inclusive  for  each  Town  respectively  compared  with 
the  whole  Amount  of  the  Tax  upon  which  such  Abatements  are  made 
State  the  Principles  upon  which  they  are  Abated  and  lay  the  same 
before  the  General  Assembly  at  their  next  Sessions. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Polls  of  the  Non  Commissioned 
Officers  and  Soldiers  now  in  the  Connecticut  Line  of  the  Continental 
Army  who  engaged  during  the  War  be  and  hereby  are  exempted  from 
being  included  in  the  next  August  List,  And  the  Listers  are  directed 
to  regulate  their  Conduct  accordingly,  And  the  Secretary  is  directed  to 
publish  this  Resolve  in  the  respective  News  Papers  in  this  State. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  Cause 
the  Act  in  addition  to  the  Act  laying  an  Excise  on  certain  enumerated 
Articles  and  passed  the  Present  Session*  to  be  published  in  the  Con- 


* See  above,  p.  116. 


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necticut  Courant  and  in  the  other  News  Papers  in  the  State  as  soon  as 
may  be. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  600  Copies  of  the  Address  and 
Recommendation  to  the  States  by  the  United  States  in  Congress  Assem- 
bled be  Printed  and  distributed  to  the  Several  Towns  in  this  State 
according  to  their  List  as  soon  as  may  be  with  an  Appendix  containing 
an  Account  of  the  Debt  due  from  this  State,  the  Taxes  which  have  been 
Granted  since  the  Year  1775  the  Monies  Issued  what  remains  unpaid 
and  from  what  Towns  as  appears  by  Reports  to  this  Assembly,  And 
the  Printer  is  directed  to  send  to  the  Sheriffs  of  their  respective  Coun- 
ties their  respective  Proportions  thereof,  that  they  may  be  distributed 
to  the  several  Towns  accordingly. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  John  Sedgwick  Esqr  to  be  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  of  the  14th  Regiment  of  Militia  in  this  State  in  the 
room  of  Lieut  Col0  Ebenezer  Gay  resigned. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Majr  John  Strong,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  of  the  17th  Regiment  of  Militia  in  this  State  in  the  room 
of  Lieut  Colonel  Bozaleel  Beebe  resigned. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Cap1  Miles  Beach  Major  of  the  17th 
Regiment  of  Militia  of  this  State  in  the  room  of  Major  John  Strong 
promoted. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benjamin  Chaplin  Junr  to  be  Captain 
of  the  14th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  fifth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Matthew  Warner  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
14th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  fifth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathaniel  Mosely  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
14th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Zephaniah  Swift  to  be  Captain  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Asher  Allen  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Southworth  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Cornelius  Storrs  to  be  Captain  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jabez  Barrows  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Silas  Hanks  to  be  Ensign  of  the  10th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Medad  Strong  to  be  Captain  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Hickcox  to  be  Ensign  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Brainerd  to  be  Captain  of  the 
sixth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  7th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Amos  Churchill  to  be  Captain  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Butler  Gilbert  to  be  Ensign  of  the  5th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jeremiah  Hubbard  to  be  Captain  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Crowell  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  3d 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Collins  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
1st  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Ford  to  be  Ensign  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Moses  Goodall  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joash  Seymour  to  be  Captain  of  the  2d 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elijah  Walton  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  2d 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Foot  to  be  Ensign  of  the  2d 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Allen  to  be  Captain  of  the  ninth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  fifth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Fitch  Sumner  to  be  Lieutenant 
of  the  9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathan  Griggs  to  be  Ensign  of  the  ninth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Barree  to  be  Captain  of  the  4th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Zachanah  How  Jones  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  fourth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Titus  Bonny  to  be  Ensign  of  the  4th  Com- 
pany or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Cutler  to  be  Captain  of  the  10th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joshua  Perkins  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Asa  Witter  to  be  Ensign  of  the  10th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elisha  Morgan  to  be  Captain  of  the  4th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Tracy  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Reed  to  be  Ensign  of  the  4th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Simeon  Huntington  to  be  Captain  of 
the  first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Seth  Minor  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Zebadiah  Tracy  to  be  Ensign  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ezra  Yale  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  14th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benjamin  Bidwell  to  be  Captain  of  the 
11th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Shepard  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
11th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nicholas  Ames  to  be  Ensign  of  the  11th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jeremiah  Grummond  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  ninth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Parmely  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  7th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abraham  Pierson  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  7th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Prince  to  be  Captain  of  the 
13th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  third  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathaniel  Veber  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
13th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  third  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Perez  Bradford  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
13th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  third  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Bill  to  be  Captain  of  the  ninth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Moses  Cook  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  ninth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathan  Lewiss  to  be  Ensign  of  the  9th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elihu  Avery  to  be  Ensign  of  the  5th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  third  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Mason  Jr  to  be  Captain  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  fifth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abel  Seymour  Junr  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Matthew  Marcy  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Luther  Stoddard  to  be  Captain  of  the 
seventh  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Frederick  Humphry  to  be  Lieutenant 
of  the  13th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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PUBLIC  RECORDS 


May, 


This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Smith  Junr  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Levi  Clark  to  be  Ensign  of  the  second 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Williams  to  be  Captain  of  the  13th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Sanford  Billings  to  be  Captain  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  George  Palmer  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Prentice  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jehul  Fuller  to  be  Captain  of  the  4th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elkanah  Higgins  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Levi  Palmer  to  be  Ensign  of  the  4th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathaniel  Cogswell  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Delano  Pierce  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Asa  Pike  to  be  Captain  of  the  third 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Scarborough  to  be  Ensign  of 
the  third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Phinehas  Walker  to  be  Captain  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Asa  Child  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Seth  Chandler  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Corbin  to  be  Captain  of  the 
11th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Asa  Corbin  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
11th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Simeon  Goodell  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
lltb  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Edward  Brownall  to  be  Captain  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Mariner  Rood  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ira  Rowlandson  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Eli  Hide  to  be  Captain  of  the  third 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Jabez  Hide  Junr  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Zerobabel  Wightman  to  be  Ensign  of 
the  6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Culver  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  2d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  George  Denniss  Junr  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
2d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ozias  Brownson  to  be  Captain  of  the 
fourth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  26th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elisha  Wilcoxson  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  26th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Coe  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  26th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Murdock  to  be  Captain  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elisha  Hutchinson  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Arnold  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Andrew  Huntington  to  be  Captain  of 
the  first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonah  Buell  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Stephen  Payne  Junr  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Holt  to  be  Captain  of  the  9th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ezekiel  Rice  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  9th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Lemuel  Ingalls  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Grosvenor  2d  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Solomon  Doolittle  to  be  Captain  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Davidson  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Miles  Norton  to  be  Captain  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Aaron  Norton  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nehemiah  Lewiss  to  be  Ensign  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abel  Patchen  to  be  Captain  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Harriss  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Pardy  to  be  Ensign  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Theophilus  Fowler  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  28th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elijah  Phelps  to  be  Captain  of  the  15th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ariel  Lawrence  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
15th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Hewitt  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
15th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elijah  Buell  to  be  Captain  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Buell  Junr  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Theodore  Lord  to  be  Ensign  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Hezekiah  Dayton  to  be  Ensign  of  the  5th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abel  Baldwin  to  be  Captain  of  the  5th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Baldwin  to  be  Captain  of  the  3d 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Isaac  Talcott  to  be  Ensign  of  the  6tb 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  6th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Silvanus  Perry  to  be  Captain  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Isaac  Holt  Junr  to  be  Captain  of  the 
11th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Moses  Camp  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
11th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Cady  to  be  Captain  of  the  second 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  4th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Cooper  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  2d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  4th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Othriel  Moses  to  be  Ensign  of  the  14 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Smith  to  be  Cornet  of  the 
second  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  fourth  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thaddeus  Learned  to  be  Quarter  Master 
of  the  second  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  fourth  Regiment  of  Light  Horse 
in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Solomon  Hurd  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
first  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  5th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Baker  to  be  Cornet  of  the 
first  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  5th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Mason  to  be  Captain  of  the  first 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  2d  Regiment  of  light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Hartshorn  3d  to  be  Lieuten- 
ant of  the  first  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  second  Regiment  of  light  Horse 
in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Silas  Hartshorn  to  be  Cornet  of  the 
first  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  second  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Zebadiah  Lathrop  to  be  Quarter  Master 
of  the  first  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  second  Regiment  of  Light  Horse 
in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Bulkley  to  be  Captain  of  the 
second  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  2d  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ephraim  Ackley  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
second  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  second  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Roger  Bulkley  to  be  Cornet  of  the  2d 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  second  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Eaton  to  be  Cornet  of  the 
fourth  Troop  in  the  fourth  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Dixon  to  be  Quarter  Master  of  the 
fourth  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  4th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Roswell  Randall  to  be  Captain  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  eighth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Babcock  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  eighth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Oliver  Breed  to  be  Ensign  of  the  third 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  eighth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Learned  to  be  Captain  of  the  9th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Dike  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  9th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Barnar  Turblot  to  be  Ensign  of  the  9th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Danielson  to  be  Captain  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elias  Storrs  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Bass  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Silas  Hutchins  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Charles  Upson  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Street  Richards  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Lathrop  to  be  Captain  of  the 
3d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  fifth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Cary  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
3d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Barber  Junr  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
3d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Isaac  Avery  to  be  Captain  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Frederick  Witter  to  be  Ensign  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Brainerd  to  be  Captain  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Dunham  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Amasa  Day  to  be  Ensign  of  the  5th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Clark  to  be  Captain  of  the  8th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Wilson  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  8th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jesse  Palmer  to  be  Ensign  of  the  8th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Gray  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  14th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Squier  Adams  to  be  Ensign  of  the  14th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benajah  Benedict  to  be  Captain  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Eliphalet  Ferry  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Eliakim  Benedict  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Noah  Day  to  be  Ensign  of  the  9th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Simeon  Drake  to  be  Captain  of  the  lltb 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Obadiah  Dickinson  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  11th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abner  Rockwell  to  be  Ensign  of  the  11th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Blake  to  be  Captain  of  the  5th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elijah  Barbur  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  5th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abijah  Willson  to  be  Ensign  of  the  5th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  James  I Ward  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
8th  Company  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jesse  Whitman  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
8th  Company  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Kent  to  be  Captain  of  the  third 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  first  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Smith  Junr  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  first  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Gideon  Beardsley  to  be  Captain  of  the 
6th  Comp7  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Bears  Junr  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonas  Brush  to  be  Ensign  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elizur  Brace  to  be  Captain  of  the 
4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Andrew  Bartholomew  to  be  Lieutenant 
of  the  4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ezra  Hinsdale  to  be  Ensign  of  the  fourth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Amos  Perkins  Junr  to  be  Captain  of 
the  10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Job  Sperry  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jesse  Sherman  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ephraim  Starling  to  be  Captain  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thaddeus  Beardsley  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Beardsley  Junr  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Meeker  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
3d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ezekiel  Woodford  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jacob  Hovey  to  be  Captain  of  the  13th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Royce  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  13th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Barrows  Junr  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
13th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Todd  Junr  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  28th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Israel  Williams  to  be  Captain  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  26th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Stoddard  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Isaac  Gillett  Junr  to  be  Lieutenant 
of  the  10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Roger  Moore  to  be  Ensign  of  the  10th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Eliphaz  Hunt  to  be  Captain  of  the  7th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Stephen  Howard  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Selah  Griswold  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  seventh  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Allen  to  be  Ensign  of  the  10th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thaddeus  Barnum  to  be  Captain  of  the 
1st  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elnathan  Gregory  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  1st  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ezra  Doolittle  to  be  Ensign  of  the  10th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thaddeus  Heusted  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  2d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  3d  Regiment  of  light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thaddeus  Sterling  to  be  Cornet  of 
the  2d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  3d  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Lockwood  to  be  Quarter  Master  of 
the  2d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  3d  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Phineas  Cary  to  be  Quarter  Master  of 
the  1st  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  4th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Phelps  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Timothy  Barber  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Parmely  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Richard  Bryan  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Gilbert  Junr  to  be  Captain  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  Establish  Hezekiah  Bissell  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elihu  Pomeroy  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elihu  Harrison  to  be  Captain  of  the 
seventh  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jeremiah  Riggs  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elijah  Peck  to  be  Ensign  of  the  7th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathaniel  Smith  Junr  to  be  Captain  of 
the  first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Isaac  Bissell  to  be  Ensign  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Gideon  Smedley  to  be  Captain  of  the 
13th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Calvin  Comstock  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
13th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Timothy  Barns  to  be  Ensign  of  the  13th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  West  to  be  Ensign  of  the  4th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elisha  Bostwick  to  be  Captain  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Merwin  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Amasa  Ferriss  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Peter  Eastman  to  be  Captain  of  the  11th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Chapman  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
11th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Russell  to  be  Ensign  of  the  11th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Erastus  Wolcott  Junr  to  be  Captain  of 
the  first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Michael  Dickinson  to  be  Captain  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Phineas  Baldwin  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Morse  to  be  Ensign  of  the  second 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Stephen  Gould  to  be  Captain  of  the 
second  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  third  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abel  Bradley  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
2d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  third  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Hezekiah  Ogden  to  be  Cornet  of  the 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  3d  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Rowland  to  be  Quarter  Master 
of  the  2d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  3d  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ashbel  King  to  be  Captain  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  first  Regiment  of  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thaddeus  Leavitt  to  be  Leiutenant  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  1st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Luther  Loomiss  to  be  Ensign  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  first  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abijah  Pratt  to  be  Captain  of  the  13th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Perry  Averill  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  13th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathaniel  Tibballs  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
13th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ashbel  Steel  to  be  Captain  of  the  15th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Josiah  Smith  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
15th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ransford  Whitney  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
15th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathan  Dauchey  to  be  Captain  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Watrous  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
2d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathan  Smith  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
2d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Barns  to  be  Captain  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jesse  Denison  to  be  Ensign  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Catlin  to  be  Captain  of  the  11th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Scarborough  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  3d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benjamin  Gibb  Junr  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
11th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Medad  Osborn  to  be  Captain  of  the 
fourth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Punderson  to  be  Lieutenant 
of  the  4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Glover  Ball  to  be  Ensign  of  the  4th  Com- 
pany or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Bishop  to  be  Ensign  of  a Com- 
pany in  the  third  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Austin  Phelps  to  be  Captain  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  first  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Oliver  Mather  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
2d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  first  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Filley  to  be  Ensign  of  the  second 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  first  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Lathrop  to  be  Captain  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Cary  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
3d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Barker  Junr  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
3d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Aaron  Moses  to  be  Captain  of  the  7th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jacob  Barber  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  7tu 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Charles  Wilcox  to  be  Ensign  of  the  7th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Stephen  Gould  to  be  Captain  of  the 
2d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  third  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abel  Bradley  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
2d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  3d  Regiment  of  light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Hezekiah  Ogden  to  be  Cornet  of  the 
2d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  3d  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Rowland  to  be  Quarter  Master 
of  the  2d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  3d  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Cobb  to  be  Captain  of  the 
eighth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  Town  of  Stonington  in  the  8th 
Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Satterly  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  Town  of  Stonington  in  the  8th  Regi- 
ment in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Eells  to  be  Ensign  of  the  8th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  Town  of  Stonington  in  the  8th  Regiment 
in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ichabod  Andruss  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  Town  of  Stonington  in  the  15th 
Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Robert  Jerom  to  be  Ensign  of  the  12th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Isaiah  Gilbert  of  Woodbury  in  the  County 
of  Litchfield,  Conservator  of  the  Person  and  Estate  of  Richard  Jenner 
of  said  Woodbury  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  since  he  hath  obtained 
Liberty  from  this  Assembly  for  the  support  of  said  Richard  to  Sell 
Land,  he  hath  expended  for  his  support  the  Sum  of  £12  10  0 and  for 
the  payment  of  which  he  hath  no  Estate  of  the  said  Richard  except  real 
Estate  and  praying  for  Liberty  to  Sell  Land  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on 
File— 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and  he 
is  hereby  Impowered  to  make  Sale  of  SO'  much  of  the  real  Estate  of  the 
said  Richard  as  to  make  said  Sum  of  £12  10  0 LMoney  with  the 
incident  Charges  arising  on  the  Sale. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Thomas  Peck  of  Litchfield  shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  Isaac  Tomlinson  of  Woodbury  hath  sundry  Executions 
against  him  and  Praying  to  have  the  same  Discounted  on  an  Execution 
against  said  Isaac  in  favour  of  the  State  & c. 


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May, 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Memorial  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  referred  to  the  Consideration  of  the  General  Assembly  in 
October  next,  and  that  in  the  mean  Time  the  said  Execution  in  favour 
of  said  Isaac  be  suspended. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Henry  Daggett  of  New  Haven  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  he  was  appointed  by  His  Excellency  the  Governor 
and  Council  of  Safety  to  purchase  Salt  for  the  State  and  to  receive 
Store  and  repack  the  public  Provision  and  likewise  to  Sell  the  Provision 
Salt  and  Cloathing  in  New  Haven  County,  And  that  he  has  done  the 
Business  of  Issuing  Provisions  in  New  Haven  from  the  15th  Day  of 
Novembr  1781  to  the  last  Day  of  March  1783,  Praying  this  Assembly  to 
Order  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  to  Adjust  and  Settle  all  his  Accounts 
with  the  State,  And  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  directed  to  Exe- 
cute to  him  a State  Note  on  Interest  payable  at  a future  Day  as  Pei- 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  adjust  and  settle  all  the 
Accounts  of  the  said  Daggett  with  the  State  and  to  allow  him  a reason- 
able reward  for  his  Service  done  for  the  State  in  the  Business  aforesaid, 
And  to  Certify  the  Sum  they  shall  find  Justly  due  to  him  on  Account  and 
for  Service  done  as  aforesaid  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  who  is 
hereby  directed  to  execute  a State  Note  to  the  said  Daggett  for  the 
Sum  so  Certified  Payable  the  first  Day  of  January  1786,  on  Interest  at 
6 Per  Cent  payable  annually. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Col0  John  Ely  preferred  to  the  General  Assem- 
bly Shewing  that  in  1777  he  was  appointed  Col0  of  a Regiment  raised  in 
this  State,  That  in  Decembr  1777  he  was  taken  Prisoner  and  continued 
a Prisoner  untill  Septembr  1781,  that  during  said  Time  he  expended 
large  Sums  for  Medicines  and  other  ways  for  the  releif  of  Prisoners  &c 
as  Per  Petition  on  File ; Upon  which  a Committee  was  appointed  who 
Report  that  the  Petitioner  soon  after  he  was  taken  Prisoner  generously 
distributed  five  Guineas  among  the  necessitous  Prisoners  without  taking 
Proper  Vouchers,  that  he  was  of  great  Service  to  the  Prisoners  as  a 
Phisician,  and  expended  a large  Sum  in  Medicines  for  their  Releif 
besides  £6  10  0 expended  for  his  own  sickness,  being  allowed  only  one 
Ration  Per  Day,  That  he  was  at  great  Trouble  and  Expence  in  procur- 
ing hard  Money  for  the  Officers  in  Captivity,  that  he  procured  £844 
1 5 J/2  on  which  their  happened  a Loss  of  £11  5 0 by  light  Gold  of 
which  he  paid  over  to  the  Officers  £678  15  6 and  took  Receipts, 
which  were  to  have  been  lodged  with  the  Commissary  General  of 
Prisoners  but  he  refused  to  receive  them,  that  he  expended  on  a Jour- 
ney into  the  Jerseys  on  that  Business  after  his  release  the  Sum  of 
£10  14  0 and  thereupon  Report  it  as  their  Opinion,  the  Petitioner  ought 
to  be  allowed  full  Pay  for  the  Time  he  engaged  in  the  Service  untill  he 
was  exchanged  which  is  to  include  all  extra  Services  while  on  command 


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145 


and  all  expences  in  negotiating  the  Sums  of  Money  he  received  except 
£30  0 0 allowed  him  by  a former  Assembly,  That  he  be  allowed  for 
300  retained  Rations  while  on  Command  at  eight  pence  Per  Ration  and 
the  Sum  of  £21  0 0 for  necessary  Expenditures  £7  0 0 for  Money  dis- 
tributed among  the  Poor  Prisoners  £6  10  0 for  his  own  Sickness  on 
Long  Island  £115  0 for  loss  in  light  Gold  £10  14  0 for  his  Journey 
to  New  Jersey,  And  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  directed  in 
Settling  his  Accounts  to  make  him  such  allowances  for  Rations  or  Sub- 
sistance  according  to  his  Rank  for  the  whole  Time  he  was  a Prisoner, 
as  has  been  usually  made  in  like  Circumstances,  to  Liquidate  the  Sums 
he  has  received  in  Continental  or  State  Bills  upon  an  equitable  Scale,  and 
to  Credit  him  for  the  Sums  paid  over  to  the  Officers  receiving  from  him 
their  Receipts  for  the  Same  and  Charge  the  several  Officers  therewith  in 
such  manner  that  the  Same  may  be  Charged  to  the  United  States,  and 
that  he  be  allowed  an  adequate  Sum  for  the  Money  expended  for  Medi- 
cines as  abovesaid,  As  Per  Report  on  File.  Which  Report  being  accepted 
and  approved  by  this  Assembly, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  settle 
with  the  Petitioner  agreeable  to  the  aforesaid  Report,  and  allow  him  the 
several  Sums  therein  found,  and  reported  to  be  due  to  him  and  that 
they  make  him  a further  allowance  of  £ 150  0 0 LMoney  for  the  Money 
he  expended  in  Medicines  for  the  Benefit  and  Releif  of  Sick  Prisoners 
while  he  was  in  Captivity  and  to  draw  an  Order  on  the  Treasurer  for 
the  Ballance. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Wilcox  of  Haddam  in  the  County  of 
Hartford  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  now  is  and  for  some  Time 
past  has  been  Conservator  to  Elnathan  Wilcox  of  Killingworth  in  the 
County  of  New  London  and  that  he  has  expended  in  supporting  the 
said  Elnathan  the  Sum  of  £92  5 0 LMoney,  which  was  allowed  him  by 
the  County  Court  held  at  New  London  in  and  for  the  County  of  New 
London  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  June  1782,  and  that  the  said  Elnathan 
has  no  moveable  Estate  to  satisfy  said  Sum,  but  that  he  has  Lands  and 
real  Estate  in  said  Killingworth  Praying  this  Assembly  to  Impower 
him  the  said  John  Wilcox  or  some  other  meet  Person  to  make  Sale  of  so 
much  of  the  Lands  and  real  Estate  of  the  said  Elnathan  as  will  raise 
the  said  Sum  of  £92  5 0 together  with  the  Incident  Charges  arising 
thereon  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Jonathan  Kelcy  of  Killingworth  be 
Impowered  to  make  Sale  of  so  much  of  the  Land  and  real  Estate  of  the 
said  Elnathan  as  will  raise  the  Sum  of  £92  5 0 LMoney  with  the 
Incident  Charges  thereon  arising  taking  the  advice  and  direction  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Saybrook  in  the  Same. 

On  the  Memorial  of  James  Bebee  [?]  of  Stratford  in  Fairfield 
County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  is  possessed  of  Obligations 
given  by  this  State  for  the  Arrears  of  Pay  to  himself  and  other  Persons 


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May, 


serving  in  the  Connecticut  Line  of  the  Army  to  the  amount  of  £432  18  0 
LMoney,  that  he  has  purchased  of  the  Committee  of  the  Church  of 
Christ  in  the  North  Society  of  Stratford  aforesaid  a Tract  of  Land 
belonging  to  said  Church  for  which  he  is  to  pay  in  said  Securities  Pray- 
ing this  Assembly  will  order  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  to  execute  and 
give  to  said  Committee  his  Note  for  said  Sum  as  Monies  borrowed  of 
them  payable  at  such  future  Time  as  this  Assembly  shall  think  proper  on 
Interest  payable  annually  on  his  the  Memorialists  delivering  to  said 
Treasurer  his  said  Securities  amounting  to  said  Sum  of  £432  18  0 
as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  do  receive  of  said  Mem- 
orialist his  said  Securities  amounting  to  said  Sum  of  £432  18s  and 
thereupon  that  he  execute  and  deliver  to  the  said  Committee  his  Note  for 
the  like  Sum  on  Interest  payable  the  first  Day  of  June  1793  the  Interest 
to  be  paid  annually. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  first  Society  of  Dan- 
bury Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  during  the  whole  Course  of  the 
late  War  they  have  been  by  their  local  Situation  exposed  to  many  Hard- 
ships and  losses,  that  the  British  Troops  when  they  made  an  inroad 
into  Danbury  laid  a great  part  of  said  Society  in  Ashes,  and  so  much 
Damaged  their  Meeting  House  that  they  are  now  under  a necessity  of 
erecting  a new  One  that  they  are  so  much  Impoverished  by  the  great 
losses  they  have  sustained  and  reduced  by  separations  and  Divisions 
which  have  taken  Place  in  said  Society  that  the  expence  of  Building 
a Meeting  House  would  be  too  heavy  a burthen  for  them  to  bear  and 
thereupon  Praying  for  some  Assistance  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialists  shall  have  the  Quit 
Claim  Transfer  of  all  the  Right  and  Title  in  and  unto  a certain  Tract  of 
Land  lying  in  Danbury  with  the  Building  thereon  Standing  which  derived 
to  or  vested  in  the  Governor  and  Company  of  this  State  by  Virtue  of  a 
Deed  from  Peter  Castle  Dated  the  2d  Day  of  October  1782  or  otherwise 
to  be  improved  by  them  towards  defraying  the  expence  of  Building  a 
new  Meeting  House  for  public  Worship  in  such  a manner  as  they  shall 
think  proper,  And  the  Treasurer  is  directed  to  execute  in  behalf  of  the 
Governor  and  Company  a Deed  of  Conveyance  of  that  Tenor  to  the 
Memorialists. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Colebrook 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  the  Doings  of  the  Committee  appointed 
by  this  Assembly  in  May  last  for  affixing  a Stake  for  a Meeting  House 
in  said  Town*  have  been  accepted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  in 
Town  Meeting  legally  Assembled,  as  well  as  ratified  by  this  Assembly, 
That  a Committee  has  been  appointed  for  the  Building  of  sd  Meeting 
House,  Their  Abilities  are  very  inadequate  to  so  considerable  an  Expence 
and  that  the  Nonresident  Proprietors  of  Land  in  said  Town  in  Conse- 

* See  Conn.  State  Rees.,  IV,  232. 


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147 


quence  of  the  Building  of  sd  Meeting  House  will  derive  a very  consider- 
able Benefit  for  which  they  ought  to  give  a reasonable  Compensation  and 
Praying  that  a special  Tax  of  sixpence  on  the  Acre  might  be  laid  on 
all  the  Lands  in  said  Town  to  be  appropriated  to  said  Purpose  &c  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  a Tax  of  three  pence  on  the  Acre  be 
and  the  same  is  hereby  granted  to  the  Petitioners  on  all  the  Lands  in 
said  Town  of  Colebrook  to  be  appropriated  to  the  Sole  and  only  purpose 
of  Building  a Meeting  House  in  said  Town,  and  Samuel  Rockwell  of  said 
Town  being  nominated  for  that  purpose  is  hereby  appointed  a Collector 
to  Collect  the  said  Tax  from  the  resident  and  nonresident  Proprietors  of 
said  Colebrook  proportioned  to  their  respective  Quantities  or  Propor- 
tions of  Land  in  said  Town  agreeable  to  such  Just  and  equitable  Bill  of 
Assesment  as  the  Said  Inhabitants  shall  Cause  to  be  made  for  that 
purpose  who  is  hereby  fully  Authorized  and  Impowered  by  Warrant 
from  any  One  Assistant  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  the  County  of 
Litchfield,  which  on  application  therefor  such  Assistant  or  Justice 
of  the  Peace  is  hereby  Impowered  to  Grant  to  Collect  the  said  Tax  of 
the  said  Proprietors  as  fully  to  every  Intent  and  purpose,  as  Collectors 
of  Town  Taxes  by  Law  are,  and  the  Same  to  pay  and  deliver  over 
to  such  Person  or  Persons  as  by  the  said  Town  are  or  shall  be  duely 
appointed  to  receive  the  Same  and  to  Account  with  said  person  or 
Persons  when  thereto  required  and  the  sd  Town  of  Colebrook  shall  be 
accountable  for  the  appropriation  of  Moneys  arising  on  said  Tax  agree- 
able to  the  true  Intent  and  Meaning  of  the  Grant  as  aforesaid  to  this 
Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Nathaniel  Green  of  Providence  in  the  State 
of  Rhode  Island  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  removed  from  said 
State  of  Rhode  Island  at  the  beginning  of  the  late  War  into  this  State 
as  a Place  of  Safety  for  himself  and  Family,  that  soon  after  he  came 
into  this  State  Cap1  Jabez  Huntington  Sheriff  of  Windham  County,  by 
a Warrant  from  His  Excellency  the  Governor  Seized  on  or  about  the 
20th  Day  of  June  1777  for  the  Use  of  this  State  part  of  a Hogshead  of 
Jamaica  Spirits  the  property  of  the  said  Green  containing  about  eighty 
Gallons  for  which  the  Memorialist  hath  never  received  any  Pay  or 
Reward  Praying  this  Assembly  to  allow  and  pay  to  him  the  Price  for 
which  such  Spirits  were  usually  sold  at  that  Time  as  Per  Memorial  on 
File — 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table  be  and  they  are  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  adjust  and  Liqui- 
date the  Account  of  the  Memorialist  for  said  Spirits,  and  to  allow  him 
eight  Shillings  LMoney  Per  Gallon  for  the  Spirits  which  were  taken 
from  him  together  with  lawfull  Interest  thereof  from  the  Time  said 
Spirits  were  taken  to  the  present  Day,  and  draw  on  the  Treasurer  of 
this  State  for  the  Sum  they  shall  find  Justly  due  to  the  Memorialist  pay- 
able out  of  any  unappropriated  Taxes. 


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May, 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Joseph  and  William  Russell  of  Providence 
in  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  they  removed 
from  said  State  of  Rhode  Island  at  the  beginning  of  the  late  War  into 
this  State  as  a Place  of  Safety  for  themselves  and  Families,  that  soon 
after  they  came  into  this  State,  Cap1  Jabez  Huntington  Sheriff  of  the 
County  of  Windham  by  a Warrant  from  His  Excellency  the  Governor 
Seized  for  the  Use  of  this  State  on  the  20th  Day  of  June  1777  One 
Hogshead  of  West  India  Rum  Containing  112  Gallons  also  one  D°. 
of  New  England  Rum  containing  111  Gallons  which  he  then  carried 
away  for  which  Your  Memorialists  hath  never  received  any  Pay  or 
Reward  Praying  this  Assembly  to  allow  and  pay  to  them  the  Price  for 
which  such  Rum  usually  sold  for  at  that  Time  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table  be  and  they  are  hereby  ordered  and  directed  to  adjust  and  Liqui- 
date the  Accounts  of  Your  Memorialists  for  said  Rum,  and  allow  them 
6/8  Per  Gallon  for  West  India  and  3/10  Per  Gallon  for  the  New 
England,  together  with  the  lawfull  Interest  thereof  from  the  Time  said 
Rum  was  taken  to  the  Present  Day  and  draw  on  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State  for  the  Sum  they  shall  find  Justly  due  to  the  Memorialists  pay- 
able out  of  any  Unappropriated  Taxes. 

Whereas  the  General  Assembly  at  their  last  Sessions  Upon  the 
Memorial  of  Mary  Alsop  of  Midletown  Administratrix  on  the  Estate  of 
her  Deceasd  Husband  Richard  Alsop  Esqr  late  of  said  Midletown,  did 
grant  unto  the  said  Administratrix  Liberty  and  her  Impower  to  Sell 
certain  Peices  of  the  real  Estate  of  said  Deceasd,*  and  said  Act  or  Grant 
is  since  found  not  to  be  in  conformity  to  and  in  full  pursuance  of  said 
Memorial,  and  Omissions  and  Mistakes  have  accidentally  intervened 
which  to  rectify, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Mary  Alsop  Administratrix 
as  aforesaid  have  Liberty  and  the  same  is  hereby  granted  unto  her,  with 
the  Advice  and  under  the  direction  of  the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District 
of  Midletown,  to  dispose  of  and  Sell  to  the  best  advantage  and  for  the 
benefit  of  said  Estate  the  following  several  Peices  of  the  real  Estate 
of  the  Same  viz.  One  Acre  of  Land,  and  one  eighth  Part  of  a House 
in  Midle  Hadam  in  Chatham  valued  at  £20  LMoney;  Two  Acres  One 
hundred  and  forty  six  Rods  of  Land,  with  a small  part  of  a House  and 
Barn  at  Westfield  in  said  Midletown,  One  half  of  an  old  House  and 
forty  Rods  of  Land  in  Midletown,  and  two  other  small  Peices  of 
Land  in  said  Midletown,  as  described  in  William  Powell  & Marian  Pow- 
ells Deed  to  said  Richard  dated  March  16th  1776. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Mary  Alsop  of  Midletown  in  Hartford 
County,  Administratrix  on  the  Estate  of  Richard  Alsop  Esqr  late  of  said 
Midletown  Decd,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  said  Richard  died  pos- 
sessed of  two  Peices  of  Land  one  of  which  lies  in  Haddam  and  Contains 


See  above,  p.  38. 


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ten  Acres  the  other  in  Waterbury  and  contains  eighty  and  an  half  Acres 
which  Peices  of  Land  by  reason  of  Heavy  Taxes  &c  is  very  unprofitable 
to  said  Estate  Praying  that  she  may  be  authorized  and  Impowered  to 
Sell  said  Peices  of  Land  &c  as  Per  Petition  on  File  Dated  May  30th 

1783— 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Mary  be  and  she  is  hereby 
Authorized  and  Impowered  to  Sell  said  Peices  of  Land  to  the  best 
Advantage  of  the  Estate  of  said  Richard  taking  the  Advice  of  the  Court 
of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Midletown  thereon  and  to  give  proper 
Deeds  thereof  accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Solomon  Baldwin  of  Milford  in  the  County 
of  New  Haven  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  was  appointed  to  and 
undertook  the  Collection  of  State  Taxes  for  said  Town  of  Milford  for 
the  Year  1781,  in  the  prosecution  of  which  he  collected  and  received  of 
the  Inhabitants  about  One  hundred  Pounds  or  Certificates  on  the 
Decembr  2d  Tax  1781  in  Soldiers  Notes  payable  first  June  1782,  to  the 
amount  of  about  £300.  A large  amount  in  Pay  Table  Orders  upon 
the  Tax  of  2/6,  a Certificate  for  £1295  5 2 Continental  Money  Certif- 
icates of  about  £30,  upon  the  9d  Tax  also  a Sum  in  Bills  of  this  State 
and  Continental  Money,  and  he  living  in  an  exposed  Situation,  and  hav- 
ing been  threatned  by  the  Enemy,  removed  and  deposited  said  Securi- 
ties and  Monies  at  the  House  of  Capt  Josiah  Buckingham  in  said 
Milford  Judging  it  a Place  of  Safety,  And  that  a number  of  Armed 
Men  from  Long  Island  on  the  Night  of  the  17th  of  Novr  last  landed  at 
said  Milford  and  Plundered  said  House,  and  among  other  Things  car- 
ried off  the  whole  of  said  Notes  Certificates  Orders  and  Monies  Pray- 
ing for  a Committee  to  examine  into  said  Losses  and  Report  make  as 
Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Capt  James  Hilhouse 
Capt  Daniel  Holbrook  & David  Austin  Esqr  be  and  they  are  hereby 
appointed  a Committee  at  the  Expence  of  the  Memorialist  to  examine 
him  and  Such  Evidence  as  he  shall  produce  under  Oath  respecting  said 
losses,  and  Report  make  to  the  next  Assembly,51'  And  that  in  the  mean 
Time  Executions  be  Stayed  against  the  Memorialist  to  the  amount  of 
such  Sums  as  by  him  set  forth  to  have  been  lost  as  aforesaid  Upon  the 
Several  Taxes  upon  which  Payable. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Eli  Skinner  of  Farmington  in  the  County 
of  Hartford  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1780  he  was 
draughted  for  the  Continental  Line  of  the  State  to  serve  six  Months, 
which  Service  he  faithfully  Performed,  and  soon  after  his  return  Home 
he  applied  for  and  received  the  Sum  of  thirty  shillings  in  Bills  of  this 
State  for  Blanket  Money  which  he  deposited  in  a Leathor  Pocket  Book, 
together  with  about  ten  Shillings  in  like  Bills  and  soon  after  he  unfor- 

* The  committee  reported  in  May.  1784,  but  the  assembly  took  no  final  action  on  this  case 
before  the  close  of  the  present  volume.  See  below,  pp.  286,  415. 


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tunately  lost  his  said  Pocket  Book  with  the  said  Bills  though  much 
marred  may  be  Still  read  &c  Praying  this  Assembly  to  Order  and  direct 
the  Treasurer  of  this  State  to  receive  said  Bills  and  pay  to  him  the  Sum 
of  forty  shillings  or  such  part  as  this  Assembly  shall  think  Just  and 
reasonable, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  directed 
and  he  is  hereby  ordered  and  directed  to  receive  said  Marred  Bills  and 
pay  out  of  the  Treasury  to  the  said  Eli  Skinner  the  Sum  of  forty  shill- 
ings in  Bills  of  this  State. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Daniel  Goodwin  of  Hartford  Executor  of 
the  last  Will  and  Testament  of  Cap1  Daniel  Goodwin  late  of  said  Hart- 
ford Deceasd  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Daniel  Goodwin 
in  his  Life  Time  bought  of  the  Heirs  of  Jonathan  Bigelow  late  of  said 
Hartford  Deceasd  sundry  Rights  of  Land  lying  in  Hartland  in  the 
County  of  Litchfield,  which  Rights  he  the  said  Daniel  Goodwin  Decd 
having  received  a Just  valueable  Consideration  therefor  of  John  Bigelow 
and  James  Bigelow  both  late  of  said  Hartford  Deceasd,  did  Give  Sell 
and  Confirm  unto  them  the  said  John  and  James  Bigelow,  severally  by 
legal  Conveyances  one  of  which  to  wit,  the  one  in  favour  of  the  said 
James  his  Heirs  and  Assigns  is  lost.  Praying  that  he  may  be  Impowered 
to  give  a good  Deed  of  Quit  Claim  of  the  Premisses  unto  the  Legal 
Heirs  of  the  said  James  Bigelow  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  is  hereby 
Impowered  to  Convey  the  above  said  Premisses,  for  himself  and  the 
rest  of  the  Heirs  of  said  Daniel  Goodwin  Deceasd,  unto  the  legal  Heirs 
of  the  said  James  Bigelow  Decd  which  Conveyance  so  made  shall  be 
good  and  effectual  in  Law  to  all  Intents  and  purposes  whatsoever. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Eli  Skinner  of  Farmington  in  Hartford 
County,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  about  the  26th  of  June  in  the 
Year  1780  he  was  detached  to  Serve  in  the  Continental  Line  of  the  Army 
for  the  Term  of  six  Months  that  he  Joined  the  Regiment  under  the  Com- 
mand of  Lieu1  Col0  Hoit  [Hart?]  and  faithfully  served  out  his  Time, 
and  was  regularly  discharged ; That  he  made  application  for  his  pay  to 
Col0  Aaron  Austin,  who  was  appointed  Pay  Master  but  unfortunately 
having  lost  his  Discharge  the  said  Paymaster,  thought  himself  not  Auth- 
orized to  pay  the  Memorialist  for  his  said  Service  nor  has  he  ever 
received  any  Compensation  therefor  Praying  that  said  Pay  Master  may 
be  Ordered  to  pay  for  said  Service  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Pay  Master  be  and  he  is 
hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  pay  and  satisfy  to  the  Memorialist  the 
Sums  due  to  him  for  his  said  Service  as  has  been  done  to  others  who 
performed  the  said  Service  the  loss  of  said  Discharge  notwithstanding. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Weathers- 
field  in  Hartford  County  by  their  Agents  Praying  Liberty  to  hold  a 


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Fair  or  publick  Mart  in  said  Town  twice  in  every  Year  viz  in  the  Spring 
and  Fall  of  the  Year  annually,  and  occasionally  at  certain  stated  Periods, 
as  shall  be  found  beneficial  and  expedient  for  the  Publick. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same , That  Liberty 
and  Authority  be  granted,  and  Liberty  and  Authority  is  hereby  granted 
to  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Towm  of  Weathersfield  to  set  up  and  establish 
a Public  Mart  or  Fair  in  said  Town  for  the  Benefit  and  Convenience 
of  Commerce  and  the  promotion  of  Manufactures  and  Agriculture  which 
Fair  or  Mart  shall  have  all  the  Priveleges  suitable  and  Proper  for  such 
Institution  to  be  held  twice  in  every  Year,  namely  once  in  the  Months 
of  April  or  May  in  the  Spring,  and  once  in  Autumn  in  the  Months  of 
September  or  October  Annually  And  said  Mart  or  Fair  shall  not  be 
held  at  any  one  Time  longer  than  three  Days  untill  it  shall  Close  or  be 
discontinued.  And  it  shall  be  lawfull  for  all  Merchants  Dealers,  Handy 
Craftsmen  and  others  to  resort  to  said  Fair  with  their  Goods  Wares 
Merchandize  Manufactures  and  Products  and  there  expose  the  Same  to 
Sale  Publickly  and  for  all  Persons  to  Buy  Sell  and  exchange  or  Barter 
their  Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize  during  the  Continuance  of  such 
Fair  or  Mart,  subject  to  the  Bye  Laws  and  Regulations  of  the  Fair  no 
Penalties  or  Forfeitures  to  exceed  the  Sum  or  Value  of  Ten  Pounds, 
And  Liberty  and  Authority  is  hereby  granted  to  the  Civil  Authority  and 
Select  Men  within  said  Town  of  Weathersfield  from  Time  to  Time  to 
make  and  establish  Bye  Laws  and  Regulations  for  the  well  Ordering 
Governing  and  directing  said  Mart  or  Fair,  which  Bye  Laws  and  Regu- 
lations shall  be  published  in  the  several  News  Papers  in  this  State  before 
the  Opening  of  such  Mart  or  Fair  and  also  shall  be  Subject  to  Revision 
Correction  and  alteration  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State. 

Provided  always  that  all  Buildings  and  other  Public  Accomodations 
shall  be  provided  by  and  at  the  Cost  and  Expence  of  said  Town  of 
Weathersfield,  The  aforesaid  Grant  to  continue  during  the  Pleasure  of 
the  General  Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Daniel  Judd  of  Colchester  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  his  Son  Jeheel  Judd  was  an  Inlisted  Soldier  in  the  State 
Service  in  Fort  Griswold  on  the  6th  Day  of  Septembr  1781,  when  and 
where  he  was  Greviously  Wounded  and  that  By  the  Advice  of  Doctr 
Turner  he  removed  his  said  Son  to  his  own  House  where  he  boarded 
and  Nursed  his  said  Son  untill  and  after  the  first  of  April  1782,  that 
the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  Liquidated  and  Settled  his  Accounts  until! 
said  first  of  April  1782  and  no  longer  having  no  Orders  to  Settle  any 
Accounts  that  have  arisen  since  that  Time  by  Reason  of  Wounds  received 
in  said  Action,  that  since  said  first  of  April  1782  he  has  been  at 
Expence  in  Boarding  Nursing  and  tending  his  said  Son  and  for  Doctrs 
Bill  the  Sum  of  £8  15  0 LMoney  as  Per  Account  produced  for  which 
he  has  received  no  Reward  Praying  Relief  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File. 

Resolved  bv  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pav  Table  be  and 


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they  are  hereby  Ordered  to  Receive  Liquidate  and  Settle  said  Account 
in  the  same  Manner  as  the  Account  before  said  first  of  April  1782, 
were  Settled  and  draw  Orders  on  the  Treasurer  for  the  Same. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Mary  LeBaron  of  Plimouth  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  she  is  the  only  surviving  Parent  and  Grant  Parent  of 
Mrs  Lidia  Beadle  and  her  Children  late  of  Weathersfield  Deceasd  by 
whose  untimely  and  tragical  Death  she  is  reduced  to  great  Distress 
Praying  that  she  and  her  two  Surviving  Daughters  might  be  entituled 
to  receive  the  whole  of  the  Clear  Estate  of  William  Beadle  late  of 
said  Weathersfield  Decd  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  she  is  hereby 
entituled  to  all  the  Clear  Estate  of  the  said  William  Deceasd  that  shall 
remain  after  the  Payment  of  all  his  Just  Debts  and  funeral  Expences 
with  the  Cost  of  Settling  said  Estate,  And  the  Court  of  Probate  for  the 
District  of  Hartford  is  hereby  directed  to  Order  and  Distribute  the 
Same  to  the  Memorialist  accordingly  for  the  Use  of  herself  and  her 
Surviving  Daughters  forever. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Porter  of  Goshen  in  Litchfield  County 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  served  in  the  Connecticut  Line  of 
the  Continental  Army  in  the  Year  1779  for  about  six  Months,  and  that 
he  was  left  out  of  the  Pay  Abstract  and  that  he  has  not  received  any  Pay 
for  said  Service  Praying  for  releif  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Pay  Table  be  and  they  are  hereby 
Impowered  and  directed  to  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  such  Sum  as  they 
on  Examination  shall  find  Justly  due  to  said  Porter  for  his  aforesaid 
Services. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Israel  Jones  and  others  Inhabitants  of  the 
North  East  Part  of  the  Town  of  Barkhempted,  Shewing  that  they  are 
so  situated  that  they  cannot  conveniently  attend  public  Worship  and 
enjoy  other  Parish  Priveleges  in  said  Barkhemsted  And  that  they  can 
enjoy  said  Priveleges  with  great  Conveniency  in  the  first  Society  in  the 
Town  of  Hartland  Praying  to  have  one  Mile  and  a half  Square  at  the 
North  East  Part  of  said  Barkhemsted  Set  off  and  annexed  to  said  first 
Society  in  said  Hartland  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  one  Mile  and  a half  Square  at  the 
North  East  part  of  the  Town  of  Barkhempsted  with  the  Inhabitants  be  and 
the  Same  are  hereby  set  off  from  said  Barkhempsted  and  annexed  to  the 
first  Society  in  said  Hartland  to  participate  in  the  Priveleges  and  the 
Burthens  in  said  first  Society. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Col0  Matthew  Mead  Shewing  to  this  Assem- 
bly that  when  in  Command  at  Horseneck  in  the  Year  1779  he  took  for 
the  Use  of  the  Troops  under  his  Command  two  head  of  Cattle  belonging 
to  Jabez  Sherwood  of  said  Horseneck  who  has  since  brought  his  Action 


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against  said  Memorialist  who  has  been  Compelled  to  pay  the  Sum  of 
twenty  odd  Pounds  Damages  &c  and  likewise  setting  forth  that  said 
Cattle  were  taken  for  Public  Use,  who  have  never  paid  for  the  Same, 
and  that  the  Memorialist  hath  been  to  twenty  four  Pounds  fifteen  shil- 
lings LMoney  Debt  and  Cost  Praying  restitution  be  made  for  said  Cattle 
&c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be 
directed  to  allow  the  Memorialist  the  Value  of  the  above  mentioned 
Beef  weiging  eight  Hundred  and  fifty  six  Pounds  and  draw  on  the 
Treasurer  for  the  Same. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  King  a Refugee  from  Long  Island 
now  resident  or  Inhabitant  of  Midletown  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
in  Novembr  last  he  was  convicted  of  going  to  long  Island  without  a per- 
mit and  was  sentenced  to  three  Months  Imprisonment  which  he  hath 
Suffered  and  hath  also  Suffered  more  than  three  Months  confinement  for 
the  Cost  which  he  is  wholly  unable  to  pay  or  to  procure  Surety  therefor, 
and  that  he  must  forever  remain  in  Confinement  unless  released  by  this 
Assembly  Praying  this  Assembly  to  Order  and  Decree  that  the  Sheriff 
release  him  the  Memorialist  from  his  Imprisonment  on  his  giving  his 
own  Security  for  said  Cost  which  is  about  twenty  Pounds  lawfull 
Money — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Sheriff  release  out  of  Goal  the 
said  Samuel  King  and  he  is  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  release  the 
said  Samuel  King  from  Goal  he  giving  his  own  Obligation  for  the 
whole  of  the  Cost  already  made  payable  within  three  Years  with  Interest 
after  Payable  if  delayed. 

Whereas  Charles  Caldwell  with  a number  of  his  Creditors  hath 
preferred  his  Petition  to  this  Assembly  Praying  for  an  Act  of  Exemp- 
tion from  his  old  Debts  contracted  antecedent  to  a certain  Period  as  Per 
Petition  &c,  and  there  being  no  Opportunity  for  the  hearing  of  said 
Petition  at  this  Time  by  reason  of  the  Public  Business  &c. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Petition  be  and  the  Same  is 
hereby  Continued  to  the  General  Assembly  at  their  next  Sessions  and  in 
the  mean  Time  that  the  Person  and  Estate  of  the  said  Charles  be  exemp- 
ted from  Execution  or  Attachment  and  that  no  Conveyance  of  his  said 
Estate  either  real  or  Personal  shall  be  valid  but  remain  in  the  Same  State 
in  which  it  now  is. 

On  the  Memorial  of  John  Mead  and  Jabez  Fitch  of  Greenwich  in 
behalf  of  themselves  and  the  rest  of  the  Sufferers  in  the  Town  of  Green- 
wich whose  Property  has  been  destroyed  by  the  Enemy  since  March 
1779  Praying  that  a Committee  may  be  appointed  to  estimate  the  Dam- 
ages as  Per  Memorial  &c. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Col°  Philip  B Bradley  and  Col0 
Nehemiah  Beardsley  be  and  they  hereby  are  appointed  a Committee  to 


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repair  to  said  Greenwich  and  estimate  the  Damages  done  in  said  Town 
by  the  Enemy  since  the  Month  of  March  1779  and  Report  make  to  the 
next  Session  of  this  Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Town  of  Windsor  by  their  Agents,  and  of 
Josiah  Allyn  and  others  and  of  George  Griswold  and  others  Inhabitants 
of  said  Windsor,  Shewing  that  the  Bridge  across  Windsor  Ferry  River 
between  the  first  and  fourth  Societies  was  carried  away  in  the  Winter 
Past  by  the  Ice,  That  it  would  be  of  Public  Advantage  that  said  Bridge 
when  Built  anew,  should  be  so  constructed  as  to  leave  a free  Passage 
for  Vessells,  up  said  River  to  the  Society  of  Poquonock,  and  that  said 
Town  had  by  their  Vote  agreed  to  Build  their  Bridges  in  the  following 
manner  to  wit  the  said  first  and  fourth  Society  to  erect  and  maintain  all 
Bridges  within  their  Limits  the  Society  of  Poquonock  all  within  their 
Limits  &c  and  the  said  Society  of  Wintonbury  all  within  their  Limitts 
&c  as  Per  Memorial  &c.  Whereupon  a Committee  has  been  appointed  to 
view  &c  and  said  Report  being  now  accepted  and  approved  &c. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Town  of  Windsor  do  and  shall 
for  the  future  Build  erect  and  maintain  at  the  Proper  Cost  and  Charge 
of  the  sd  Town  the  said  Bridge  at  the  Place  where  it  before  stood 
between  said  first  and  fourth  Societies  in  such  form  and  manner  as  may 
let  Vessels  to  Pass  through  the  Same  when  Occasion  shall  require,  And 
also  that  said  Town  shall  as  occasion  requires  Build  and  maintain  said 
Bridge  at  Poquonock  where  it  now  Stands  and  also  all  other  necessary 
Bridges  within  said  Town  all  at  the  proper  Cost  of  said  Town. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Elijah  Wimpey  David  Fowler  and  Samuel 
Adams  in  behalf  of  themselves  and  their  Brethren  Indians  formerly  of 
this  State  but  lately  Refugees  from  the  Vicinity  of  Onoida  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  there  is  now  in  the  Hands  of  Doctr  Solomon  Smith 
of  Hartford  the  Sum  of  £16  17  0 Old  Continental  Currency  £19  6 11 
in  Bills  of  Credit  of  this  State  emitted  before  the  first  of  January  1780 
& £12  13  0 in  Bills  of  this  State  emitted  since  the  first  Day  of  January 
aforesaid  which  was  Collected  by  Contribution  for  the  Use  of  the  sd 
Indians,  who  are  very  desirous  of  returning  to  their  former  Habitation 
near  Onoida,  that  they  are  under  very  needy  Circumstances  and  said 
Paper  Money  is  to  them  Useless  Praying  for  some  Relief  &c  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  the  aforesaid  Bills  being  paid 
and  delivered  into  the  Treasury  of  this  State  the  Treasurer  be  and  he 
is  hereby  directed  to  pay  out  of  said  Treasury  unto  the  said  Doctr  Smith 
the  Sum  of  £33  1 8 LMoney  to  be  by  him  paid  the  Revd  Samuel  Kirk- 
land Missionary  for  the  Use  of  said  Indians. 

Upon  the  Report  of  Joseph  Spencer  William  Williams  and  Nathan- 
iel Wales  Esqrs  a Committee  appointed  by  this  Assembly  in  May  last 
to  repair  to  Mohegan  and  enquire  into  Sundry  Matters  of  Greivance 


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Represented  by  the  Memorial  of  Zachary  Johnson  Old  Councillor  of  the 
Mohegan  Tribe  of  Indians  and  others  and  to  Report  with  their  Opinion,* 
which  Report  is  accepted  as  on  File. 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  List  of  said  Tribe 
of  Indians  made  out  by  said  Committee  and  referred  to  in  their  Report 
be  lodged  on  the  File  as  the  Register  of  said  Tribe,  and  that  the  Over- 
seers of  said  Indians  be  directed  in  future  to  keep  an  Account  of  the 
Increase  or  Decrease  of  said  Tribe,  and  lay  before  this  Assembly  as  shall 
be  thought  proper,  That  the  Overseers  in  leasing  out  such  of  their 
Lands  as  may  be  proper  endeavour  to  Gratify  the  Indians  as  far  as 
may  be  in  admitting  such  Tenants  as  are  acceptable  to  them,  and  such 
as  are  Honest  and  faithfull  That  they  lease  them  to  the  best  advantage, 
distribute  the  Rents  or  Incomes  in  due  proportion  having  a special 
regard  to  their  Old  & helpless  and  keep  fair  Accounts  of  the  Avails  or 
Distributions,  that  no  Stranger  or  Person  not  belonging  to  said  Tribe 
be  permitted  in  future  to  come  into  Continue  or  reside  on  the  Lands 
of  said  Tribe  without  Consent  and  leave  of  the  Overseers,  who  are 
hereby  Authorized  by  Writing  under  their  Hands  to  warn  any  such 
Person  or  Persons  to  depart  the  Same  within  such  Time  as  they  shall 
limit  on  the  Penalty  provided  by  the  Law  respecting  the  Admission  of 
Inhabitants  in  Towns  and  to  prosecute  any  disobedience  to  such  Warning 
in  their  own  Names  to  final  Judgment  and  Execution,  That  no  Person 
not  belonging  to  said  Tribe  be  allowed  to  purchase  take  Cut  or  carry 
away  any  Wood  Timber  or  other  Property  of  said  Indians,  without  the 
Consent  of  said  Overseers  on  Penalty  of  being  deemed  and  punished  as 
Trespassers,  and  said  Overseers  are  hereby  Authorized  to  Institute  and 
prosecute  any  Suit  or  Suits  against  any  Person  or  Persons  for  any  of 
said  Offences,  or  other  punishable  Offence  committed  against  the  Person 
or  Property  of  said  Indians  or  any  of  them  in  manner  as  aforesaid  that 
the  said  Overseers  be  and  they  are  Authorized  to  Assign  to  particular 
Indians  their  proportion  of  Fence  according  to  their  Improvement  and 
to  punish  their  neglect  of  Duty  in  making  and  maintaining  the  Same 
or  other  Misfeazances  by  withholding  proportions  of  Rent  or  other 
proper  Restraints.  That  any  Tenant  to  any  particular  Indian  be  con- 
fined as  to  Improvement  and  Wood  to  the  Occupancy  of  his  Owner 
unless  by  Licence  and  under  Penalty  as  aforesaid, 

And  it  is  further  Resolved  that  the  said  Overseers  be  and  are  hereby 
Authorized  if  they  judge  it  for  the  best  good  of  the  Tribe  and  with 
the  Consent  of  the  Major  Part  of  the  Male  Inhabitants  of  Lawfull  Age 
to  divide  the  remaining  Wood  and  other  unoccupied  Lands,  as  to  Use  & 
Improvement  for  necessary  Purposes  to  and  among  the  Several  Familys 
of  Indians,  and  to  make  such  Alterations  and  Regulations  from  Time  to 
Time  as  their  Circumstances  and  Justice  shall  require,  And  Whereas  old 
Councillor  Zachary  Johnson  being  of  Pure  Mohegan  Blood  and  ever  a 
fixed  Friend  to  this  Colony  and  State  having  no  Children  and  is  old 
and  unable  to  Labour  the  said  Overseers  are  hereby  directed  to  supply 


See  Conn.  State  Rees.,  IV,  213. 


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156 


May, 


him  and  his  Wife  out  of  the  Avails  of  the  Lands  with  all  the  necessaries 
and  Comforts  of  Life  so  long  as  they  shall  severally  live. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  George  Munro  of  the  Town  of  Brookhaven 
on  Long  Island  in  the  State  of  New  York  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
he  was  prosecuted  and  Convicted  before  the  Honble  County  Court  in  the 
County  of  New  Haven  for  bringing  from  Long  Island  a Peice  of 
Cloath  and  a small  Quantity  of  Salt,  and  that  he  was  Sentenced  to  be 
Imprisoned  for  eighteen  Months  six  of  which  he  hath  already  suffered 
in  Hartford  Goal,  and  that  his  Father  and  Friends  live  upon  Long 
Island  and  are  willing  to  Assist  him  to  Satisfy  the  Cost  of  his  Prosecu- 
tion which  is  about  £11  0 0,  and  that  they  are  desirous  that  he  should 
return  Home  Praying  to  be  Liberated  as  Pr  Memorial  on  File. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  is  hereby 
Liberated  from  his  said  Confinement  upon  his  paying  the  Cost  of  his 
Prosecution  and  any  former  Prosecution  that  shall  be  Taxed  and  allowed 
by  the  County  Court  in  the  County  of  New  Haven,  And  also  Pay  to  the 
Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Hartford  the  Expences  that  have  or  may  arise 
in  consequence  of  this  Confinement,  And  the  Goal  Keeper  is  hereby 
Ordered  and  directed  to  Liberate  the  Memorialist  on  his  making  payment 
as  aforesaid. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Ebenezer  Snow  of  Mansfield  in  the  County 
of  Windham  Shewing  that  his  Son  Ebenezer  Snow  Deceasd  had  Money 
due  him  from  this  State  for  Wages  for  serving  in  the  Continental  Army, 
the  Account  whereof  hath  been  Liquidated  by  the  Committee  appointed 
to  settle  the  Accounts  of  the  Officers  and  Soldiers  of  this  State,  that  said 
Deceasd  left  a Widow  in  Orange  County  in  the  State  of  New  York  and 
left  no  Estate,  except  what  is  due  for  said  Services,  that  he  was  not  in 
Debt  except  a few  Shillings,  which  the  Memorialist  is  willing  to  pay 
Praying  that  the  Securities  for  said  Wages  may  be  Issued  for  the 
Benefit  of  the  said  Widow  without  the  Trouble  and  expence  of  taking 
Administration  &c  As  Per  Memorial  on  File. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be 
directed  to  Certify  to  the  Treasurer  the  Sum  due  for  the  said  Services 
of  the  said  Deceasd  and  that  the  Treasurer  Issue  a Note  or  Notes  for 
the  Same  payable  to  said  Widow  and  deliver  the  same  to  the  Memorialist 
for  her  Benefit  and  he  shall  be  accountable  for  the  Debts  due  from  said 
Deceased  Ebenezer  not  exceeding  the  Amount  of  said  Wages. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Lemuel  Brooks  of  Middletown  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  he  stands  prosecuted  for  a Breach  of  the  Law  of 
this  State  against  Illicit  Trade  which  Process  is  depending  before  the 
Superior  Court  in  the  County  of  Hartford,  that  he  was  unwarily  drawn 
into  the  Commission  of  said  Offence  and  has  suffered  in  his  Person  and 
Property  and  Praying  a Pardon  &c  As  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  on  the  Memorialists  Paying  the  legal 


1783. 


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157 


Cost  arisen  on  said  Information  the  said  Information  & Process  be 
discontinued. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Solomon  Leet  of  Guilford  in  the  County  of 
New  Haven,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  lived  near  the  Sea  or 
Sound  where  his  Interest  chiefly  lay  and  was  continually  exposed  to 
the  Inroads  of  the  Enemy  and  that  he  has  frequently  been  alarmed  and 
had  his  Stock  taken  off,  And  that  to  compleat  his  Misfortunes  has  lost 
his  House,  two  Barns  Cow  House  and  almost  the  whole  of  his  Hous- 
hold  Furniture  consumed  by  the  Enemy,  and  that  he  is  much  reduced 
in  his  Circumstances  and  unable  to  pay  his  Public  Taxes  without  dis- 
tressing his  Family  Praying  for  a release  of  Public  Taxes  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  is  hereby 
discharged  from  the  Payment  of  all  the  State  Taxes  which  are  now  due 
from  him  or  that  may  be  laid  on  his  Lists  for  the  Years  1781  and  1782. 

Whereas  this  Assembly  in  January  last  Resolved  that  the  Person 
and  Estate  of  Jonathan  Wells  Esqr  of  Glastonbury  should  be  protected 
and  exempted,  that  he  might  have  Opportunity  to  bring  his  Petition  &c 
as  by  Act  of  Assembly  &c*  And  Whereas  he  hath  now  brou  forward 
his  said  Petition  Praying  for  releif  from  the  Demands  of  his  Creditors, 
which  is  now  Continued  upon  the  Motion  of  said  Creditors  and  he  Pray- 
ing that  he  may  in  the  mean  Time  be  protected  as  heretofore  &c. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly,  that  the  Person  and  Estate  of  the  said 
Jonathan  be  and  the  Same  are  hereby  protected  and  exempted  from  any 
Attachment  or  Execution  of  any  of  his  Creditors  untill  the  rising  of 
the  General  Assembly  in  October  next  and  that  in  the  mean  Time  he 
shall  not  Sell  or  dispose  of  any  of  his  Estate  either  real  or  Personal. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  Fuller  and  others  of  Stafford 
Shewing  that  the  second  Society  in  said  Stafford  are  in  a divided  State 
owing  principally  to  the  Sentiments  of  Mr  Foster  their  Pastor  Pray- 
ing for  releif  &c  as  Per  Memorial  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Col0  Samuel  Mott,  Hezekiah  Bissell 
& Shubael  Abby  Esqrs  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Committee  to 
repair  to  the  said  Society  of  Stafford  and  enquire  into  the  Facts  alledged 
in  said  Memorial  and  all  other  Difficulties  subsisting  among  them  hear 
all  Parties,  and  Report  make  with  their  Opinion  thereon  to  the  General 
Assembly  in  October  next.| 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Mathias  Learning  Shewing  that  being  involved 
in  Debt  and  to  gain  Time  to  satisfy  his  Creditors  by  the  Sale  of  his  out 
Lands,  he  made  a Deed  of  his  Land  in  Farmington  Where  he  lived  to  his 


* See  above,  p.  29. 
t See  below,  p.  308. 


158 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


May, 


Brother  the  Revd  Mr  Learning  of  Norwalk  without  the  Privity  of  his 
said  Brother  or  ever  to  this  Day  receiving  one  Penny  Consideration  of 
him  or  any  security  therefor  that  he  on  the  Day  of  the  Execution  of  the 
Deed  lodged  it  with  the  Register  of  the  Town  of  Farmington  and  it 
was  Recorded,  accordingly  at  the  Petitioners  request,  That  his  said 
Brother  soon  after  went  off  to  New  York  and  his  Estate  hath  been  since 
confiscated  and  the  Petitioners  Estate  in  Consequence  of  the  Deed 
aforesaid  hath  been  disposed  of  for  Public  Use  as  Per  Petition  &c  Pray- 
ing for  Relief  &c. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Stephen  M Mitchell  Isaac  Lee  & 
John  Treadwell  Esqrs  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Committee 
with  full  Power  to  call  all  Persons  anyways  concerned  in  any  of  the 
Transactions  mentioned  or  referred  to  in  said  Petition  or  Memorial 
before  them  and  enquire  into  the  Facts  set  forth  with  all  Circumstances 
relative  thereto  and  their  Report  with  their  Opinion  to  make  to  the 
General  Assembly  at  their  next  Session.* 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Osborn  and  James  Knap  belonging  to 
the  fourth  Brigade  of  Militia ; Shewing  that  they  served  six  Months  in 
the  Years  AD  1779  & 1780  in  the  Continental  Army  and  by  reason  of 
the  Pay  Master  appointed  for  said  Brigade  not  undertaking  said  Trust 
they  are  not  paid;  which  Memorial  was  referred  to  a Committee  to 
Report  what  ought  to  be  done  for  the  Memorialist  and  others  in  like 
Circumstances,  which  Committee  having  Reported  as  Per  Memorial 
and  Report  on  File. 

Resolved  that  Col0  Eli  Mygatt  of  Danbury  be  and  he  is  hereby 
appointed  Pay  Master  to  said  fourth  Brigade  to  Settle  with  the  Memo- 
rialists and  others  in  like  Circumstances  belonging  to  said  Brigade, 
deducting  what  they  have  received  in  Continental  Bills  for  their  said 
Service  at  the  Rate  of  eighteen  for  one. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Elizabeth  Elmore  of  Harwington  Widow  of 
Caleb  Elmore  late  of  Harwington  Deceasd,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  her  late  Husband  was  a Soldier  in  the  Connecticut  Line  of  the  Army, 
that  there  was  due  to  him  at  the  Time  of  his  Death  for  the  Depreciation 
of  his  Wages  £10  15  4 as  Liquidated,  that  she  has  paid  the  Chief  of 
his  Debts  Supported  the  Children  &c  Praying  Releif  &c  as  Per  Memorial 
on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  draw  on  the  Treasurer  in  favour  of  the 
Memorialist  for  the  Sum  due  to  the  said  Caleb  as  aforesaid  and  the 
Treasurer  is  also  directed  to  Issue  his  Notes  to  her  for  the  Same  accord- 
ingly all  in  the  Same  manner  as  has  been  done  for  the  Ballances  due 
the  other  Soldiers. 


* See  below,  p.  288. 


1783. 


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159 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Robert  Kimberly  of  Guilford  in  New  Haven 
County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1777  he  engaged  in 
a Company  of  Infantry  Commanded  by  Capt  Edward  Shipman  and 
Regiment  Commanded  by  Thaddeus  Cook  Esq  and  was  in  both  Actions 
at  Still  Water  and  Saratoga  and  was  wounded  in  his  Breast  in  the  last 
Action  and  Praying  for  Releif  & c as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  draw  on  the  Treasurer  in 
favour  of  the  Memorialist  for  the  Sum  of  nine  Pounds  lawfull  Money. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  William  Sherman  Junr  of  the  Town  and  County 
of  New  Haven,  Shewing  that  he  has  for  a number  of  Years  been 
engaged  in  Trade  and  Merchandizing,  and  by  a Series  of  inevitable 
Misfortunes  such  as  the  Failure  of  some  Persons  largely  Indebted  to 
him  losses  at  Sea  & c,  he  has  become  unable  to  pay  all  his  Creditors 
the  full  amount  of  their  Just  dues  from  him,  and  he  being  very  desir- 
ous that  the  property  of  which  he  is  possessed  should  be  equitably 
divided  to  and  among  all  his  Creditors  in  proportion  to  the  Sums  to 
them  respectively  due  Praying  this  Assembly  to  appoint  Trustees  to 
receive  all  the  Estate  of  the  Petitioner  for  the  Benefit  of  his  Creditors 
and  to  decree  that  upon  his  assigning  and  delivering  all  his  Estate  upon 
Oath  to  such  Trustees  for  the  Benefit  of  his  Creditors  as  aforesaid 
that  the  Person  of  the  Petitioner  may  be  exempted  from  Arrest  or 
Imprisonment  on  account  of  said  Debts  as  by  said  Petition  on  File  Dated 
the  23d  Day  of  September  1775  Appears.  And  a number  of  Persons 
named  as  Creditors  having  been  duely  Cited  to  Show  Reasons,  if  any 
they  have  why  the  Prayer  of  said  Petition  should  not  be  granted  as 
appears  on  File,  who  being  publickly  called,  none  of  them  appeared  to 
object  to  Granting  the  Same.  And  the  Petitioner  having  by  his  Deed 
Dated  the  27th  of  May  A D 1782  Assigned  all  his  Estate  both  real  and 
Personal  to  David  Austin  and  James  Hilhouse  both  of  New  Haven 
Esq”  for  the  Benefit  of  all  his  Creditors — 

It  is  Resolved  and  Decreed  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  David 
Austin  and  James  Hilhouse  Esq”  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed 
Trustees  and  fully  Authorized  and  Impowered  to  receive  from  the  Peti- 
tioner all  his  Estate  both  real  and  Personal  except  his  wearing  Apparrel, 
and  all  Debts  due  to  him  in  Law  or  Equity  for  the  Use  and  Benefit  of  all 
his  Creditors  in  proportion  to  the  Sums  to  them  repectively  due,  And 
the  said  Trustees  are  hereby  fully  Impowered  to  recover  and  receive 
all  the  Estate  Goods  Chattels  & Credits  of  the  Petitioner,  and  all 
Accounts  and  Securities  relating  thereto,  and  in  their  own  Names  to 
Commence  and  prosecute  any  Actions  or  Suits  in  Law  or  Equity  for  the 
recovery  thereof  And  also  to  Sell  and  dispose  of  said  Estate  real  and 
Personal  and  to  divide  the  Neet  Proceeds  thereof  after  deducting  the 
necessary  and  reasonable  Expences  to  and  among  all  the  Creditors  of 
the  Petitioner,  in  proportion  to  the  Sums  to  them  respectively  due,  and 
the  said  Trustees  are  hereby  Authorized  to  decide  any  Dispute  that  may 


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May, 


arise  concerning  the  Claims  of  any  Persons  Claiming  to  be  Creditors 
agreeable  to  the  Rules  prescribed  by  a late  Law  of  this  State  Entituled 
an  Act  for  preventing  Frauds  in  Debtors  and  for  securing  the  Effects 
of  Insolvent  Debtors  for  the  Use  of  their  Creditors,  and  for  the 
equitable  Division  of  the  Estates  and  Effects  of  such  Debtors  to  and 
among  their  Creditors — 

And  it  is  further  Resolved  and  Decreed,  that  upon  the  Petitioners 
disclosing  and  delivering  over  to  said  Trustees  all  his  Estate,  with  all 
Accounts  Securities  and  Vouchers  relating  thereto,  on  Oath  according  to 
the  form  prescribed  in  said  Act  his  Person  shall  be  forever  exempted 
from  any  Arrest  or  Imprisonment  on  Account  of  any  of  the  Debts  due 
from  him  at  the  Date  of  his  said  Petition,  but  any  Estate  which  the 
Petitioner  may  hereafter  acquire  shall  be  Liable  for  the  remainder  of 
said  Debts. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Dickinson  Esqr  and  others  Inhabitants 
of  Middleton,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  Gurdon  Whitmore  of  said 
Midletown  is  now  confined  in  Goal  on  a Judgment  of  the  Superior 
Court,  that  his  Family  is  Suffering  & Praying  that  said  Whitmore  may 
be  released  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  said  Gurdons  Paying  all  Cost 
which  has  arisen  on  his  Prosecution  and  Subsequent  Imprisonment  he 
shall  be  discharged  from  his  Present  Confinement  and  the  Sheriff  of  the 
County  of  Hartford  is  Impowered  and  directed  to  discharge  said  Whit- 
more from  Goal  on  his  paying  all  Cost  arisen  as  aforesaid. 

Upon  the  Petition  and  Remonstrance  of  Ezra  Hanchet  Gad  Lane  and 
others  Inhabitants  within  the  Limits  of  the  sixth  Military  Company  in 
the  first  Regiment  in  this  State  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  the  Choice 
of  Ashbel  King  to  be  Captain  and  Thaddeus  Leavitt  to  be  Lieutenant 
in  said  Company  as  Certified  by  Capt  Josiah  King  was  Illegal  on  account 
that  sundry  Persons  under  the  Age  of  sixteen  Years  were  through 
inattention  admitted  to  Vote  in  the  Choice  of  said  Officers, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Capt  Josiah  King  be  and  he 
is  hereby  directed  to  Cause  legal  Warning  to  be  given  to  all  within  the 
Limits  of  said  Sixth  Company  who  by  Law  have  a Right  to  Vote  in 
the  Choice  of  Commissioned  Officers  to  meet  at  such  Time  and  Place 
as  he  may  appoint  and  when  so  met  that  he  lead  them  to  the  Choice  of 
a Captain  and  such  other  Officer  as  may  be  necessary  and  that  he  make 
return  of  his  Proceedings  in  the  Premisses  to  this  or  the  next  Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Widow  Hannah  Rowley  of  Hebron  in 
the  County  of  Hartford  and  State  of  Connecticut  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  her  late  Husband  Cap1  Abijah  Rowley  of  said  Hebron 
Deceasd  had  the  Command  of  a Company  at  the  Northward,  and  when 
he  marched  with  said  Company  to  said  Department  he  left  Ensign 
Phineas  Grover  of  Glastonbury  to  List  some  Recruits  and  to  bring  them 


1783. 


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161 


on,  which  said  Grover  did,  and  furnished  them  with  Arms  and  Accoutre- 
ments to  the  Amount  of  forty  five  Pounds  thirteen  shillings  and  gave  his 
Recept  to  the  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of  Glastonbury  therefor  but  by 
reason  of  said  Capt  Rowleys  being  removed  from  said  Company  by 
the  Sickness  whereof  he  soon  after  died,  never  received  said  Arms  nor 
any  Account  of  them,  but  notwithstanding  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table 
have  Charged  the  Same  against  the  Estate  of  said  Captain  Rowley  Deed 
and  the  said  Memorialist  being  Executrix  of  the  last  Will  of  her  Hus- 
band stands  exposed  to  pay  said  Money  Praying  Releif  &c  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  Credit  the  said  Capt  Rowleys  Estate  the 
said  Sum  of  forty  five  Pounds  thirteen  shillings  and  Charge  the  Same 
to  the  Estate  of  said  Ensign  Phineas  Grover  Decd  who  received  said 
Arms. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Barnard  Keeper  of  the  Common 
Goal  in  the  County  of  Hartford,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  has 
been  greatly  Burthened  in  the  oversight  and  keeping  of  the  Goal  in  said 
County  and  Care  of  the  Prisoners  &c  and  that  he  has  Suffered  much  in 
receiving  a depreciating  Currency  for  his  Sevrices  &c,  And  that  not- 
withstanding which  he  has  been  Assessed  by  the  Listers  in  the  Year  past 
the  Sum  of  £15  merely  on  Account  of  his  Supplying  Prisoners  &c  with 
some  small  Refreshments  of  Liquors  &c,  which  Goal  Keepers  have  ever 
been  accustomed  to  do  without  being  considered  as  Retailers  or  Tav- 
erners and  is  also  now  Subjected  to  pay  an  Excise  &c  Praying  for  Releif 
&c. 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and 
he  is  hereby  released  and  exempted  from  said  Assesment  and  also  from 
paying  any  Excise  on  Liquors  retailed  as  aforesaid  And  all  Collectors 
of  Taxes  of  Excise  &c  are  directed  not  to  exact  or  Collect  any  Taxes 
or  Excise  thereon. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  Wadsworth,  John  Olcott  Gurdon 
Wadsworth  & Hannah  Bigelow  all  of  Hartford  which  said  Samuel  John 
and  Gurdon  are  Executors  of  the  last  Will  and  Testament  of  Major 
John  Bigelow  late  of  Hartford  Deceasd,  and  the  said  Hannah  and 
Gurdon  are  Guardians  to  all  the  Children  of  said  Deceasd  and  the  said 
Hannah  is  also  Mother  of  said  Children  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
the  said  Decd  died  Seized  of  sundry  Peices  of  Wild  Land  lying  in  Hart- 
land  in  Partnership  with  the  Heirs  of  James  Bigelow  Decd,  that  the 
Heirs  of  said  John  Decd  are  all  very  Young,  that  such  Land  is  sinking 
in  value,  cannot  be  divided  without  Injury  to  the  whole,  and  that  the 
Public  Taxes  with  the  Cost  arising  upon  said  Land  will  amount  to  more 
than  the  whole  value  thereof  before  said  Children  arrive  of  Age  Praying 
for  Liberty  to  Sell  the  Same  & c as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Cap*  Samuel  Wadsworth  of  Hart- 


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May, 


ford  be  and  he  is  hereby  Authorized  and  Impowered  to  Sell  and  dispose 
of  all  the  aforesaid  Lands  lying  in  said  Hartland  belonging  to  the  Heirs 
of  said  John  Deceasd  for  the  Use  and  Benefit  of  said  Heirs  under  the 
direction  of  the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Hartford. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Ensign  Robert  Bradford  Shewing  that  he 
was  an  Ensign  in  a Regiment  raised  for  the  defence  of  this  State  in  the 
Year  1776  and  on  the  15th  Day  of  March  1777,  was  taken  Prisoner 
by  the  Enemy  and  held  by  the  Enemy  untill  the  24th  Day  of  May  1779, 
And  that  he  hath  received  but  a small  Part  of  his  Wages,  and  that  he 
lost  sundry  Articles  of  Cloathing  and  Warlike  Implements  Praying  for 
Relei f &c  as  Per  Memorial  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  allow  to  said  Bradford  a reasonable  Sum 
for  a Gun  Bayonet  and  Cartouch  Box  lost  by  the  Enemy,  also  that  they 
examine  liquidate  and  adjust  his  other  losses  and  Wages  according  to 
General  Rules,  already  heretofore  Given  and  adopted  by  them,  respect- 
ing Losses  and  Wages  in  Simular  Cases,  and  that  a Settlement  be  made 
with  him,  and  that  the  said  Committee  be  directed  to  draw  on  the 
Treasurer  for  the  Ballance  found  due  who  is  directed  to  pay  the  Same 
out  of  the  /12d  Tax  payable  in  April  1783. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Nathan  Fowler  William  Atwater  Nathan 
Clark  and  Gideon  Buckingham  all  of  Milford  in  the  County  of  New 
Haven  Select  Men  of  said  Town  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  on  the 
last  of  Jan7  1781  the  Times  of  those  that  were  engaged  in  the  Service  of 
the  State  for  Defence  of  said  Town  expired  and  that  the  Memorialists 
as  they  had  been  wont  to  do  under  Simular  Circumstances  engaged  the 
Officer  with  about  half  his  Men  to  Continue  in  the  Fort  and  Places  at 
which  they  had  been  Stationed  untill  the  Assembly  should  meet  and 
make  farther  Provision  with  encouragement  that  they  should  have  the 
same  pay  and  allowance  that  they  had  for  the  Time  they  had  Served. 
And  that  it  was  about  two  Months  before  Provision  was  made  Praying 
that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  directed  to  Settle  said  Officers  Pay 
Abstract  and  Account  of  Wood  Supplied  As  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table  be  and  they  are  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  Settle  the  Pay 
Abstract  of  said  Guard  with  Account  of  Wood  Supplied  and  draw 
Orders  upon  the  Treasurer  for  the  Payment  of  the  Same. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Smith  Weed  of  Stamford  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  under  an  appointment  of  this  State  he  Served  as  Issuing 
Commissary  from  the  first  Day  of  April  1780  to  the  25th  Day  of  April 
AD  1783,  That  he  was  also  allowed  a Clerk  and  Scaleman,  who  have  also 
Served  during  said  Term,  Also  that  Mason  Cogswell  was  by  the  Gov- 
ernor and  Council  appointed  Clerk  and  Served  one  Month  in  said  Office, 
and  that  no  Pay  has  been  made  for  any  of  the  Services  aforesaid  Pray- 


1783. 


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163 


mg  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  may  be  Ordered  to  examine  and 
adjust  his  Account  of  said  Service  and  draw  an  Order  on  the  Treasurer 
for  the  Sum  due  thereon  as  Per  Memorial  &c, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  examine 
and  Adjust  the  Account  of  the  Memorialist  for  his  said  Services  alone 
and  draw  an  Order  on  the  Treasurer  to  give  his  Note  to  the  Memorialist 
for  the  Sums  they  shall  Judge  Just  and  reasonable  payable  in  the  three 
Years  with  Interest  to  be  paid  annually  and  that  the  said  Committee 
Charge  the  Same  to  the  United  States. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Lloyd  of  Danbury  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  is  fourfolded  by  the  Listers  of  the  Town  of  Hartford 
for  the  Year  1782  to  the  amount  of  £152  for  the  little  remain  of  Prop- 
erty he  brought  with  him  in  his  flight  from  Long  Island  when  invaded 
by  the  Enemy  Praying  for  releif  as  Per  Memorial  on  File  &c. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  fourfold  Assesment  of  £152 
made  and  Given  into  the  List  of  said  Town  of  Hartford  for  the  Year 
1782,  be  and  the  Same  is  hereby  Abated  and  all  Taxes  that  have  or  may 
be  laid  on  said  List  are  hereby  Abated  and  discharged. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Moses  Hall  of  Wallingford  a Continental 
Soldier  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  about  two  Years  since  he  was 
possessed  of  four  Notes  Signed  by  John  Lawrence  Esqr  Treasurer  of 
this  State  which  Notes  he  had  received  for  his  Service  in  the  Army  as 
a Soldier  and  were  the  following  Numbers  viz  13335  13336,  13337,  and 
13338,  and  for  the  Sum  of  eight  Pounds  five  shillings  & two  pence  1/4 
each,  which  Notes  were  put  into  the  Hands  of  Justus  Johnson  of  said 
Wallingford  to  bring  Home,  but  said  Notes  being  Stolen  from  said 
Johnson  and  the  Memorialist  deprived  of  the  Benefit  of  Principle  and 
Interest  of  said  Notes  Praying  that  he  may  have  the  Same  Number  of 
Notes  of  the  Same  Dates  and  Sums,  and  that  he  may  also  have  the 
Interest  now  due  thereon — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  make  out  to  said 
Memorialist  and  he  is  Ordered  to  make  out  four  Notes  of  the  Same 
Sums  and  Dates  of  those  mentioned  in  the  Memorial  and  also  that  he 
pay  the  Interest  due  thereon  the  Memorialist  giving  proper  security  the 
States  shall  not  be  Injured  on  Condition  the  Notes  mentioned  in  the 
Memorial  should  be  found. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Joseph  Gregory  of  Sharon  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1760,  he  was  indebted  by  Bond  to  William 
Bayard  & Company  of  New  York  in  the  Sum  of  £308  15  2 New  York 
Money,  that  in  the  Year  1761  he  executed  to  said  Bayard  a Deed  of 
sixty  five  Acres  of  Land  in  Sharon  at  the  Price  of  £300  like  Money  that 
in  the  Year  1765,  he  executed  a Deed  of  Mortgage  to  said  Bayard  of 
his  Dwelling  House  and  about  ten  Acres  of  Land  in  said  Sharon,  that  he 
also  advanced  Moneys  to  said  Bayard  under  an  expectation  and  agree- 


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May, 


ment  of  receiving  a Shop  of  Goods,  which  was  never  performed  that 
there  is  now  due  to  the  Memorialist  about  forty  Pounds  lawfull  Money 
over  and  above  paying  his  aforesaid  Debt  and  the  Money  for  which  said 
ten  Acres  was  Mortgaged  with  Interest  That  the  Estate  of  said  Bayard 
has  since  been  confiscated  to  the  Use  of  this  State,  And  the  whole  of 
the  abovesaid  Lands  has  been  Sold  to  Capt  William  Moulton  by  Order 
of  His  Excellency  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety,  who  were 
unacquainted  with  the  Circumstances  thereof  and  that  said  Moulton  is 
willing  to  release  his  Right  to  said  Lands  upon  his  receiving  back  the 
Same  or  simular  Securities  for  Money  which  he  gave  for  said  Lands 
with  his  Cost,  that  the  said  Gregory  has  Given  sundry  Notes  for  the 
Rents  of  said  Lands  Praying  that  said  Notes  might  be  cancelled,  and 
he  quieted  in  the  Possession  of  said  ten  Acres  of  Land,  and  also  have 
secured  to  him  said  forty  Pounds  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  is  hereby 
quieted  in  the  Possession  of  said  about  ten  Acres  of  Land  Buildings  and 
Appurtenances  mentioned  in  said  second  Deed  to  be  and  remain  to  him 
& his  Heirs  forever  in  fee,  and  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  give  execute  and  deliver  to  the  said  Cap1  William  Moulton 
Securities  for  Money  of  the  Same  Tenor  and  Date  and  to  the  same 
Amount  of  those  received  from  him  for  said  Lands  upon  his  giving  to 
this  State  a Quit  Claim  Deed  of  said  Lands  which  he  is  hereby  Ordered 
to  do ; And  the  said  Treasurer  is  also  directed  to  pay  to  the  said  Moulton 
the  Sum  of  thirteen  Pounds  ten  shillings  lawfull  Money  out  of  the 
Public  Treasury  and  that  John  Canfield  Esqr  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  resign  and  deliver  up  to  said  Gregory  all  the  Notes  Given 
by  him  for  the  Rents  of  said  Land  which  are  hereby  Cancelled. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Deshon  of  New  London  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  there  are  two  small  Lots  of  Land  Situate  in  said 
New  London  the  one  lying  at  Hogneck  so  called  containing  about  forty 
Rods  of  Land  the  other  containing  about  eight  Square  Rods  lying  near 
Charles  Jefferys,  Bounded  East  on  a Highway  South  on  Land  of  Jona- 
than Brooks  West  on  Land  of  Winthrop  Saltonstall  and  North  on  a 
Highway  and  Praying  for  Liberty  to  purchase  said  Lots  of  Land  at 
Apprizement  and  make  Payment  therefor  in  Public  Securities  now  due 
and  on  Interest  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Benjamin  Huntington  Esqr  be  and 
he  hereby  is  appointed  and  directed  to  make  Sale  of  said  two  Lots  of 
Land  above  described  at  his  best  discretion  either  by  Private  Sale  at  the 
Apprizement  of  such  good  and  Judicious  Men  as  he  shall  agree  upon 
with  the  Purchase  or  by  Publick  Vendue  to  the  Highest  Bidder,  to  be 
paid  for  in  either  Case  in  Public  Securities  against  this  State,  which 
are  become  due  and  on  Interest,  and  such  Sale  being  made  the  Treasurer 
of  this  State  is  hereby  Authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a Deed  in 
behalf  of  this  State  to  the  Purchaser  or  Purchasers  & receive  the  Secu- 
rities that  shall  be  given  in  Payment  therefor  pursuant  to  this  Act. 


1783. 


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165 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Kent  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  for  more  than  twenty  Years  last  past  they  have 
been  at  great  Expence  in  Building  and  maintaining  a free  Bridge  over 
Ousatonuck  River  in  said  Kent  near  the  dwelling  House  of  Capt  Abra- 
ham Fuller  which  Bridge  in  February  last  was  Carried  off  by  an  extror- 
dinary  Flood,  And  that  a Bridge  is  much  wanted  in  said  Place  and 
that  said  Inhabitants  are  unable  to  build  the  Same,  Praying  Liberty  to 
Institute  a Lottery  for  the  purpose  of  raising  £250  lawfull  Money  to 
defray  the  expences  of  Building  said  Bridge  and  that  said  Lottery  be 
under  such  Regulations  as  this  Assembly  shall  appoint, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Liberty  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
given  to  the  Memorialists  to  Institute  a Lottery  for  the  purpose  of 
rebuilding  said  Bridge  to  be  so  calculated  as  to  raise  the  Sum  of  £250 
Pounds  to  be  applied  to  that  purpose  only,  And  that  the  Civil  Authority 
and  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of  Kent  appoint  the  Managers  and  super- 
intend the  management  of  said  Lottery,  and  that  said  Lottery  be 
compleated  and  drawn  & finished  within  two  Years  now  next  comeing 
and  be  at  the  Sole  Risque  of  said  Town  of  Kent. 

On  the  Memorial  of  James  Booth  &c  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of 
Stratford  Praying  to  be  releived  from  an  Execution  in  favour  of  the 
Governor  and  Company  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  against  said  Town 
for  the  Sum  of  £60  0 0 LMoney. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  further  Consideration  of  said 
Memorial  be  referred  to  the  General  Assembly  in  October  next  and  in 
the  mean  Time  execution  be  Stayed  and  no  Proceeding  had  thereon 
untill  the  rising  of  said  Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Silas  Davenport  of  Stamford  in  Fairfield 
County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  was  purchasing  Commissary 
for  this  State  for  the  Year  1780  &1781,  And  that  there  are  large  Sums 
now  due  to  him  from  this  State  for  supplies  furnished  for  which  he  is 
indebted  to  the  Persons  of  whom  he  purchased  and  is  pressed  for  Pay- 
ment and  in  one  Instance  has  been  sued  and  Judgment  obtained  against 
him  for  a large  Sum  by  Daniel  Gray  of  said  Stamford,  and  is  liable  to 
be  wholly  ruined  for  having  steped  in  to  the  Aid  of  this  State  unless 
this  Honble  Assembly  will  afford  their  Interposition  Praying  for  Releif 
& c as  Per  Memorial  on  File  &c, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  draw  on  the  Treasurer  in  favour  of  the 
Memorialist  or  any  of  the  Creditors  of  the  Memorialist  for  Debts  con- 
tracted for  making  said  Supplies,  who  are  willing  to  receive  the  Same 
for  such  Sums  as  may  be  due  to  them  to  be  paid  out  of  any  of  the 
unappropriated  Monies  of  this  State  or  Treasurers  Notes  on  Interest 
Annually,  Payable  in  three  Years  Provided  the  Same  does  not  exceed 
the  Sum  due  to  the  Memorialist,  And  that  the  Judgment  obtained  by  said 
Daniel  Gray  before  the  County  Court  held  at  Fairfield  on  the  third 


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May, 


Tuesday  of  April  1783  be  and  the  Same  is  hereby  Suspended  and  that 
no  Execution  be  inforced  thereon,  and  that  no  Judgment  be  rendered 
against  the  Memorialist  for  said  Debts  during  the  Pleasure  of  this 
Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Deshon  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
he  was  employed  by  this  State  as  Agent  to  fit  and  send  out  a number  of 
Vessels  for  the  Purpose  of  bringing  in  Salt  and  warlike  Stores  for  the 
Use  of  this  and  the  United  States  of  America  and  that  he  said  John 
Deshon  did  Charter  the  Sloop  Polly  of  about  eighty  Tons  of  Christopher 
Leffingwell  Esqr  for  the  purpose  aforesaid  at  the  risque  of  this  and  the 
United  States  of  America  and  that  the  Sloop  Polly  was  Captured  by  the 
Enemy  as  appears  by  Memorial  on  File, 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table  be  and  the  Same  are  hereby  directed  to  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for 
the  Sum  of  £795  lawfull  Money  payable  to  Christopher  Leffingwell 
Esqr  three  years  from  the  Date  hereof  with  the  lawfull  Interest  Annually 
untill  paid,  And  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  further  directed 
to  Charge  half  of  the  above  Sum  which  is  £397  10  0 LMoney  to  the 
United  States  of  America. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Amos  Mead  of  Greenwich  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  has  Orders  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  to  the 
amount  of  One  hundred  and  Sixty  three  Pounds  fifteen  Shillings  drawn 
by  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  for  lawfull  Silver  Money,  and  that  there 
was  also  due  to  him  for  Beef  and  Mutton  delivered  to  Commissary  Silas 
Davenport  in  Septembr  and  October  1780,  the  Sum  of  £48  14  0 Pray- 
ing for  Interest  to  be  allowed  thereon  as  has  been  usual  in  such  Cases, 
And  also  that  there  is  due  to  him  for  Services  in  the  General  Assembly 
the  Sum  of  thirty  five  Pounds  Praying  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table 
may  be  directed  to  Liquidate  the  said  Accounts  of  Beef  and  Mutton 
and  the  Interest  thereon  and  the  said  Orders  and  that  they  draw  on  the 
Treasurer  for  what  they  find  due — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  Liquidate  the  Accounts  mentioned  in  the 
sd  Memorial,  allowing  the  Interest  on  the  said  Provisions  from  the  Time 
of  delivery,  and  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  what  they  shall  find  due 
thereon  in  lawfull  Money  together  with  the  said  Orders,  and  the  Treas- 
urer is  directed  to  give  and  execute  Notes  therefor  together  with  what 
is  due  to  the  said  Amos  Mead  for  Services  in  the  General  Assembly 
Payable  in  two  Years  to  the  Memorialist  with  Interest  therefor  annually. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Timothy  Jones  of  New  Haven,  Administrator 
on  the  Confiscated  Estate  of  Benjamin  Anderson  late  of  said  New 
Haven,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  the  Debts  found  and  allowed  by 
Commissioners  and  Court  of  Probate  to  be  due  from  said  Anderson  are 
unpaid  though  there  was  sufficient  Property  left  by  said  Anderson  for 


1783. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


167 


that  purpose  which  has  since  been  Sold  by  Order  of  the  Governor  and 
Council  of  Safety  for  Bills  of  this  State  which  have  been  Paid  into 
the  Treasury  of  this  State,  Praying  this  Assembly  to  provide  some 
Way  for  the  Payment  of  said  Debt,  as  Per  Memorial  on  File  &c, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  James  Hilhouse,  Administrator  on 
the  Confiscated  Estate  of  Charles  Ward  Apthorp  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  and  Impowered  to  pay  such  Demand  as  shall  be  Certified  by 
the  Judge  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  New  Haven  to  be  found  and 
allowed  to  be  due  from  said  Anderson  in  such  Monies  Notes  or  Securitys 
as  he  may  receive  for  Debts  due  to  said  Apthorp  Provided  said  Cred- 
itors will  receive  the  Same,  And  the  Treasurer  is  hereby  directed  to 
allow  the  same  to  said  Hillhouse  in  the  Settlement  of  his  Accounts. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Daniel  Leet  of  Guilford  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  on  the  19th  of  June  1782  the  Enemy  burnt  his  Dwelling 
House  and  Barn  &c  That  he  had  been  Collector  of  State  Taxes  and 
had  Settled  with  the  Treasurer  for  the  whole  of  said  Taxes,  and  there 
still  remained  due  to  him  on  his  Rate  Bills  the  Sum  of  £21  0 0 LMoney, 
which  said  Rate  Bills  were  burnt  in  his  said  House  whereby  he  was 
Prevented  from  Collecting  any  Part  thereof  and  that  he  is  much  reduced 
by  said  Burning  Praying  that  the  said  Sum  of  £21  which  he  paid  to 
the  Treasurer  of  his  own  Money  may  be  refunded,  And  that  his  State 
Taxes  for  the  Current  Year  may  be  abated  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Sum  of  £21  0 0 LMoney  be 
refunded  back  to  the  Memorialist  and  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  is 
hereby  Ordered  to  pay  back  to  said  Memorialist  said  Sum  of  £21  0 0 
and  all  his  State  Taxes  for  the  Current  Year  are  also  hereby  Abated 
and  the  Several  Collectors  are  directed  not  to  Collect  the  same. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Nathaniel  Silleck  of  Stamford  in  Fairfield 
County  Conservator  of  the  Person  and  Estate  of  Sarah  Silleck  Jur 
of  said  Stamford  a distracted  Person,  Shewing  that  the  Debts  due  from 
the  said  Sarah  as  allowed  by  the  County  Court  in  Fairfield  County 
exceeds  the  Personal  Estate  of  the  said  Sarah  the  Sum  of  fifty  five 
Pounds  ten  Shillings  & threepence  and  Praying  to  be  Impowered  to 
Sell  real  Estate  of  said  Sarah  to  raise  said  Sum  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on 
File— 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Memorialist  be  and  he  is 
hereby  Authorized  and  Impowered  to  Sell  real  Estate  of  said  Sarah  to 
raise  said  Sum  of  £55  10  3 lawfull  Money  to  enable  him  to  pay  said 
Debts  and  also  the  Charges  of  Sale  taking  the  Direction  of  the  Court 
of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Stamford  therein. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Israhiah  Wetmore  of  Stratford  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  he  was  duely  Ordained  and  Settled  in  the  Work  of 
the  Gospel  Ministry  in  the  first  Society  in  said  Stratford  in  the  Year 
1753,  and  Continued  in  that  Work  and  in  a good  Agreement  with  the 


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May, 


Church  and  People  in  said  Society  for  twenty  seven  Years,  and  in  the 
Year  1780  principally  through  Infirmity  of  Body,  whereby  he  was 
unable  to  pursue  his  Studies  and  Partly  by  the  Distresses  of  those  Times, 
he  was  rendered  unable  to  attend  to  his  Work  in  said  Society  and  was 
dismissed  from  his  particular  Charge,  but  not  from  the  Ministry  at 
large  and  still  continues  to  Preach  the  Gospel,  and  means  to  spend  his 
Days  in  that  Service,  That  the  Listers  of  Stratford  have  considered  it 
as  their  Duty  to  add  his  small  Estate  in  the  List,  by  means  whereof 
sundry  Tax  Bills  are  made  out  against  him  which  are  unpaid,  and  he 
unable  to  pay  the  Same  without  Ruin  to  himself,  and  his  numerous  and 
expensive  Family  for  whom  he  cannot  provide  an  Interest  as  Men  in 
Secular  Employment  can  do  Praying  for  an  exemption  from  pasd  and 
future  Taxation  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  is  hereby 
exonerated  discharged  and  exempted  from  all  Taxation  both  pasd  and 
future,  in  the  Same  Manner  as  the  Law  exempts  regular  Ministers  of  the 
Gospel,  which  future  exemption  shall  continue  during  the  Pleasure  of 
this  Assembly,  and  all  Collectors  of  Taxes  and  Listers  are  to  take  Notice 
hereof  and  conform  themselves  to  the  direction  of  this  Act. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Stephen  Johnson  and  others  Inhabitants  of 
the  Towns  of  Midletown  Durham  Haddam  and  Killingworth ; Repre- 
senting to  this  Assembly  that  a nearer  and  much  better  Road  may  be 
obtained  from  Midletown  to  Killingworth  which  will  Shorten  the  Dis- 
tance about  a Mile  and  three  Quarters  in  passing  from  Middletown 
Church  Southerly  about  five  Miles  without  much  alteration  and  from 
thence  to  be  a new  Road  running  nearly  South  three  Miles  and  an  half 
where  it  will  fall  into  the  Road  near  Enos  Franciss  That  there  is  no 
Road  leading  to  the  Southward  for  the  Distance  of  five  Miles  from  the 
Country  Road  leading  from  Durham  to  Haddam,  That  if  the  above 
mentioned  Part  of  the  Road  that  must  be  new  can  be  obtained  together 
with  Some  easy  Alterations,  it  will  be  of  great  Advantage  both  to  the 
Public  and  to  Individuals  who  stand  in  need  of  the  Same  to  go  to  thier 
Lands  and  to  Mill  &c,  And  that  as  four  Towns  and  three  Counties  are 
Interested  in  the  new  proposed  Road,  the  Memorialists  pray  for  a Com- 
mittee to  view  the  Same  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Col°  Gad  Stanley  of  Farmington 
Oliver  Stanley  Esqr  of  Wallingford  and  Israel  Spencer  Esqr  of  East 
Haddam  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Committee  at  the  Cost 
of  the  Memorialists  to  view  the  Circumstances  of  said  new  Road  prayed 
for  and  consider  whether  the  Same  be  necessary  or  not  and  make  Report 
of  what  they  shall  find  respecting  the  Same  and  their  Opinion  thereon  to 
the  General  Assembly  in  October  next. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Brooks  of  Stratford  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  was  appointed  Barrack  Master  in  the  Town  of  Strat- 
ford by  the  Civil  Authority  and  Select  Men  in  said  Town  on  the  13th 


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of  March  1780  to  Provide  Barracks  Wood  and  other  necessaries  for  the 
reception  and  accomodation  of  the  Troops  in  the  Service  of  this  State 
that  then  were  or  that  thereafter  might  be  Ordered  to  that  Post  for 
the  Defence  of  the  Sea  Cost  &c  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  allowed  five 
Pounds  lawfull  Money  Per  Month  during  the  Time  of  his  actually  serv- 
ing as  Barrack  Master  as  a full  Compensation  for  said  Service  inclusive 
of  Rations  and  Forage,  And  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  receive 
the  Memorialists  Account  therefor  liquidate  and  adjust  the  Same  and 
draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  what  they  shall  find  Justly  due  thereon. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Thomas  Hooker  of  Farmington  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1774  for  the  Consideration  of  £261  0 0 
he  Mortgaged  to  Colburn  Barrel  of  Boston  two  Peices  of  Land  as  secu- 
rity for  said  Sum  both  lying  in  said  Farmington,  in  Quantity  fifty 
Acres  one  of  said  Peices  bounded  North  on  Judah  Judds  Land,  South  on 
Land  of  Isaac  and  Stephen  Lee,  East  and  West  on  Highway,  the  other 
Peice  Bounded  North  & East  on  James  Judds  Land,  South  on  Stephen 
Lee  and  West  on  a Highway  together  with  the  House  Barn  and  other 
Buildings  standing  thereon  which  Estate  being  legally  vested  in  said 
Barrell  his  Estate  has  been  declared  and  adjudged  forfeit  to  this 
State,  That  the  Memorialist  is  desirous  to  redeem  said  Mortgaged 
Premisses  but  cannot  procure  hard  Money  Praying  for  Liberty  to 
redeem  the  Same  by  paying  the  Principal  and  Interest  in  Public  Securi- 
ties as  Per  Memorial — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  hereby  is 
allowed  and  permitted  to  redeem  said  Mortgaged  Premisses  with  Public 
Securities  against  this  State  for  hard  Money,  and  are  now  Payable  And 
the  Treasurer  of  this  State  is  directed  to  make  and  execute  to  said 
Hooker  a Deed  of  Quit  Claim  of  the  Right  and  Title  of  this  State  to 
said  Mortgaged  Premisses  on  his  delivering  to  said  Treasurer  such 
Securities  to  the  amount  of  said  Principal  Sum  and  the  Interest  thereof 
and  Paying  in  hard  Money  the  Cost  of  Suit  that  has  already  been 
Commenced  and  Carried  to  Judgment  for  recovery  of  the  Suzin 
[seizin]  and  Possession  of  said  Mortgaged  Premisses  by  Oliver  Wolcott 
Junr  Administrator  of  said  Estate. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Phineas  Beardsley  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  in  the  Year  1777  he  was  appointed  a Captain  in  the  Continental 
Army  that  he  received  a Sum  of  Money  from  the  Treasurer  of  this  State 
to  pay  the  Bounties  of  Men  that  should  Inlist  into  said  Service  that  he 
also  received  some  Money  to  pay  the  Bounties  given  by  Congress,  that 
he  has  paid  out  more  Money  for  the  Bounties  &c  given  by  this 
State  and  Congress  than  he  has  received  from  both  &c  as  Per  Memorial 
on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be 
directed  to  allow  to  the  Memorialist  the  whole  of  the  Monies  he  paid  out 


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as  Bounties  to  said  Soldiers  deducting  the  Sum  of  £326  which  he 
received  to  pay  the  Bounties  given  by  Congress  and  to  draw  an  Order 
on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  the  Ballance  due  to  him  And  Charge 
the  Same  to  Account  of  the  United  States. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Timothy  Bradley  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  as  a Purchasing  Commissary  he  was  Obliged  to  advance  his  own 
Monies  & Credit  to  make  Purchases  for  the  Army  for  which  & his  own 
Services  he  has  received  this  States  Securities  payable  within  one  Year 
after  the  War,  that  he  is  pressed  for  Payment  &c  Praying  for  releif  as 
Per  Memorial  on  File  &c, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  and  he 
is  hereby  directed  to  receive  of  said  Memorialist  his  said  State  Notes  to 
the  amount  of  One  hundred  Pounds  LMoney  And  draw  Orders  therefor 
upon  the  Several  Collectors  payable  out  of  any  of  the  Rates  or  Taxes 
due  to  this  State  and  not  particularly  appropriated  to  any  other  Purpose 
at  the  Option  of  the  Memorialist. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Isaac  Tomlinson  of  Woodbury  Shewing  that 
Major  Thomas  Bull  Administrator  on  the  Estate  of  Isaac  Tomlinson 
Junr  & Russell  Tomlinson  Junr  Praying  for  relief  against  an  Execution 
in  favour  of  said  Bull  against  the  Petitioner  for  a large  Sum  and  that 
he  may  have  a certain  Note  against  said  Isaac  & Russell  which  is  Justly 
his  due  discounted  on  said  Execution  he  having  paid  said  Bull  nearly 
the  Ballance  between  said  Execution  and  Note  as  Per  Petition  on  File, 
and  by  reason  of  the  Public  Business  could  not  be  heard, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  further  Consideration  of  said 
Petition  be  continued  to  the  General  Assembly  to  be  holden  in  October 
next,  and  said  Execution  and  all  Proceedings  thereon  be  Suspended  in 
the  mean  Time. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  first  Society  in  Newtown  Fairfield 
County,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  their  House  for  Public  Worship 
is  much  decayed  and  must  soon  be  ruined  and  Lost  unless  repaired,  and 
that  by  reason  of  Division  &c  Subsisting  amongst  them  they  are  unable 
to  repair  the  Same,  and  Praying  to  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee 
of  Sales  on  the  confiscated  Estates  in  Fairfield  County  be  directed  to 
pay  to  the  Societys  Committee  for  said  Society  fifty  Pounds  LMoney 
to  be  appropriated  Solely  for  the  Purpose  of  repairing  said  House  &c 
as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  John  Chandler  of  said  Newtown  be 
directed  and  he  is  hereby  directed  as  soon  as  may  be  Collected  to  pay 
over  into  the  Hands  of  said  Societys  Committee  the  Sum  of  fifty  Pounds 
LMoney  to  be  by  them  applied  for  the  repairing  the  House  of  Public 
Worship  belonging  to  said  Society  taking  their  receipt  therefor  which 
Receipt  shall  Account  for  said  Chandler  in  Settling  his  Accounts  as 
Committee  for  the  Sale  of  Confiscated  Land  in  Fairfield  County. 


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Upon  the  Memorial  of  Nathan  Hibbard  of  Windham  Administrator 
on  the  Estate  of  Jacob  Bottom  late  of  the  Parish  of  Ellington  in  East 
Windsor  Decd  Praying  for  Liberty  to  make  Sale  of  the  whole  of  the 
real  Estate  of  said  Deceasd  being  fourteen  Acres  of  Land  with  the 
Buildings  lying  and  being  in  said  Parish  of  Ellington  &c  As  Per  Memo- 
rial on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  hereby  is 
fully  Impowered  and  Authorized  to  make  Sale  of  the  whole  of  said  real 
Estate  of  said  Deceasd  in  said  Parish  of  Ellington  taking  the  directions  of 
the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Stafford  therein,  and  that  he  give 
Security  to  said  Court  for  the  Overplus  of  the  Avails  of  said  Estate 
if  any  be  after  the  Debts  of  said  Decd  are  paid  and  deducted  with  inci- 
dent Charges  for  the  Benefit  of  the  Heirs  of  said  Decd  with  the  lawfull 
Interest  thereon  arising  till  paid. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Thomas  Brown  of  Coventry,  shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  is  indebted  to  the  confiscated  Estate  of  Doctr  Sil- 
vester Gardiner  by  Note  the  Sum  of  about  fifty  or  sixty  Pounds  law- 
full  Money  for  which  a Suit  is  now  depending  before  the  County  Court 
in  the  County  of  Windham,  Praying  for  Liberty  to  pay  said  Debt  in 
State  Securities  given  to  the  Soldiers  which  are  due  as  Per  Memorial 
on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  the  Memorialists  Paying  to 
the  Administrator  on  said  Confiscated  Estate  said  Debt  in  State  Securi- 
ties given  to  Soldiers  which  are  now  due  and  also  paying  said  Adminis- 
trator the  lawfull  Cost  arisen  in  said  Action  in  Money  said  Adminis- 
trator deliver  up  said  Note  & withdraw  said  Suit. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Enos  Atwater,  Timothy  Hull,  Robert  Rice, 
Gad  Pond  Ephraim  Cook  and  others  of  the  Church  and  Society  of 
Cheshire  in  the  County  of  New  Haven  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
great  uneasiness  has  arisen  in  said  Society  respecting  the  Continuance  of 
the  Rev*1  Mr  John  Foot  in  the  Work  of  the  Gospel  Ministry  in  said 
Society  and  their  being  compelled  to  pay  Taxes  for  the  support  of  said 
Mr  Foot  whilst  they  have  supported  the  Preaching  of  the  Gospel  in  a 
distinct  Worshiping  Assembly.  Praying  to  be  discharged  from  the 
payment  of  any  Rates  that  may  in  future  be  laid  for  the  support  of 
said  Mr  Foot  as  a Gospel  Minister  &c  as  Per  Petition  &c, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly,  that  such  of  the  Petitioners  and  other 
Members  of  said  Church  and  Society  as  shall  on  or  before  the  first  Day 
of  Novembr  next  enter  their  Names  with  the  Town  Clerk  in  said 
Cheshire  shall  be  and  they  are  hereby  freed  exempted  and  discharged 
from  paying  any  and  all  Rates  that  shall  hereafter  be  Imposed  and  laid 
in  said  Society  for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  and  supporting  the  said 
Mr  Foot  in  the  Work  of  the  Gospel  Ministry  so  long  as  they  shall 
support  the  Preaching  of  the  Gospel  among  themselves,  And  all  such 
Persons  so  entering  their  Names  are  hereby  declared  incapable  of  Voting 


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in  any  Society  Meeting  relative  to  the  laying  of  Taxes  or  other  Matters 
for  supporting  said  Mr  Foot  in  said  Society,  And  the  said  Persons 
so  entering  their  Names  as  aforesaid  are  hereby  allowed  and  Impowered 
to  Tax  themselves  for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  the  Preaching  of 
the  Gospel  among  themselves  and  have  Liberty  to  meet  and  attend 
public  Worship  among  themselves  in  said  Society  during  the  pleasure  of 
this  Assembly. 

And  it  is  further  Ordered  and  Decreed  by  this  Assembly  that  Liberty 
be  and  the  Same  is  hereby  Granted  to  all  the  Members  of  said  Society 
to  Choose  once  in  every  Year  to  which  of  said  Parties  they  will  belong 

Provided  they  make  their  Election  and  enter  their  Names  with  said 
Town  Clerk  on  or  before  the  1st  Day  of  Novembr  annually. 

On  the  Memorial  of  Philip  B Bradley  of  Ridgfield  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1780  he  purchased  Lands  belonging  to  this 
State  lying  in  said  Ridgfield  to  the  amount  of  seventy  Pounds  LMoney 
and  that  he  has  Obligations  against  this  State  in  Interest  now  Payable 
to  a much  larger  Amount  Praying  this  Assembly  to  receive  said  Obliga- 
tions to  the  Amount  of  Seventy  Pounds  in  Payment  for  said  Land, 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  John  Chandler  Esqr  be 
and  hereby  is  ordered  to  receive  of  the  said  Philip  B Bradley  to  the 
Amount  of  Seventy  Pounds  lawfull  Money  in  said  Obligations  in  Pay- 
ment of  said  Land. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Israel  Stoughton  of  Windsor  in  Hartford 
County  Conservator  of  the  Person  and  Estate  of  Jemima  Stoughton  of 
sd  Windsor  an  Impotent  and  distracted  Person  Shewing  to  this  Assem- 
bly that  for  his  Services  and  Expences  as  Conservator  to  the  said 
Jemima  there  is  due  to  him  from  the  Estate  of  the  said  Jemima  a 
Ballance  of  £357  6 8^4  IMoney  and  that  the  said  Jemima  has  no  Per- 
sonal Estate  to  satisfy  said  Ballance  or  any  Part  thereof  Praying  for 
Liberty  and  Authority  to  Sell  so  much  of  the  real  Estate  of  the  said 
Jemima  as  to  pay  said  Ballance  with  incident  Charges  of  Sale  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  and  Authority  is  hereby  Granted  to  the  Memorialist  to  Sell  so 
much  of  the  real  Estate  of  the  said  Jemima  as  shall  be  Sufficient  to 
raise  the  Sum  of  £357  6 8J4  LMoney  together  with  incident  Charges 
of  Sale  taking  the  direction  of  the  County  Court  for  Hartford  County 
therein  and  making  return  c ! his  Doings  to  said  Court. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Grace  Spalding  of  Fairfield  in  the  County  of 
Fairfield  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  soon  after  the  Commencement 
of  the  Present  War  viz  in  the  Year  1776,  her  Husband  Asa  Spalding 
left  her  with  a Family  of  six  Children  and  is  gone  into  parts  unknown, 
that  the  Petitioner  has  for  a long  Time  had  the  Care  and  Burthen  of 
maintaining  and  educating  her  said  Children  and  for  that  purpose  has 


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been  Obliged  to  contract  Debts,  and  that  sundry  Persons  have  become 
Justly  indebted  to  her  for  Services  done  &c,  And  that  the  Petitioner 
hath  been  Obliged  to  conduct  in  all  respects  in  contracting  as  though 
she  had  been  a feme  sole,  and  further  Shewing  that  her  Father  Samuel 
Rowland  hath  lately  Dyed  Intestate  leaving  his  real  Estate  in  such  Cir- 
cumstances that  it  cannot  be  Settled  so  as  to  accomodate  the  Heirs,  if 
the  Course  of  Law  is  pursued,  And  that  therefore  it  is  necessary  that 
the  Petitioner  be  enabled  to  dispose  of  and  divide  said  real  Estate,  as 
though  she  were  a Single  Woman  Praying  this  Assembly  to  Impower 
her  to  dispose  of  her  real  and  Personal  Estate  as  though  she  were  a 
Single  Woman,  and  that  she  may  sue  and  be  liable  to  be  Sued  on  all 
Contracts  by  her  made  in  her  own  Name  with  others  as  the  Case  may 
require  since  the  Departure  of  her  said  Husband  as  Per  Petition  &c, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Petitioner  be  and  she  is  hereby 
made  liable  to  answer  all  those  Debts  she  has  contracted  in  her  own 
Name  since  the  first  Day  of  Feby  1776  and  to  be  Sued  for  the  Same  in 
the  same  manner  as  though  she  had  been  and  were  a Feme  Sole  at  the 
Time  of  contracting  the  Same,  And  that  she  also  be  Impowered  to  Sue 
for  and  recover  to  her  own  Use  and  benefit  all  Debts  that  are  Justly  due 
to  her  for  and  on  Account  of  Bargains  and  Contracts  by  her  made 
from  and  after  said  first  Day  of  Feby,  and  that  so  far  as  respects 
the  said  Bargains  and  Contracts  during  the  Term  aforesaid  she  be 
Considered  and  [treated?]  as  a Feme  Sole,  And  that  she  be  and  hereby 
is  Authorized  and  Impowered  to  Sell  Alienate  and  dispose  of  the  real 
Estate  that  has  come  fallen  or  accrued  to  her  by  Descent  from  her  said 
Father  and  divide  the  Same  with  the  other  Heirs  in  as  full  and  ample 
Manner  as  though  she  were  a Single  Woman,  And  that  all  Sales  and 
Alienations  and  Divisions  thereof  that  shall  be  by  her  made  and  all 
Contracts  and  Bargains  that  she  shall  hereafter  make  shall  be  good 
and  valid  in  Law  to  all  Intents  and  purposes  as  if  she  were  a Single 
and  unmarried  Woman. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Graham  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
he  Served  in  one  of  this  States  Regiments  in  the  Continental  Army  for 
three  Years  AD  1778,  1779  & 1780,  for  which  he  had  sent  to  him  in 
Camp  four  Treasurers  Notes  viz  N°.  121  122  123  124  for  the  Sum  of 
£8  8 iy2  each  dated  1st  June  1780  & Payable  1st  June  AD  1782  1783 
1784  & 1785,  and  that  he  having  no  safe  Place  to  deposit  said  Notes 
in  casualty  lost  them  and  Supposes  they  were  Stolen  without  being 
endorsed,  or  having  received  any  Thing  thereon  Praying  for  Releif  &c 
as  Per  Memorial, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  Issue  new  Notes  to  the  Memorialist  of  the  same  Tenor  and 
Dates  of  those  lost  abovesaid  distinguishing  said  New  Notes  by  some 
Mark  upon  his  giving  sufficient  Bond  with  surety  to  Indemnify  the 
Public  against  said  Notes  which  are  lost  and  the  Treasurer  is  Ordered 
that  in  Case  any  of  said  Note  which  are  lost  shall  be  presented  for 


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Payment  to  Seize  and  hold  them,  And  that  the  Notes  aforesaid  which 
were  lost  be  forthwith  Advertized  in  the  Public  News  Papers  in  this 
State  to  prevent  Imposition  & Fraud  at  the  Cost  of  the  Memorialist. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Williams  Esqr  of  Lebanon  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  he  served  as  a Delegate  of  this  State  at  Congress 
in  the  Years  1776  and  1777  that  he  received  of  the  Treasurer  in  said 
Years  scarce  a sufficiency  to  defray  his  necessary  Expences  in  said 
Service  that  he  has  been  inevatibly  prevented  from  settling  his  Accounts 
thereof  till  the  last  Winter  when  on  Settlement  of  the  Same  with  the 
Pay  Table  there  was  found  due  to  him  for  the  Year  1776  the  Sum 
of  £128  13  8,  And  for  the  Year  1777,  the  Sum  of  £108  9 1 for 
which  he  took  Orders  but  has  not  received  nor  has  any  way  to  obtain 
any  Thing  thereon  Praying  to  be  allowed  the  Interest  on  said  Sums 
from  the  end  of  said  respective  Years,  and  that  he  may  receive  Securities 
therefor  payable  at  such  Period  as  said  Assembly  shall  appoint  with 
the  Interest  to  be  paid  annually  as  Per  Memorial  on  File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly,  That  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  and 
he  is  hereby  Authorized  and  directed  to  receive  said  Orders  allow  the 
Memorialist  the  Interest  on  said  respective  Sums  or  Ballances  from  and 
after  the  end  of  said  Years  respectively  and  make  and  Execute  to  the 
Memotialist  his  said  Treasurers  Note  for  the  Sums  so  due  Payable  at 
or  before  the  first  Day  of  June  in  the  Year  1786,  with  Interest  to  be 
paid  annually  untill  the  principal  is  discharged. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Benjamin  Brewster  of  Lebanon  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  in  May  1781,  his  Negroe  Man  Servant,  Jason  Yapon, 
inlisted  into  a Regiment  then  raising  by  this  State  for  Defence  of  the 
Post  at  Horseneck  to  Serve  till  the  first  of  March  then  next.  That 
some  Time  in  January  1782,  the  said  Jason  was  wounded  by  the  Enemy 
whereby  he  was  disenabled  to  return  Home  untill  the  Middle  of  July 
after  being  more  than  four  Months  after  said  Term  of  Service  expired 
Praying  for  an  allowance  of  the  Same  Sum  he  would  have  been  Enti- 
tuled  to  as  Wages  for  the  Service  of  said  Jason,  had  his  Term  of  Service 
continued  untill  the  said  Time  of  his  return  Home, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  draw 
upon  the  Treasurer  in  favour  of  said  Benjamin  Brewster  at  the  Rate  of 
40  shilling  Per  Month  from  the  seventh  of  March  to  the  13th  of  July 
1782  for  the  Loss  of  said  Jasons  Service  for  that  Time. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Judith  Huntington,  Experience  Storrs  and 
Jabez  Clark  Administrators  on  the  Estate  of  Jabez  Huntington  Esqr 
late  of  Windham  Deceasd  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Jabez 
Huntington  was  by  the  Gen1  Assembly  holden  the  11th  Day  of  October 
1777  appointed  one  of  the  Committee  to  receive  of  the  Treasurer  the 
small  Bills  then  Ordered  to  be  emitted  to  circulate  as  change  in  this 


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State,  and  to  be  Signed  and  Issued  by  said  Committee,  that  said  Jabez 
Deceasd  did  receive  of  the  Treasurer  the  Sum  of  four  Hundred  Pounds 
in  said  Bills,  and  gave  his  Note  of  Hand  to  the  Treasurer  for  the 
Same,  That  there  was  at  the  Time  of  said  Jabez  Huntingtons  Decease 
the  Sum  of  £116  0 0 in  said  Bills  that  never  were  Signed  and  Issued 
and  the  Same  is  now  in  the  Possession  of  the  Memorialists.  Praying 
for  Direction  to  the  Treasurer  to  receive  said  Bills  and  Indorse  the 
Same  on  said  Note  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  and  he 
is  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  receive  said  small  Bills  of  the  Memo- 
rialists and  indorse  the  Same  on  the  Note  aforesaid. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  James  Durfy  of  Canterbury  in  the  State  of 
Connecticut,  Administrator  on  the  Goods  and  Estate  of  Daniel  Durfy 
late  of  said  Canterbury  Deceasd  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  the 
said  Daniel  was  engaged  in  the  Service  of  the  United  States  as  a 
Soldier  the  greatest  part  of  the  Time  during  the  present  War  in  which 
he  Served  untill  the  Time  of  his  Death  which  happened  some  Time  in 
the  Year  1782,  That  in  the  Summer  Season  1781,  the  said  Daniel  was 
ordered  by  his  commanding  Officer  to  Join  a Company  Commanded 
by  Capt  Jonathan  Hart,  and  to  march  with  him  to  York  Town  in  Vir- 
ginia and  that  while  on  his  march  he  was  taken  sick  at  Williamsburgh 
and  that  during  his  said  Sickness  he  either  lost  or  had  taken  from  him 
his  Pocket  Book  containing  many  valuable  Papers  among  which  were 
two  Notes  Signed  by  John  Lawrence  Esqr  Treasurer  which  he  received 
for  the  Depreciation  of  his  Wages  as  a Continental  Soldier ; said  Notes 
were  dated  June  1st  1780  each  demanding  the  Sum  of  Eleven  Pounds 
& one  Penny  three  farthings,  One  of  said  Notes  N°  7363  payable  June 
1st  1782  the  other  N°  7365  Payable  June  1st  1784  whereby  the  Heirs  of 
said  Daniel  Durfey  Deceasd  have  altogether  lost  the  Benefit  of  said 
Notes  Praying  this  Assembly  to  Order  and  direct  that  the  Treasurer  of 
this  State  make  and  execute  to  Your  Memorialist  as  Administrator  on 
the  Estate  of  said  Deceasd  two  other  Notes  of  the  like  Tenor  and  Sum 
with  the  Notes  abovementioned  in  like  manner  as  hath  been  done  in  like 
Cases ; 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  make  and 
execute  and  he  is  hereby  Ordered  & directed  to  make  and  Execute 
two  Notes  of  simular  Dates  and  Sums  with  those  abovementioned  to 
the  said  James  Durfee  as  administrator  aforesaid  the  said  Treasurer 
taking  Particular  Care  that  the  Notes  lost  as  mentioned  in  the  Memorial 
may  not  be  received  into  his  Office  should  they  be  presented  therefor 
and  the  said  James  Durfee  also  procuring  and  lodging  with  said  Treas- 
urer Sufficient  Bonds  to  Indemnify  the  State  in  the  Premisses. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Lieut  John  Way  of  New  London  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  for  the  Term  of  three  Years  he  served  this  State 
as  a Lieut  in  Fort  Griswold  under  Cap1  Latham  that  during  said  Time 


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May, 


he  was  sick  and  at  necessary  Expence  to  Physicians  and  Nurses  to  the 
Amount  of  £11  2 6 as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  allowed  the 
Expence  of  Doctr  & Medicines  being  three  Pounds  six  shillings  & six- 
pence IMoney  and  that  the  Treasurer  be  directed  to  pay  the  Same  out  of 
the  12d  Tax. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Seley  Gregory  of  Norwalk  Administrator 
on  the  Estate  of  John  Gregory  Junr  late  of  Norwalk  Decd  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  on  the  14th  Day  of  May  1778,  the  said  John  Gregory 
Decd  received  of  John  Lawrence  Esqr  Treasurer  a State  Note  for  the 
Sum  of  £10  0 0 N°.  1107  on  Interest  at  six  Per  Cent,  and  when  the 
Enemy  in  July  1779  made  their  Incursion  into  said  Town  of  Norwalk 
they  burnt  the  dwelling  House  where  the  said  John  Decd  then  lived  in 
which  said  Note  together  with  a number  of  other  Papers  was  burnt  up 
and  destroyed  Praying  that  the  Treasurer  be  directed  to  make  and 
execute  a Note  to  said  Memorialist  of  the  same  Tenor  and  Date  with 
the  aforesaid  Note  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  John  Lawrence  Esqr  Treasurer  be 
and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  make  and  execute  a State  Note  to  the 
Memorialist  of  the  Same  Tenor  and  Date  of  the  before  mentioned  Note 
taking  security  to  Indemnify  this  State  against  the  Payment  of  the 
Note  said  to  be  lost. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Baldwin  and  Margaret  Baldwin  of 
Branford  in  the  County  of  New  Haven  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
Richard  Baldwin  late  of  said  Branford  Deceasd  on  the  20th  Day  of 
Novr  AD  1761  being  indebted  to  Charles  Ward  Apthorp  of  the  City  of 
New  York  in  the  Sum  of  £338  18  8 LMoney  of  the  then  Province  of 
New  York  and  for  security  of  the  Payment  of  the  aforesaid  Sum  con- 
veyed unto  said  Apthorp  by  a Deed  of  Bargain  and  Sale  about  five 
Acres  of  Land  in  said  Branford  the  Homstead  of  him  the  said  Richard, 
and  afterwards  made  unto  said  Apthorp  part  Payment  of  said  Debt  and 
said  Apthorps  Estate  has  been  in  due  course  of  Law  confiscated  and 
James  Hilhouse  Esqr  of  New  Haven  is  Administrator  on  said  confis- 
cated Estate  and  is  about  to  take  from  the  Memorialists  the  above- 
mentioned  Premisses  Praying  that  the  Memorialists  Sole  Heirs  of  said 
Richard  Decd  may  have  Liberty  to  pay  for  the  abovementioned  Prem- 
isses unto  the  said  Administrators  in  State  Securities  Such  a Sum  as 
the  same  shall  be  apprized  to  be  worth  in  lawfull  Money  by  Judicious 
Men  there  unto  to  be  appointed,  and  the  said  James  Hilhouse  be  directed 
to  Execute  unto  them  a Deed  of  Quit  Claim  of  said  Premisses  and  to 
discharge  the  aforesaid  Debt  so  due  unto  said  confiscated  Estate  as  Per 
Memorial  &c. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Col0  Edward  Russell,  John  Burgiss 
Esqr  & Col0  Noah  Fowler  be  and  hereby  are  appointed  to  appraize  under 
Oath  the  aforesaid  Premisses  and  the  Buildings  thereon  according  to  the 


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Just  value  of  the  same  in  lawfull  Money  and  upon  the  Memorialists 
Paying  unto  the  said  James  Hilhouse  Esqr  such  Sum  as  said  Premisses 
shall  be  apprized  at  as  aforesaid  in  State  Securities  for  hard  Money 
now  due  and  Payable,  and  so  to  be  paid  unto  him  the  said  James  Hil- 
house Esqr  Administrator  as  aforesaid  within  the  Term  of  six  Months, 
the  said  James  Hilhouse  Esqr  be  and  hereby  is  Ordered  and  directed 
upon  said  Payment  being  so  made  to  make  and  execute  unto  the  said 
William  & Margaret  a Deed  of  Quit  Claim  or  Release  of  all  the  Right 
Title  and  Interest  the  said  Apthorp  at  the  Time  of  said  confiscation  had 
unto  said  Premisses  or  this  State  now  hath  unto  the  Same  and  to  dis- 
charge the  Estate  of  said  Richard  from  the  aforesaid  Debts  unto  the 
Confiscated  Estate  of  said  Apthorp. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Joseph  Walker  of  Stratford  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1781,  he  purchased  of  Col°  John  Chandler 
at  Public  Auction  a Tract  of  Land  in  Stratford  forfeited  to  this  State 
and  Ordered  to  be  Sold  by  said  Chandler  Praying  for  Liberty  to  pay 
for  the  Same  in  Securities  due  from  this  State  for  Services  done  in 
the  Army  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  and 
he  is  hereby  Authorized  and  directed  to  make  execute  and  deliver  to  the 
said  Joseph  Walker  a Deed  of  said  Tract  of  Land  so  purchased  by  him 
upon  his  paying  for  the  Same  in  Securities  due  from  this  State  for 
Services  done  in  the  Connecticut  Line  of  the  Continental  Army  and  the 
said  Col0  Chandler  is  hereby  directed  to  Certify  to  the  Committee  of 
Pay  Table  a true  Description  of  said  Land  and  the  Price  at  which  the 
same  was  bid  off  by  said  Walker. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Hannah  Rowley  of  Hebron  in  the  County  of 
Hartford  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  her  late  Husband  Cap1  Abijah 
Rowley  late  of  said  Hebron  Deceasd  had  the  Command  of  a Company  at 
the  Northward  in  the  Year  1776  where  he  sickened  and  died  and  there 
being  no  Hospital  Stores  in  that  Department  at  that  Time  the  said 
Capt  Rowley  did  procure  sundry  necessary  Articles  for  the  Sick  to  the 
amount  of  £4  8 2^4  LMoney  and  payed  his  own  Money  therefor  and 
also  procured  a Drum  for  the  Company  under  his  command  for  which 
he  paid  thirty  five  shillings  LMoney  as  Per  Memorial  on  File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be 
directed  and  they  are  hereby  directed  to  adjust  said  Account  and  draw 
an  Order  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  the  Ballance  they  shall 
find  due  to  said  Memorialist  and  Charge  this  State  for  the  Same. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Thomas  Sheldon  and  Samuel  Sheldon  both  of 
Litchfield  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  there  is  due  from  the  Estate 
of  the  Honble  Elisha  Sheldon  late  of  Litchfield  Deceasd  to  the  con- 
fiscated Estate  of  Charles  McEvers  the  Sum  of  £167  116  LMoney  and 
that  there  is  due  from  this  State  in  Public  Securities  to  the  Heirs  of 


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May, 


said  Elisha  Sheldon  Esqr  a larger  Sum  than  the  Sum  abovementioned 
Praying  for  Liberty  to  pay  said  Debt  due  to  said  Confiscated  Estate 
in  any  Public  Securities  against  this  State  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Administrr  on  said  McEver3 
confiscated  Estate  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  receive  of  the  Memo- 
rialists the  aforesaid  Sum  of  £167  11  6 in  any  public  Securitys  against 
this  State  for  lawfull  Money  Payable  at  any  Time  at  or  before  the  first 
Day  of  June  AD  1783  And  that  upon  the  payment  thereof  in  manner 
aforesaid  the  Memorialist  be  discharged  from  said  Debt8. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Abraham  Fuller  of  Kent  in  the  County  of 
Litchfield  and  State  of  Connecticut  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he 
is  Overseer  and  Conservator  of  Indian  Natives  in  Scatacook  in  said 
Kent  And  Whereas  there  is  a Peice  of  Land  in  said  Scatacook  adjoining 
Warsops  Farm  on  the  Southwardly  Corner  of  Scaticook  lying  con- 
tiguous to  New  York  Line  and  remote  from  the  Improvement  in  said 
Scatacook  and  at  present  unimproved,  and  lying  so  far  out  of  the  way 
of  Your  Memorialist  that  great  Encroachments  are  almost  continually 
made  upon  it,  and  the  Timber  almost  all  cut  off  by  People  living  in  the 
State  of  New  York  whereby  Your  Memorialist  is  put  to  great  difficulty 
and  inconvenience  and  the  Memorialist  is  put  to  considerable  Expence 
in  Times  of  Sickness  among  said  Natives  Praying  for  Liberty  to  Sell 
thirty  or  forty  Acres  of  said  Land  and  the  Money  arising  from  said  Sale 
to  be  put  to  Interest  for  the  releif  of  those  of  said  Natives  as  from 
Time  to  Time  shall  be  in  want  and  Distress  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Abraham  Fuller  be 
Impowered  and  he  is  hereby  Impowered  to  Sell  forty  Acres  of  the 
abovesaid  Land  at  the  Apprizal  of  Indifferent  Men  And  to  execute  a 
Deed  or  Deeds  to  the  Person  or  Persons  purchasing  the  Same  and  to 
let  out  the  Moneys  arising  on  the  Sale  of  said  Lands  on  Interest  taking 
good  Security  for  the  Same  and  the  Annual  Interest  arising  on  the 
Same  to  be  applied  for  the  purpose  abovesaid. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Abraham  Gregory  of  Norwalk  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  he  was  in  the  Year  1781  a Serjeant  in  Cap1  Samuel 
Keelers  Company  of  Coast  Guards  stationed  in  said  Norwalk,  and  in  the 
Month  of  August  of  said  Year  he  was  taken  Prisoner  by  the  Enemy 
from  Long  Island  and  carryed  into  New  York  there  confined  in  Provost 
till  some  Time  in  the  Month  of  Decembr  following  in  which  Time  he  had 
the  small  Pox  and  was  likewise  Sick  with  other  kind  of  Disorders  such 
as  the  Dropsy  &c  with  which  he  returned  to  Norwalk  and  continued  so 
Sick  for  some  Months  by  reason  whereof  he  was  put  to  great  Cost 
and  Expence  and  likewise  a Doctors  Bill  amounting  to  two  Pounds 
fifteen  shillings  and  sixpence  LMoney  and  being  Poor  and  unable  to 
pay  the  Same  Prays  this  Assembly  to  Order  and  direct  the  Committee 
of  Pay  Table  to  draw  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  said  Sum  of 
£2  15  6 as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 


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Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  draw  an  Order  on  the  Treasurer  for  said 
Sum  of  £2  15  6 to  pay  said  Doctrs  Bill. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Daniel  Humphry  Conservator  of  the  Person 
and  Estate  of  Hannah  Mills  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  there  is  due 
to  him  in  said  Capacity  of  Conservator  from  the  Estate  of  said  Hannah 
for  his  disbursements  and  expenditures  in  Supporting  and  providing  for 
her  the  Year  past  the  Sum  of  £14  6 3 LMoney  as  adjusted  and  allowed 
by  the  Honble  County  Court  held  at  Hartford  on  the  first  Tuesday  of 
April  last  for  which  said  Sum  the  said  Hannah  has  no  Moneys  or 
Moveable  Estate  to  pay  and  Satisfy  said  Debts,  Praying  for  Liberty 
to  Sell  so  much  of  the  real  Estate  of  the  said  Hannah  as  may  be 
Sufficient  to  Pay  said  Debt  with  the  incident  Charges  arising  on  said 
Sale, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Daniel  Humphry  have 
Liberty  and  Liberty  and  Authority  is  hereby  Given  him  to  Sell  so  much 
of  the  real  Estate  of  the  said  Hannah  as  may  Suffice  to  pay  and  Satisfy 
said  Sum  of  £14  6 3 LMoney  with  the  incident  Charges  arising  on  said 
Sale  taking  the  direction  of  the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of 
Symsbury  within. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of  Ridgfield 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  Philip  Burr  Bradley  Esqr  supposing 
himself  to  be  duely  Qualified  by  taking  the  Oath  of  Fidelity  to  the 
United  States  to  execute  the  Office  of  a Justice  of  the  Peace  for  the 
County  of  Fairfield,  instead  of  taking  the  Oath  of  Fidelity  to  this  State 
hath  executed  that  Office  from  about  the  1st  Day  of  Decembr  1781  untill 
the  Session  of  Assembly  in  January  1783  without  taking  the  last  men- 
tioned Oath  and  that  there  is  dangr  of  Contention  and  Litigation  unless 
prevented  by  the  Interposition  of  this  Assembly  Praying  for  Releif  &c. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  for  preventing  Disputes  and  Contentions 
that  the  Acts  and  Doings  of  said  Justice  during  said  Term  be  and  they 
are  hereby  declared  to  be  good  and  valid  in  Law  to  all  Intents  and 
purposes  as  though  the  said  Justice  before  entering  on  the  Execution 
of  his  said  Office  had  taken  the  Oath  of  Fidelity  to  this  State. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Frederick  Phelps  of  Harwington  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  the  Town  has  of  late  been  greatly  infested  by 
Wolves,  that  some  Time  in  January  last  he  fortunately  killed  a Wolf 
large  and  full  grown  and  Praying  for  such  Bounty  or  Premium  as  the 
Honble  Assembly  shall  Judge  proper, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  a Bounty  or  Premium  of  forty  shil- 
lings lawfull  Money  be  granted  to  the  Memorialist  in  consideration  of 
his  having  destroyed  the  said  Animal  and  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  is 
ordered  to  pay  the  same  accordingly. 


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Alay, 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Eleazer  Stent  one  of  the  Select  Alen  of  the 
Town  of  Branford  in  behalf  of  himself  and  the  rest  of  the  Select 
Alen  of  the  said  Town  of  Branford,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
William  Guy  of  said  Branford  by  reason  of  Epileptic  Fits  to  which 
he  has  been  subject  almost  from  a Child  has  for  a number  of  Years 
past  been  wholly  unable  to  support  himself  or  afford  any  Assistance 
therefore  by  reason  thereof  the  Select  Men  of  the  said  Town  of  Bran- 
ford ever  since  the  Death  of  his  the  Wms  Mother  which  happened  the 
beginning  of  the  Year  1782,  have  supported  him  the  said  William  at 
the  expence  of  the  Town  aforesaid,  at  the  Rate  of  about  eight  Shillings 
Per  Week  and  have  already  advanced  more  than  twenty  Pounds  lawfull 
Money  out  of  the  Treasury  of  the  said  Town  for  that  purpose,  and 
the  Same  expence  still  going  on  and  must  continue  during  the  Life  of 
the  said  William  there  being  no  Person  subject  by  Law  to  support 
him,  And  that  the  said  William  hath  no  Estate  except  two  small  Peices 
of  Land,  one  containing  about  Seven  Acres  of  rough  Land  the  other 
two  and  half  Acres  under  Improvement  and  one  ninth  part  of  an  old 
dwelling  House  the  whole  supposed  to  be  worth  about  thirty  pound 
Praying  that  one  or  more  of  the  Select  Men  of  the  said  Town  of 
Branford  may  be  impowered  to  Sell  the  whole  of  the  real  Estate  of 
the  said  William  Guy  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Eleazer  Stent  be  and  he 
is  hereby  Impowered  to  Sell  the  whole  of  the  real  Estate  of  the  said 
William  Guy  and  give  a Deed  or  Deeds  of  said  Estate  which  Deed  or 
Deeds  shall  be  good  and  effectual  in  Law,  and  the  Avails  of  such  Sales 
to  be  applied  by  the  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of  Branford  toward  the 
past  & future  Support  of  the  said  William  Guy. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  H Parsons  of  Midletown  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  That  he  gave  his  Note  for  £172  0 0 to  Jabez  Perkins 
Esqr  Agent  of  this  State  payable  the  first  of  August  1782  for  Provisions 
received  by  him  on  the  Tax  of  2 s/6d  on  the  Pound  and  that  he  then  had 
due  a much  larger  Sum  on  the  Tax  of  9d  on  the  Pound  Payable  in  March 
1782  which  he  expected  to  have  received  to  have  paid  said  Note  but 
has  been  able  to  receive  nothing  therefrom  And  that  said  Agent  has 
commenced  a Suit  thereon  &c  Praying  that  on  his  delivering  to  sd  Agent 
Orders  on  the  Taxes  of  9d  on  the  Pound  payable  in  March  1782  & 1783 
to  the  amount  of  sd  Note  and  Cost  he  may  be  discharged  of  said  Debt 
as  Per  Memorial  on  File. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  on  the  Memorialists  delivering  to 
said  Agent  Orders  on  sd  9d  Taxes  to  the  Amount  of  said  Note  and  the 
Cost  arisen  on  said  Suit  that  he  be  discharge  of  said  Debt. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Christopher  Leffingwell,  Joseph  Hunt,  Isaac 
Huntington,  John  Crary  and  Thomas  Mumford  Select  Men  of  the  Town 
of  Norwich  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  Daniel  Armstrong  of  said 
Norwich  was  some  Years  past  the  Owner  and  possessed  of  a consider- 
able Patrimonial  Estate  in  Lands  but  by  reason  of  a natural  Deficiency 


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of  Judgment  always  made  a very  bad  Use  of  his  said  Estate  untill  his 
Children  came  to  be  of  Age  and  were  likewise  unfit  to  manage  any  Busi- 
ness without  an  Overseer,  that  said  Daniel  for  most  of  the  Time  was 
under  the  direction  of  an  Overseer  untill  some  Time  about  fourteen  or 
fifteen  Years  pasd  the  said  Daniel  was  suffered  to  manage  his  own 
Business  without  Controul  and  in  that  Time  conveyed  his  Land  to  his 
Sons  Ebenezer  and  Daniel  Armstrong  who  were  as  bad  Husbands  as 
the  said  Daniel,  that  said  Ebenezer  is  Dead  and  left  an  only  Son  and 
Heir  who  is  now  under  Age,  that  the  said  Daniel  at  the  Time  of  Con- 
veying his  Lands  to  his  Sons  took  a Lease  of  the  same  to  himself  during 
Life  by  which  means  he  has  only  the  Improvement  of  said  Lands  and 
is  now  in  Old  Age  and  become  Chargeable  far  exceeding  the  Rents 
of  said  Land,  That  the  said  Son  of  said  Ebenezer  Decd  is  an  Impotent 
Child,  and  large  Sums  have  been  incurred  in  Expence  for  the  support 
of  said  Daniel  and  his  Family  and  for  supporting  said  Impotent  Child, 
and  other  Branches  of  sd  Daniel8  helpless  Family,  That  the  said  Daniel 
Armstrong  Junr  who  is  also  under  an  Overseer  hath  Advanced  Some 
Money  for  said  Daniel  Armstrong8  Family  which  is  now  due  to  him, 
That  the  whole  Affairs  of  said  Daniel  Armstrong  and  his  Family  and  of 
said  Daniel  Junr  and  the  said  Impotent  Child,  are  so  complicated  and 
perplexed  that  they  cannot  be  settled  in  the  Mode  directed  by  Law  with- 
out great  Expence,  Praying  this  Assembly  to  appoint  and  Authorize  the 
Judge  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Norwich  or  some  other  meet 
Person  to  Liquidate  and  Settle  the  Debts  dues  and  Demands  due  from 
said  Daniel  Armstrong  and  his  Family  &c  As  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Judge  of  Probate  for  the  District 
of  Norwich  for  the  Time  being  and  he  is  hereby  Authorized  and 
Impowered  to  Liquidate  and  Settle  all  the  Just  Debts  dues  and  demands 
due  from  said  Daniel  Armstrong  or  Daniel  Armstrong  Junr  or  either 
of  them  for  the  support  of  themselves  and  Family  as  also  from  the 
Estate  of  said  Impotent  Child  and  to  give  Orders  for  the  Sale  of  Lands 
or  other  Estate  belonging  to  said  Daniel  or  that  hath  been  conveyed  by 
him  to  his  said  Sons  as  aforesaid  for  the  Payment  of  such  Debts  and 
for  the  Support  of  said  Daniel  and  his  Family  and  Daniel  Armstrong 
Tunr  and  his  Family  and  of  said  Impotent  Child  in  such  manner  as  to 
Save  the  Town  of  Norwich  harmless  from  the  Expence  of  supporting 
said  Daniel  & Daniel  Junr  and  their  Families  and  said  Impotent  Child 
as  long  as  said  Estate  shall  be  sufficient  to  pay  the  same  and  every 
Deed  of  Land  so  Sold  for  the  Purpose  aforesaid  made  and  executed  in 
due  form  of  Law  by  the  Select  Men  of  said  Norwich  for  the  Time  being 
or  by  any  Person  so  appointed  by  such  Judge,  and  in  pursuance  of 
Orders  Given  for  that  purpose  by  such  Judge  shall  be  received  in  the 
Courts  of  Law  in  this  State  as  sufficient  Evidence  of  Title  in  the 
Purchaser. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Deshon  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
he  did  on  the  sixth  Day  of  Septembr  1781  at  the  request  of  Col0  Wm 


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May, 


Ledyard  supply  the  Garison  of  Fort  Griswold  with  a Quantity  of  Gun 
Powder  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  commanding  Officer  at  Groton 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  Ordered  & directed  to  deliver  unto  the  said 
John  Deshon  nine  hundred  weight  of  good  Gun  Powder  out  of  the  Stock 
belonging  to  this  State  now  at  Fort  Griswold  in  satisfaction  for  the 
Powder  supplyed  as  abovesaid. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Christopher  Leffingwell,  John  M Breed  and 
Elihu  Marvin  all  of  Norwich  and  in  behalf  of  said  Town  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  said  Town  is  at  great  expence  for  Bridges  in  said  Town 
and  that  there  is  need  of  a good  Bridge  across  the  River  Shetucket  near 
the  mouth  thereof  below  the  Ferry  Place  in  said  River.  Praying  for 
a Lottery  to  raise  the  Sum  of  £450  0 0 LMoney  to  be  applied  for  that 
purpose  as  Per  Memorial  on  File  — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Town  of  Norwich  have  Liberty 
and  Authority  and  the  same  is  hereby  granted  to  the  said  Town  to  set 
up  and  cause  to  be  drawn  a Lottery  for  the  Purpose  aforesaid  in  such 
manner  as  to  raise  the  said  Sum  of  £450  0 0 LMoney  neet  Proceeds  of 
such  Lottery,  and  to  appoint  proper  Managers  to  direct  and  manage 
the  Same  which  said  Managers  shall  become  bound  with  good  and 
sufficient  Surety  in  the  Sum  of  £2000  LMoney  to  the  Treasurer  of 
said  Town  for  their  faithfull  performance  of  their  Trust  in  all  respects 
as  Managers  of  said  Lottery,  which  said  Managers  shall  cause  said  Lot- 
tery to  be  drawn  and  Compleated  within  One  Year  from  the  rising  of 
this  Assembly  and  shall  be  accountable  to  the  Treasurer  of  said  Town  of 
Norwich  for  the  whole  Avails  of  said  Lottery,  And  all  Moneys  raised  on 
the  Lottery  aforesaid  shall  by  Order  of  said  Town  of  Norwich  be 
applied  to  the  Building  a good  Bridge  across  the  said  River  at  the  Place 
aforesaid  and  if  any  of  such  Money  shall  remain  on  Hand  after  the 
Building  such  Bridge  the  same  shall  be  expended  in  making  a good 
Highway  to  said  Bridge  on  the  East  Side  of  said  River  and  the  said 
Town  of  Norwich  shall  be  accountable  for  the  Doings  of  all  Persons  by 
them  employed  in  said  Lottery  and  See  that  the  Monies  so  raised  be 
duely  expended  for  the  purposes  aforesaid. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Richard  Deshon  of  New  London  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  he  was  appointed  to  the  command  of  a Company 
in  the  Year  1776  in  the  Public  Service,  and  having  received  a Sum  of 
Money  for  the  Purpose  of  raising  said  Company,  distributed  the  Same 
among  the  Subaltern  Officers  of  said  Company  for  the  purpose  afore- 
said, and  particularly  to  John  Comstock  Lieut effi  £130  LMoney  who 
Inlisted  eleven  Soldiers  and  paid  their  Bounty  amounting  to  £30  0 0 
LMoney  and  the  remaining  Part  of  said  Sum  viz  £100  being  in  his 
Possession  for  the  purpose  aforesaid,  the  said  Comstock  was  unfortu- 
nately Slain  in  Battle  with  the  Enemy  on  NYork  Island,  and  his  said 
Moneys  and  Papers  all  taken  and  destroyed  by  the  Enemy  in  said  Year, 


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and  Your  Memorialist  has  been  obliged  to  Account  and  pay  the  whole 
of  said  Money  at  the  Pay  Table  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Pay  Table  be  directed  to  Account 
with  the  Memorialist  for  value  of  £81  5 9 Currency  due  the  22d  Day  of 
October  1777  by  the  Scale  and  the  Pay  Table  Committee  are  directed  to 
adjust  the  Account  and  draw  on  the  Treasurer  who  shall  execute  a Note 
for  the  Sum  due  Payable  in  three  Years  from  the  1st  Day  of  June  next 
with  Interest  till  paid. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Anne  Clark  of  Plainfield  in  the  County  of 
Windham  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  she  was  on  the  first  Day  of 
January  1782  possessed  in  her  own  Right  of  six  Pounds  ten  shillings  in 
Bills  emitted  by  this  State  of  June  and  July  1780  Date  and  that  she  by 
accident  lost  said  Money  out  of  her  Pocket  on  the  said  first  Day  of  Jan- 
uary and  that  the  same  was  torn  to  Pieces  and  destroyed  Praying  for 
Releif  as  Per  Memorial  on  File. 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  pay  unto  said  Anne  Clark  five 
Pounds  eighteen  shillings  in  Bills  of  Credit  of  this  State  emitted  the 
first  Day  of  July  1780  exclusive  of  the  Interest  rising  thereon. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Lieut  Col0  Samuel  Canfield  late  Command1 
on  the  Western  Frontiers  of  this  State,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
at  the  General  Assembly  held  at  Hartford  in  October  now  last  pasd  he 
was  directed  to  call  on  the  Select  Men  in  the  Several  Towns  in  this 
State  for  the  Arrearages  of  their  sixpenny,  onepenny  halfpenny  and 
fourpenny  Beef  Taxes  to  be  received  by  said  Memorialist  for  the  pur- 
pose of  procuring  Provision  Wood  Forage  &c  for  the  Use  of  the  Gar- 
rison under  his  command*  And  that  upon  Application  to  said  Select 
Men  he  was  Assured  of  a Supply  for  Said  Garrison  upon  which  he 
purchased  Flour  Teams  Forage  &c  and  obliged  himself  to  make  Pay- 
ment therefor,  but  the  General  Assembly  in  Feby  last  being  pleased  to 
Order  that  the  abovementioned  Taxes  might  be  paid  in  Pay  Table  Order 
&c  he  was  prevented  collecting  his  expenditures  aforesaid  for  which 
he  became  Personally  obligated  on  the  Credit  of  said  Taxes  to  the 
amount  of  about  £100  LMoney  over  and  above  what  he  hath  received 
of  said  Select  Men,  and  that  he  hath  received  of  the  Avails  of  the  Sale 
of  the  Garrison  at  Stamford  £31  1 7 LMoney  the  property  of  this 
State  Praying  that  the  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  may  be  Ordered  to 
Liquidate  Adjust  and  allow  his  Account  and  to  allow  him  said  £31  1 7 
in  part  pay  toward  said  Expenditures  and  that  said  Committee  be  also 
directed  to  draw  an  Order  in  his  favour  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State 
for  the  Sum  of  thirty  Pounds  LMoney  out  of  the  unappropriated  Avails 
of  confiscated  Estates  to  enable  him  to  pay  up  said  obligations  so  by 
him  given  as  aforesaid  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 


* See  Conn.  State  Rees.,  IV,  293-294. 


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Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be 
and  they  are  hereby  directed  to  Liquidate  and  Adjust  the  Memorialist 
Accounts,  and  that  said  Committee  also  allow  to  the  Memorialist  said 
£31  1 7 so  by  him  already  received  of  the  Avails  of  said  Garrison  and 
also  that  said  Committee  draw  an  Order  in  favour  of  the  Memorialist 
on  the  Treasurer  for  the  Sum  of  £30  0 0 LMoney  to  be  paid  out  of  the 
unappropriated  Avails  of  Confiscated  Estates  that  he  may  be  so  far 
enabled  to  discharge  said  Obligations. 

Upon  the  Report  of  a Committee  appointed  by  the  General  Assembly 
at  their  Sessions  in  October  1782  on  the  Memorial  of  Stephen  S*  John  2d 
and  others  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Norwalk  to  estimate  the  Losses 
and  Damages  of  said  Memorialists  in  being  Plundered  and  Captivated 
by  the  Enemy  and  to  make  such  Abatements  on  their  State  Taxes  in 
such  manner  and  to  such  Amount  as  they  should  think  Just  and  reason- 
able. Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  on  the  14th  Day  of  Novemb  1782 
said  Committee  repaired  to  said  Town  of  Norwalk,  agreeable  to  their 
said  appointment,  the  Memorialist  appeared  and  exhibited  their  Accounts 
of  their  said  Losses  and  Damages,  and  after  examining  said  Memorialist 
on  Oath  and  other  Evidence  that  was  Produced,  did  estimate  their  several 
Losses  & Damages  as  is  hereafter  set  down  in  the  Column  of  Losses  and 
Damages  affixed  to  their  respective  Names  And  that  they  be  abated  on 
their  State  Taxes  on  the  List  1781,  the  Sums  set  against  their  Names 
respectively  in  the  Column  of  the  Sums  abated  as  Per  Report  and  Memo- 
rial on  File — 


viz 


Memorialists  Names 

Losses  & Damages 

Sums  Abated 

Jesse  Raymond 

£167 

17 

6 

£10  14  0 

John  Richards 

9 

10 

0 

0 9 0 

Joseph  Wareing 

10 

0 

0 

3 0 0 

John  Reed 

27 

8 

0 

0 0 0 

Isaac  Richards 

56 

0 

0 

6 0 0 

Eli  Reed 

69 

19 

0 

7 0 0 

Jesse  Reed 

32 

0 

0 

4 0 0 

John  Bixby 

10 

6 

0 

0 10  0 

Benja  Reed 

70 

0 

0 

8 10  0 

Daniel  Richards 

51 

17 

0 

4 16  0 

Solomon  Wetmore 

52 

4 

9 

2 14  0 

David  Reed 

132 

12 

6 

2 3 0 

Nathan  Wareing  & Father 

103 

0 

0 

5 15  0 

Richard  Young 

65 

15 

0 

0 13  6 

Thaddeus  Betts 

20 

11 

6 

2 0 0 

Eliphalet  Lockwood 

30 

13 

0 

2 13  4 

Jabez  Raymond 

38 

16 

0 

6 0 0 

John  & Daniel  Ever  si  ey 

12 

0 

0 

2 0 0 

Charles  Pope 

6 

0 

0 

0 15  9 

Haynes  Fitch 

47 

10 

0 

6 15  0 

1783. 


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viz 


Memorialists  Names 

Losses  & Damages 

Sums  Abated 

Abraham  & John  Gregory 

57 

5 

0 

4 

3 

0 

Fountain  Smith 

48 

16 

0 

1 

14 

0 

Mary  Reed 

53 

16 

0 

3 

3 

0 

Hezekiah  Hanford 

59 

10 

0 

9 

0 

0 

Daniel  Hanford 

30 

0 

0 

4 

10 

0 

James  Fitch  Junr 

23 

12 

0 

3 

4 

0 

Robert  Waters 

6 

0 

0 

0 

12 

0 

Rebecca  Fitch 

63 

3 

0 

5 

8 

0 

Dan  Finch 

3 

0 

0 

0 

13 

9 

Uriah  Smith 

4 

0 

0 

0 

6 

9 

Gershom  Richards 

38 

0 

0 

4 

0 

0 

Stephen  St  John  2d 

171 

8 

0 

20 

0 

0 

Simeon  Raymond 

14 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

William  Raymond 

5 

0 

0 

0 

10 

0 

Moses  Raymond 

5 

0 

0 

0 

10 

0 

Timothy  Hoyt 

6 

0 

0 

0 

10 

0 

Benjamin  Morrell 

5 

0 

0 

0 

10 

0 

Jedh  Raymond 

15 

0 

0 

2 

5 

0 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Report  of  the  aforesaid  Com- 
mittee is  accepted  & approved  and  the  Sums  annexed  to  the  Names  of 
the  respective  Persons  before  mentioned  in  the  Column  of  Sums  Abated 
be  and  the  Same  is  hereby  Abated  on  their  sd  Lists  given  in  1781. 


On  the  Memorial  of  the  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of  New  London 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  Robert  Clelan  late  of  said  New  London 
Decd  has  left  a Widow  an  Aged  Woman,  and  one  Son  who  is  an  Idiot 
who  are  the  only  Persons  having  Right  to  a small  real  Estate  of  about 
two  Acres  of  Land,  which  remains  the  Estate  of  said  Deceasd  the  Debts 
and  Charges  of  Administration  being  paid,  that  said  Widow  and  Idiot 
are  a Town  Charge  and  unable  to  maintain  or  take  Care  of  themselves, 
and  that  said  Land  would  much  more  advantageously  for  the  Support  of 
the  said  Widow  and  Idiot  be  Sold  than  remain  their  Property,  and 
Praying  that  they  the  Select  Men  or  Some  other  meet  Person  may  be 
Authorized  to  Sell  said  Land  and  apply  the  Avails  thereof  to  the  Sup- 
port of  the  said  Widow  and  Idiot — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  sd  Select  Men  be  and  they  hereby 
are  authorized  and  Impowered  to  Sell  the  Land  remaining  the  Estate  of 
Robert  Cleland  aforesaid  late  Deceasd  and  apply  the  Avails  thereof  to  the 
support  of  the  said  Widow  and  Idiot. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Isaac  Mattoon  of  Wallingford  in  New  Haven 
County  representing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  hath  been  Conservator 
of  the  Person  and  Estate  of  Eleazer  Mattoon  an  Insane  Person  for  many 
Years  past  and  that  he  hath  expended  large  Sums  for  said  Eleazer. 
amounting  in  the  whole  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  four  Pounds  two  Shil- 


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lings  & sixpence  LMoney  and  that  there  is  no  Personal  Estate  where- 
with to  make  Payment  of  said  Sums  Praying  that  some  Proper  Person 
may  be  appointed  to  dispose  and  make  Sale  of  so  much  of  the  said 
Eleazers  real  Estate  as  to  pay  said  Sum  of  £ 154  2 6 together  with  Costs 
thereon  arising, 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Isaac  Mattoon 
be  Impowered  and  Authorized,  and  he  is  hereby  Authorized  and 
Impowered  to  Sell  and  dispose  of  so  much  of  the  real  Estate  of  the 
said  Eleazer  as  to  pay  said  Sum  of  £151  2 6 LMoney  together 
with  the  Charges  thereon  arising  he  taking  the  direction  of  the  County 
Court  in  the  County  of  New  Haven  therein. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  William  Edmonds  of  New  Town  in  the 
County  of  Fairfield  to  be  Surveyor  of  Lands  within  & for  said  County. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Edmund  Porter  of  Haddam  Surveyor  of 
Lands  for  the  County  of  Hartford. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  all  Petitions  and  Memorials  now 
depending  before  this  Assembly  and  undetermined  be  Continued  to 
the  General  Assembly  to  be  holden  in  October  next,  and  all  Protections 
and  suspensions  heretofore  Granted  on  such  Petitions  and  Memorials 
and  all  Committees  appointed  thereon  and  their  Powers  are  hereby 
renewed  and  Continued  to  the  General  Assembly  in  October  next. 

This  Assembly  do  Grant  to  his  Excellency  Governor  Trumbull  the 
Sum  of  four  Hundred  Pounds  lawfull  Money  for  his  extra  Services  for 
two  Years  and  an  half  last  past  as  Governor  of  this  State  and  the  Treas- 
urer is  hereby  directed  to  pay  the  same  accordingly. 

This  Assembly  do  Grant  to  his  Excellency  Governor  Trumbull  the 
Sum  of  One  Hundred  and  fifty  Pounds  LMoney  for  the  first  half  of 
his  Salary  the  Current  Year. 

This  Assembly  do  Grant  to  his  Honor  Deputy  Governor  Griswold 
the  Sum  of  fifty  Pounds  Lawfull  Money  for  the  first  half  of  his  Salary 
the  current  Year. 

The  Sums  total  of  the  Additions  Fourfolds  and  Assesments  on  the 
List  for  the  Year  1782  returned  to  this  Assembly  and  accepted  are  as 
follow 

viz 

Addition  fourfold  Assesments 


Washington 

£0 

0 

0 

£0 

0 

0 

£457 

0 

0 

Saybrook 

499 

17 

3 

108 

0 

0 

15 

0 

0 

Coventry 

3 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

New  Hartford 

129 

4 

9 

24 

10 

0 

10 

0 

0 

East  Windsor 

184 

11 

0 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1783. 

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viz 

Addition  fourfold 

187 

Assesments 

Glastonbury 

10 

14 

6 

236 

12 

0 

— 

— 

Durham 

27 

0 

0 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Litchfield 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

539 

0 0 

Killingworth 

132 

8 

0 

— 

— 

— 

5 

0 0 

Watertown 

15 

12 

0 

— 

— 

— 

404 

0 0 

Harwington 

0 

0 

0 

248 

0 

0 

— 

— 

Farmington 

21 

0 

0 

418 

4 

0 

15 

0 0 

New  Town 

253 

0 

6 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Stafford 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

220 

0 0 

Torrington 

44 

0 

0 

31 

4 

0 

— 

— 

Stonington 

103 

11 

0 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Somers 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

70 

0 0 

Kent 

254 

14 

1 

417 

11 

0 

— 

— 

Lyme 

973 

19 

9 

3020 

0 

0 

395 

10  0 

New  Haven 

425 

0 

0 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Greenwich 

1090 

3 

6 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Guilford 

— 

— 

— 

26 

0 

0 

— 

— 

Wallingford 

151 

0 

0 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Hebron 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

95 

0 0 

Fairfield 

717 

9 

6 

1130 

10 

4 

— 

— 

Norwalk 

462 

16 

9 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Cornwall 

5 

0 

0 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Weathersfield 

266 

5 

0 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Colchester 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Norwich 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Voluntown 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Norfolk 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Waterbury 

48 

17 

0 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Hartford 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Canterbury 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

New  London 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

This  Assembly  Grant  to  John  Lawrence  Esqr  Treasurer  the  Sum 
of  two  Hundred  Pounds  as  and  for  his  Salary  for  the  past  Year. 

This  Assembly  Grant  to  George  Wyllys  Esqr  Secretary  the  Sum  of 
Twenty  Pounds  as  and  for  his  Salary  the  Year  past  and  direct  the 
Treasurer  to  pay  the  same  accordingly. 

On  the  Memorial  of  Isaac  Bull  &c  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of 
Wallingford  Praying  to  be  releived  from  an  Execution  in  favour  of 
the  Governor  and  Company  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  against  said 
Town  for  the  Sum  of  £30  0 0 LMoney. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  consideration  of  said  Memorial 
be  referred  to  the  General  Assembly  in  October  next  and  in  the  mean 


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May, 


Time  Execution  be  stayed  and  no  Proceedings  had  thereon  untill  the 
rising  of  said  Assembly.* 


Upon  the  Petition  of  John  Richards  of  New  London  in  the  County 
of  New  London  Representing  to  this  Assembly  that  said  Richards  by 
means  of  Misfortunes  at  Sea  and  other  Losses  and  misfortunes  is 
become  embarrassed  in  his  Circumstances  and  being  involved  in  Debts 
to  many  Persons  and  had  been  obliged  to  incumber  his  real  Estate  with 
Mortgages  &c  and  although  he  has  more  than  Estate  sufficient  to  sat- 
isfy all  his  Debts  he  is  in  danger  of  being  arrested  and  for  his  personal 
safety  is  obliged  to  confine  himself  to  his  Chamber  by  which  means 
he  is  become  wholly  unable  to  transact  any  Matters  in  settling  his 
Debts  or  disposing  of  his  Estate  Praying  for  releif  &c  as  Per  Petition. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Richard8  Person  be  and 
hereby  is  Priveleged  and  freed  from  all  Arrests  upon  Account  of  his 
said  Debts  already  contracted  for  during  the  Term  of  six  Months  from 
the  rising  of  this  Assembly  and  that  the  said  Richards  shall  not  be 
liable  to  be  taken  or  his  Person  Imprisoned  by  Virtue  of  any  Execu- 
tion granted  against  him  for  any  Debt  or  Debts  during  said  Term  and 
the  said  real  Estate  of  said  Richards  shall  not  be  liable  to  alienation  by 
said  Richards  during  said  Term  and  all  Mortgages  and  Attachments 
upon  said  Estate  shall  be  and  remain  in  the  Present  situation  for  that 
space  of  Time.f 

This  Assembly  was  adjourned  (by  usual  Proclamation)  untill 
the  Governor  or  in  his  Absence  The  Deputy  Governor  shall 
see  Cause,  to  call  it  to  meet  again. 


Teste  George  Wyllys  Secret7 


* See  below,  p.  246. 

t This  protection  was  later  extended  to  May,  1784.  See  below, 


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At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Safety  at  Hart- 
ford Thursday  May  15th  1783. 

Present 

His  Excelly  The  Govr.  His  Honor  The  Depy  Govr. 

Wm  Pitkin  Esqr  Ro.  Sherman  Esqr  Abram  Davenport  Esqr  Sam1  Hunt- 
ington Esqr  Wm  Williams  Esqr  Majr  Wm  Hillhouse  Col0  Jos.  P.  Cook 
Col0  John  Chester. 

On  the  Account  of  Messrs  William  Coit  Sam1  Latimer,  Nath1  Salton- 
stall,  & David  Richards  Junr  for  their  time  & Expence,  from  New  Lon- 
don to  Lebanon,  Evidences  in  the  Case  of  Mr  Roswell  Saltonstall,  for 
his  going  to  New  York  & returning  with  goods  &c  in  a Flag  of  Truce 
from  New  York. 

Resolved,  and  Granted  to  each  of  them  sd  Coit,  Latimer,  N.  Salton- 
stall & Richards,  the  sum  of  thirty  shillings  lawful  Money  for  time  and 
expence  and  The  Treasurer  is  hereby  Ordered  to  pay  the  Same,  out  of 
the  One  Shilling  Tax,  payble  1st  April  last  or  any  other  unappropriated 
money  in  his  hands. 

Copy  given  to  Benja  Huntington. 

On  the  Memorial  of  James  Stanley  of  Weathersfield,  Shewing,  That 
He  was  receiver  of  provisions  on  the  half  crown  tax  for  said  Town, 
that  upon  the  receipt  of  a considerable  quantity,  that  he  delivered  the 
same  over  into  the  hands  of  Ebenezer  Barnard  Junr  State  receiver; 
that  eight  barrels  of  beef  so  delivered  containing  two  thousand  weight 
has  been  condemned  by  the  said  Barnard  as  bad  and  unfit  for  use  — 
praying  to  be  allowed  to  take  the  said  eight  barrels  of  condemned  beef 
back,  and  appropriate  the  same  to  his  own  use,  On  paying  to  Said 
Barnard  the  price  he  is  now  selling  the  State’s  provisions  for  of  the  best 
quality — Resolved  that  the  Memorialist  have  liberty  to  take  and  appro- 
priate to  his  own  use  the  said  eight  barrels  of  condemned  Beef — He 
paying  to  said  Barnard  the  price  at  which  the  State’s  Beef  of  the  best 
quality  is  now  sold  at  by  said  Barnard. 

Copy  given. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Govr  and  Council  of  Safety  at  Hartford 
Tuesday  May  20th  1783. 

Present  His  Excellency  the  Governor. 

His  Honor  The  Deputy  Govr. 

Wm  Pitkin,  Roger  Sherman,  Abrm  Davenport — Sam1  Huntington, 
Wm  Williams,  Majr  Wm  Hillhouse,  Col0  Jos.  P.  Cook,  Col°  John  Chester 
— Mr  Jed  Strong,  Esqrs. 

On  the  Memorial  of  Nath1  Minor  Esqr  Shewing  That  he  was 
appointed  a Comissary  to  provide  proper  and  Necessary  Supplies  for  a 
full  Company  of  Men  to  be  stationed  at  Stonington  point  under  Com- 
mand of  Majr  Oliver  Smith,  & for  furnishing  intrenching  tools,  bar- 
racks, Provisions  and  Arms  praying  for  directions  for  the  Settlement 
of  his  Accounts  with  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  & c — 


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May, 


Resolved  That  the  Comtee  of  Pay  Table  be  & they  are  hereby  directed 
to  Settle  with  the  Memorialist  On  his  own  Certificate  & affidavit  of  what 
shall  appear  to  the  Comtee  of  Pay  Table  to  be  Just  and  Reasonably 
Charged. 

On  the  Account  of  John  Trumbull  of  Norwich,  Printer — June  20th 
1782  for  printing  130  proclamations — £2  0 0 Aug1  2nd — print8  400  Gen1 
Orders — £3  10— print8  100  returns  £2  0 0-5  10. 

The  Comittee  of  Pay  Table,  directed  to  draw  an  Order  on  the 
Treasurer  for  said  Sum — on  the  Is/  Tax,  payble  10th  April,  last. 

On  The  Motion  of  Jabez  Perkins  Esqr  representing  that  he  was 
by  this  board  authorized  to  sell  at  Vendue,  the  broken  Cannon  at  Forts 
Trumbull  & Griswold  at  New  London,  and  that  on  trial  he  found  it 
likely  That  they  might  be  sold  to  better  advantage  to  the  State  at 
private  Sale,  on  taking  public  Securities  due  from  this  State — Which 
he  had  accordingly  done,  being  encouraged  in  so  doing  by  verbal  Advice 
of  the  Council. 

Resolved,  That  The  doings  of  J.  Perkins  Esqr  in  the  premisses  be 
and  is  hereby  approved  and  confirmed. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Safety,  at  Hart- 
ford 21st  May  1783. 

Present  His  Excellency  The  Governor. 

His  Honor  the  Deputy  Govr.  Wm  Pitkin,  Abram  Davenport,  Joseph 
Spencer,  Wm  Williams  Esqr  Majr  Hilhouse,  Col0  Jos.  P.  Cook,  Mr 
Joseph  Hopkins. 

On  the  Memorial  of  Nath1  Minor  Esqr  praying  allowance  for  his 
Services,  for  purchasing  and  delivering  out  provisions  to  Capt.  Smiths 
Company  & the  Matross  and  Artillery  Guard  & c at  Stonington  point  &c. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comtee  of  Pay  Table  be  directed  to  allow  the 
Memorialist  for  his  Services,  what  appears  to  be  just  and  reasonable, 
according  to  Allowances  made  others,  at  such  time,  and  under  similar 
Circumstances.  [In  margin : Copy  dd  Memorialist.] 

On  the  Memorial  of  Shubael  Abbe  of  Windham,  Shewing,  That 
he  purchased  in  different  Towns  in  this  State  to  the  amount  of  £4941 
9 5 in  bills  emitted  by  this  State,  or  Orders  drawn  by  the  Comtee  of 
Pay  Table  on  the  Treasurer,  and  afterwards  agreable  to  orders  recd, 
caused  the  same  to  be  transported,  and  delivered  to  Ralph  Pomeroy  Esqr 
D.O.M.  at  Hartford.  That  the  purchasing  collecting  and  taking  care 
of  said  beef  and  pork  and  transporting  the  Same  was  attended  with  very 
great  care,  labour  and  trouble  for  which  he  has  had  no  compensation. 
And  that  in  the  year  following  he  purchased  in  Boston  nine  hundred 
bushels  of  Salt  for  the  use  of  the  State  Amounting  the  whole  to £417 
— and  with  great  difficulty  procured  the  Same  to  be  brought  by  land 
and  distributed  in  diverse  towns  agreable  to  Orders,  and  for  payment 
for  said  Salt,  and  expences  thereon,  he  was  directed  and  did  procure  and 


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collect  together  a number  of  Cattle  and  hogs  from  different  towns  and 
drove  them  to  Boston,  and  there  disposed  of  them  amounting  in  the 
whole  to  the  Sum  of  £575  2 2 law.  Money  which  he  applied  to  the 
payment  of  the  Same  Salt,  for  which  he  hath  never  received  any  reward, 
for  purchasing  said  Salt  & collecting  said  hogs,  driving  & Selling  them ; 
praying  for  a compensation  for  his  above  Mentioned  Services  Resolved 
That  the  Comtee  of  Pay  Table  on  Settlement  of  the  Memorialists 
Accounts,  allow  him  a Commission  of  four  per  Cent — According  to  the 
Value,  he  bearing  his  own  personal  Expences. 

Copy  delivered  him. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Safety  at  Hart- 
ford 26th  May  1783. 

Present  His  Excellency  The  Governor. 

His  Honor  the  Deputy  Governor,  Wm  Pitkin,  Ro.  Sherman  Abraham 
Davenport,  and  Joseph  Spencer  Esquires. 

On  the  Memorial  of  Daniel  Pitkin  of  Hartford  Issuing  Commis7 
to  returning  Soldiers  appointed  16th  Decemr  1780  & continuing  therein 
to  15th  May  1781 — praying  for  allowance  for  wastage  & Shrinkage  of 
the  provisions  issued;  & for  a reasonable  reward  for  his  Service  therein. 

Resolved , That  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  & they  are  hereby 
directed  on  Settlement  of  the  Memorialist’s  Account  to  allow  him  what 
is  found  reasonable  for  the  Wastage  mentioned,  and  a reasonable  Allow- 
ance for  his  Service  in  said  business  and  to  draw  an  order  on  Eb. 
Barnard  Junr  Commissary  of  State  provisions  for  830lb  beef  & 494lb 
pork,  at  the  price  they  agree  upon,  & on  the  Treasurer  for  payment  of 
the  residue. 

[In  margin : 1781  Oct0  6] 

State  of  Connecticut  to  Roswell  Grant  Dr. 

To  providing  quarters  and  superintending  the  Convention  Troops 
(near  400  in  Number)  while  quartered  in  this  State,  from  23d  July 
to  this  time,  being  2 m°  12  dys  at  £12  28  16  0 

boarding  Majr  Roberts  8 days  at  2/6  10  0 

d°  his  Servant — 10/.  use  of  room  & lodging — 5/  0 15  0 

keeping  his  two  horses  10  nights  20/  3 bush.  Corn  d°12/  1 12  — 


E.  Ex  per  Ros.  Grant  £32  3 0 

E.  Windsor—  16th  May  1783. 


At  a meeting  of  the  Govr  & Council  of  Safety  at  Hartford  27th 
May  1783. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comtee  of  Pay  Table  Settle  & adjust  the  forego- 
ing Account,  and  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  payment  & charge  the  Same 
to  the  Account  of  the  United  States.  Copy  given  Col°  Pitkin. 


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May, 


On  the  Account  of  John  Ripley,  Waterman  Cliff,  & Daniel  Tilden 
1782  Aug1  2nd  Time  & expence  for  taking  up,  imprisoning  & deliver- 
ing at  West  Point  One  Caleb  Fitch  a deserter  from  the  Connecticut  line 
of  the  Continental  Army — Charged  at  £27  11  6 — 

Resolved , That  the  Comtee  of  Pay  Table,  liquidate,  adjust  and  Settle 
said  Account  and  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  payment  of  what  they  find 
Justly  due  thereon  & Charge  the  Account  of  the  United  States  for  the 
Same — Copy  given — 

Copy  given  Majr  Ripley  28th  July  1783. 

On  the  Account  of  Simeon  Huntington  adjutant  26th  Regiment  for 
furnishing  guards  for  British  prisoners  confined  at  Norwich  in  Septr 
1781  37  days — Resolved  that  the  Comittee  of  Pay  Table  Allow  the 
adjutant  2s/  per  day  for  that  Service,  and  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for 
payment  thereof,  and  charge  the  Same  to  the  Account  of  the  United 
States.  Copy  given  Majr  Barkus. 

On  a Pay  Abstract  for  Guards  for  British  Naval  Prisoners  in  the 
Town  of  Norwich  in  June  July  & Aug1  1781 — for  10  Serg18  for  10  days 
& 37  Corporals  & 218  privates  for  37  days — 

Resolved  That  The  Comlee  of  Pay  Table,  Settle  and  adjust  Said 
Abstract  and  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  the  Sums  justly  due  on  the 
same,  and  Charge  Account  of  the  United  States. 

Copy  given  Majr  Barkus. 


At  a meeting  of  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Safety  at  Hart- 
ford 28th  May  1783. 

Present — The  Governor. 

D.  Govr.  Roger  Sherman,  Abraham  Davenport,  Joseph  Spencer — 
Oliver  Wolcott,  & Sam1  Huntington  Esqrs. 

On  the  Pay  Abstract  of  the  flying  guard  stationed  at  Lyme — from 
the  10th  July  1781  to  18th  of  Jany  1782 — with  the  Time  each  man  was 
in  actual  Service,  and  Also  the  pay  abstract  of  Sd  Guard  from  the  18th 
January  to  the  22nd  of  May  1782 — as  the  other — 

Resolved,  That  Ensign  Andrew  Griswold,  be  allowed  five  Shillings 
and  four  pence  per  day  for  his  Services  and  Cap1  John  Johnson  as  a 
Volunteer  in  said  Service,  principally  in  the  absence  of  Said  Ensign,  five 
shillings  and  four  pence  per  day — and  The  Men,  two  shillings  and  eight 
pence  per  Day — and  That  The  Comtee  of  Pay  Table  Adjust  and  Settle  the 
said  Abstract  accordingly — and  draw  On  the  Treasurer  for  the  Sum 
they  find  due,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  One  Shilling  Tax,  payable  in  April 
last. 


Copy  dd  Ens11  Griswold. 


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At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  at  Hartford 
the  29  May  1783. 

Present  His  Excellency  the  Governor. 

Honble  Deputy  Governor. 

Roger  Sherman,  Abm  Davenport,  Joseph  Spencer, 

Wm  Pitkin,  Oliver  Wolcott  & Sam1  Huntington  Esqrs. 

Ordered  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  receive  of  Nehemiah  Water- 
man Junr  Esqr  a Receipt  Executed  by  P.  V.  Renserlau  at  Albany  dated 
March  10th  1776,  Acknowledging  the  receipt  of  Eight  hundred  & eight 
pounds  of  gun  powder  of  Capt  Benjamin  Throop ; and  deliver  up  to  Said 
Waterman  his  receipt,  expressing  the  receipt  of  Seven  barrels  of  powder, 
of  Jabez  Huntington  the  26th  of  February  1776;  it  being  the  Same 
powder  which  was  by  said  Waterman  carried  to  Albany  and  deliverd 
to  sd  Rensalau  agreable  to  directions  to  him  given. 

Upon  the  desire  of  Abraham  Davenport  Esqr 
Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  be  directed  & they  are 
hereby  directed  to  receive  of  the  Said  Davenport  an  Order  Issued  by  Said 
Committee  upon  the  Treasurer  dated  in  Octor  1781  payable  out  of  the 
2/6d  Tax  for  his  Services  as  one  of  the  Council  of  Safety  & in  lieu 
thereof  deliver  to  said  Davenport  an  Order  upon  the  Treasurer  bearing 
the  Same  date  payable  out  of  the  Monies  raised  by  the  Sale  of  Con- 
fiscated Estates  or  any  other  unappropriated  Monies. 


At  a meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  at  Hartford 
the  30th  of  May  1783. 

Present  his  Excellency  the  Governor. 

The  Honble  Deputy  Governor,  Roger  Sherman  Wm  Pitkin,  Abm 
Davenport,  Oliver  Wolcott  Joseph  Spencer  & Sam.  Huntington  Esqrs. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Lyon  of  Woodstock  Shewing,  That 
in  december  1781  he  deliverd  To  Elijah  Lyon  Collector  of  the  2/6dy 
Tax,  in  Woodstock  two  thousand  eight  hundred  & forty  Six  W*  of  good 
Ox  beef  more  than  the  whole  of  his  Taxes,  which  beef  was  applied  to 
public  use  for  the  Support  of  the  Continental  Army : That  in  the  year 
1781  He  allso  furnished  Teams  for  the  use  of  the  Continental  Army, 
for  which  he  hath  receivd  no  other  reward  than  Orders  drawn  by  the 
Committee  of  pay  table  on  the  2/6dy  Tax,  & which  remain  unpaid; 
That  in  June  1782  He  receivd  of  Said  Elijah  Lyon  Thirty  Six  Bushells 
of  Oats,  & three  barrells  of  pork  for  which  he  gave  his  receipt;  and 
that  he  also  receivd  in  Said  Month  of  June  of  Shubael  Child  a receiver 
of  provision  on  Said  2/6dy  Tax  in  the  west  parrish  in  Said  Woodstock 
Seven  barrels  of  pork  & two  barrels  of  Beef  & gave  his  receipt  therefor 
And  praying  for  liberty  to  discount  Said  provision  by  him  receivd  as 
aforesaid  on  Account  of  Said  beef  by  him  deliver3  to  Said  Elijah  Lyon, 
& pay  table  orders  due  to  him  as  before  mentioned — 

Resolved  That  the  Committee  of  pay  table  Liquidate  & Adjust  the 
Account  of  the  Memorialist  respecting  the  Articles  before  mentioned  & 


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affix  a reasonable  price  on  the  provision  by  him  receivd  as  aforesaid, 
in  Just  proportion  to  the  price  of  the  Beef  by  him  deliver  to  sd  Collector, 
and  the  Same  being  so  Adjusted  & the  price  affixd,  to  allow  the  Sum  that 
shall  be  found  due  from  the  Memorialist  to  be  discounted  as  prayd  for. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  at  Hartford 

the  31st  of  May  1783. 

Present  His  Excellency  the  Governor. 

The  Honble  Deputy  Governor,  Roger  Sherman  Wm  Pitkin,  Abm  Daven- 
port, Oliver  Wolcott,  Joseph  Spencer,  & Sam.  Huntington  Esqrs. 

An  Account  of  Sam1  Lattimer  & C°  to  the  Amount  of  £32  0 6 
ballance  due  as  Charged  in  Said  Account  for  Sundries  Supplied  the 
State  &c  at  New  London. 

Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  Liquidate  Said  Account, 
both  Debt  & Credit  & adjust  the  Same  at  reasonable  prices,  & draw 
on  the  Treasurer  for  the  Ballance  they  shall  find  Justly  due. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  James  Bennet  Lieu1  in  the  2d  Connecticut 
Regiment  Shewing  that  by  order  of  Gen1  Washington  he  was  sent  to 
Litchfield  as  a recruiting  officer  to  assist  the  Mustering  officer  in  receiv- 
ing & forwarding  on  to  Camp  the  Recruits  ordered  by  this  State  to 
Compleat  their  Regiments  That  he  continued  at  Litchfield  in  Said 
Service  from  the  13th  of  April  until  the  6 of  June  1782  during  which 
time  he  received  no  Subsistance  or  rations  from  the  public  & was  under 
the  Necessity  of  Expending  for  his  Subsistance  Sixteen  pounds  & four 
Shillings  praying  for  releif  &c. 

Resolved  that  said  Memorial  be  referd  to  the  Committee  of  pay  table 
& that  they  Liquidate  & adjust  the  Memorialist  said  Account  at  a 
reasonable  price,  and  draw  an  order  on  the  Treasurer  for  payment  of 
what  they  shall  Just  & reasonable,  & Charge  the  Same  to  the  United 
States. 

An  account  of  Col.  Samuel  Chapman  for  Services  done  for  the  State 
being  laid  before  this  board 

Ordered  that  said  Account  be  Liquidated  & adjusted  by  the  Com- 
mittee of  pay  table  & that  they  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  such  Sums 
as  they  shall  find  reasonable  & Justly  due  thereon. 


At  a meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  at  Hartford 
THE  4th  DAY  OF  JUNE  1783. 

Present  his  Excellency  the  Governor,  the  Honble  Deputy  Governor,  Wm 
Pitkin  Roger  Sherman,  Abm  Davenport,  Joseph  Spencer  & Sam1  Hunt- 
ington Esqrs. 

An  account  of  Cap11  Jabez  Fitch  of  Greenwich  was  exhibited  for 
Services  in  the  late  war,  for  this  and  the  United  States  the  Same  being 
referd  to  a Comittee  to  Examine  Adjust  & report,  and  their  report  being 


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approved  it  is  thereupon  resolved  that  the  ballance  of  his  Account  due 
is  £311  5s  4d  and  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  receive  the  Vouchers 
& papers  relative  to  Said  Account  & file  them  in  that  Office,  and  draw 
on  the  Treasurer  for  the  Sum  of  £20  0 0 part  of  said  ballance  to  be 
paid  out  of  any  unappropriated  Tax  or  monies : and  for  the  remaining 
ballance  due  viz  £291  5 4 the  Treasurer  Execute  a note  payable  to  Said 
Fitch  at  the  Expiration  of  three  year  with  Interest  at  6 per  Cent  to 
be  paid  Annually  from  the  date,  and  the  Committee  of  pay  table  are 
further  directed  to  Charge  to  the  Account  of  the  United  States  the  two 
first  Sums  on  Said  Account,  it  being  incurd  in  that  Service  viz  £318  19  8. 

Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  draw  on  the  Treasurer  in 
favour  of  Ensign  Andrew  Mead  for  the  Sums  of  £65  16  6 it  being 
the  ballance  of  his  account  allowd  for  curing  Wounds  Sufferd  in  the 
public  Service. 

An  account  of  Cap1  Andrew  Fitch  of  Lebanon  for  expences  incured 
in  the  recruiting  Service,  the  ballance  unpaid  as  per  his  Account  being 
Seven  hundred  & ninety  four  dollars  Continental  Currency.  Resolved 
that  the  Committee  of  pay  table  liquidate  and  Adjust  the  Said  Account 
& reduce  the  Same  to  hard  money,  and  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  the 
ballance  they  shall  find  Justly  due  in  hard  money,  and  Charge  the  Same 
to  the  United  States. 

Resolved  that  the  Order  to  be  drawn  in  favour  of  Walter  Hough 
for  £21  pound  & three  Shillings  by  Resolve  of  this  Council  of  the  14th 
of  January  last*  carry  at  Interest  at  the  rate  of  Six  per  Cent  from  the 
9th  day  of  July  1782  until  paid. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Charles  Phelps  & Gilbert  Fanning  Selectmen 
of  Stonington  Shewing  that  the  Cannon  & Military  Stores  in  the  Fort 
at  long  point  in  sd  Town  are  in  a ruinous  Situation  & Exposd  to  wasted 
for  want  of  proper  care,  &c. 

Resolved  That  the  Select  men  of  Said  Stoning  be  & they  are  hereby 
directed  to  Collect  the  Cannon  barages,  Shot,  & all  Millitary  Stores  & 
Implements  whatever  in  Said  Town  belonging  to  this  State  & make  a 
proper  Inventory  return  thereof  to  the  Officer  Commanding  the  posts  at 
New  London  & Groton  & that  Said  Select  men  take  the  necessary  Care 
to  preserve  all  said  Military  Stores  Ordnance  & Implements  from 
Embezelment  or  waste  until  further  Order.  [In  margin : Copy  given  to 
Selectmen.] 


At  a meeting  of  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Safety  at  Hart- 
ford June  5th  1783. 

Present  his  Excellency  the  Governor. 

The  Honble  Deputy  Governor,  Wm  Pitkin,  Roger  Sherman,  Abm 
Davenport,  Joseph  Spencer,  Oliver  Wolcott  Samuel  Huntington  Esqre. 
Sundry  accounts  of  Expenditures  by  Reubin  Harlbutt  Andrew  Hill- 


* See  above,  p.  84. 


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June, 


yer  & Ebenr  Runvril  in  taking  up  Deserters  N°  1,  2 & 3 being  laid 
before  this  board  Resolved  that  Said  accounts  be  referd  to  the  Committee 
of  pay  table,  That  they  Liquidate  & Adjust  the  Same  & allow  such  Sum 
or  Sums  as  they  shall  find  Just  & reasonable,  & draw  on  the  Treasurer 
for  payment  thereof,  and  Charge  the  Same  to  the  United  States. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  David  Trumbull  Shewing  That  he  was 
appointed  by  this  board,  in  the  year  1777  to  receive  & pay  over  to  the 
Officers  of  the  Continental  Army  the  monies  destind  for  the  Counties  in 
the  recruiting  Service,  & accordingly  did  receive  & pay  over  large  Sums 
of  Continental  money,  & at  the  Close  of  the  Same  year  made  Application 
for  Settlement  of  his  account,  & to  pay  the  ballance  remaining  in  his 
hands,  which  after  repeated  application  yet  remains  unsettled,  & praying 
that  some  meet  persons  may  be  appointed  to  Settle  the  Same  &c  as  per 
Memorial, 

Resolved  that  Mr  Wm  Imlay,  & Cap1  John  Chenevard  be  & they 
hereby  are  appointed  & desired  to  receive  and  examine  the  Said  Accounts 
referd  to  in  Said  Memorial;  Liquidate  & Adjust  the  Same;  Therein 
Stating  & Seperating  those  parts  of  the  Accounts  which  ought  to  be 
Charged  to  this  State,  from  those  which  ought  to  be  charged  to  the 
United  States;  and  report  make  of  the  Just  State  of  Said  Accounts  in 
manner  aforesaid  to  this  board  as  soon  as  may  be. 

A Copy  taken  by  the  ConT  of  Accots  Dec.  27.1786. 

Upon  the  application  of  Lieu1  Col.  Abraham  Tyler  for  a quantity  of 
Rye  & wheat  belonging  to  this  State. 

Resolved  that  Ebenr  Barnard  Junr  Sell  & deliver  to  said  Col.  Tyler  at 
the  Current  price  Such  quanty  of  wheat  & rye  flour  belonging  to  this 
State ; under  his  care,  as  said  Tyler  Shall  choose  to  purchase  & receive 
in  payment  therefor  Orders  drawn  in  due  form  payable  out  of  the 
twelve  penny  tax  granted  in  January  last. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  at  Hartford 
the  6th  of  June  1783.* 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Wm  Floyd  late  of  Long  Island  now  of 
Middletown  praying  that  a debts  due  to  him  from  Thomas  Faning  of 
about  £300  0 0 might  be  paid  out  of  the  avails  of  the  Confiscated 
Estates  in  this  State  agreable  to  Act  of  Assembly  at  their  Session 
in  January  1782f  as:  per  Memorial. 

Resolved  that  James  Hillhouse  Esqr  pay  & Satisfy  Said  debt  due 
to  the  memorialist  out  of  the  avails  of  a certain  farm  confiscated  to 
this  State  called  Dikemans  Farm  Situate  in  the  Town  of  Reading. 


* List  of  attendance  not  given, 
t See  Conn.  State  Rees.,  IV,  75. 


1783. 


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197 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  and  The  Council  following  at 

Lebanon  June  17th  1783 — 

Present — His  Excellency  The  Governor. 

Eliphd  Dyer,  Sam1  Huntington  & Nath1  Wales  Esqrs  others  not  attending. 

Resolved  That  Ebr  Ledyard  Esqr  take  care  of  the  Guard  House  at 
Groton  and  have  liberty  to  use  it  for  a School  House,  & The  Barracks 
on  the  Hill  he  will  hire  out  for  what  rents  they  will  fetch,  and  preserve 
both  the  Guard  House  & them  & render  his  Account  for  the  use  of  The 
Barracks.  Copy  sent  Post-idem. 

In  order  for  an  Application  to  the  honble  the  Congress  of  the 
United  States  That  The  Expences  at  Horseneck  at  the  Western  Frontier 
and  New  London  & Groton  may  be  allowed  to  be  on  the  Expence  of 
The  United  States — and  That  proper  Accounts  of  the  Same  may 
Appear  as  well  as  of  our  Other  Expences,  between  Horseneck  & New 
London  & at  Stonington  for  defence  of  the  Sea  Coasts — Resolved  and 
Ordered  That  William  Imlay  Esqr  be  desired  & impowered  to  prepare 
such  Accounts  from  the  Pay  Table  Books,  and  The  Committee  will  Open 
to  such  Accounts  in  their  Books,  and  afford  him  Assistance  therein. 

Copy  sent. 

And  he  will,  as  soon  as  prepared,  attest  The  Same  and  forward  them 
to  His  Excellency  to  Governor,  and  The  Governor  is  desired  co  draw 
a proper  address  to  The  Honble  Congress  of  the  United  States  for 
Allowance  Accordingly. 

Resolved,  That  Jedidiah  Elderkin,  & Nath1  Wales  Esqrs  fit  up  the 
Barn  where  powder  hath  heretofore  been  deposited,  & make  An  Appart- 
ment  therein  for  the  reception  of  the  Powder  Strong  & firm,  and 
deposit  the  Powder  at  their  Works,  in  the  Same,  & have  it  frequently 
visited  to  See  that  no  damage  is  done  to  it. 

Resolved  On  a Letter  from  John  Deshon  & Thos  Shaw  Esqrs  and 
Mess”  Mia1  Milally  & Guy  Richards — dated  at  New  London  June  12th 
1783  Shewing  that  there  is  now  no  necessity  that  Vessels  and  Boats  should 
be  Subjected  to  repair  into  the  Forts  with  their  passes,  which  was  done 
to  prevent  Illicite  Trade,  & that  the  Custom  of  sending  their  Passes  into 
The  Fort  should  be  discontinued,  except  Application  should  be  or  is 
made  by  the  Naval  Officer  or  other  proper  Authority  on  certain  cir- 
cumstances requiring  it,  or  making  the  same  necessary. 

Resolved,  That  The  Commander  at  The  Fort  at  New  London  do  no 
longer  require  the  Commander  of  any  Vessel  or  Boat  to  repair  with  his 
pass  into  the  Fort,  but  the  same  be  discontinued,  except  On  Application 
made  therefore  by  the  Naval  Officer,  or  other  proper  Authority.  Copy 
sent  to  Cap1  Durkey  to  be 

communicated  to  Naval  Officer  & civil 
Authority.  Per  Post. 

Resolved  That  His  Excellency  The  Governor,  be  & he  is  hereby 
desired  to  procure  to  be  printed,  Six  hundred  Copies  of  His  Excellency8 
General  Washington8  Letter  dated  June  1783 — To  His  Excellency  the 
Governor  to  be  communicated  to  The  Assembly;  with  a Collection  of 


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PUBLIC  RECORDS 


July, 


papers  relative  to  Half-pay  and  commutation  of  Half-pay  granted  by 
Congress  to  the  Officers  of  the  Army — and  direct  the  Same  to  be 
distributed  into  the  Several  Towns  of  the  State  according  to  their 
respective  lists — to  be  accompanied  with  the  Address  from  Congress, 
lately  ordered  to  be  printed,  with  the  appendix  thereto,  that  both  be  done 
as  soon  as  possible — and  that  the  Revd  Nathan  Strong  be  desired  to 
correct  the  press — that  one  doz  of  each  be  sent  To  The  Governor  as 
soon  as  finished — & That  The  Commtee  of  Pay  Table  Settle  and  adjust 
the  Accounts  with  the  Printer  and  Mr  Strong  and  Draw  on  the  Treasr 
an  Order  for  payment  of  what  they  find  Just  and  reasonable,  out  of  the 
2d  Tax  payable  1st  of  Septr  Next. 

Copy  sent. 

Resolved  That  His  Excellency  the  Governor  be  & is  desired  to  Order 
the  Comtee  of  Pay  Table  to  draw  on  the  Treasurer  in  favour  of  the 
Honble  Sam1  Huntington  Esqr  for  the  Sum  of  Sixty  pounds  lawful 
Money  for  bearing  his  Expences  at  Congress — and  in  favour  of  Honble 
Oliver  Elsworth  Esqr  for  the  like  Sum  of  Sixty  pounds  for  his  Expences 
at  Congress,  he  being  about  to  return — And  also  in  favour  of  the  Honble 
Benja  Huntington  Esqr  for  the  like  Sum  of  Sixty  pounds  for  bearing 
his  Expences  at  Congress,  to  be  paid  Out  of  any  hard  Money,  or  Mr 
Morris  The  Financier’s  Notes  which  he  may  have  in  his  hands. 

Copy  given  to  Colo  Jn°  Trumbull — June  24tb. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  at  Lebanon 
Wed:  July  16,  1783. 

Present  his  Excell7  The  Governor. 

Hon.  M.  Griswold. 

Elip*  Dyer 
Jos.  Spencer 

Sam1  Huntington  }>  Esqrs. 

Wm  Williams 
Nath1  Wales 
Wm  Hillhouse 


On  Motion  of  his  Excellency  the  Governor  for  the  Advice  of  this 
Board  relative  to  his  calling  the  Gen1  Assembly  to  meet  before  the  stated 
Time  & Place  in  October  next 

Resolved  that  Considering  the  Business  on  which  it  seems  needful, 
is  the  Requisition  of  the  Hon0  Congress  to  grant  an  Impost  &c  & that 
considering  the  Publication  of  the  Requisition  & the  Papers  & Accounts 
annexed,  & of  his  Excellency  Gen1  Washingtons  last  circular  Letter 
to  his  Excell7  the  Governor  with  the  Collection  of  Papers  annexed, 
ordered  by  the  last  Assembly  to  be  published  &c  are  not  yet  or  but  very 
lately  made  & dispersed,  & the  People  not  having  had  Time  to  read 
& consider  Them,  & further  That  the  Governor  is  not  advised  of  the 


1783. 


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199 


Doings  of  other  Governments  or  States  on  sd  Requisition,  with  other 
attending  Circumstances,  This  Board  is  of  opinion  that  it  is  not  con- 
venient or  best  to  Call  a special  Gen1  Assembly  under  present  Appear- 
ances, to  meet  at  any  time  before  but  leave  the  Consideration  of  the 
matter  to  the  Stated  Sessions  at  N Haven  in  Oct0  next  unless  somthing 
further  shod  appear  to  render  it  necessary  to  Convene  Them  sooner 
& Do  therefore  advise  The  Governor  accordingly. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  at  Lebanon 

THE  16th  DAY  OF  JULY  1783. 

Present  his  Excellency  the  Governor,  The  Honble  Deputy  Governor. 
Eliphalet  Dyer 
Joseph  Spencer 
Nath1  Wales 

Wm  Hillhouse  f Es(lrs- 
Ebenr  Ledyard 

Sam.  Huntington  J His  Honor  the  Deputy 

Govr  presided  in  this  following  Resolve. 

Mr  Wm  Imlay  & Cap1  John  Chenevard,  appointed  & desired  at 
a Meeting  of  this  Board  on  the  5th  of  June  last,  to  receive  & examine 
the  Accounts  of  Mr  David  Trumbull  referd  to  in  his  Memorial  to  liqui- 
date & adjust  the  Same ; therein  Stating  & Seperating  those  parts  of  the 
Accounts  which  ought  to  be  Charged  to  this  State  from  those  which  ought 
to  be  Chargd  to  the  United  States  & to  make  report  of  the  Just  State  of 
Said  Accounts  in  manner  aforesaid  to  this  Board  as  soon  as  may  be — have 
made  return  of  their  doings  Accordingly.  The  monies  having  been 
receivd  for  recruiting  Service  for  the  united  States,  & used  accordingly 
save  what  was  used  for  this  State,  & the  residue  in  ballance  remaining  on 
hand  belongs  to  the  United  States,  which  Report  is  hereby  accepted  & 
approved. 

Thereupon  Resolved  & ordered  that  Said  return  with  the  Vouchers 
thereof  be  deliverd  to  the  Committee  of  pay  table  to  be  used,  to  be 
sent  to  the  Commissioner  for  Settling  with  the  Army,  & on  which  to 
make  Settlement  with  the  United  States  accordingly.  And  that  said 
David  Trumbull  pay  & deliver  into  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State,  the  Cash  being  old  Continental  bills  of  Credit  remaining  in  his 
hands  the  Sum  of  £6375  19  1J4  being  the  ballance  of  his  sd  account 
and  the  Treasurer  is  hereby  directed  to  receive  the  Same  of  Said  David 
Trumbull  for  the  use  & benefit  of  the  United  States  to  whom  the  Same 
belongs  & give  him  duplicate  receipts  for  the  Same,  one  for  himself  the 
other  to  be  lodged  with  the  Committee  of  pay  table  to  be  Charged  in 
account  against  the  United  States  in  the  Settlement  above  mentioned. 

A Copy  taken  by  the  Comr  of  Accots  Dec.  27  1786. 

An  Acc°  of  Roger  Huntington  for  one  months  Service  as  issuing 


200  public  records  September, 

ConvT  to  the  State  Troops  on  the  River  in  July  & Aug1  1780,  refered 
to  the  Comte  of  Pay  Table  to  be  Settled  & adjusted. 

Resolved  That  Cap  Jz.  Perkins  be  & He  is  hereby  directed  to  make 
a Discount  with  Mr  Elijah  Backus  Jur  on  his  Note  due  to  this  State  for 
Provisions  by  him  purchased  of  sd  Perkins,  for  pay  Table  orders  now 
in  his  Hands  for  Supplys  Sold  by  Him  for  the  Use  of  the  States  the 
Discount  to  be  made  as  the  Provisions  Stood  the  State  in.  & as  was 
done  in  the  Case  of  Mr  Dan1  Rodman. 

Copy  dd  Mr  Backus. 

An  Acc°  of  Ebr  Ledyard  Esqr  for  Services  in  going  to  N York 
by  order  of  this  Board,  to  negotiate  an  Exchange  of  Prisoners,  at 
different  Times,  to  am1  of  £57  12  6 to  be  adjusted  by  the  Comte  of  Pay 
Table  & drawn  for. 

Whereas  This  Board  have  heretofore  appointed  Nath1  Wales  Esqr  to 
sell  & dispose  of  sundry  Articles  of  Salt  Cloathing  &c  belonging  to  this 
State  in  this  County  some  of  which  yet  remain  undisposed  of  & the 
Prices  of  them  are  much  fallen  &c — Resolved  That  sd  Mr  Wales  be 
directed  to  use  his  best  Discretion  in  disposing  sd  Articles  at  the  most  He 
can  obtain  for  Them,  & render  his  Account. 

Resolved , That  The  Treasurer  be  & he  is  hereby  ordered  to  pay  To 
Cap1  Jn°  Chenevard  and  Mr  Wm  Imlay  £2  8 0 in  discharge  of  their 
Account  for  Settling  and  liquidating  Mr  David  Trumbulls  Account, 
above  & within  mentioned. 

Their  Account  indorsed. 

Adjourned  to  the  1st  Monday  in  Septr. 


At  a meeting  of  the  Governor  & Council  of  Safety  held  at 
Lebanon  the  first  day  of  September  AD  1783. 


Present  His  Excellency  the  Governor. 

Joseph  Spencer 
Wm  Williams 
Wra  Hillhouse 
Nath1  Wales 
Jabez  Perkins 
Ebenr  Ledyard 


EsqT 


Resolved  that  the  Comtee  of  pay  table  be  and  they  are  hereby  directed 
in  Settling  with  Jedh  Elderkin  & Nath1  Wales  Esqrs  Accounts  for  manu- 
facturing Salt  Petre  into  Gun  Powder  for  this  State  that  they  also 
Liquidate  and  Settle  with  them  their  accounts  for  transporting  powder 
for  this  State,  they  producing  proper  orders — also  their  Cost  and 
Expence  for  care  of  the  Powder  in  the  Magazin,  Ironing  [?]  and 
Shifting  the  same  to  preserve  the  Same  and  for  Coopering  the  Casks 
when  they  had  Stod  so  long  as  Necessary — also  to  Settle  with  them 
for  the  Expence  and  wast  in  Clarifying  the  Salt  Petre  there  that  was 


1783. 


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201 


otherwise  unfit  for  use — also  what  allowance  ought  to  be  made  to  them 
for  wast  in  the  petre  by  them  worked  for  the  State  at  the  Rate  of  nine 
dollars  per  hundred — also  to  Settle  with  them  the  Powder  and  Money 
by  them  or  Either  of  them  paid  and  Expended  for  guarding  the  State 
powder  & Petre — at  the  powder  mill  or  other  Storrs  in  which  Setlement 
[?]  for  guarding  the  powder  & Petre  is  to  be  included  the  Account  of 
Mr  David  Youngs  and  the  money  he  has  paid  and  Expend  in  guarding 
sd  Powder  & for  House  Room  & firewood  for  the  guards  when  Neces- 
sary— including  in  this  Settlement  with  sd  Elderkin  & Wales  the  money 
Recd  by  sd  Wales  of  Griswold  and  Abel  Marsh  & paid  out  for  the 
guards  also  thirty  dollars  paid  by  sd  Wales  to  Mark  Foguet  which  is 
to  be  charged  to  the  united  States — and  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  what 
they  Shall  find  Justly  due,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  one  Shilling  tax  the 
Remainder  due  on  sd  Griswold  & Marshs  Note  Said  Elderkin  & Wales 
are  directed  to  Colect  and  account  therefor  in  part  of  sd  Expences. 

Resolved  that  Jedh  Elderkin  and  Nath1  Wales  Esqrs  be  and  they 
are  hereby  directed  and  impowered  to  Call  on  the  Quartermaster  Gen1 
and  direct  him  forthwith  to  distribute  to  the  Several  Brigadier  Generals 
the  Quantity  of  Powder  which  by  Law  is  to  be  distributed  to  Each 
Brigade  and  receive  the  Same  at  Windham  powder  mill  for  that  purpose 
and  the  Remainder  of  the  powder  in  Possession  of  sd  Elderkin  & Wales 
they  are  hereby  directed  and  impowered  to  Sell  and  dispose  of  to  the 
best  advantage  they  Can  for  the  use  of  the  State  Agreable  to  a Resolve 
of  the  General  assembly  passed  in  May  Last* — and  that  the  Cariage 
wheels  belonging  to  this  State  in  sd  Windham  may  be  disposed  of  by  sd 
Wales  in  like  manner  as  he  is  directed  to  dispose  of  other  articles  in 
Said  County  for  the  State. 

Granted,  Ebr  Ledyard  Esqr  for  his  wages  twelve  pounds  per  Month. 
& for  one  person  employed  as  Clerk  & beame  man  Six  pounds  per 
month  & their  rations,  When  Acting  as  Issuing  Commissary,  to  be 
paid  out  of  the  One  Shilling  Tax. 


* See  above,  pp.  123-124. 


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PUBLIC  RECORDS 


October, 


STATE  OF  CONNECTICUT 

At  a General  Assembly  of  the  Governor  and  Company  of  the 
State  of  Connecticut  in  America,  holden  at  New  Haven  on 
THE  SECOND  THURSDAY  OF  OCTOBER  ANNO  DoM  1783. 


Present: 

His  Excellency  Jonathan  Trumbull  Esqr  Governor. 

The  Honorable  Matthew  Griswold  Esqr  Deputy  Governor. 
Jabez  Hamlin  Esqr 

Eliphalet  Dyer  Esqr 

William  Pitkin  Esqr 

Roger  Sherman  Esqr 

Abraham  Davenport  Esqr  Assistants 

Joseph  Spencer  Esqr 

Oliver  Wolcott  Esqr 

Richard  Law  Esqr 

Oliver  Elsworth  Esqr 

Andrew  Adams  Esqr 


Representatives  or  Deputies  of  Freemen  of  the  several  Towns  in  the 
State  who  attended  the  Assembly  are  as  follow — 

viz 

Col0  Thomas  Seymour,  Col0  George  Pitkin,  for  Hartford. 

Mr  Benja  Trumbull,  Mr  David  Elliss,  for  Bolton. 

Mr  Ebenezer  White,  Mr  Chauncey  Butler,  for  Chatham. 

Cap1  Peter  Bulkley,  Col0  Elias  Worthington,  for  Colchester. 

Cap1  Israel  Spencer, ,Col°  Dyer  Throop,  for  East  Hadam. 

Gen1  Erastus  Wolcott,  Mr  Joseph  Allyn,  for  East  Windsor. 

Cap1  Daniel  Perkins,  Mr  Joseph  Kingsbury,  for  Enfield. 

Mr  John  Treadwell,  Mr  Hezh  Wadsworth,  for  Farmington. 

Mr  Gideon  Hale,  Mr  Philip  Selew,  for  Glastonbury. 

Cap1  Cornelius  Higgins,  Cap1  Hezh  Smith,  for  Haddam. 

Mr  Elihu  Marvin,  Col0  Joel  Jones,  for  Hebron. 

Col0  Comfort  Sage,  Mr  Ebenezr  Bacon,  for  Midletown. 

Cap1  Reuben  Sikes,  Mr  Zerak  Kibbee,  for  Somers. 

Cap1  Timothy  Clark,  Mr  Jonathan  Root,  for  Southington. 

Mr  Ebenezr  Colburn,  Mr  Jesse  Cady,  for  Stafford. 

Cap1  Abraham  Granger, , Cap1  Ebenezr  Harmon,  for  Suffield. 

Cap1  Daniel  Humphry,  Cap1  Hezh  Holcomb,  for  Symsbury. 

Col0  Solomon  Wells,  Mr  Eleazer  Steel,  for  Tolland. 

Cap1  John  Robbins,  Mr  Stephen  M Mitchell,  for  Weather sfield. 

Mr  Moses  Holmes,  Cap1  Seth  Crocker,  for  Willington. 

Cap1  Nath1  Loomiss,  Mr  Aaron  Phelps  2d,  for  Windsor. 

Cap1  Henry  Daggett,  Cap1  Jesse  Ford,  for  New  Haven. 

Mr  Aaron  Baldwin,  Mr  Jonah  Clark,  for  Branford. 

Mr  Samuel  Beach,  Majr  Reuben  Atwater,  for  Cheshire. 


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Cap1  Daniel  Holbrook,  Mr  Sheldon  Clark,  for  Derby. 

Gen1  James  Wadsworth,  Mr  Daniel  Hall,  for  Durham. 

Gen1  Andrew  Ward,  Mr  John  Burgiss,  for  Guilford. 

Mr  Stephen  Gunn,  Mr  Gideon  Buckingham,  for  Milford. 

Col0  Street  Hall,  Cap1  Oliver  Stanley,  for  Wallingford. 

Mr  Joseph  Hopkins,  Mr  Eli  Brunson,  for  Waterbury. 

Cap1  John  Deshon,  Majr  William  Hilhouse,  for  New  London. 

Col°  Christopher  Leffingwell,  Cap1  Elisha  Lathrop,  for  Norwich. 

Mr  Ebenez1'  Ledyard,  Mr  Elisha  Williams,  for  Groton 
Col0  Aaron  Eliott,  Cap1  Aaron  Kelcey,  for  Killingworth. 

Mr  Nathaniel  Matson,  Cap1  Seth  Ely,  for  Lyme. 

Mr  Robert  Crary,  Gen1  John  Tyler,  for  Preston. 

Col°  William  Worthington,  Majr  William  Hart,  for  Saybrook. 

Col0  Samuel  Prentiss,  Cap1  John  Randall,  for  Stonington. 

Mr  Jonathan  Sturgiss,  Cap1  Thomas  Nash,  for  Fairfield. 

Col0  Joseph  P Cook,  Doctr  Sallu  Pell,  for  Dansbury. 

Gen1  John  Mead,  Cap1  Jabez  Fitch,  for  Greenwich. 

Col0  Nehemiah  Beardsley,  Doctr  James  Potter,  for  New  Fairfield. 
Majr  Caleb  Baldwin,  Cap1  Jabez  Botsford,  for  Newtown. 

Mr  Samuel  C Sylliman,  Cap1  Clapp  Raymond,  for  Norwalk. 

Mr  Lemuel  Sanford,  Mr  Stephen  Betts,  for  Reading. 

Col0  Philip  B Bradley,  Cap1  David  Olmsted,  for  Ridgfield. 

Gen1  David  Waterbury,  Mr  Charles  Weed,  for  Stamford. 

Cap1  Robert  Fairchild,  Majr  Agur  Judson,  for  Stratford. 

Mr  Joseph  Skiff,  Col0  Jedidiah  Elderkin,  for  Windham. 

Cap1  Simeon  Smith,  Mr  Isaac  Perkins,  for  Ashford. 

Mr  Daniel  Frost,  Mr  David  Payne,  for  Canterbury. 

Majr  Elias  Buell,  Cap1  William  Willson,  for  Coventry. 

Col0  William  Danielson,  Cap1  Jason  Phelps,  for  Killingley. 

Col°  William  Williams,  Mr  Elkanah  Tisdale,  for  Lebanon. 

Mr  Constant  Southworth,  Mr  Nath1  Atwood,  for  Mansfield. 

Gen1  John  Douglass,  Cap1  James  Bradford,  for  Plainfield. 

Cap1  Amasa  Sessions,  Cap1  Josiah  Sabin,  for  Pomfrett. 

, , for  Union. 

Col°  James  Gordon,  Mr  Joseph  Wiley,  for  Voluntown. 

Mr  Charles  Church  Chandler,  Cap1  Nehemiah  Lyon,  for  Woodstock. 
Mr  Isaac  Baldwin  Jun.r,  Cap1  Abraham  Bradley,  for  Litchfield. 

Col0  Charles  Burrall,  Mr  Timothy  Hurlburt,  for  Canaan. 

Mr  Andrew  Young,  Cap1  Edward  Rogers,  for  Cornwall. 

Mr  Daniel  Miles,  Cap1  Elisha  Sill,  for  Goshen. 

Cap1  Thomas  Giddins,  Capt  Israel  Williams,  for  Hartland. 

Capt  George  Catlin,  Capt  Josiah  Phelps,  for  Harwington. 

Mr  Nathaniel  Berry,  Mr  Nathan  Eliott,  for  Kent. 

Mr  Amos  Miller,  Mr  Ebenezer  Moody,  for  New  Hartford. 

Col0  Samuel  Canfield,  Mr  Daniel  Everett,  for  New  Milford. 

Majr  Giles  Pettibone,  Cap1  Ephraim  Guittean,  for  Norfolk. 

Cap1  Joshua  Stanton,  Mr  Lott  Norton,  for  Salisbury. 


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Col0  Ebenezr  Gay,  Mr  Josiah  Coleman,  for  Sharon. 

Col°  Epaphras  Sheldon,  Doctr  Sam  Woodward,  for  Torrington. 

Mr  John  Whittlesey,  Cap1  Nathan  Hecox,  for  Washington. 

Cap1  Thomas  Fenn,  Cap1  Nath1  Barns,  for  Watertown. 

Capt  Ozias  Brunson,  , for  Winchester. 

Col0  Increase  Mosely,  Mr  Daniel  Sherman,  for  Woodbury. 

William  Williams  Esqr  Speaker 
Charles  Church  Chandler  Esqr  Clerk 

Of  the  House  of  Representatives 


An  Act  for  the  Punishment  of  Burglary  and  Robbery. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same  that  whosoever 
shall  commit  Burglary  by  breaking  up  any  Dwelling  House  or  Shop, 
wherein  Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize  are  deposited  or  shall  commit 
Robbery  by  robbing  any  Person  in  the  Field  or  Highway  if  in  the 
Perpetration  of  said  Crimes  the  Person  or  Persons  committing  the  same 
shall  be  Guilty  of  any  Personal  Abuse  Force  or  Violence ; or  Shall  be 
so  Armed  with  any  dangerous  Armour  or  Weapon  as  clearly  to  Indicate 
their  violent  Intentions ; such  Person  or  Persons  found  Guilty  as  afore- 
said and  being  thereof  convicted  before  the  Superior  Court  shall  Suffer 
Death.  And  if  upon  the  Tryal  for  any  of  the  Crimes  aforesaid  the 
Commission  thereof  shall  not  appear  to  be  attended  with  the  Agrivated 
Circumstances  of  Personal  Terror  Force  and  Violence  as  aforesaid,  the 
Person  or  Persons  found  Guilty  of  said  Crime  of  Burglary  or  Robbery 
shall  be  punished  with  whipping  on  the  naked  Body  not  exceeding  forty 
Stripes  and  with  Imprisonment  in  any  of  the  Goals  or  Work  Houses 
in  this  State,  there  to  be  kept  to  hard  Labour  not  exceeding  ten  Years 
at  the  discretion  of  the  Superior  Court  before  whom  the  conviction  is 
had,  And  if  any  Person  shall  be  Convicted  a second  Time  for  the  Offence 
of  Burglary  or  Robbery  he  shall  Suffer  Death,  And  all  Laws  heretofore 
made  for  the  punishment  of  the  Crimes  aforesaid  are  hereby  repealed 
and  made  void. 


An  Act  for  the  Punishment  of  Horse  Stealing. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  & Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled , and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same , That  whoso- 
ever shall  feloniously  take  and  Steal  any  Horse  or  Horses  within  this 
State  and  be  thereof  duely  convicted  shall  pay  and  satisfy  to  the  Owner 
of  such  Horse  or  Horses  treble  the  value  thereof ; and  also  pay  as  a fine 
to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State,  the  Sum  of  ten  Pounds  and  shall  be 
whipped  not  exceeding  forty  Stripes  on  the  naked  Body,  and  be 
Imprisoned  in  any  Goal  or  Work  House  within  this  State,  there  to  be 
kept  to  Hard  Labour  for  a Term  not  exceeding  five  Years  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  Court  before  whom  such  conviction  shall  be  had. 


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An  Act  for  laying  a Tax  on  Shipping  for  repairing  and  maintaining  the 
Light  House  near  the  Port  of  New  London. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same  that  from  and 
after  the  first  Day  of  Decembr  next,  each  and  every  Vessell  except 
such  as  are  employed  in  the  Fishery,  and  during  their  continuance 
therein,  which  shall  enter  and  Clear  in  any  Port  of  this  State,  or 
shall  Harbour  and  Anchor  in  the  Port  of  New  London  shall  be  Sub- 
jected to  pay  the  following  Taxes  viz.  each  and  every  Ship  One  Pound 
ten  shillings,  each  and  every  Snow  & Brigantine  twelve  Shillings ; 
each  and  every  Sloop,  and  Schooner  (Coasters  excepted)  six  Shillings; 
each  Vessell  used  in  the  Coasting  Business  of  more  than  twenty  Tons 
burthen  three  shillings,  and  each  Vessell  Used  in  the  Coasting  Busi- 
ness of  less  than  Twenty  Tons  Burthen  One  shilling  & six  pence;  which 
several  Taxes  or  Duties  becomeing  due  as  aforesaid  shall  be  paid  to 
and  Collected  by  the  Naval  Officers  where  any  such  Vessell  shall  enter 
amd  Clear  or  Harbour  and  Anchor  as  aforesaid,  which  Officers  shall 
severally  give  Bonds  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  with  Surety  faith- 
fully to  Account  for  the  Sums  they  shall  receive  by  Virtue  of  this 
Act,  And  the  Naval  Officers  shall  pay  over  the  Sums  of  Money  they 
shall  receive  as  aforesaid  according  to  the  direction  of  the  General 
Assembly  from  Time  to  Time  for  the  Convenience  and  accomodation 
of  the  Light  House,  Any  Law  Usage  or  Custom  to  the  contrary 
notwithstanding. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Collectors  of  Excise  and  their 
Deputies  in  the  several  Countys  and  Towns  in  this  State  are  hereby 
Ordered  to  be  very  vigilant  in  making  all  Collections  of  Excise  by 
Law  required  in  their  respective  Counties  and  prepare  their  Accounts 
of  such  Collections  and  Lodge  the  Same  with  the  Secretary  by  the  10th 
Day  of  January  next,  Stating  therein  their  Accounts  as  they  stand  on 
the  first  Day  of  said  January,  distinguishing  as  near  as  may  be  what 
has  been  Collected  of  the  Retailers  in  the  Several  Towns  or  what  Stock 
they  had  on  Hand  on  the  20th  Day  of  April  last  from  what  arose  on  what 
they  have  Purchased  since  that  Day,  and  the  Secretary  is  hereby 
Ordered  to  Publish  this  Resolve  in  the  Several  News  Papers  in  this 
State. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  and  Impowered  to  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for 
and  in  behalf  of  the  Delegates  of  this  State  now  appointed  to  attend 
Congress  for  a Sum  not  exceeding  two  hundred  Pounds  for  each 
Delegate  wTho  shall  proceed  to  Congress  they  to  be  accountable. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  William  Samuel  Johnson  Esqr  to  be 
one  of  the  Committee  appointed  in  May  last  to  consider  what  Measures 
may  be  proper  to  be  taken  by  this  State  to  obtain  Releif  for  the 


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October, 


People  Settled  on  the  Lands  West  of  Delaware  River  under  the  Claim 
of  this  State  for  quieting  their  Possessions  &c  in  the  room  of  Nath1 
Wales  Esq  Deceased.* 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  Powder  in  the  Town  of  Wind- 
ham being  the  Property  of  this  State  may  at  the  Expence  of  the  State 
be  conveyed  to  the  Fortifications  in  either  of  the  Towns  of  New  London 
or  Groton  taking  a Receipt  therefor  of  the  Commanding  Officer  for 
the  Time  being  at  either  of  said  Fortifications  respectively,  And  that 
all  Persons  in  this  State  who  have  any  Salt  Petre  or  Sulphur  belong- 
ing to  the  State  not  yet  manufactured  into  Powder  shall  keep  the 
Same  safe  in  their  own  Custody  untill  the  further  Order  of  this 
Assembly. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Light  House  near  the  Port  of 
New  London  be  immediately  repaired  and  Provided  with  Utensils  and 
Oil  and  Mr  Amasa  Learned  is  hereby  appointed  to  Order  direct  and 
make  such  repairs  and  provide  measures  to  the  amount  of  £110  0 0 
LMoney  if  needed  and  he  is  hereby  Impowered  to  borrow  for  that  pur- 
pose the  Sum  aforesaid  on  Interest,  and  he  shall  be  entituled  to  receive 
said  Sum  out  of  the  Light  Money  which  shall  be  Collected  in  this  State  by 
virtue  of  an  Act  entituled  An  Act  for  laying  a Tax  on  Shipping  for 
repairing  and  maintaining  the  light  House  near  the  Port  of  New  Lon- 
don, And  the  Naval  Officers  are  hereby  Ordered  & directed  to  pay  the 
Light  Money  Quarterly  or  every  three  Months  to  said  Mr  Amasa 
Learned  taking  his  Reciept  therefor  who  shall  annually  Account  with  the 
Treasurer  of  this  State  for  the  Same. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Listers  of  the  several  Towns 
in  this  State  be  and  they  are  hereby  directed  to  compleat  the  List 
of  the  present  Year  with  the  Additions  and  fourfold  Assesments  and 
return  the  Same  to  the  General  Assembly  at  their  next  Adjourned 
Sessions  any  Law  Usage  or  Custom  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding, 
And  the  Secretary  is  hereby  directed  to  Cause  this  Resolve  to  be  Pub- 
lished in  the  several  Public  News  Papers  in  this  State. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly,  that  all  Orders  drawn  by  proper 
Authority  on  the  Treasurer  for  Bills  of  this  State  may  be  applied 
towards  the  Payment  of  any  Taxes  imposed  for  State  Bills  emitted 
since  the  first  of  January  1780  excepting  Taxes  appropriated  for  the 
sinking  Fund,  and  also  towards  the  Payment  of  any  Taxes  imposed 
for  Bills  of  the  United  States  and  afterwards  reduced  by  Act  of 
Assembly  to  one  for  forty  in  said  Bills  of  this  State. 

Also  Resolved  that  the  Sheriffs  of  the  respective  Countys  having  any 


See  above,  p.  120. 


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of  the  Treasurers  Executions  in  their  Hands  may  administer  an  Oath 
to  any  Collector  in  the  same  manner  as  the  Treasurer  by  Law  may  do, 
and  any  Sheriff  who  shall  Certify  the  Treasurer  that  such  Oath  has 
been  administered  by  him  and  that  he  has  not  exchanged  or  disposed 
of  any  Order  or  Certificate  received  of  any  Collector  but  that  the  Same 
has  been  bona  fide  delivered  by  him  to  the  Treasurer  such  Oath  and 
Certificate  thereof  made  as  aforesaid,  shall  have  the  same  legal  Effect 
as  though  the  same  had  been  administered  by  the  Treasurer. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Select  Men  of  the  several  Towns 
in  this  State  make  enquiry  and  a proper  return  of  all  the  Military 
Stores  belonging  to  this  State  in  whosoever  Custody  the  same  may  be 
found  to  the  General  Assembly  at  their  next  Meeting  that  further 
Order  may  be  had  thereon,  And  the  Secretary  is  directed  to  publish 
this  Resolution  in  the  News  Papers  within  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Roger  Sherman  Esqr  William  Williams 
Esqr  James  Wadsworth  Esqr  and  William  Hilhouse  Esqr  Delegates 
to  represent  this  State  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  of  America 
the  Year  ensueing  in  the  room  of  Samuel  Huntington  Esqr  Oliver  Wol- 
cott Esqr  Richard  Law  Esqr  and  Oliver  Elsworth  Esqr  resigned. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Mr  Fenn  Wadsworth  having  repre- 
sented to  this  Assembly  that  his  Private  Affairs  will  no  longer  admit 
of  his  attending  upon  the  Business  of  preparing  the  Accounts  of  this 
State  against  the  United  States  and  presenting  and  supporting  the 
Same  for  an  adjustment  with  the  Commissioner  appointed  to  Liquidate 
and  allow  such  Accounts,  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  therefor  be  and 
hereby  are  fully  Authorized  and  directed  to  perform  and  execute  the 
special  Business  and  Duties  assigned  and  committed  as  aforesaid  to  the 
said  Mr  Fenn  Wadsworth. 

Whereas  the  United  States  in  Congress  Assembled  did  on  the  23d 
Day  of  April  1782  Resolve  in  the  Words  following  viz 
“Resolved  that  all  Sick  and  wounded  Soldiers  of  the  Armies  of  the 
United  States,  who  shall  in  future  be  Reported  by  the  Inspector  General 
or  the  Inspector  of  a Seperate  Department  and  approved  by  the  Com- 
mander in  Chief  or  Commanding  Officer  of  a Seperate  Department  as 
unfit  for  further  Duty  either  in  the  Field  or  Garrison  and  who  apply 
for  a discharge  in  preference  to  being  placed  or  continued  in  the 
Corps  of  Invalids  shall  be  discharged  and  be  entituled  to  receive  as 
a Pension  five  dollars  Per  Month  in  Lieu  of  all  Pay  and  emolument. 
Resolved  that  it  be  and  hereby  is  recommended  to  the  several  States 
to  discharge  such  Pensions  annually  and  draw  on  the  Superintendant  of 
Finance  for  the  Payment  of  the  Money  they  shall  so  Advance.  [”]* 


See  Jour.  Cont.  Cong.,  XXII,  209-210. 


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October, 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
hereby  are  enabled  and  directed  to  draw  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  in 
favour  of  such  of  the  Citizens  of  thus  [sic]  State  as  are  Subjects  of  the 
before  recited  Resolution  of  Congress  on  their  producing  and  lodging 
with  said  Committee  proper  Certificates  and  discharges  comporting  with 
said  Resolve  of  Congress,  and  draw  on  the  superintendant  of  Finance 
in  favour  of  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  the  repayment  of  such 
Sums  so  to  be  advanced,  and  the  Secretary  is  directed  to  cause  this 
Resolve  to  be  published  in  the  Several  Public  Papers  in  this  State. 

On  the  Report  of  a Committee  respecting  the  Inhabitants  Settled 
under  the  Claim  of  this  State  west  of  Delaware  River  accepted  and 
approved  Whereas  a large  number  of  Inhabitants  West  of  Delaware 
River  and  within  the  Charter  Limits  of  this  State  settled  there  under 
the  Claim  and  Jurisdiction  of  the  said  State  having  first  with  the  appro- 
bation of  the  General  Assembly  thereof  purchased  the  Native  Right 
of  Soil  and  for  many  Years  past  have  been  incorporated  and  in  the 
exercise  of  Government  under  the  Laws  of  the  said  State,  And  Whereas 
by  a late  Decree  of  Commissioners  appointed  for  settling  a Dispute  rela- 
tive to  Jurisdiction  between  this  State  and  the  State  of  Pensylvania,  the 
Tract  of  Land  possessed  by  the  said  Settlers  is  unexpectedly  declared 
to  be  within  the  Jurisdiction  of  the  latter,*  since  which  the  said  Settlers 
as  it  is  represented  notwithstanding  their  having  acquired  the  Native 
and  Possessory  Right  as  aforesaid  and  corroborated  their  Title  by  vast 
Labour  and  expence  in  reducing  the  said  Lands  from  a Wilderness 
State  and  stood  as  a Barrier  to  Pensylvania  and  other  Interior  Settle- 
ments, through  a long  distressing  War  in  which  most  of  their  Males 
capable  of  Labour  or  Defence  have  been  Slain  Circumstances  which 
entituled  them  to  expect  as  well  from  the  Justice  as  Clemency  of  that 
great  and  opulent  State  the  fullest  Protection  for  their  Persons  and  to 
be  forever  Quieted  in  their  Possessions  and  for  which  they  lost  no  Time 
in  applying  to  its  Legislature  by  Humble  Petition,  yet  notwithstanding 
to  their  great  astonishment  and  Distress  they  find  themselves  left  to 
the  Mercy  of  Men  who  Claiming  under  the  Proprietary  Title  of  that 
State  are  prosecuting  against  them  Suits  of  ejectment,  and  in  some 
Cases  entering  into  their  Possessions  and  Labours  by  force. 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  it  will  in  their  Opinion 
be  expedient  for  the  said  Settlers  as  the  only  Remedy  left  them  to  apply 
to  the  Honble  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  for  a Court  to  be 
Instituted  to  try  their  Right  of  Soil  & Possession,  pursuant  to  the  Ninth 
of  the  Articles  of  Confederation,  that  it  will  be  the  Duty  of  this  State 
to  contenance  and  Patronise  them  in  such  Application,  and  that  the 
Delegates  of  this  State  that  shall  be  in  Congress  be  directed  to  give 
them  all  necessary  Aid  therein,  And  that  his  Excellency  the  Governor 
be  desired  to  address  a full  State  of  their  Claims  and  Sufferings  to  Con- 


See  above,  p.  11  n and  120. 


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gress  and  sollicit  the  Protection  of  that  Honorable  Body  in  their  behalf 
until  a final  adjudication  of  the  Cause  shall  be  had. 

Whereas  this  State  has  the  undoubted  and  exclusive  Right  of 
Jurisdiction  and  Preemption  to  all  the  Lands  lying  West  of  the  Western 
Limits  of  the  State  of  Pensylvania  and  East  of  the  River  Misisipi  and 
extending  throughout  from  the  Lattitude  41,  to  Lattitude  42,  & 2 Minits 
North  by  Virtue  of  the  Charter  Granted  by  King  Charles  the  second 
to  the  late  Colony  now  State  of  Connecticut  bearing  Date  the  23d  Day 
of  April  A Dom  1662,  which  Claim  and  Title  to  make  known  for  the 
information  of  all  to  the  end  that  they  may  conform  themselves  thereto, 

Resolved  that  his  Excellency  the  Governor  be  desired  to  Issue  his 
Proclamation  declaring  and  ascerting  the  Right  of  this  State  to  all  the 
Lands  within  the  Limits  aforesaid  and  strictly  forbiding  all  Persons 
to  enter  or  Settle  thereon  without  special  Licence  and  Authority  first 
obtained  from  the  General  Assembly  of  this  State.* 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  John  Lawrence  Esqr  Treasurer  of 
this  State  be  and  he  hereby  is  directed  forthwith  to  State  the  Amount 
of  the  Abatements  made  on  the  Several  Taxes  in  each  Town  in  this  State, 
laid  by  this  Assembly  on  the  Lists  for  the  Years  1779  & 1780  and 
investigate  and  particularise  the  Principles  on  which  such  Abatements 
are  made  and  to  employ  suitable  Assistance  for  that  purpose,  And 
Report  make  to  this  Session  as  soon  as  may  be. 

Upon  a Representation  made  to  this  Assembly  that  Solomon  Fer- 
riss  formerly  of  Greenwich  in  this  State  who  in  the  Year  1777  Joined 
the  Army  of  the  British  King  at  New  York  and  continued  in  his  Service 
till  the  Cessation  of  Hostilities  and  on  the  20th  of  Septembr  last  returned 
to  said  Greenwich  in  Order  to  remove  his  Family  from  thence  to  Nova 
Scotia,  was  thereupon  Arrested  at  said  Greenwich  in  three  Suits  one 
in  favour  of  Messenger  Palmer  one  in  favour  of  Samuel  Lockwood  and 
the  other  in  favour  of  James  Ferriss  for  Damages  there  done  by  him  the 
said  Solomon  and  others  in  Arms  under  the  said  British  King  in  the 
Year  1779,  and  was  on  said  Suits  had  before  a Justice  of  the  Peace  & 
on  the  25th  Day  of  September  aforesaid  Ordered  to  find  Bail  for  his 
Appearence  to  answer  to  said  Suits  before  the  County  Court  to  be 
holden  at  Fairfield  in  the  County  of  Fairfield  on  the  third  Tuesday 
of  Novembr  next  and  that  his  Father  Joseph  Ferriss  thereupon  became 
Bail  for  him  on  the  said  Suits  in  the  Sum  of  £500  LMoney,  And  a 
Committee  having  been  appointed  by  this  Assembly  on  said  Representa- 
tion and  they  having  Reported  that  said  Representation  is  substantially 
true  and  that  the  said  Suits  are  in  the  Name  of  Individuals  and  ought 
not  under  the  Circumstances  attending  them  to  be  maintained  nor  the 
said  Bail  to  be  holden, 


But  see  below,  p.  277  for  the  cession  of  part  of  this  land  to  the  United  States  . 


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Resolved  and  Ordered  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Solomon  with 
his  said  Bail  be  and  they  are  hereby  discharged  of  each  of  said  Suits 
and  all  Costs  thereon. 

Whereas  since  the  Issuing  His  Excellency  the  Governors  Proclama- 
tion appointing  the  20th  Day  of  Novembr  next  to  be  observed  as  a Day 
of  Public  Thanksgiving  in  this  State,  a Proclamation  has  been  received 
from  the  President  of  Congress,  appointing  the  second  Thursday  of 
Decembr  next  to  be  observed  as  a Day  of  Public  Thanksgiving  through- 
out the  United  States,  it  is  Judged  expedient  by  this  Assembly  that  the 
said  Day  appointed  in  his  Excellencys  Proclamation  be  postponed  untill 
the  said  second  Thursday  of  Decembr 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  his  Excellency  be 
requested  to  Issue  his  Proclamation  appointing  said  second  Thursday  of 
Decembr  to  be  observed  as  a Day  of  Publick  Thanksgiving  throughout 
this  State  instead  of  said  20th  Day  of  Novembr. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Oliver  Stanley  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  within  and  for  the  District  of  Wallingford  untill  the 
first  Day  of  June  next. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  John  Felch  Esqr  to  be  a Justice  of  the 
Quorum  within  and  for  the  County  of  Windham  untill  the  first  Day  of 
June  next  in  the  room  of  Nathaniel  Wales  Esqr  Deceasd. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Daniel  Lyman  Esqr  a Justice  of  the 
Peace  for  the  County  of  New  Haven  untill  the  first  Day  of  June  next. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Col0  Comfort  Sage  to  be  Brigadier  Gen- 
eral of  the  second  Brigade  of  Militia  in  this  State  in  the  room  of 
Brigadier  General  Andrew  Ward  resigned. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Colonel  John  Chandler  to  be  Brigadier 
General  of  the  fourth  Brigade  of  Militia  in  this  State  in  the  room  of 
Brigadier  General  John  Mead  resigned. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Majr  Samuel  Tyler  Esqr  to  be  Lieutenant 
Colonel  of  the  eighth  Regiment  in  the  room  of  Lieut  Colonel  Nathan 
Gallop  resigned. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Cap1  Peleg  Noyes  to  be  Major  of  the 
eighth  Regiment  in  the  room  of  Majr  Samuel  Tyler  promoted. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Cap1  David  Brainerd  Spencer  to  be  Major 
of  the  twenty  fifth  Regiment  in  the  room  of  Major  Daniel  Cone  resigned. 


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This  Assembly  do  appoint  Christopher  Leffingwell  Esqr  to  be  Lieu* 
Colonel  Commandant  of  the  twentieth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Cap11  Benjamin  Hikok  to  be  Major  of  the 
third  Regiment  of  Light  Dragoons  in  the  room  of  Majr  Ezra  Starr 
resigned. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Agur  Judson  Junr  to  be  Captain  of  the 
seventh  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Wooster  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ephraim  Wooster  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abijah  Sessions  to  be  Captain  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Crawford  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joel  Arnold  to  be  Ensign  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  7th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ithamar  Tuttle  to  be  Captain  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Peter  Eastman  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Porter  to  be  Captain  of  the  1st 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benjamin  Upson  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benjamin  Baldwin  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Deains  Junr  to  be  Ensign  of 
the  8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elihu  Thomas  to  be  Captain  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Simon  Abel  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Isaiah  Loomiss  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Johnson  to  be  Captain  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Moses  Amidown  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Asaph  Trumbull  to  be  Captain  of 
the  8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Talcott  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Gad  Talcott  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Kilborn  to  be  Captain  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Dan  Worthington  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathaniel  Otis  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Perkins  to  be  Captain  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  third  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Sterlin  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  third  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Ely  to  be  Ensign  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  third  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Selden  to  be  Captain  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  third  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Peck  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  third  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abner  Brockway  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  third  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elihu  Marvin  to  be  Captain  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Williams  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Parmely  to  be  Captain  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Richard  Bryan  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Brinsmade  Gibson  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Seth  Austin  to  be  Captain  of  the  third 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elijah  Stanton  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Peter  Mason  to  be  Ensign  of  the  third 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Miller  to  be  Captain  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  6th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elisha  Treat  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  6th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abraham  Holliston  Junr  to  be  Ensign  of 
the  7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  6th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Guthrie  to  be  Ensign  of  the  2d 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  do  establish  [sic]  Isaac  Bird  to  be 
Lieutenant  of  the  7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in 
this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Adorn j ah  Strong  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Stephen  Dodge  to  be  Captain  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Peleg  Chamberlain  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Foot  to  be  Ensign  of  the  7th  Com- 
pany or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abel  Ferriss  to  be  Ensign  of  the  3d 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Camp  to  be  Captain  of  the  third 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abel  Gun  to  be  Lieut  of  the  3d  Company 
or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Paul  Welch  Junr  to  be  Ensign  of  the  3d 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Julius  Coswell  to  be  Ensign  of  the  10th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Potter  to  be  Captain  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Aaron  Fenn  to  be  Captain  of  the  third 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joel  Dunbar  to  be  Ensign  of  the  3d 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Comfort  Butler  to  be  Ensign  of  the  fifth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Chapman  to  be  Captain  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Andrews  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Simon  Desbrow  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Porter  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  7th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  26th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jacob  Ogden  to  be  Ensign  of  the  7th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  26th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Andrew  Hill  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  9th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benjamin  Remington  to  be  Ensign  of 
the  3d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  1st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Morse  to  be  Captain  of  the 
2d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonah  Smith  to  be  Captain  of  the  8th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  26th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Robert  Whitford  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  26th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Oliver  Granger  to  be  Captain  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  1st  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Abel  Rising  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  1st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Heber  Stone  to  be  Lieuten1  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Timothy  Skinner  to  be  Captain  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Eli  Smith  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Seymour  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Harriss  Hopkins  to  be  Captain  of  the 
14th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Levi  Morse  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
14th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ozias  Lewiss  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
14th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Drake  Seymour  to  be  Captain  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  9th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Andrew  Miller  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  9th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Eben  Knapp  to  be  Ensign  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  9th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benjamin  Brush  to  be  Captain  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  9th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Edmund  Mead  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  9th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Holmes  to  be  Captain  of  the  4th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  eighth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benadam  Williams  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Paul  Wheeler  Junr  to  be  Ensign  of 
the  4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benjamin  Flint  to  be  Captain  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  George  Martin  3d  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Kingsbury  to  be  Ensign  of 
the  12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Reuben  Boyce  to  be  Captain  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ezra  Doolittle  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Rufus  Hitchcock  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Noah  Ailing  to  be  Captain  of  the 
4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Caleb  Booth  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Botsford  to  be  Captain  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Peck  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jedidiah  Stowe  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Fletcher  Pruden  to  be  Captain  of  the 
2d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Platt  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
2d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Fenn  to  be  Ensign  of  the  2d 
Company  or  Trainband,  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Frederick  Huntington  to  be  Captain  of 
a Matross  Company  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Bela  Peck  to  be  Captain  Lieutenant  of  a 
Matross  Company  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Hezekiah  Williams  to  be  2d  Lieutenant 
of  a Matross  Company  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Mitchell  to  be  Captain  of  the 
third  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  1st  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Martin  Southworth  to  be  Cornet  of  the 
third  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  1st  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Beriah  Norton  to  be  Quarter  Master  of 
the  third  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  first  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Robert  Hannah  to  be  Quarter  Master 
of  the  first  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  5th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in 
this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ralph  Ripley  to  be  Captain  of  the  first 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  4th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Loomiss  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
first  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  4th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Phineas  Cary  to  be  Cornet  of  the  l8t 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  4th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joel  Ward  to  be  Quarter  Master  of  the 
first  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  4th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Stewart  to  be  Captain  of  the  fourth 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  4th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Eaton  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
4th  Company  of  Horse  in  the  4th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Dixon  to  be  Cornet  of  the  4th 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  4th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Gersham  Pope  to  be  Quarter  Master  of 
the  4th  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  4th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Gamaliel  Little  to  be  Captain  of  the  third 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  2d  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abraham  Bliss  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
third  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  2d  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathaniel  Hide  Junr  to  be  Cornet  of  the 
third  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  2d  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Dennison  Wattles  to  be  Quarter  Master 
of  the  3d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  2d  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Phineas  Bates  to  be  Quarter  Master 
of  the  sixth  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  5th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Cone  Junr  to  be  Quarter  Master 
of  the  2d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  2d  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Enoch  Lewiss  to-  be  Captain  of  the  14th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elihu  Curtiss  to  be  Ensign  of  the  14th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Gates  to  be  Ensign  of  the  8th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jeremiah  Hubbard  Junr  to  be  Lieutenant 
of  the  9tL  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  7th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Pelton  to  be  Ensign  of  the  9th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  7th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Chapin  to  be  Ensign  of  the  8th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Hicox  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Porter  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Burr  to  be  Ensign  of  the  15th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Amasa  Dutton  to  be  Captain  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Arnold  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Noadiah  Emmons  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abraham  Willey  to  be  Captain  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Judah  Cone  to  be  Ensign  of  the  9th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Mallerson  to  be  Captain  of  the 
2d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Vine  Stoddard  to  be  Lieutenant  of  2d 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ralph  Stoddard  Junr  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
2d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Eldad  Shepard  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  26th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Bates  to  be  Ensign  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  26th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Dunham  to  be  Captain  of  the  4th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  West  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  4th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Henry  Bliss  to  be  Ensign  of  the  4th  Com- 
pany or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Solomon  Rogers  to  be  Captain  of  the  7th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  3d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Rogers  4th  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  3d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Azel  Kimberly  to  be  Captain  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Philemon  Smith  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Justus  Smith  to  be  Ensign  of  the  7th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elihu  Yale  Junr  to  be  Ensign  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Andrew  Barthelomew  to  be  Captain  of 
the  third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Hopson  Junr  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abner  Avered  Junr  to  be  Ensign  of 
the  third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jesse  Denison  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Holt  to  be  Ensign  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Moses  Lyman  to  be  Captain  of  the  3d 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Kettle  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
3d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Buell  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
3d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Zachariah  Clark  to  be  Captain  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  7th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Buckingham  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  7th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joel  Camfield  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  7th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Seth  Whitmore  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
14th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Hamlin  to  be  Ensign  of  the  14th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Ichabod  Andruss  to  be  Captain  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Marks  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Theodore  Root  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abel  Lewiss  to  be  Ensign  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Thomson  Jr  to  be  Captain  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Whiting  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Wheeler  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Eli  Trumbull  to  be  Ensign  of  the  12th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Lee  to  be  Captain  of  the  2d 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  5th  Regiment  of  L Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonas  Lawrence  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
2d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  5th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Bohn  [ ?]  Jur  to  be  Cornet  of  the 
2d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  5th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Pardee  to  be  Quarter  Master  of 
the  2d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  5th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Isaac  Foot  to  be  Captain  of  the  2d 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  1st  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Mulford  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
2d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  1st  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elias  Clark  to  be  Cornet  of  the  2d 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  first  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elnathan  Tyler  to  be  Quarter  Master 
of  the  2d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  1st  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Bishop  to  be  Captain  of  the 
second  Company  of  Governors  Guards  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathaniel  Fitch  to  be  Lieuten*  of  the  2d 
Company  of  the  Governors  Guards  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Lyon  to  be  Ensign  of  the  2d 
Company  of  the  Governors  Guards  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Eleazer  Chamberlain  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

Whereas  His  Excellency,  Jonathan  Trumbull  Esqr  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  in  and  over  the  State  of  Connecticut  has  signified 
in  an  Address  to  the  General  Assembly  to  be  communicated  to  their 
Constituents  his  Desire  that  he  might  not  considering  his  advanced 
Age  be  considered  by  the  Freemen  of  this  State  as  an  Object  of  their 


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Choice  at  the  next  General  Election;*  as  the  Governor  has  declared  his 
Wish  to  retire  after  the  expiration  of  his  present  appointment  from 
the  Cares  and  Business  of  Government — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly , that  they  consider  it  as  their  Duty  in 
behalf  of  their  Constituents  to  express  in  Terms  of  the  most  sincere 
Gratitute  their  highest  Respects  for  his  Excellency  Governor  Trumbull, 
for  the  great  and  eminent  Services  which  he  has  rendered  this  State 
during  his  long  and  prosperous  Administration  more  especially  for 
that  display  of  Wisdom  Justice  Fortitude  and  magnanimity  Joined  with 
the  most  unremitting  Attention  and  perseverance  which  he  has  mani- 
fested during  the  late  Succesful  though  distressing  War;  which  must 
place  the  Chief  Magistrate  of  this  State  in  the  Rank  of  those  great  and 
worthy  Patriots  who  have  eminently  distinguished  themselves  as  the 
Defenders  of  the  Rights  of  Mankind.  And  that  this  Assembly  consider 
it  as  a most  gracious  dispensation  of  divine  Providence,  that  a Life  of 
so  much  Usefullness  has  been  prolonged  to  such  an  advanced  Age  with 
an  unimpaired  Vigour  and  Activity  of  Mind,  but  if  the  Freemen  of 
this  State  shall  think  proper  to  comply  with  his  Excellencys  Request,  it 
will  be  the  Wish  of  this  Assembly  that  His  Successor  in  Office  may 
possess  those  eminent  Public  and  Private  Virtues,  which  give  so  much 
Lustre  to  the  Character  of  him  who  has  in  the  most  Honorable  manner 
so  long  presided  over  this  State. 

It  is  further  Resolved  that  the  Secretary  present  to  the  Governor 
Trumbull  an  Authenticated  Copy  of  this  Act  as  a Testimonial  of  the 
Respect  and  Esteem  of  the  Legislature  of  this  State,  And  the  Secretary 
is  further  directed  that  as  soon  as  he  shall  be  furnished  with  such 
Copy  he  cause  the  same  to  be  printed  together  with  this  Act. 

Whereas  the  ordinary  Publick  Business  of  this  Assembly  will  not 
at  this  Time  allow  of  a due  examination  of  the  late  revised  Acts  and 
Laws  of  this  State  as  the  same  have  been  drawn  by  a Committee 
appointed  for  that  purpose  and  now  laid  before  this  Assembly, 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Roger  Sherman  & Richard 
Law  Esqrs  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Committee  to  continue  to 
revise  the  Laws  of  this  State  heretofore  in  force,  to  form  a Memoran- 
dum or  Table  of  such  variations  abridgements  or  enlargements  as 
they  may  think  convenient  and  lay  the  Same  before  this  Assembly  at 
their  next  Meeting. 

This  Assembly  being  informed  since  the  Tryal  had  in  Decembr  last 
between  this  State  and  the  State  of  Pensylvania  of  some  Evidence 
Material  to  said  Cause  then  concealed  and  suppressed  from  the  knoledge 
of  this  State  or  its  Agents  and  that  there  is  a Probability  of  Ascertain- 
ing other  Facts  on  which  to  ground  a revision  of  the  Cause. 


* Governor  Trumbull's  address  is  printed  in  I.  W.  Stuart,  Life  of  Jonathan  Trumbull,  Sen., 
Governor  of  Connecticut  (Hartford.  1878).  pp.  604-8,  and  in  Jonathan  Trumbull,  Jonathan 
Trumbull,  Governor  of  Connecticut,  1769-1784  (Boston,  1919).  pp.  304-12. 


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October, 


Resolved  that  Eliphalet  Dyer  William  Samuel  Johnson  & Jesse 
Root  Esqrs  heretofore  appointed  be  and  they  are  hereby  Continued 
Agents  for  this  State  in  the  Matter  aforesaid  and  that  they  pursue 
their  Enquiries  after  Evidence  and  make  Report  to  this  or  some  future 
Assembly. 

It  being  Represented  to  this  Assembly  That  Ira  Rowlandson  of 
Canaan  who  was  Commissioned  by  His  Excellency  the  Governor  of 
this  State  on  the  16th  of  May  last  by  Order  of  Assembly  as  Ensign 
of  the  first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State 
and  received  his  said  Commission  under  the  Seal  of  this  State  dis- 
regarding the  Duty  of  his  said  Office  and  holding  in  Contempt  the 
Authority  of  this  State  did  on  the  13th  Day  of  June  last  in  Order  to 
gratify  his  avaricious  Inclination  sell  and  dispose  of  his  said  Commission 
to  one  Joseph  Kingman  and  unlawfully  Indorse  and  Assign  over  said 
Commission  and  the  Powers  and  Authorities  to  him  therein  given  to  the 
said  Kingman  in  great  Contempt  of  the  Authority  of  this  Assembly 
and  by  fraudulent  Representations  procured  another  Commission  from 
the  Secretary  of  this  State — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Secretary  do  make  out  and 
cause  to  be  duely  served  on  the  said  Ira  Rowlandson  Citation  notifying 
him  to  appear  if  he  see  Cause  before  the  next  Meeting  of  this  Assembly, 
to  show  Cause  if  any  he  has  why  he  shall  not  be  Cashiered  reduced  to 
the  Ranks  and  be  disabled  to  hold  said  Office  under  said  Commission  so 
fraudulently  obtained  as  aforesaid.* 

On  the  Memorial  of  Henry  Cone  of  Colchester  in  the  County  of 
Hartford  shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  at  the  Commencement  of  the 
late  War  he  Inlisted  a Soldier  into  the  Service  of  the  United  States, 
and  Continued  in  said  Service  untill  1777,  and  then  reinlisted  into  the 
Continental  Army  for  three  Years  and  whilst  in  said  Service  lost  his 
right  Eye,  notwithstanding  he  Continued  faithfully  to  serve  his  Time 
out  as  a good  Soldier,  and  soon  after  the  expiration  of  said  Service  he 
Inlisted  into  Capt  Charles  Millers  Company  in  the  Service  of  this  State 
under  the  Command  Brigr  Gen1  Waterbury  at  Horse  Neck,  and  there 
in  a Skirmish  with  a Party  of  the  Enemy9  light  Horse  on  the  24th  of 
June  1781,  He  received  a grevious  Wound  on  his  Head  which  has  in 
great  Measure  deprived  him  of  his  Sences  rendered  him  unfit  for  a 
Soldier  or  any  kind  of  Business  whatever  and  in  Consequence  thereof 
remains  now  in  a very  languishing  State  of  Health  dependent  on  the 
Charity  of  the  People  &c  Praying  for  Relei f as  Per  Memorial  on 
File  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  give  and 
execute  unto  the  Memorialist  a Note  for  the  Sum  of  thirty  Pounds 
lawfull  Money  payable  in  two  Years  and  on  Interest  Annually. 


See  below,  p.  287. 


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Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Pitkin  &c  Inhabitants  of  the  Town 
of  Hartford  on  the  East  Side  of  Connecticut  River  Shewing  that  by 
reason  of  the  Distance  many  of  them  live  from  the  Place  of  transacting 
Public  Business  in  said  Town  and  the  Difficulty  of  passing  the  Great 
River  at  various  Seasons  of  the  Year  they  Labour  under  great  Burthens 
and  are  often  prevented  attending  and  enjoying  their  legal  Priveleges, 
Also  that  they  are  of  sufficient  Ability  and  Numbers  to  be  Constituted 
into  a distinct  Town  and  Praying  for  the  Same  as  Per  Memorial  on 
File— 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly,  That  all  the  Lands  in  the  Town  of  Hart- 
ford lying  East  of  Connecticut  River  and  the  Inhabitants  thereof  within 
the  following  Boundaries  viz  West  on  Connecticut  River  East  on  Bolton 
Town  Line,  North  on  East  Windsor  Town  Line  and  South  on  Glaston- 
bury Town  Line,  including  the  two  Eclesiastical  Societies  within  said 
Limits,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  made  Constituted  and  Incorporated 
into  a distinct  Town  by  the  Name  of  East  Hartford  to  have  exercise  and 
enjoy  all  the  Priveleges  immunities  Franchises  and  Powers  which  other 
Towns  in  this  State  are  by  Law  invested  with,  And  that  all  the  Monies 
due  to  the  late  Town  of  Hartford  the  Stock  on  Hand  if  any  and  the 
Debts  owing  by  said  Town  and  the  Poor  belonging  to  said  Town  shall 
be  divided  between  said  late  Town  and  the  Town  now  Constituted, 
according  to  their  Lists,  and  the  Privelege  of  keeping  one  half  of  the 
Ferry  across  Connecticut  River  at  the  Place  or  Places  where  the  Same 
has  been  usually  kept  in  said  Town  of  Hartford  shall  belong  to  East 
Hartford  during  the  Pleasure  of  this  Assembly,  That  all  Town  Officers 
dwelling  within  the  Limits  of  said  East  Hartford  Continue  in  their 
respective  Offices  untill  new  shall  be  appointed,  and  the  two  Select  Men 
now  dwelling  in  said  East  Hartford  with  an  Assistant  or  Justice  of 
Peace,  are  hereby  Authorized  to  warn  the  first  Town  Meeting  to  be 
holden  at  the  Meeting  House  in  the  first  Society  in  said  Town  of  East 
Hartford  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  Decembr  next  for  the  purpose  of 
Choosing  Town  Officers  and  transacting  other  Business  proper  to  be 
done  in  Town  Meeting. 

Upon  application  of  William  Smith  by  his  Letter  to  his  Excellency 
Governor  Trumbull  Dated  September  8th  1783  requesting  Payment  for 
ten  Puncheons  of  Sulphur  Purchased  of  him  in  S*  Eustatia  by  Cap* 
Niles  for  the  Use  of  this  State  with  Interest. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  His  Excellency  the  Governor  be  and 
is  hereby  authorized  and  desired  to  draw  an  Order  on  the  Treasurer  of 
this  State  in  favour  of  the  said  William  Smith  for  the  Sum  that  shall 
appear  to  be  due  to  him  from  this  State  making  such  allowance  for 
Interest  after  the  Money  became  due  as  his  Excellency  shall  Judge  to 
be  Just  and  reasonable  according  to  the  Custom  of  Merchants,  and  the 
Treasurer  is  hereby  Ordered  to  pay  the  same  accordingly. 


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Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Clark  of  Lebanon  in  this  State  late  a 
Soldier  in  the  fifth  Connecticut  Regiment  in  the  Army  of  the  United 
States  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  fore  part  of  the  Summer 
AD  1782,  while  Serving  in  said  Regiment  he  unfortunately  lost  one 
of  his  Legs  whereby  he  is  rendered  unable  to  do  any  kind  of  Labour, 
That  on  the  29th  Day  of  August  1782,  the  Memorialist  was  by  the 
Inspector  of  the  Army  of  the  United  States  reported  to  his  Excellency 
General  Washington  Commander  in  Chief  of  said  Army  to  be  unfit  for 
any  further  Duty  either  in  the  Field  or  Garrison  That  on  the  applica- 
tion of  the  Memorialist  his  Excellency  General  Washington  on  the 
first  Day  of  Septembr  1782,  discharged  the  Memorialist  from  the  Service 
of  the  United  States  and  Certified  that  he  the  Memorialist  is  Entituled 
to  the  Provisions  made  by  Congress  in  such  Cases  agreeable  to  their 
Act  of  the  23d  of  April  1782,  Praying  this  Assembly  to  advance  to  the 
Memorialist  on  Account  of  the  United  States  five  Dollars  Per  Month 
for  the  Time  past  since  the  Date  of  said  Discharge,  and  direct  the 
Treasurer  of  this  State  to  pay  the  same  to  the  Memorialist,  and  to  pay 
to  him  five  Dollars  Per  Month  as  the  same  shall  become  due  in  future 
during  his  Life  agreeable  to  said  Act  of  Congress  as  Per  Memorial  on 
File,  And  the  Facts  in  said  Memorial  Stated  being  fully  supported  by 
the  Certificate  and  Report  of  the  Inspector  of  said  Army  and  the  Dis- 
charge and  Certificate  of  said  Commander  in  Chief, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  draw  an 
Order  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  to  pay  to  the  said  John  Clark  the 
Sum  due  to  him  since  the  Date  of  said  Discharge  at  the  Rate  of  five 
Dollars  Per  Month,  and  also  from  Time  to  Time  draw  on  the  Treasurer 
in  favour  of  said  Clark  for  such  Sum  as  shall  become  due  to  him  in 
future  by  Virtue  of  said  Act  of  Congress  of  the  23d  of  April  1782  dur- 
ing the  Life  Time  of  the  said  Clark,  and  Charge  the  Same  to  the  United 
States,  and  annually  draw  in  favour  of  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  or 
the  superintendant  of  Finance  for  the  repayment  thereof  agreeable  to 
said  Act  of  Congress. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Myer  Myers  of  Stratford  in  the  County 
of  Fairfield  only  surviving  Partner  to  the  late  Partnership  of  Symson 
Symson  Myer  Myer  and  George  Trail  Merchants  in  Company,  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  on  the  20th  Day  of  September  1765,  Charles  Scott 
then  resident  in  the  State  of  New  York  executed  a Deed  of  Bargain 
and  Sale  of  a certain  Tract  of  Land  in  the  Town  of  Woodbury,  but  the 
Parties  concerned  in  the  Execution  of  said  Deed  not  being  conversant 
with  the  Statute  Law  of  this  State  making  an  acknoledgment  of  a Deed 
necessary  to  its  validity  did  not  attend  to  that  formality  but  put  said 
Deed  upon  the  Records  of  said  Town  of  Woodbury  without  an 
acknoledgment,  and  said  Scott  since  the  Execution  of  said  Deed  has 
removed  to  the  West  Indias  and  there  died  Leaving  no  Children  or 
Fleirs  Praying  that  said  Deed  may  be  established  and  made  valid  the 
want  of  an  acknoledgment  notwithstanding,  as  Per  Memorial, 


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223 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly,  that  said  Deed  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
established  and  valid  to  all  Intents  and  purposes  as  if  there  had  been 
an  acknoledgment  of  the  same  according  to  the  Statute  Laws  of  this 
State  any  Law  Usage  or  Custom  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Resolve  of  the  Assembly  passed 
in  May  last  upon  the  Petition  of  John  Richards  of  New  London  in 
the  County  of  New  London*  be  and  Continue  in  full  force  untill  the 
rising  of  the  Assembly  in  May  next. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Eli  Cook  of  Windsor  in  Hartford  County, 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  as  one  of  the  Militia  of  the  Town 
of  Windsor  was  in  the  Month  of  August  1778  detached  and  Ordered  to 
March  into  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  there  to  Serve  as  a Private 
Soldier  for  a Tour  of  One  Month,  and  in  Obedience  to  said  Detachment 
and  Orders  he  Provided  himself  with  a good  Gun  and  marched  and 
Joined  Cap1  Pomeroys  Company  in  Col0  Chapmans  Regiment  and  that 
soon  after  his  arriving  on  the  Island  was  taken  sick  and  Ordered  to 
retreat  to  Providence,  and  on  his  Retreat  his  Gun  was  lost  without  his 
fault  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  draw 
on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  in  favour  of  the  Memorialist  for  such 
Sum  as  they  shall  find  to  be  the  Just  and  true  value  of  said  Gun. 

On  the  Memorial  of  Ebenezer  Backus  of  Norwich  Praying  for 
Releif  from  a Fine  of  £100  LMoney  which  he  was  sentenced  to  pay 
by  the  Honble  Superior  Court  held  at  Norwich  in  and  for  the  County 
of  New  London  in  Septembr  1782  for  his  going  to  Long  Island  within 
the  Lines  of  the  Enemy  contrary  to  Law  for  special  Reasons  inducing 
him  thereto  and  which  he  apprehends  ought  in  Equity  to  exonerate 
him  from  said  Penalty,  as  set  forth  and  represented  in  his  said  Memo- 
rial, also  therein  Shewing  that  having  paid  the  whole  Cost  in  hard 
Money  said  Court  permitted  the  State  Attorney  for  said  County  of 
New  London  to  recieve  the  fine  aforesaid  in  State  Securities  which 
he  has  paid  to  the  said  Attorney  and  which  still  remain  in  his  Hands — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  is  hereby 
released  and  discharged  from  said  fine  and  the  State  Attorney  aforesaid 
is  hereby  Authorized  and  directed  to  return  to  the  Memorialist  said  Secu- 
rities paid  or  delivered  him  on  account  of  said  fine  as  aforesaid  taking 
his  Reciept  therefor  which  shall  Avail  in  Account  rendered  by  said 
Attorney. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  Bordman  of  Weathersfield  in  Hart- 
ford County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  by  Misfortunes  at  Sea 
and  otherwise,  he  is  very  much  reduced  in  his  Circumstances  and  become 


See  above,  p.  188. 


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October, 


unable  to  make  Payment  to  his  Creditors  who  are  pursuing  him  with 
Executions  and  Attachments  Praying  that  his  Body  might  be  Liberated 
and  exempted  from  Arrests  or  Confinement  for  Debt  untill  the  rising 
of  the  General  Assembly  in  May  next, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Person  of  the  said  Samuel  be 
and  it  is  hereby  exempted  from  Arrests  or  Confinement  for  Debt  untill 
the  rising  of  the  General  Assembly  in  May  next.* 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Noah  Phelps  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
in  the  Year  1775  by  Order  and  appointment  of  the  Committee  of  Safety 
he  was  sent  into  the  State  of  Vermont,  to  raise  the  Militia  of  that 
part  of  the  Country  and  make  an  Attack  on  the  Garrison  of  Ticonderoga 
by  surprize,  for  which  purpose  he  was  furnished  from  the  Treasury  of 
this  State  with  two  hundred  Pounds  in  State  Bills,  that  after  arriving 
at  Benington  by  Order  of  a Council  of  War  he  was  with  others  sent 
in  disguise  to  reconnoitre  said  Garrison,  which  he  did  and  upon  his  going 
left  £ 197  of  said  Money  in  the  Hands  of  Capt  Elisha  Phelps,  who  was 
Commissary  in  said  Expedition,  and  in  the  Absence  of  the  Memorialist 
expended  said  Monies  in  necessary  Provisions  &c  in  that  Expedition, 
and  never  replaced  the  Same  to  the  Memorialist  and  was  soon  after 
removed  by  Death,  of  whose  last  Will  and  Testament  the  Memorialist 
is  Executor  Praying  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  Authorized  to 
Liquidate  his  Accounts  and  the  Accounts  of  said  Deceasd  and  the 
Account  of  Thomas  Barber  the  second  &c  As  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and  they  are  hereby 
Authorized  and  directed  to  Liquidate  and  adjust  the  Accounts  of  the 
Memorialist  and  the  Accounts  of  said  Deceasd  and  also  the  Accounts 
of  Thomas  Barber  2d,  And  also  examine  the  Accounts  of  what  hath 
been  heretofore  done  by  this  State  respecting  the  Expences  of  the 
said  Expedition  and  thereof  make  Report  to  the  General  Assembly 
at  their  next  Meeting. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Benjamin  Hall  of  Cheshire  in  New  Haven 
County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  August  1780  he  forfeited 
a Bond  given  for  abiding  the  Judgment  of  the  Superior  Court  in  a 
Prosecution  against  him  before  the  Superior  Court  then  sitting  in 
New  Haven  in  said  County  Praying  that  he  may  have  a new  Tryal  of 
said  Cause  or  that  he  may  be  discharged  from  the  Penalty  of  said  Bond. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  said  Halls  Paying  into  the 
Treasury  of  this  State  the  Sum  of  fifty  Pounds  lawfull  Money  in  any  of 
the  Securities  of  this  State  which  are  now  due  for  hard  Money  and  on 
Interest  he  and  his  Bail  be  discharged  from  the  Penalty  of  said  Bond. 

On  the  Memorial  of  Benjamin  Dyer  of  Windham  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  moved  from  the  Town  of  Windham  to  the  Town  of 
Norwich  two  or  three  Years  before  the  Year  1777,  that  in  the  Month  of 


See  below,  p.  396. 


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225 


May  or  June  1777,  he  removed  back  with  his  Effects  to  the  Town  of 
Windham  where  he  had  formerly  lived,  that  on  Notice  after  the  20th 
of  August  1777  he  gave  in  his  List  to  the  Listers  of  the  Town  of 
Windham  consisting  of  his  Head  &c  and  that  the  said  Listers  also 
Assessed  him  in  a large  Sum  in  said  List  and  that  he  has  punctually 
paid  to  the  Collectors  of  the  Town  of  Windham  all  Taxes  arising 
thereon,  That  the  Listers  of  the  Town  of  Norwich  after  the  20th  of 
August  1777  inserted  the  Head  of  Your  Memorialist  in  his  List  in 
the  Town  of  Norwich  and  Assessed  him  largely  for  his  Faculty 
thereon  in  and  for  the  same  Year  on  which  sundry  Taxes  have  since 
been  laid  against  Your  Memorialist  and  the  several  Collectors 
Impowered  to  Collect  the  Same,  being  a double  Taxation  to  his  great 
Injury  Praying  for  relief,  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  is  hereby  Abated  his  List 
on  his  Head  in  the  Town  of  Norwich  for  August  1777  and  the  Asses- 
ment  therein  & all  Rates  and  Taxes  made  and  arising  thereon  within 
the  sd  Town  of  Norwich  for  said  Year. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Abner  Stocking  of  Chatham  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  General  Newberry  as  Agent  to  this  State  had  Recovered 
Judgment,  and  taken  out  Execution  and  put  the  Same  into  the  Hands  of 
the  Sheriff  of  said  County  against  Your  Memorialist  for  twenty  Pounds 
LMoney  it  being  for  Duties  on  Rum  Imported  from  the  Year  1769 
till  the  Year  1772,  And  that  said  Memorialist  has  nothing  to  pay  but 
State  Securities  or  Obligations  given  to  the  Memorialist  for  Wages 
due  to  his  Son  who  died  in  the  Public  Service  Praying  that  the 
Sheriff  may  be  directed  to  accept  said  Securities  to  the  Amount  of  said 
Judgment  and  Execution  in  full  Satisfaction  and  discharge  thereof  as 
Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  that  the  said  Sheriff  be  and  he  is  hereby  Ordered  and 
directed  to  receive  State  Securities  as  aforesaid  to  the  amount  of  what 
is  due  on  said  Execution  and  said  Agent  upon  Receipt  thereof  is 
hereby  directed  to  discharge  said  Execution  as  aforesaid. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Oakley  a Soldier  in  the  first  Connecti- 
cut Regiment  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  on  the  first  Day  of 
June  1780  he  received  of  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  four  Notes  for 
the  depreciation  of  his  Pay  in  the  Years  1777,  1778  & 1779  Amounting 
to  the  Sum  of  forty  six  Pounds  eleven  Shillings  & a half  penny  lawfull 
Money,  That  while  on  Duty  near  the  Post  of  West  Point  the  said  Notes 
were  lost  or  Stolen  from  the  Memorialist  Praying  to  be  entituled  to 
receive  new  Notes  of  the  Same  Tenor  and  Date  with  said  former 
Notes — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  if  it  shall  appear  from  the  Treasurers 
Books  that  no  Payment  of  Principle  or  Interest  has  been  made  thereon, 
and  the  Memorialist  shall  procure  and  lodge  with  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State  sufficient  Bond  as  usual  to  Indemnify  the  Public  against  the  said 


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October, 


Notes  being  twice  Paid  the  said  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed 
to  Issue  to  the  said  Memorialist  four  other  Notes  of  the  Same  Tenor 
and  Date  with  said  former  Notes  payable  to  the  said  John  Oakley. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Elmore  Russell  of  Cheshire  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  on  the  13th  Day  of  May  1777,  the  Memorialist 
Inlisted  himself  as  a Soldier  in  Cap1  Jonathan  Browns  Company  in 
Col0  Lamb8  Regiment  of  Artillery  to  Serve  in  the  Continental  Army 
for  the  Term  of  three  Years  as  one  of  the  Quota  of  this  State,  And 
Your  Memorialist  accordingly  Joined  the  Army  and  Served  faith- 
fully during  said  Term,  and  then  applied  for  a discharge  but  found 
Capt  Brown  had  returned  him  as  being  Inlisted  during  the  War,  And 
the  Memorialist  being  unwilling  to  leave  the  Army  without  a dis- 
charge tarried  five  Months  after  the  expiration  of  his  Inlistment  to 
endeavour  to  procure  a discharge  which  proving  ineffectual  he  left 
the  Army  but  was  afterwards  taken  up  and  returned  to  the  Army, 
which  he  soon  after  left  and  went  to  Sea  and  has  never  since  Joined, 
that  he  was  in  Consequince  thereof  returned  a Deserter  to  the  Pay 
Table,  which  has  prevented  his  reviving  his  Depreciation  Notes  Pray- 
ing for  Relief  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be 
and  they  are  hereby  Impowered  and  directed  to  Settle  and  adjust  the 
Sum  or  Sums  due  to  the  Memorialist  for  Depreciation,  observing  the 
Same  Rules  and  making  of  him  the  Same  allowances  as  has  been  made 
to  others  for  like  Services,  and  draw  Orders  on  the  Treasurer  for  his 
Notes  in  the  Same  manner  as  has  been  done  in  other  Cases  for  Service 
performed  at  the  same  Time  and  Charge  the  same  to  the  United  States. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Sheldon  Clark  of  Darby  in  New  Haven 
County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  Month  of  May  1775  he 
then  being  Master  of  the  Sloop  Betsey  Imported  from  the  West  Indias 
into  the  Port  of  New  Haven,  seventy  two  Hogsheads  of  Rum,  on 
which  by  a Law  of  this  State  then  in  force  a Duty  of  seven  shilling 
and  six  pence  lawfull  Money  Per  Hogshead  was  payable  for  the 
security  of  which  Duty  to  be  paid  being  about  twenty  seven  Pounds  in 
the  whole,  the  said  Clark  gave  his  Bond  to  David  Wooster  Esqr  then 
Naval  Officer  of  said  Port  for  a much  larger  Sum,  and  that  a Suit  on 
said  Bond  now  lies  in  Litchfield  Superior  Court  against  said  Clark  for 
the  recovery  of  the  Contents  of  said  Bond  Praying  that  he  may  have 
Liberty  to  pay  up  said  Bond  in  Securities  against  this  State  on  Interest 
which  were  given  said  Clark  for  Army  supplies  &c  as  Per  Memorial 
on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Liberty  be  and  hereby  is  granted  to 
the  Memorialist  to  pay  the  Contents  of  said  Bond  in  securities  Given 
the  Memorialist  against  this  State  on  Interest  for  Army  Supplies,  and 
that  said  Suit  in  said  Superior  Court  shall  Cease  and  be  determined  on 
the  Memorialists  paying  the  Cost  thereon  arisen. 


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Upon  the  Memorial  of  Hannah  Rowley  of  Hebron  in  the  County 
of  Hartford,  Shewing-  to  this  Assembly  that  her  late  Husband  Capt 
Abijah  Rowley  Deceasd  had  the  Command  of  a Company  at  the  North- 
ward in  the  Year  1776,  and  drew  a Sum  of  Money  out  of  the  Treasury 
of  this  State  which  Stands  Charged  against  him  in  the  Pay  Table  Office, 
and  on  a Settlement  of  said  Account  with  the  Committee  of  said  Pay 
Table,  a Ballance  was  found  against  the  Memorialist  Administratrix 
to  said  Capt  Rowleys  Estate  of  about  twenty  three  Pounds  LMoney 
which  Debt  the  Memorialist  prays  for  Liberty  to  pay  with  the  four 
following  Notes  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  viz  one  of  £5  18  3 which 
was  out  last  June  and  one  for  the  Same  Sum  payable  the  first  Day  of 
June  next  also  one  for  the  like  Sum  of  £5  18  3 payable  the  first 
Day  of  June  1785  and  one  more  of  £7  11  10  payable  in  the  Year 
1786  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be 
directed  and  they  are  hereby  directed  to  receive  of  said  Memorialist 
said  Notes  or  so  many  of  them  as  shall  Ballance  the  abovesaid  Account. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Abraham  Tyler  of  Waterbury  in  New 
Haven  County  Representing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  was  sentenced 
by  the  Superior  Court  holden  at  New  Haven  on  the  last  Tuesday  of 
August  1783  to  be  Committed  to  New  Haven  Goal  there  to  remain 
during  the  Term  of  seven  Months  from  that  Time  & c as  Per  Memorial — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Abraham  Tyler  upon  paying 
the  Cost  of  his  Prosecution  before  said  Court  and  his  Imprisonment 
and  becomeing  Recognized  with  Surety  in  the  Sum  of  two  hundred 
Pounds  Lawfull  Money  before  a Justice  of  Peace  of  the  County  of 
New  Haven  Conditioned  that  if  he  shall  not  be  of  good  and  peacible 
Behaviour  for  the  Term  of  One  Year  from  the  28th  Day  of  October  1783, 
said  Recognizance  shall  be  forfeited,  be  Liberated  and  freed  from  his 
said  Imprisonment  and  Confinement. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Mary  Alsop  Administratrix  on  the  Estate 
of  Richard  Alsop  late  of  Midletown  Deceasd,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  by  a Resolve  of  the  General  Assembly  held  in  October  1777  the 
Distillery  in  Chatham  was  taken  up  by  the  Publick  for  the  purpose  of 
Distilling  Geneva  for  Public  Use,  That  the  Heirs  of  said  Richard 
Alsop  and  Nathaniel  Shaylor  are  Proprietors  of  one  half  of  said  Dis- 
tillery, and  no  payment  has  been  made  for  the  Use  of  said  Distillery 
&c  Praying  for  Payment  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  General  James  Wadsworth  and 
Ebenezr  White  Esqrs  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Committee  to 
enquire  into  the  Matters  alledged  in  said  Memorial  and  Report  with  their 
Opinion  what  ought  to  be  done  thereon  to  this  or  some  future  Assembly. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Solomon  Leet  Junr  of  Guilford  in  New  Haven 
County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  1777  he  lived  in  the  House 


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October, 


with  his  Father  Solomon  Leet  in  said  Guilford  which  the  Enemy  burnt 
on  the  17th  Day  of  June  in  which  he  had  all  his  Household  Furniture 
burnt  and  destroyed  by  which  he  is  much  Impoverished  Praying  for  a 
Release  from  his  public  Taxes  as  Per  Petition 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Petitioner  be  and  he  is  hereby 
released  from  the  Payment  of  all  Public  Taxes  which  are  due  from 
him  or  that  may  be  laid  on  the  Lists  for  the  Year  1781  and  1782. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Thomas  Shaw  Executor  of  the  last  Will  and 
Testament  of  Nathaniel  Shaw  Esqr  late  of  New  London  Deceasd  Shew- 
ing that  the  said  Nath1  in  his  Life  Time  was  Agent  for  this  State  in 
sundry  Matters  and  made  some  Advancements,  that  some  of  his  Vouchers 
were  burnt  by  the  Enemy  and  that  a Part  of  his  real  Estate  was  used 
for  Publick  Purposes  and  the  Accounts  are  unsettled  Praying  for 
Relief  & c. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  the  Pay  Table  be 
and  they  are  hereby  Impowered  and  directed  to  Settle  and  adjust  the 
Accounts  of  the  Memorialist  according  to  their  Common  and  usual 
Rules  except  when  the  Vouchers  are  lost  or  consumed  by  fire  in  which 
Case  said  Pay  Table  shall  determine  on  such  Reasonable  Evidence  as  can 
be  obtained  according  to  the  ordinary  Rules  in  such  Cases  and  Report 
the  whole  of  their  Doings  to  the  next  Session  of  this  Assembly  that  such 
further  Orders  may  be  made  thereon  as  shall  be  Just  and  Reasonable.* 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Perkins  of  Cheshire  in  New  Haven 
County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  was  Sentenced  by  the  Superior 
Court  holden  at  New  Haven  on  the  last  Tuesday  of  August  1783  to  be 
Committed  to  New  Haven  Goal  there  to  remain  during  the  Term  of 
seven  Months  from  that  Time  &c  as  Per  Memorial 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  William  Perkins  upon  paying 
the  Cost  of  his  prosecution  before  said  Court  and  Imprisonment,  and 
becomeing  Recognized  with  Surety  in  the  Sum  of  two  hundred  Pounds 
Lawfull  Money  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  before  a Justice  of  Peace 
for  the  County  of  New  Haven  Conditioned  that  if  he  shall  not  be  of 
good  and  peaceble  Behaviour  for  the  Term  of  One  Year  from  this 
28th  Day  of  October  1783  said  Recognizances  shall  be  forfeited,  be  Lib- 
erated and  freed  from  his  said  Imprisonment  & Confinement. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  George  Ross  of  Staten  Island  in  Richmond 
County  in  the  State  of  New  York  Praying  for  Liberty  to  remove  with 
his  Family  and  Estate  into  New*  Haven  in  this  State  and  become  a 
Citizen  thereof  and  also  that  he  may  become  an  Inhabitant  according 
to  Law  of  said  Town  of  New  Haven  Provided  said  Town  will  according 
to  Law  admit  him  to  be  an  Inhabitant  thereof  according  to  Law  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File — 


* See  below,  p.  294. 


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Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  George  Ross  have  Liberty 
and  Liberty  and  permission  are  hereby  granted  to  him  to  remove  with 
his  Family  and  Effects  into  New  Haven  in  this  State  and  to  become 
a Citizen  thereof  and  that  said  Town  of  New  Haven  may  admit  the 
said  Ross  to  become  according  to  Law  an  Inhabitant  of  said  Town. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Silas  Cleaveland  of  Canterbury  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  his  Father  Mr  Edward  Cleaveland  Decd  in  the  Month 
of  Novr  1771  leaving  a Widow  Mrs  Rebeckah  Cleaveland  and  also  Died 
Seized  of  about  eighty  Acres  of  Improved  Land  in  said  Canterbury, 
which  said  Land  was  disposed  of  by  the  last  Will  and  Testament  of  the 
said  Edward  in  the  following  manner  viz  first  the  Use  and  Improvement 
of  One  third  Part  of  said  Real  Estate  to  said  Widow  during  her  natural 
Life  and  also  one  third  Part  of  the  moveable  Estate  he  died  Seized  of 
forever,  2dly  to  Silas  his  aforesaid  Son  about  thirty  Acres  of  said  Land, 
3ly  to  his  four  Daughters  viz  Joanna  Rebeckah  Deliverance  and  Experi- 
ence, about  twenty  Acres  of  said  Land  and  lastly  to  Payne  Cleaveland 
Youngest  Son  to  said  Deceasd,  the  residue  of  his  Lands  Houses  Orchards 
&c,  and  the  said  Payne  Cleaveland  survived  his  said  Father  about  two 
Years  only,  and  gave  the  whole  of  the  Legacy  so  given  him  by  the  said 
Edward  Cleaveland  Deceasd  to  his  two  Sons  Edward  and  Stephen,  and 
that  he  was  appointed  and  now  is  lawfull  Guardian  to  the  said  Edward 
and  Stephen  Minors  and  Sons  to  the  said  Payne  and  that  his  Mother 
Rebeccah  Cleaveland  is  in  the  ninety  fourth  Year  of  her  Age  and 
unable  to  help  herself  and  the  moveable  Estate  given  her  by  him  said 
Husband  was  all  spent  within  two  Years  after  the  Death  of  the  said 
Edward  Deceasd,  and  nothing  now  left  for  the  support  of  the  said 
Rebeccah  but  the  income  of  about  nine  Acres  of  Land  which  is  very 
inadequate  to  her  support,  by  which  means  the  whole  Burthen  of  sup- 
porting his  aged  Infirm  and  helpless  Mother  fall  on  him  which  he  is 
very  unable  to  do,  Praying  that  some  meet  Person  or  Persons  may  be 
appointed  to  Liquidate  his  Account  for  supporting  his  said  Mother  as 
aforesaid  with  full  Powers  and  Authority  to  Sell  so  much  of  said  thirds 
belonging  to  the  Heirs  of  the  said  Payne  Cleaveland  Decd  as  shall  be 
their  equal  proportion  according  to  the  distribution  made  by  the  said 
Edward  Decd  by  his  last  Will  and  Testament  unto  the  said  Payne 
Cleaveland  Decd  if  so  much  there  be,  and  pay  the  Same  to  him  for  Cost 
and  Trouble  already  accrued  as  well  as  for  the  Support  of  his  said 
Mother  in  future  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Eleashil  Adams  Esqr 
of  said  Canterbury  be  and  he  is  hereby  Authorized  and  Impowered 
to  Liquidate  and  adjust  the  Cost  and  expence  of  the  said  Memorialist 
in  providing  for  and  taking  Care  of  his  said  Mother  as  aforesaid, 
and  also  to  Sell  so  much  of  said  thirds  belonging  unto  the  Heirs  of  said 
Payne  Cleaveland  Decd  as  shall  be  their  equal  proportion  according 
to  the  Distribution  made  by  said  Edward  Deceasd  by  his  last  Will  and 
Testament  unto  the  said  Payne  Cleaveland  Decd  if  so  much  there  be, 


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and  pay  and  satisfy  to  the  Memorialist  such  reasonable  Sum  or  Sums 
as  shall  be  found  Justly  due  to  him  for  his  Trouble  and  expence  in 
Providing  for  and  taking  Care  of  his  said  Mother  as  aforesaid,  taking 
the  direction  of  the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Plainfield 
therein. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Nathan  Preston  of  Woodbury  in  the  State  of 
Connecticut  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  some  Time  in  the  Year  1765 
Garwood  Cunningham  of  said  Woodbury  Died  and  left  a Son  named 
Garwood  Hinman  about  thirteen  Months  of  Age,  who  was  made  Sole 
Heir  of  the  whole  Estate  of  the  said  Garwood  Deceasd  by  his  last 
Will  and  Testament,  except  a Legacy  of  £80  to  a Sister  of  the  half 
Blood  with  this  Paragraph  in  the  Will  viz,  And  it  is  my  Will  and  I 
do  hereby  Order  that  my  said  Son  shall  have  a Liberal  Education  and 
the  Expence  thereof  shall  be  paid  out  of  my  said  Sons  Estate,  And  in 
Pursuance  of  said  Will  the  said  Garwood  Hinman  was  early  sent  to 
School,  fitted  for  and  entered  College  and  has  now  commenced  his  second 
Year  in  College  and  considerable  expence  has  already  accrued  which 
the  Personal  Estate  is  insufficient  to  pay,  and  more  Expence  will  follow 
and  no  provision  made  by  the  Testator  for  the  Sale  of  the  real  Estate, 
and  praying  for  Liberty  to  sell  real  Estate  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist,  who  is  Guardian  to 
said  Garwood  Hinman  have  Liberty  and  he  is  hereby  Impowered  to 
make  Sale  of  so  much  of  the  real  Estate  of  the  said  Garwood  Hinman 
Cunningham  as  shall  be  necessary  to  pay  the  Expence  already  arisen  and 
also  to  Compleat  his  Education  under  the  direction  of  the  Judge  of 
Probate  for  the  District  of  Woodbury. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Mary  Brown  Administratrix  on  the  Estate 
of  John  Brown  late  of  Stonington  Deceasd,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  she  now  hath  in  her  Care  the  one  half  of  a Wharf  and  small 
Store  at  Stonington  Harbour  belonging  to  the  Heirs  of  said  Deceasd, 
that  said  Wharf  and  Store  have  received  great  Damage  during  the 
late  War  and  are  much  decayed,  that  the  other  owner  is  about  to  repair 
said  Wharf  which  will  be  attended  with  great  Expence,  that  she  hath 
not  of  the  Estate  of  said  Heirs  in  her  Hands  wherewith  to  make  the 
necessary  Repairs  and  that  it  will  not  be  for  the  advantage  of  said 
Heirs  to  Charge  them  with  so  large  an  Expence  Praying  for  Liberty  to 
make  Sale  of  said  Wharf  & Store  for  the  Benefit  of  said  Heirs 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Liberty  and  Authority  be  and  is 
hereby  Granted  to  the  said  Mary  Brown  to  make  Sale  of  said  Wharf 
and  Store  under  the  direction  of  the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District 
of  Stonington  first  giving  sufficient  Bond  to  said  probate  Court  to 
Account  with  said  Heirs  for  the  Avails  of  said  Wharf  & Store. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Naomi  Brown,  William  Scovill,  Darius 
Scovill,  Ozias  Warner,  Gaylord  Hawkins  & Hannah  his  Wife,  all  of 


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Watertown  in  the  County  of  Litchfield,  Daniel  Brown  James  Brown  Asa 
Brown  and  Ebenezer  Brown  all  of  Waterbury  in  New  Haven  County, 
Daniel  Thomas  & Sarah  his  Wife  Titus  Beacher  & Thankfull  his  Wife 
of  New  Haven  in  said  New  Haven  County,  Samuel  Beardsley  of  New- 
town Amos  Beardsley  Reuben  Whitehead  and  Eunice  his  Wife  of  Strat- 
ford in  the  County  of  Fairfield,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  the  said 
Naomi  Widow  and  Relect  of  Elam  Brown  late  of  said  WaterTown 
Deceasd  by  great  Exertions  Industry  and  Economy  has  supported  her 
said  Husband  Elam  Brown  in  a State  of  Delirium  and  distraction  about 
thirty  Years,  that  she  has  had  three  Children  who  all  Died  antecedent 
to  the  said  Elam,  that  by  her  said  Industry  she  has  saved  a considerable 
Estate  which  by  Law  descends  to  the  Heirs  of  the  said  Elam  Deceasd, 
and  will  leave  the  said  Widow  Naomi  in  a State  of  Poverty  and  want, 
That  Joseph  Brown  one  of  the  Brothers  of  the  said  Deceasd  is  supposed 
to  be  in  Canada  which  prevents  an  equitable  Settlement  of  the  Estate 
of  the  said  Elam  by  the  agreement  of  the  Heirs,  That  all  the  Heirs  to 
said  Estate  except  the  said  Joseph  Brown  have  agreed  to  divide  the 
Estate  of  the  said  Elam  Decd  as  follows  viz  That  the  said  Naomi  shall 
pay  all  the  Debts  due  from  said  Estate  and  the  Cost  of  settling  the  Same, 
and  shall  have  and  enjoy  the  whole  of  the  Personal  Estate  of  the  said 
Deceasd  forever,  and  about  forty  Acres  of  Land  with  the  dwelling  House 
and  Barn  standing  thereon  taking  the  North  Part  of  said  Farm  begin- 
ning at  the  North  East  Corner  of  said  Farm,  then  runing  Westward 
in  the  Line  between  John  Merrells8  Land  and  said  Farm  about  forty 
Rods,  then  turning  Southward  in  the  Line  between  said  Merrell8  Land  and 
said  Farm  untill  it  comes  to  the  South  East  Corner  of  said  Merrells9  Land 
Westward  of  said  House  then  running  Eastward  in  a direct  Line  towards 
the  Top  of  James  Brown8  Chimney  untill  it  Strikes  the  dividing  Line 
between  said  James  Browns  Land  and  said  Farm  Cutting  Southward 
on  the  remaining  part  of  said  Farm  Eastward  on  said  James  Brown8 
Land  Northward  part  on  the  Highway  that  goes  from  Waterbury  to 
Westbury  and  part  on  said  Merrells’  Land  and  Westward  on  said  Mer- 
rell8 Land  Also  six  Acres  of  Timbered  Land  to  be  taken  at  the  South 
end  of  said  Farm,  beginning  at  the  South  East  Corner  of  said  Farm  a 
heap  of  Stones  then  running  Northward  forty  Rods  to  a heap  of  Stones 
then  Westward  twenty  four  Rods  to  a heap  of  Stones  then  Southward 
forty  Rods  to  a heap  of  Stones  then  Eastward  twenty  four  Rods  to  the 
first  mentioned  Corner,  Butting  Southward  on  Woodruff8  Land,  East- 
ward on  James  Brown8  Land  Northward  and  Westward  on  the 
remaining  part  of  said  Farm,  And  that  the  said  Naomi  shall  have  a 
passage  two  Rods  wide  from  the  last  mentioned  Peice  of  Land  by  the 
Line  of  James  Brown  Land  untill  it  comes  to  the  first  mentioned  forty 
Acre  Peice,  and  that  the  said  Naomi  shall  have  the  Privelege  of  taking 
the  Water  out  of  the  Brook  where  it  is  now  taken  out  and  carrying  it 
in  the  most  convenient  Place  to  Water  the  Meadow  by  the  Barn,  and 
that  the  residue  and  remainder  of  the  Estate  of  the  said  Elam  Deceasd 
shall  be  divided  to  and  among  the  Heirs  of  the  said  Deceasd  exclusive  of 


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the  said  Widow  Naomi  in  manner  and  Proportion  as  the  Law  directs 
Praying  that  said  Estate  might  be  settled  according  to  said  Agreement 
as  Per  Memorial  on  File  more  fully  appears — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Agreement  recited  as  afore- 
said be  and  the  Same  is  hereby  ratified  and  confirmed,  And  that  a Copy 
thereof  with  this  Resolve  being  Recorded  in  the  Town  Clerks  Office  in 
said  Watertown,  an  exemplification  thereof  properly  Certified  shall  be 
Sufficient  Evidence  in  the  Law  to  Justify  and  secure  the  said  Naomi 
Brown  her  Heirs  and  Assigns  in  the  quiet  and  Peaceble  Possession  and 
Improvement  of  all  the  real  and  Personal  Estate  described  and  agreed 
to  be  set  off  to  her  as  aforesaid  with  the  appurtenances  and  Priveleges 
thereof  forever. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Joshua  Elderkin  of  Windham  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  he  purchased  the  Confiscated  Estate  of  Thomas  Fan- 
ning at  the  Price  of  £3155  12  6 to  be  paid  in  Bills  emitted  by  this 
State  or  Pay  Table  Orders  That  he  hath  paid  £961  15  2 in  such  Orders 
in  part  of  said  Price  and  that  for  the  Residue  thereof  being  £2193  17  4 
the  Memorialist  and  Roger  Huntington  gave  their  Bond  to  the  Treasurer 
of  this  State.  That  the  Memorialist  has  a considerable  Debt  due  to  him 
from  this  State  as  a Commissary  for  Purchases  and  Commissions,  which 
is  not  yet  fully  Stated  and  Settled  by  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table 
Praying  that  no  Suit  be  brought  on  said  Bond  untill  his  said  Accounts 
may  be  stated  by  said  Committee  and  that  said  Committee  may  be 
enabled  to  Liquidate  said  Bond  & c as  Per  Memorial, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  no  Suit  be  brought  on  said  Bond 
against  said  Elderkin  & Huntington  or  either  of  them  untill  the  rising 
of  this  Assembly  in  May  next. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Theophilus  Miles  of  Derby  in  the  County 
of  New  Haven  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  became  bound  before 
the  Honble  Superior  Court  held  at  New  Haven  on  the  last  Tuesday  of 
February  1776  in  a Recognizance  or  Bond  of  £500,  for  the  appearence 
of  his  Brother  Jonathan  Miles  then  in  Custody  for  having  had  some 
intercourse  with  the  Enemy  before  the  next  Superior  Court  the  amount 
of  which  Bond  said  Superior  Court  supposed  to  be  the  value  of  said 
Jonathan8  Estate,  that  some  Time  after  said  Jonathan  went  over  to  the 
Enemy  and  said  Bond  was  forfeited  and  said  Jonathan8  Estate  has  since 
been  confiscated  and  sold  for  the  Use  of  this  State  and  nothing  allowed 
to  the  Memorialist  on  Account  of  his  being  bound  for  his  said  Brother 
and  the  Memorialist  has  likewise  been  Sued  upon  his  said  Bond  or 
Recognizance  and  Judgment  has  been  had  thereon  for  the  whole  Amount 
thereof  and  Cost  of  suit,  which  Cost  the  Memorialist  has  since  paid 
Praying  for  Relief  and  that  the  Memorialist  may  be  discharged  from 
said  Bond  and  the  Judgment  that  has  been  obtained  thereon  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  is  hereby 


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released  and  discharged  from  said  Recognizance  or  Bond  and  the 
Judgment  that  has  been  obtained  thereon  and  that  all  further  Proceed- 
ings thereon  be  and  they  are  hereby  stayed  Provided  nevertheless  that 
said  Memorialist  shall  not  be  entituled  to  receive  back  any  Cost  he  has 
paid  thereon. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Asa  Leavenworth  of  Watertown  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  he  was  induced  to  be  Bondsman  for  the  appearence 
of  David  Punderson  before  the  Superior  Court  being  prosecuted  for 
passing  Counterfeit  Money  by  being  informed  that  he  would  have 
nothing  to  pay  except  the  Cost  of  Prosecution  in  Case  said  Punderson 
inlisted  into  the  Public  Service  which  he  did  accordingly;  that  he  was 
deceived  in  said  Information  and  also  in  the  Security  which  he  took, 
that  he  now  has  a Judgment  and  Execution  against  him  upon  said  Bond 
for  the  Sum  of  one  hundred  Pounds  lawfull  Money  with  Cost  Praying 
for  Relief  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  the  Memorialist8  paying  upon 
said  Execution  the  Sum  of  twelve  Pounds  ten  shillings  in  public  Securi- 
ties against  this  State  and  also  discharging  all  Cost  that  has  already 
arisen  in  the  Premisses,  he  be  discharged  from  said  Judgment  and  Exe- 
cution, and  that  the  State  Attorney  in  and  for  the  County  of  Litchfield 
be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  receive  and  Settle  the  same  and  discharge 
the  Memorialist  accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Lucy  Lyon  of  Fairfield  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  on  the  10tb  Day  of  October  1765,  that  Lois  Lyon  Mother 
to  the  Memorialist  and  Wife  to  Joseph  Lyon  late  of  said  Fairfield,  had 
distributed  to  her  out  of  her  Father  Ephraim  Sanford8  Estate  the  Sum 
of  £279  10  6 which  Money  the  said  Joseph  Lyon  Recieved,  with  which 
he  purchased  several  Peices  of  Land  particularly  one  of  Henry  Lyon 
Esqr  lying  in  the  Township  of  Fairfield  by  estimation  thirty  Acres,  lying 
in  Grummons  long  Lott  and  Meakers  long  Lott  so  called  bounded 
beginning  in  said  Meakers  Long  Lott  at  the  end  of  three  Miles  down 
from  the  Rear  of  said  Lots,  thence  to  run  up  Northwesterly  taking  the 
whole  width  of  said  Lott  so  far  as  to  include  the  quantity  of  fourteen 
Acres  and  to  begin,  in  said  Grummons  Lott  about  Ten  Rods  Southerly 
of  the  Southermost  Branch  of  Cross  Brook,  being  about  two  Miles  and 
three  Quarters  down  from  the  Rear  of  the  said  Lott  thence  to  run  up 
Northwesterly  taking  the  whole  Width  of  said  Lott  about  fifty  five 
Rods  to  the  Top  of  a great  Ledge  of  Rocks  crossing  said  Lott  on  a 
slant  bounded  by  the  Top  of  said  Ledge  as  it  runs  across  said  Lott  for 
which  said  Joseph  gave  ninety  five  Pounds  of  the  aforesaid  Money,  that 
he  purchased  other  Lands  with  the  aforesaid  Money  to  the  amount  of 
fifty  nine  Pounds  two  shillings  Lawfull  Money,  that  at  the  Time  of 
purchasing  said  Lands  the  said  Joseph  agreed  and  promissed  his  said 
Wife  Lois  and  her  Friends  that  he  would  convey  and  secure  to  her  the 
said  Lois  and  her  Heirs  the  whole  of  the  Lands  purchased  with  her 


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said  Money,  that  the  said  Lois  soon  after  died  very  suddenly  and  that 
the  said  Joseph  Lyon  never  did  Convey  or  Secure  the  said  Land  to  the 
said  Lois  and  her  Heirs,  which  consisted  of  the  Memorialist  and  one 
Son  named  Augustus  that  in  April  1 777  the  said  Joseph  Lyon  and  the 
said  Augustus  went  to  long  Island  and  put  themselves  under  the  Protec- 
tion of  the  Enemies  of  these  States,  and  since  removed  to  Nova  Scotia 
the  said  Augustus  being  then  and  still  is  under  the  Age  of  twenty  one 
Years,  that  the  Memorialist  is  the  only  Heir  to  the  said  Lois  Deceasd 
now  living  in  these  States,  that  the  whole  of  the  Estate  of  the  said 
Joseph  is  confiscated  to  be  improved  to  and  for  the  Use  of  this  State, 
that  the  above  Land  purchased  of  Henry  Lyon  Esqr  is  not  Sold  as 
appears  by  Memorial  and  Report  of  Committee  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Hezekiah  Hubbel  Esqr  Administrator 
on  said  Joseph  Lyon8  Estate  be  Impowered  and  directed  at  the  expence 
of  the  Memorialist  to  give  to  her  a Quit  Claim  Deed  of  all  the  Right 
and  Title  this  State  has  in  the  above  described  Land  purchased  of  the 
said  Henry  Lyon  Esqr  in  the  Name  of  the  Governor  & Comp7  of  this 
State. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Peter  Johnson  of  New  Haven  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  he  received  the  Provisions  collected  in  New  Haven 
on  the  sixpenny  Tax,  and  that  he  was  appointed  by  General  Parsons  and 
the  Civil  Authority  and  Select  Men  of  New  Haven  to  Issue  said  Provi- 
sions to  the  Continental  and  State  Troops  which  he  did  to  a considerable 
Amount,  And  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  on  settling  his  Accounts 
did  not  make  him  the  allowance  of  the  wastage  & c Praying  this  Assem- 
bly to  Order  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  to  examine  his  Accounts  of 
Provisions  issued  and  make  him  the  same  allowance  which  has  been 
made  to  those  who  have  received  and  Issued  Provisions  Collected  on  the 
2s/6d  Tax  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  ordered  and  directed  to  examine  the  Accounts  of  Provi- 
sion Issued  by  said  Johnson  and  make  him  the  same  allowance  as  they 
have  usually  made  others  who  have  Issued  Provisions  collected  on  the 
2/6d  Tax  and  Settle  with  him  accordingly. 

Upon  the  Complaint  of  Aaron  Hawley  of  Stratford  relative  to  certain 
Abuses  and  Injuries  done  to  Tom  and  Eunice,  and  the  other  Indians  of 
Golden  Hill  in  said  Stratford  a Committee  were  appointed  by  the  Assem- 
bly to  examine  into  the  Subject  Matter  of  said  Complaint  and  Report 
make  which  Committee  having  Reported  to  this  Assembly  as  Per 
Report — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Accounts  of  Daniel  Morriss  of 
said  Stratford  late  Guardian  of  said  Indians  have  been  overcharged  as 
exhibited  annually  to  the  Judge  of  Probate  and  that  the  Credits  for  the 
Use  of  their  Lands  fall  much  Short  of  their  real  value  and  for  a full 
settlement  of  all  Affairs  of  said  Indians  said  Guardian  Daniel  Morriss 


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do  pay  and  satisfy  to  said  Indians  the  Sum  of  thirty  six  Pounds  fifteen 
shillings  lawfull  Money  and  the  Cost  of  this  Suit  and  that  Execution 
Issue  accordingly. 

Cost  taxed  and  allowed  at  £25  6 3 LMoney. 

Exn  granted  Octobr  31st  1783. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Seth  Johnson  Junr  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  he  was  Bail  for  the  appearence  of  Jonah  Griswold  before  the 
Superior  Court  held  at  Hartford  the  first  Tuesday  of  Septembr  last  on 
an  Information  for  passing  Counterfeit  Pay  Table  Orders,  that  his 
Bonds  were  forfeited  &c  Praying  that  the  Adjourned  Superior  Court  to 
be  held  at  Hartford  the  fourth  Tuesday  of  Novembr  next  may  enabled 
to  try  said  Cause  and  be  discharged  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 
Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Adjourned  Superior  Court 
be  and  they  are  hereby  Impowered  and  directed  to  proceed  to  take  Cog- 
nizance off  and  to  hear  and  decide  on  said  Process  against  said  Griswold 
as  though  said  Bond  had  not  been  forfeited  and  on  the  Memorialists 
delivering  up  said  Josiah  Griswold  in  said  Adjourned  Superior  Court 
into  the  Custody  of  the  Sheriff  of  said  County  of  Hartford  the  Memo- 
rialist be  and  he  is  hereby  released  & discharged  from  his  said  Bond  he 
paying  all  Legal  Cost  arisen  on  said  process  to  this  Time. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Thomas  Fanning  & Levi  Johnson  both  of 
Windham  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  they  are  subjected  to  pay 
the  Sum  of  £42  4 0 to  the  Treasurer  of  Windham  County  for  the  Use 
of  this  State  for  and  on  account  that  the  Memorialist  had  become  Bail 
for  one  John  Bowman  for  a Review  of  a certain  Cause  wherein  said 
Bowman  was  convicted  by  the  County  Court  for  Windham  County,  for 
carrying  Wheat  Flour  out  of  this  State  contrary  to  the  Laws  thereof 
wherein  said  Bowman  was  ordered  to  pay  as  a forfeiture  to  the  Treasury 
of  said  State  the  Sum  of  £25  4 0 LMoney  with  additional  Cost  Praying 
for  Relief  in  the  Premisses  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  is  hereby  granted  that  they  pay  said  Sum  of  £25  4 0 as  part 
of  the  said  £42  4 0 in  the  Publick  Securitys  of  this  State  now  due  equal 
to  their  specie  value,  and  the  States  Attorney  for  Windham  County  is 
hereby  enabled  to  receive  said  Sum  in  the  aforesaid  Securities  and  so 
far  to  discharge  the  Memorialist  from  said  Sum  which  they  are  obliged 
to  pay  as  aforesaid. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Levi  Johnson  of  Windham  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly,  that  he  was  by  the  County  Court  for  Windham  County  con- 
victed of  driving  out  of  this  State  a number  of  Sheep  contrary  to  the 
Laws  of  this  State  for  which  he  was  adjudged  to  pay  a forfeiture  of 
£9  0 0 LMoney  to  and  for  the  Use  of  the  Treasury  of  said  State 
Praying  for  Relief  in  the  Premisses  as  Per  his  Petition  on  File — 
Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Petitioner  have  Liberty  and 


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Liberty  is  hereby  granted  that  he  may  discharge  said  forfeiture  by  pay- 
ing the  same  in  the  Public  Securities  now  due  from  this  State  at  the 
Specie  value,  and  the  States  Attorney  for  Windham  County  is  hereby 
enabled  and  Ordered  to  receive  the  Same  at  the  value  aforesd  in  dis- 
charge of  said  forfeiture  and  Settle  said  Matter  with  said  Johnson  in 
manner  aforesaid. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Doctr  Philip  Turner  Shewing  to  this  Assem- 
bly, that  on  the  11th  Day  of  April  1777  the  Honble  Congress  appointed 
him  Surgeon  General  of  the  Hospital  of  the  United  States  in  the  Eastern 
Department  with  a Pay  of  five  Dollars  Per  Day  and  six  Rations  of  Pro- 
visions, which  appointment  he  accepted  and  Served  in  that  Department 
with  faithfulness  and  Fidelity  untill  the  13th  of  June  1781  and  that  the 
full  direction  of  said  Hospital  was  committed  to  him  on  the  6th  Day  of 
Feb7  1778  that  in  May  1781  he  made  application  to  this  Assembly  to 
make  good  his  Wages  by  making  up  the  Depreciation  on  the  Same  Prin- 
ciples and  in  the  Same  manner  as  has  been  done  for  the  Officers  of  the 
Line  from  this  State,  but  he  not  being  at  that  Time  furnished  with  any 
Act  of  Congress  pointing  directly  to  his  particular  Case,  the  Assembly 
at  that  Time  granted  to  him  allowance  for  Depreciation  at  the  Rate  of 
sixteen  Shillings  Per  Day  only  in  Lieu  of  thirty  shillings  which  was  his 
establish  Pay,  and  that  since  that  Time  he  has  received  Resolves  of  Con- 
gress of  the  11th  and  13th  of  June  1781  which  entitles  him  to  the  allow- 
ance of  Depreciation  upon  his  whole  established  pay  and  recommending 
to  this  State  to  Settle  the  same,  and  that  he  is  willing  to  relinquish  what 
is  due  to  him  for  Rations  on  the  adjustment  of  the  Depreciation  of  his 
pay  Praying  that  allowance  may  be  made  to  him  for  the  Depreciation 
on  the  said  14s  Per  Day  which  he  has  not  received  of  his  established 
Wages  while  in  Service — 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table  be  and  they  are  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  Liquidate  and 
adjust  the  Accounts  of  the  Memorialist  and  allow  him  the  Depreciation 
on  the  said  14s/  Per  Day  which  has  not  been  heretofore  allowed  of 
his  established  pay,  and  draw  Orders  on  the  Treasurer  for  what  may  be 
found  due  and  Charge  the  same  to  the  United  States,  and  the  Treasurer 
is  hereby  Ordered  to  secure  the  Same  to  the  Memorialist  in  the  same 
manner  as  has  been  allowed  and  Secured  to  the  Connecticut  Line  of  the 
Army. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Ackley  of  Hebron  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  on  the  twenty  first  Day  of  October  1782,  he  received  of 
the  Treasurer  of  this  State  a Note  of  that  Date  for  ten  Pounds  seventeen 
shillings  and  five  pence  payable  one  Year  after  the  War  with  Interest 
annually,  which  Note  he  soon  afterwards  Lost  and  hath  not  been  able  to 
obtain  Praying  that  the  Treasurer  be  enabled  and  directed  to  give  the 
Memorialist  a second  Note  of  the  same  Tenor  and  Date  of  that  lost  as 
aforesaid  as  Per  Memorial, 


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237 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  on  the  said  John  Ackleys  giving  to 
the  Treasurer  of  this  State  sufficient  security  to  repay  the  Sums  Secured 
by  said  lost  Note  in  case  said  Note  shall  regularly  be  presented  for 
payment  the  said  Treasurer  be  and  is  hereby  enabled  and  directed  to 
give  said  Ackley  a second  Note  of  the  same  Tenor  and  Date  of  said 
Note  so  lost  as  aforesaid. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Benjamin  Hanks  of  Litchfield  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  has  with  great  Study  for  a number  of  Years  applied 
himself  in  search  of  Mechanical  Knoledge,  and  in  pursuance  thereof  has 
invented  and  executed  a Clock,  which  winds  itself  up  by  the  effect  of  Air, 
and  which  will  continue  so  to  do  without  any  other  Assistance  till  the 
Component  parts  thereof  are  destroyed  by  Friction  and  that  said  Clock 
will  keep  Time  in  the  most  regular  manner,  as  it  is  wound  up  without 
any  variation  or  stop  put  to  its  mechanical  Operation  and  that  conse- 
quently said  Invention  is  a great  Improvement  in  Mechanical  Knoledge 
Praying  for  the  Privelege  of  an  exclusive  Right  to  make  and  vend 
Clocks  so  constructed  for  the  Term  of  fourteen  Years  as  by  Memorial 
on  File* — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Prayer  of  the  said  Petition  be 
granted  and  that  he  the  said  Benjamin  Hanks  be  and  he  hereby  is 
legally  vested  with  the  Sole  and  exclusive  Right  of  making  executing 
and  vending  Clocks  of  the  beforementioned  Description  and  Construction 
for  the  Term  of  fourteen  Years,  and  that  any  Person  or  Persons  who 
shall  make  any  Clock  Constructed  conformable  to  the  aforesaid  descrip- 
tion or  simular  thereto,  or  shall  Import  or  bring  into  or  vend  any  such 
Clock  within  this  State  so  as  to  defeat  the  exclusive  Right  which  it  is 
the  Intention  of  this  Act  to  vest  the  said  Benjamin  Hanks  with  the 
Privelege  to  make  and  vend  as  a Reward  for  his  Study  and  Invention 
as  aforesaid  during  the  Term  aforesaid,  every  such  Person  or  Persons 
for  every  such  Clock  constructed  or  brought  into  this  State  contrary  to 
the  Design  and  inclination  of  this  Act,  and  without  the  consent  of  the  said 
Benjamin  Hanks  shall  forfeit  to  him  or  to  his  Heirs  or  Executors  the 
value  of  every  such  Clock  so  constructed  or  brought  into  this  State  which 
value  shall  not  be  estimated  at  less  than  Twenty  Pounds  Lawfull  Monv 
to  be  recovered  by  the  said  Benjamin  Hanks  his  Heirs  Executors  or 
Administrators  before  any  Court  having  Cognizance  of  such  Offence 

Provided  nevertheless  that  nothing  shall  be  considered  or  deemed 
an  Offence  against  this  Act  by  which  any  forfeiture  shall  accrue  to  him 
the  said  Benjamin  Hanks  or  to  his  Heirs  or  Executors  but  what  shall  be 
Committed  in  the  Life  of  the  said  Benjamin  Hanks — 


* On  Benjamin  Hanks  (1755-1824),  clock  and  watchmaker,  stocking-weaver,  goldsmith,  engraver, 
see  Penrose  R.  Hoopes,  Connecticut  Clockmakers  of  the  Eighteenth  Century  (Hartford,  1930). 
pp.  79-83.  The  Fairfield  Gazette  of  Aug.  19,  1787,  referred  to  him  as  “the  ingenious  Mr.  Hanks.  . . 
to  whom  the  public  are  indebted  for  that  curious  piece  of  mechanism,  the  invention  of  air 
clocks.”  He  installed  one  of  his  clocks,  said  to  have  wound  itself  by  a sort  of  windmill  device, 
in  the  tower  of  the  Old  Dutch  Church,  Nassau  and  Liberty  Streets,  New  York  City. 


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October, 


Resolved  farther  that  this  Act  shall  be  adjudged  a Publick  Act  after 
it  shall  have  been  published  in  three  successive  Papers  in  each  of  the 
Public  Newspapers  of  this  State. 

On  the  Representation  and  Prayer  of  Thomas  Fanning  of  Norwich 
in  New  London  County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  Decembr  1780 
he  was  appointed  by  the  General  Assembly  of  this  State  to  purchase 
a quantity  of  Pork  for  the  Use  of  the  State,  that  in  consequence  of 
said  appointment  he  purchased  of  Brigr  General  Tyler  of  Preston  on 
the  28th  Feby  1781  eight  Barrels  of  Pork  for  said  Use  at  fourteen 
Pounds  Per  Barrell,  that  said  eight  Barrels  with  the  Cost  of  transporta- 
tion from  Preston  to  Norwich  amounted  to  one  hundred  and  fifteen 
Pounds  ten  shillings  in  the  Currency  of  the  State,  which  Sum  was  at 
said  Time  computed  to  be  equal  in  value  to  fifty  seven  Pounds  fifteen 
shillings  lawfull  Money  for  the  Payment  of  said  Sum  said  Tyler  was 
to  receive  Pay  of  the  Collector  in  State  Taxes  for  Preston,  on  an 
Order  drawn  by  the  Treasurer  on  the  said  Collector  for  three  hundred 
Pounds  in  said  Currency  in  favour  of  said  Fanning,  also  that  said  Fan- 
ning on  the  5th  Day  of  March  1781  purchased  of  Wheeler  Coit  of 
Preston  four  Barrels  of  Pork  for  the  Use  aforesaid  for  the  Sum  of 
sixty  eight  Pounds  fifteen  shillings,  including  Cost  of  Transportation 
under  like  Conditions  with  the  purchase  of  said  Pork  of  General  Tyler, 
that  in  Consequence  of  the  great  Delay  made  by  said  Collector  in  Col- 
lecting said  Taxes  said  Money  became  depreciated  one  half  of  its  value 
from  the  Time  of  the  Purchase  of  said  Pork,  and  the  Time  said  Collector 
appeared  to  be  ready  to  pay  said  Money  either  to  said  Tyler  or  Coit 
by  means  whereof  said  Tyler  and  Coiit  refused  to  receive  their  Pay 
for  said  Pork  of  said  Collector,  nor  have  they  as  yet  ever  received  any 
Pay  for  said  Pork  but  now  demand  Pay  of  said  Fanning.  Praying 
that  the  Assembly  would  Grant  a State  Note  to  said  General  Tyler  for 
said  Sum  of  fifty  seven  Pounds  fifteen  shillings  lawfull  Money  Payable 
in  one  Year  after  the  expiration  of  the  late  War  including  Interest 
from  the  purchase  of  said  Pork  also  one  other  State  Note  to  said 
Wheeler  Coiit  for  the  Sum  of  thirty  four  Pounds  seven  shillings  lawfull 
Money  Payable  in  one  Year  after  the  late  War  including  Interest  from 
the  purchase  of  said  Pork  as  Per  Representation  and  Prayer  on  File. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  make  out  two  State 
Notes  one  to  said  Gen1  Tyler  for  the  Sum  of  £57  15  0 LMoney  payable 
in  one  Year  after  Cessation  of  the  late  Hostilities,  also  one  other  Note 
to  said  Wheeler  Coit  for  thirty  four  Pounds  seven  shillings  LMoney 
payable  in  one  Year  after  the  late  War  with  Interest  from  the  Time  of 
the  sitting  of  this  Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Lydia  Hosmer  Administratrix  on  the  Estate 
of  Titus  Hosmer  Esqr  late  of  Midletown  Deceasd,  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  said  Titus  in  his  Life  Time  was  legally  possessed 
in  his  own  Right  in  fee  simple  of  a Right  of  Land  in  the  Township  of 


1783. 


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239 


Bath  in  the  County  of  Grafton  and  State  of  New  Hamshire  which 
Lands  are  unprofitable  Estate  to  the  Family  of  the  Deceasd,  and  also 
that  said  Deceasd  was  possessed  of  one  other  small  peice  of  Land  in 
Midletown  at  fur  Neck  containing  five  Acres  which  is  also  unprofitable 
to  said  Family  Praying  that  she  may  be  Authorized  and  Impowered 
to  Sell  said  two  Peices  of  Land  &c  as  Per  Memorial  Dated  Octobr  13th 
1783— 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  she  is  hereby 
Impowered  and  Authorized  to  Sell  and  give  good  and  lawfull  Deeds  and 
Titles  to  said  two  Peices  of  Land  and  to  Use  and  Improve  the  Avails 
thereof  for  the  Benefit  of  said  Family  under  the  Inspection  and  direction 
of  the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Midletown  therein. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Joshua  Hempsted  of  New  London  in  the 
County  of  New  London  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  Month  of 
May  ADom  1778  he  was  Collector  of  State  Taxes  for  the  Town  of  New 
London  and  received  from  Nathaniel  Shaw  Esqr  then  of  New  London 
but  since  Deceasd  in  payment  of  Taxes  the  Sum  of  £58  13  9 LMoney 
in  Bills  of  Credit  of  this  State  emitted  at  different  Periods,  that  by  Mis- 
fortune said  Money  was  by  the  Memorialist  mislaid,  and  he  never  found 
the  Same  untill  within  two  Years  last  past  Praying  for  Releif  in  the 
premesses  as  Per  Memorial  on  File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  receive 
said  Sum  of  £58  13  9 in  said  Bills  from  the  Memorialist  and  having 
ascertained  the  value  of  said  Money  on  the  first  Day  of  May  1778  by 
the  Scale  of  Depreciation  and  Computed  the  Interest  thereon  from  the 
said  first  Day  of  May  to  the  first  Day  of  February  1781  he  give  and 
execute  to  the  Memorialist  a Note  of  Hand  in  behalf  of  this  State  for 
the  amount  payable  in  Silver  or  Gold  at  or  before  the  end  of  One  Year 
after  the  expiration  of  the  War  or  a Cessation  of  Hostilities  between 
Great  Britain  and  the  United  States,  with  Interest  at  6 Per  Cent  Per 
Annum  said  Interest  to  be  paid  annually  in  Gold  or  Silver  said  Note 
to  be  dated  the  said  first  Day  of  said  February. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Mary  Sumner  late  of  Ashford  in  the  County 
of  Windham  but  now  of  Roxbury  in  the  County  of  Suffolk  and  Com- 
monwealth of  Massachusets  and  Administratrix  on  the  Estate  of  Samuel 
Sumner  late  of  Ashford  aforesaid  Deceasd  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  the  Debts  already  paid  by  her  which  were  due  from  the  Estate  of 
said  Deceasd  and  allowances  made  to  her  surmount  the  Inventory  of  the 
Personal  Estate  the  Sum  of  sixty  six  Pounds  five  shillings  & ten  Pence 
silver  Money,  that  there  still  remains  due  from  the  Estate  of  said 
Deceasd  Debts  to  the  amount  of  near  four  hundred  Pounds  LMoney 
that  said  Deceasd  left  a real  Estate  which  consists  chiefly  of  a Farm 
of  Land  in  said  Ashford  and  a Lott  of  wild  Land  in  Mansfield,  that 
he  also  left  six  Children  three  of  whom  are  under  Age,  That  the 
other  three  Children  are  Settled  at  said  Roxbury  and  are  desirous  that 


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October, 


said  Lands  should  be  sold,  That  said  Lands  are  so  Situated  that  the 
Sale  of  so  much  thereof  as  would  be  Sufficient  for  the  payment  of 
said  Debts,  would  wholly  spoil  said  Farm,  render  the  Same  unsaleable 
and  very  unsuitable  to  make  a Settlement  for  one  of  said  Children,  or 
any  other  Person,  and  not  in  a situation  to  lease  out  to  advantage  &c 
And  Praying  for  Liberty  to  Sell  and  dispose  of  the  whole  of  the  real 
Estate  of  said  Deceasd  lying  and  being  within  this  State  & c as  Per 
Memorial  on  File  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Mary  be  and  she  is  hereby 
fully  Authorized  and  Impowered  to  make  Sale  of  and  by  Deed  to  Convey 
the  whole  of  the  real  Estate  of  said  Deceasd  lying  and  being  within  this 
State,  taking  the  direction  of  the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of 
Pomfret  therein,  and  giving  Bond  with  sufficient  surety  to  the  Judge  of 
the  Court  of  Probate  for  said  District  in  a suitable  Sum  Conditioned 
that  the  said  Mary  shall  distribute  the  whole  of  the  Avails  of  the  Sales 
thereof  to  and  among  the  legal  Heirs  and  Representatives  of  said  Samuel 
Deceasd  according  to  Law,  except  what  shall  be  necessary  for  the  Pay- 
ment of  said  Debts  and  the  Cost  arising  in  and  about  the  same. 

On  the  Petition  of  Sarah  Loveland  of  Durham  Shewing  to  this  Assem- 
bly that  her  late  Husband  Jonathan  Loveland  died  in  the  Connecticut  Line 
in  the  Continental  Army,  and  at  the  Time  of  his  Death  there  was  due 
from  the  State  to  him  eight  Pounds  fourteen  shillings  Praying  for 
Liberty  of  this  Assembly  to  receive  the  Same  in  a Note  on  the  State. 

It  is  therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of 
Pay  Table  be  and  they  are  hereby  directed  to  draw  an  Order  on  the 
Treasurer  of  this  State  to  secure  by  a Note  on  Interest  for  the  Sum 
that  is  found  due  to  the  said  Jonathan  Loveland  at  the  Time  of  his  Death 
and  deliver  the  same  to  the  said  Sarah  Loveland. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Abner  Andruss  of  Wallingford,  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  he  engaged  as  a Soldier  or  Private  in  Capt  Wil- 
liam Mills  Company  of  Artificers  on  the  12th  Day  of  Feby  1777,  and 
that  being  at  Wilmington  he  was  sick  with  the  Meazles,  and  to  avoid 
the  Enemy  in  August  1777,  he  was  obliged  to  march  in  a violent  Storm 
one  whole  Night  which  so  affected  his  Health  that  a Paralitick  Fitt  soon 
ensued  which  deprived  him  of  the  Use  of  one  Hand  and  his  Senses 
almost  ruined  of  which  he  never  expects  to  recover  Praying  that  he 
may  have  his  Wages  which  are  due  to  him  from  the  Time  he  was  taken 
sick  and  also  such  farther  allowance  as  shall  be  thought  proper  as  Per 
Memorial — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Comtee  of  the  Pay  Table  adjust 
the  Account  of  the  Pay  of  the  Memorialist  from  the  first  Day  of  August 
1777  to  the  Time  of  his  Sickness  to  the  first  Day  of  August  1779  and 
give  Order  on  the  Treasurer  for  the  Payment  thereof  and  Charge  the 
amount  to  the  United  States, 

And  it  is  further  Resolved  that  the  Memorialist  shall  receive  of  this 


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State  the  further  Sum  of  twenty  Pounds  lawfull  Money  and  that 
the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  draw  Order  on  the  Treasurer  therefor 
accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Redfield  of  Midletown  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  in  settling  his  Accounts  of  the  Wages  & c as  Com- 
missary of  Cloathing  &c  there  was  found  due  to  him  the  Sum  of  £261 
18  0 and  that  there  was  a mistake  in  said  Settlement  of  £54  12  0 which 
corrected  will  make  a Ballance  of  £316  10  0 due  to  him  Praying  that 
said  mistake  m^y  be  Corrected  and  that  he  may  be  secured  the  said 
Sums  by  Notes  &c  with  Interest  from  the  Time  the  Same  became  due 
&c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  Impowered  and  directed  to  adjust  said  Account  and 
mistake  according  to  their  common  and  usual  Rules  and  give  Order  on 
the  Treasurer  for  securing  the  Ballance  so  found  in  the  Usual  and  com- 
mon manner. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Richard  Barrett  of  Durham  and  Benjamin 
Beecher  of  Cheshire  in  the  County  of  New  Haven  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  James  Barrett  late  of  Waterbury  in  said  County  Deceasd 
father  to  the  Petitioner  and  a number  of  other  Children,  died  many 
Years  since  leaving  Esther  Barrett  his  Wife  a Widow  who  was  natural 
Mother  to  the  Petitioners  but  not  to  said  other  Children,  they  being  Chil- 
dren of  said  Deceasd  by  a former  Wife  and  left  a part  of  his  Estate  to 
be  distributed  according  to  Law,  and  said  Esther  received  her  third 
part  of  her  said  Husbands  Estate  being  in  Moveables,  and  the  Improve- 
ment of  about  fifteen  Acres  of  Land  in  said  Waterbury  in  the  Parish  of 
Farmingbury  during  her  Life,  which  was  sett  of  and  distributed  to  her 
for  her  thirds  of  the  real  Estate*  that  for  many  Years  said  Esther 
has  been  sickly  and  unable  to  provide  for  herself,  and  that  all  her  move- 
able  Estate  hath  long  since  been  expended  in  her  support  and  she 
became  Chargeable  to  the  Town  of  Watertown  who  have  called  upon 
the  Petitioners  therefor  and  compelled  them  to  pay  the  Sum  of  £16  11  0 
LMoney  and  become  obligated  for  her  future  support  and  said  Land 
being  almost  without  fence  and  under  such  Circumstances  that  very 
little  profit  can  be  had  therefrom  and  that  as  said  Esther  was  for  many 
Years  an  Industrious  and  prudent  Wife  to  said  Deceasd  the  Petitioners 
think  it  reasonable  that  she  should  have  a comfortable  Support  out  of 
her  said  Husbands  Estate  as  long  as  any  part  of  her  thirds  remain 
Praying  for  Liberty  to  Sell  said  Lands  for  that  purpose  as  Per  Petition 
on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Richard  Barrett  and  Benjamin 
Beecher  be  and  they  are  hereby  fully  Authorized  and  Impowered  to 
Sell  and  dispose  of  said  Land  for  the  purpose  of  supporting  their  said 
Mother  first  paying  and  discharging  said  Sum  of  £16  11  0 LMoney 
so  already  advanced  for  that  purpose,  and  upon  the  Death  of  their 


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said  Mother  to  pay  over  the  remainder  of  the  Money  that  shall  arise 
from  the  Sale  of  said  Land  if  any  there  be  after  deducting  the  necessary 
Support  of  their  said  Mother,  and  the  incident  Charges  that  shall  be 
allowed  by  the  Judge  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Waterbury  to 
and  among  the  Heirs  who  by  Law  are  entituled  to  Inherit  in  said  Land 
after  the  Death  of  their  said  Mother  in  the  same  proportion  in  which 
they  would  by  Law  be  entituled  to  Inherit,  And  a Deed  of  said  Land 
made  and  executed  by  said  Richard  and  Benjamin  shall  convey  a full 
and  ample  Title  to  said  Land  in  fee  simple. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  second  Company  of  Governors  Guards 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  there  are  a large  number  of  Stands  of 
Arms  belonging  to  this  State,  now  lodged  in  the  Hands  of  the  Select 
Men  of  New  Haven  that  many  of  said  Company  by  the  reason  of  the 
Casualties  of  the  War  and  the  inroads  of  the  Enemy,  are  destitute  of 
Arms,  and  that  said  Arms  would  be  kept  as  safely  and  in  as  good 
Order,  if  delivered  over  to  the  Officers  of  said  Company  to  be  by  them 
used  on  public  Days  of  Parade  and  Training  Praying  an  Order  of  this 
Assembly  on  said  Select  Men  for  sixty  four  Stand  of  said  Arms  as  Per 
Memorial  &c 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Select  Men  of  said  New  Haven 
be  and  they  are  hereby  ordered  and  directed  to  deliver  Over  to  the 
Commissioned  Officers  of  said  Company  for  the  Use  of  said  Company 
sixty  four  Stand  of  said  Arms  taking  their  Receipt  therefor  to  be 
accountable  to  this  State  for  the  Use  of  said  Company. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Ralph  Bingham  of  Windham  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  at  the  opening  of  the  late  War  he  Inlisted  into  the  Regi- 
ment of  Artillery  raised  out  of  the  Troops  of  the  New  England  States, 
and  served  as  a Serjeant  therein  untill  Honorably  discharged,  near  the 
Close  of  the  first  Campaign  That  by  his  indefatigable  exertions  in  the 
memorable  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  he  became  overheated  and  surfeited 
by  means  whereof  he  sickened  and  languished,  enduring  great  pain  in 
his  Joints  and  Limbs  and  hath  enjoyed  no  Health  from  that  Day  to 
this  Time,  his  Flesh  emaciated  and  his  Limbs  distorted,  and  he  remains 
wholly  unable  to  do  any  kind  of  Business  for  his  own  support,  and 
hath  spent  the  whole  of  his  substance  in  low  distressed  Circumstances 
Praying  for  Releief  & c as  Per  Memorial. 

This  Assembly  being  fully  satisfied  that  the  Memorialist  received 
his  said  Misfortune  in  the  Service  of  his  Country,  therefore  it  is  Resolved 
by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  and  is  hereby 
directed  to  execute  his  Note  to  said  Bingham  for  the  Sum  of  thirty 
Pounds  lawfull  Money  payable  in  two  Years  next  after  the  Date  of  said 
Note  on  Interest  to  be  paid  annually. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Revd  David  Ripley  of  Pomfret  shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  he  was  ordained  a Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  the 


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Society  of  Abington  in  said  Pomfret  in  the  Year  1753,  where  he  con- 
tinued in  the  Work  of  the  Ministry  untill  he  was  Compelled  by  Infirmity 
of  Body  to  such  a dismission  from  his  particular  Charge  of  the  Church 
and  People  in  said  Abington  that  he  still  means  to  pursue  the  Work  of 
the  Ministry  as  his  Health  will  permit  That  the  Listers  of  Pomfret  have 
put  his  small  Estate  in  the  List  from  the  Year  1780  to  1782  inclusively, 
and  Tax  Bills  are  made  thereon  which  he  is  urged  and  unable  to  pay 
without  ruin  to  himself  and  Family  in  his  distressing  Circumstances, 
Praying  to  be  exempted  from  pasd  and  future  Taxes  &c  as  Per  Memorial 
on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Revd  David  Ripley  be  and 
he  is  hereby  discharged  and  exempted  from  past  and  future  Taxation 
in  the  same  manner  as  Ministers  of  the  Gospel  are  by  Law  exempted 
during  the  Pleasure  of  this  Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Richard  Law  as  Guardian  to  Jonathan  Law 
Pomeroy  a Minor  of  the  Age  of  fifteen  Years  on  the  12th  of  September 
last,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  there  is  a House  and  Home  Lott 
containing  about  one  Acre  of  Land  situate  in  Greenfield  in  the  Township 
of  Fairfield  belonging  to  said  Minor  which  being  out  of  Repair  and 
going  to  decay  it  would  be  much  for  the  Interest  of  said  Minor  to  Sell 
and  dispose  of  the  same,  and  that  said  Memorialist  has  agreed  with 
Capt  David  Hubbell  to  Sell  and  dispose  of  the  same  to  him  in  Case 
Liberty  and  Authority  can  be  obtained  for  that  purpose,  upon  the  said 
Hubbell8  giving  security  for  the  payment  of  the  Purchase  Money  to  said 
Minor  when  he  comes  of  Age,  together  with  the  Interest  annually  for 
the  Use  and  support  of  said  Minor  at  the  price  of  £375  0 0 LMoney 
and  that  it  will  be  greatly  to  the  detriment  of  the  Interest  of  said  Minor 
not  to  have  said  Sale  compleated,  Praying  to  be  enabled  to  execute  a 
Deed  as  aforesaid  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  is  hereby 
enabled  and  Impowered  to  Sell  and  dispose  of  said  House  and  Lotts 
to  said  Hubbell  on  his  giving  security  for  said  purchase  Money  and 
Interest  as  aforesaid  for  the  Use  and  Benefit  of  his  said  Ward  as 
aforesaid. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Osborn  and  James  Knap  belonging  to 
the  fourth  Brigade  of  Militia,  Shewing  that  they  served  six  Months 
in  the  Years  1779  and  1780  in  the  Continental  Army,  and  by  reason  of 
the  Pay  Master  appointed  for  said  Brigade  not  undertaking  said  Trust, 
they  are  not  paid  which  Memorial  was  referred  to  a Committee  to  Report 
what  ought  to  be  done  for  the  Memorialist  and  others  in  like  Circum- 
stances, which  Committee  having  Reported  as  Per  Memorial  and  Report 
on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Col0  Eli  Mygatt  of  Danbury  be  and 
he  is  hereby  appointed  Paymaster  to  said  4th  Brigade  to  Settle  with  the 
Memorialist  and  others  in  like  Circumstances  belonging  to  said  Brigade 


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deducting  what  they  have  received  in  Continental  Bills  for  their  said 
Service,  at  the  Rate  of  eighteen  for  one,  and  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table  is  hereby  directed  to  draw  Orders  on  the  Treasurer  payable  out  of 
the  Tax  of  one  shilling  on  the  Pound  payable  in  April  last  for  the 
Ballances  that  shall  be  found  due,  and  the  said  Pay  Master  shall  have 
a meet  recompense  for  his  Trouble. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  Brooks,  Jonathan  Brace  and  Anne 
Brace,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Jonathan  and  Anne  are 
in  her  Right  Administrators  on  the  Estate  of  Thomas  Kimberly  Esqr 
late  of  Glastonbury  Deceasd,  that  the  said  Thomas  in  his  Life  Time 
agreed  and  bargained  with  said  Samuel  to  sell  to  him  a Farm  of  Land 
in  said  Glastonbury  containing  ninety  five  Acres,  and  gave  said  Samuel 
his  Bond  to  give  him  a Deed  of  said  Land  upon  his  paying  said  Thomas 
the  Sum  of  One  hundred  Pounds  lawfull  Money  and  the  Interest 
thereon  for  which  Sum  the  said  Samuel  then  gave  his  Notes  to  said 
Thomas  and  has  paid  the  same,  And  the  said  Administrators  fully 
satisfied  of  the  Equity  of  said  Bargain  and  payment  of  Purchase  Money 
and  the  Heirs  of  said  Thomas  being  Minors  unable  tomake  Conveyance 
and  praying  that  Powers  be  lodged  in  the  Hands  of  said  Administra- 
tors to  give  legal  Title  to  said  Samuel  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Administrators  be  and  they 
are  hereby  Impowered  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  the  Court  of  Probate 
for  the  District  of  Hartford  therein  to  make  execute  and  deliver  to  said 
Samuel  Brooks  a good  and  ample  Deed  of  Bargain  and  Sale  of  a certain 
Peice  of  Land  lying  in  said  Glastonbury  in  the  East  Society  called 
Morley  Meadow  bounded  South  on  Land  belonging  to  the  Heirs  of 
Thomas  Whaples  Decd  partly  and  partly  by  Land  belonging  to  the  Heirs 
of  David  Hubbard  Decd  and  partly  by  Land  of  the  Heirs  of  Thomas 
Kimberly  Deceasd,  North  and  West  by  Common  or  undivided  Land 
Containing  ninety  five  Acres,  which  Deed  shall  be  as  valid  and  effectual 
for  his  the  said  Samuel8  having  and  holding  the  same,  as  though  the 
said  Thomas  Kimberly  in  his  Life  Time  had  given  and  executed  the 
Same,  and  an  Authenticated  Copy  thereof  shall  be  admitted  in  all  Courts 
of  Law  or  Equity  as  Legal  Evidence  of  said  Samuel8  Right  and  Title 
to  said  Land. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Ichabod  Leach  of  New  Fairfield  and  Report 
of  Committee  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1775  he 
purchased  of  his  Brother  James  Leach  then  of  said  New  Fairfield 
about  four  Acres  of  Land  lying  in  said  New  Fairfield  Lower  seven 
Miles  so  called  with  a dwelling  House  standing  thereon,  Bounded 
Southerly  by  Highway  Easterly  and  Northerly  by  the  Creek  and  Pond 
Westerly  by  John  Leach8  Land,  that  he  paid  the  full  Price  agreed  upon 
for  said  House  and  Land,  that  since  said  purchase  his  said  Brother 
went  off  to  and  Joined  the  Enemies  of  these  States  whereby  his  whole 
Estate  was  adjudged  forfeit  to  this  State,  that  the  Deed  given  him  by 


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his  said  Brother  was  casually  lost  Praying  this  Assembly  to  grant  him 
and  his  Heirs  in  the  Peacible  Possession  of  said  House  and  Lands  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  and  he 
is  hereby  Impowered  and  directed  at  the  expence  of  the  Memorialist,  to 
give  to  him  a Quit  Claim  Deed  of  the  Above  described  Premisses  in  the 
Name  of  the  Governor  and  Company  of  this  State. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Ebenezer  Punderson,  whose  Estate  within 
this  State  hath  been  confiscated,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  unjust 
Claims  and  demands  are  made  against  his  Estate,  whereby  great  Injus- 
tice is  likely  to  be  done  to  his  Just  Creditors  and  this  State  Praying 
for  Liberty  to  return  into  this  State  to  assist  Benjamin  Huntington  Esqr 
Administrator  on  said  Estate  in  settling  & Liquidating  his  Accounts — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Ebenezer  Punderson  have 
Liberty  and  Liberty  is  hereby  granted  to  him  to  return  to  this  State 
to  Assist  the  said  Benjamin  Huntington  Esqr  and  the  Commissioners 
appointed  to  examine  into  and  Settle  the  Claims  of  the  Creditors  to  his 
Estate  in  reckoning  settling  with  the  Creditors  and  Debtors  of  the  said 
Punderson,  and  that  he  be  at  Liberty  to  reside  in  this  State  for  the 
purpose  aforesaid,  untill  such  Settlements  can  be  effected  or  this 
Assembly  shall  otherwise  Order  and  direct. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Robert  Ross  Clerk  Shewing  that  he  is  the 
Author  and  Composer  of  a Book  called  the  American  Grammar  or  a 
complete  Introduction  to  the  English  and  Latin  Languages,*  that  said 
Book  is  of  great  Utility  to  the  Publick,  has  passed  seven  different  Edi- 
tions with  many  usefull  Corrections  and  Amendments  by  the  Hands 
of  the  Author,  that  the  Memorialist  has  prepared  many  more  Important 
Amendments  and  Additions  which  will  render  any  future  Editions  more 
extensively  Usefull,  that  he  is  Liable  to  loose  the  Benefit  of  his 
Learned  Labours  to  which  he  is  Justly  entituled  because  said  Grammar 
was  first  published  antecedent  to  the  Law  Entituled  an  Act  for  the 
encouragement  of  Literature  and  Genius,  made  and  passed  at  a General 
Assembly  holden  at  Hartford  January  8th  1783, f Praying  for  Relief 
in  the  Premisses  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  shall  be  and  he  is 
hereby  vested  with  and  Entituled  to  the  Copy  Right  in  said  Grammar 
and  to  all  the  Avails  or  Profits  arising  on  the  Sales  of  any  future  Edi- 
tions of  the  Same  either  with  or  without  Corrections  and  Amendments 


*The  American  Grammar:  or,  a.  Complete  Introduction  to  the  English  and  Latin  Languages. 
Formed  from  a careful  Perusal  of  the  Classic  Authors,  and  the  Writings  of  the  Best  Gram- 
marians. For  the  Use  of  Schools  both  English  and  Latin.  By  Robert  Ross  A.M.  The  Seventh 
Edition,  carefully  revised,  corrected  and  enlarged.  . . . Hartford:  Printed  by  Nathaniel  Patten, 
a few  Rods  North  of  the  Court-House,  1782.  The  first  edition  appeared  in  1752.  All  editions 
before  this  seventh  of  1782  were  exclusively  devoted  to  Latin,  as  was  the  eighth,  which  was  net 
published  until  1793,  and  which  omitted  Ross’s  name  from  the  title  page, 
t See  above,  pp.  13-15. 


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to  all  Intents  and  purposes  as  fully  as  though  said  Grammar  had  been 
first  published  since  the  passing  the  abovesd  Act  of  Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Isaac  Bull,  Oliver  Stanley  &c  Select  Men 
of  the  Town  of  Wallingford  Praying  to  be  relieved  from  an  Execution 
in  favour  of  the  Governor  and  Company  of  the  State  of  Connecticut 
against  said  Town  for  the  Sum  of  thirty  Pounds  Lawfull  Money  as 
Per  Memorial — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Execution  in  favour  of  the 
Governor  and  Company  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  against  the  Town  of 
Wallingford  for  the  Sum  of  thirty  Pounds  lawfull  Money  be  made  null 
and  void  and  the  operation  thereof  be  forever  suspended,  and  the  same  is 
hereby  made  void  and  forever  suspended  and  that  no  proceedings  be  had 
thereon,  the  Memorialists  paying  what  Costs  have  arisen  on  said 
Execution. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Hezekiah  Ripley  of  Fairfield  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  during  the  late  War  he  has  sustained  various  Losses 
Occasioned  by  Devastations  of  the  Enemy  more  especially  by  the  burn- 
ing of  his  dwelling  House  and  furniture  whereby  he  is  reduced  to  great 
Want  and  Distress  Praying  for  Relief  &c  as  Per  Memorial — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  and  receive  of 
the  Avails  of  the  Estates  Confiscated  to  the  Use  of  this  State,  the  Sum 
of  One  hundred  and  fifty  Pounds  lawfull  Money  which  Sum  may  be 
paid  him  by  any  Person  who  shall  be  appointed  to  make  Sale  of  such 
Estates,  taking  the  Memorialists  Receipts  therefor  Provided  the  Avails 
of  such  Estate  are  not  already  appropriated  by  Order  of  this  Assembly. 

Whereas  it  was  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  at  their  Sessions  in  May 
last  Upon  the  Memorial  of  Timothy  Bradley,  That  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State  receive  of  said  Memorialist  his  said  State  Notes  to  the  Amount 
of  One  hundred  Pounds  lawfull  Money  and  draw  Orders  therefor  upon 
the  several  Collectors  Payable  out  of  any  of  the  Rates  or  Taxes  due  to 
this  State,  and  not  particularly  appropriated  to  any  other  Purpose,  at  the 
Option  of  the  Memorialist,*  which  Resolve  being  Limited  to  unappro- 
priated Taxes,  the  Memorialist  is  unable  to  obtain  any  Thing  thereon 
and  is  defeated  of  the  Benefit  thereof  there  being  no  such  Monies  to  be 
obtained, 

Wherefore  Resolved  that  the  said  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  receive  said  Notes  as  aforesaid  and  to  pay  to  said  Memorialist 
said  Sum  of  One  hundred  Pounds  out  of  the  Moneys  arising  from  the 
Sale  of  the  Confiscated  Estates  or  out  of  any  other  unappropriated 
Monies  in  his  Hands. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Ebenezer  Hovey  of  Tolland  in  Hartford 
County  Administrator  upon  the  Estate  of  Nathaniel  Hovey  late  of  said 


* See  above,  p.  170. 


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Tolland  Deceasd,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  the  Debts  and  Charges 
due  from  the  Estate  of  the  Deceasd  as  exhibited  and  allowed  by  the  Court 
of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Stafford  Surmount  the  inventoried  Personal 
Estate  of  the  Deceasd  the  Sum  of  £54  16  llj^  And  that  the  Deceasd  left 
a small  real  Estate  in  said  Tolland,  consisting  of  twenty  Acres  of  Land 
with  an  Old  dwelling  House  and  Barn  thereon  it  being  all  the  Real  Estate 
which  the  said  Nathaniel  died  Seized  off,  and  that  the  Same  being  so  Situ- 
ated that  the  disposing  of  any  Part  will  Injure  the  Heirs  to  the  remainder 
of  said  Farm,  who  are  Minors  under  Age,  and  Praying  for  Liberty  to 
dispose  of  the  whole  of  said  Farm  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Liberty  be  given  and  Liberty  and 
Authority  is  hereby  given  to  said  Ebenezer  Hovey,  to  Sell  and  dispose 
of  said  real  Estate  Securing  to  the  Heirs  the  overplus  if  any  be  after 
the  aforementioned  Debt  and  Charges  of  Sale  are  paid  taking  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Stafford  therein. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Reuben  Beers  of  Fairfield  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  in  the  Month  of  July  1779,  his  dwelling  House  and  fur- 
niture were  burnt  and  destroyed  by  the  Enemy  and  that  his  Loss  has 
been  estimated  and  returned  with  the  Account  of  Losses,  but  on  a mis- 
taken Representation  of  his  true  Character  his  Name  was  excepted 
in  the  Bill  abating  the  Taxes  of  the  Sufferers  in  said  Town,  and  that 
he  has  never  been  favoured  with  any  Abatement  Praying  for  Relief  &c 
as  Per  Memorial. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Taxes  of  said  Memorialist  on  his 
List  given  in  in  the  Years  1778  1779,  1780  and  1781  be  and  the  Same  are 
hereby  Abated  and  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  is  directed  to  abate  of 
the  Tax  of  said  Town  of  Fairfield  so  much  as  arises  on  the  List  of  said 
Memorialist  for  the  Years  aforesaid  on  receiving  a Certificate  of  the 
Town  Clerk  of  said  Fairfield  of  the  amount  of  the  Lists  of  said  Memo- 
rialist for  said  Years. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Tabitha  Ripley  of  Windham  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  her  late  Husband  Lieut  Charles  Ripley  fell  in  Battle  at 
Germantown  in  the  Service  of  the  United  States,  leaving  her  with 
a numerous  Family  destitute  of  support  except  a Small  Sum  due  as 
Wages  from  this  State  which  would  not  exceed  an  Administration 
thereof  and  the  Creditors  of  said  Charles  signifying  their  willingness 
that  the  Memorialist  might  be  enabled  to  receive  such  Sum  as  might  be 
due  to  said  Charles  at  the  Time  of  his  Death  for  Wages  from  said  State 
which  now  lies  in  a Security  therefor  in  the  Hands  of  the  Treasurer 
of  said  State  as  Per  Memorial  on  File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialists  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  and  Authority  is  hereby  granted  that  she  shall  have  and  receive 
such  Security  for  Wages  due  said  Charles  at  the  Time  of  his  Death,  and 
now  lies  in  the  Elands  of  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  to  her  own  private 
Use  and  said  Treasurer  is  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  deliver  said 
Securitys  accordingly. 


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October, 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  all  Petitions  between  Parties  and 
other  Matters  of  Private  Nature  now  lying  before  this  Assembly  and 
unfinished  be  and  the  Same  are  hereby  Continued  to  the  next  Meeting 
of  this  Assembly  and  all  Exemptions  and  Powers  heretofore  granted 
to  Committees  &c  be  and  the  Same  are  hereby  Continued  in  the  mean 
Time. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  make 
such  speedy  Collections  of  the  Taxes  granted  for  the  Support  of  Civil 
Government  that  the  Legislature  of  the  State  may  be  paid  their 
Debentures,  and  also  that  all  the  Officers  of  Government  may  be  regu- 
larly and  Honorably  paid,  And  that  the  Treasurer  attend  the  present 
Assembly  before  it  shall  Adjourn  for  the  purpose  of  Paying  the  Wages 
of  the  Members. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  His  Excellency  the  Governor  be 
and  he  is  hereby  desired  to  Adjourn  the  Assembly  to  Thursday  the 
eighth  Day  of  January  next  to  be  held  at  this  Place. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Abraham  Beacher  of  Kent  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1781  he  purchased  a Part  of  the  confiscated 
Estate  of  Enos  Cande  to  the  amount  of  £186  10  0 for  which  he  gave 
his  Note,  and  that  by  special  Order  of  His  Excellency  the  Governor 
and  Council  of  safety  he  paid  £93  1 8 Debts  due  from  said  Candes 
Estate  which  the  Treasurer  was  ordered  to  endorse  and  allow  upon  said 
Notes  and  that  he  has  public  Securities  against  this  State  sufficient  to 
discharge  the  remainder,  that  said  Notes  have  not  been  delivered  to  the 
Treasurer  by  means  of  which  he  is  not  able  to  settle  the  same  Praying 
for  releif  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  allow  said  Sum  of  £93  1 8 in  part  payment  of  said  Notes 
and  to  receive  the  remainder  that  shall  appear  to  be  due  thereon  in  any 
Public  Securities  against  this  State  now  due  in  lawfull  Money  and 
thereupon  to  Cancel  and  deliver  up  said  Notes  to  the  Memorialists  and 
that  the  said  Notes  be  forthwith  returned  to  the  Treasurer  for  the 
purpose  aforesaid. 

This  Assembly  was  adjourned  (by  Proclamation)  to  Thursday  the 

8th  Day  of  January  next,  Then  to  be  holden  at  the  Court  House,  in 

Newhaven. 


Teste  George  Wyllys,  Secret7 


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At  a Meeting  of  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Safety,  at  New 

Haven,  17th  Oct°  1783. 

Present.  The  Governor.  Deputy  Govr  Col0  Dyer,  Col0  Pitkin,  Ro. 
Sherman  Esqr  A.  Davenport  Esqr  Jos.  Spencer  Esqr  Ol.  Wolcott  Esqr. 

Resolved,  That  The  Commtee  of  Pay  Table  Allow  Gideon  Wolcott, 
Armourer  to  the  Garrison  at  Horse  Neck,  under  the  Command  of  U 
Col0  Sam1  Canfield  The  Sum  of  Six  pounds  Per  Month  for  his  Service. 
[In  margin : Copy.] 

On  Mr  Miles  Sherbrook’s  presenting  to  this  board,  a receipt  from 
Col0  Levi  Wells  for  the  Sum  of  fourty  pounds  New  York  Currency 
delivered  said  Colonel  for  the  Use  and  On  Account  of  the  Governor 
and  Council  of  Safety; — The  Committee  of  Pay  Table  are  directed  to 
make  enquiry  of  Col°  Wells  concerning  the  Same  & the  Use,  and  his 
Account  thereof, — and  On  finding  the  Same  properly  to  be  the  due  of 
this  State  to  pay,  That  they  receive  & take  up  the  said  receipt,  & draw 
on  the  Treasurer  for  payment  thereof — Or  otherwise  to  make  report 
to  this  Board.  [In  margin : Copy] 


At  a Meeting  24th  October  1783 — 

Present  as  next  before. 

Resolved  That  the  Commtee  of  Pay  Table,  Allow  to  Jonah  Baldwin, 
Quarter  Master  of  the  Regiment  commanded  by  L1  Col0  Sam1  Canfield  at 
Horse  Neck — The  Pay  of  Ensign  during  the  time  of  his  Service, 
together  with  His  Advanced  pay  as  Quarter  Master.  [In  margin : Copy.] 

On  the  Memorial  of  John  Hobart  Lieu1  in  the  Continental  Army — 
Ordered  to  Assist  the  Mustering  Officers  in  receiving  and  forwarding 
to  Camp  the  recruits — from  the  15th  April  1782  to  the  30th  June  then 
next — praying  Allowance  from  Expences  &c  as  granted  to  others  in 
Similar  Cases. 

Resolved  That  the  Commtee  of  Pay  Table  draw  on  The  Treasurer  of 
this  State  in  favour  of  U John  Hobart  for  the  Sum  of  fifteen  pounds — 
for  Expence  & Horse  Hire.  [In  margin : Copy.] 


25th  Oct0  1783. 

Present  the  Same. 

On  Col0  Henry  Champion’s  Account  Settled  by  Comtee  of  Pay  Table 
June  14th  1783. — Ordered  The  Comtee  of  Pay  Table,  draw  on  the 
Treasurer  in  favour  of  The  Colonel  for  the  ballance  due  him  Viz — 
Two  hundred  ninty  six  pounds,  eighteen  shillings  and  six  pence  half 
penye.  [In  margin:  Copy.] 

On  The  Account  of  Col0  Henry  Champion,  dated  Decr  10th  1781 — 
For  his  Expence  in  riding  to  ten  or  More  Towns  on  Connecticut  River, 


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October, 


by  direction  of  this  Board  in  Jany  1778 — to  encourage  & persuade  the 
Cattle  feeders  in  the  different  Towns  to  fill  their  stalls  & fatten  their 
Cattle  for  the  Army for  £24. 

Resolved  That  The  Comtee  of  Pay  Table  do  Settle  & adjust  said 
above  Account — and  draw  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  in  favour  of 
sd  Col0  Champion  for  payment  thereof.  [In  margin  : Copy.] 


28tL  Oct°  1783. 

Present  as  above. 

Resolved  by  this  Board  that  Lynde  Lord  Esqr  take  an  acc°  of  the 
quality  & quantity  of  the  Powder  belonging  this  State  in  Litchfield 
& sell  the  Same  for  the  best  Advantage  of  this  State,  & deposite  the 
Avails  thereof  with  the  Treasurer  taking  duplicate  receipts  therefor 
& that  he  render  his  Account  of  his  proceedings  therein  to  the  Comtee 
of  Pay  Table. 


At  a Meeting  of  the  Gov  & Council  of  Safety,  held  at  New 
Haven  28  Oct0  1783. 

Present  as  above. 

Whereas  all  the  provisions,  Cloathing  & Materials  of  Various  sorts 
for  Cloathing  collected  in  the  County  of  Windham,  or  elsewhere  for  the 
Use  of  the  Connecticut  line  in  the  Continental  Army,  and  which 
remained  undisposed  off,  at  the  conclusion  of  the  War,  were  by  this  board 
ordered  into  the  care  of  Nath1  Wales  Esqr  late  of  Windham,  Deceased 
for  him  to  collect,  sell  and  dispose  of,  to  the  best  advantage  for  this 
State,  and  to  render  Account  thereof.  And  whereas  the  Said  Nath1 
Wales  having  collected  a very  considerable  part  of  those  Articles,  many 
of  which  were  undisposed  of  at  the  time  of  his  death,  And  Other  parts 
not  yet  collected,  & now  lying  exposed  to  Spoil  & loss — Whereupon  it  is 
Resolved  that  Mr  Horatio  Wales  of  Windham  be  & he  is  hereby  Author- 
ised & impowered  to  collect  all  such  provisions  and  Other  Articles  as 
aforesaid,  which  have  not  been  collected  by  the  late  Nath1  Wales  Esqr 
deceased  in  his  life  time,  and  them  with  all  Such  Articles  as  were  col- 
lected and  in  the  possession  of  the  said  Nath1  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
sell  and  dispose  of,  for  the  best  advantage  of  this  State  And  in  no  case 
give  Credit  for  more  than  six  months,  and  that  not  without  sufficient 
Surety,  and  his  Account  thereof  render  to  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table 
as  soon  as  may  be — in  the  mean  time  to  transmit  to  the  pay  Table  an 
Account  of  all  such  Articles  as  remained  in  the  possession  of  the  said 
Nath1  at  the  Time  of  his  Decease. 

Copy  given  Mr  Horatio  Wales  Novr  13th  1783. 


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November  15  th  1783 

To  Cap1  Sam1  Selden  of  Lyme 
Mr  Sam1  Parmalee — Seabrook 
Gentlemen 

You  will  please  to  deliver  to  Mr  Wm  Matson,  whatever  Quantity  of 
Salt,  belonging1  to  this  State,  may  be  in  your  possession — taking  Mr 
Matsons  Receipt  for  therefor  [jfc]  to  Account  for  the  same  with  the 
Committee  of  Pay  Table  at  Hartford — which  Receipts  you  will  please 
to  transmit  to  sd  Committee  as  soon  as  possible — that  they  may  be 
enabled  to  take  the  further  necessary  Measures  respecting  the  Matter. 

I am 

J.  T.  Govr. 

NB  Copy  given  to  Mr  Matson — who  was  recommended  by  Col0  Cham- 
pion for  this  purpose. 


[This  entry  concludes  the  Journal  of  the  Council  of  Safety.] 


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January, 


STATE  OF  CONNECTICUT 

At  a General  Assembly  of  the  Governor  and  Company  of  the 
State  of  Connecticut  holden  at  New  Haven  by  Adjournment 
ON  THE  EIGHTH  DAY  OF  JANUARY  ANNO  DoM111  1784. 

Present 

His  Excellency  Jonathan  Trumbull  Esqr  Governor. 

The  Honorable  Matthew  Griswold  Esqr  Deputy  Governor. 


Abraham  Davenport 

Esqr  ' 

Joseph  Spencer 

Esqr 

Oliver  Wolcott 

Esqr 

Samuel  Huntington 

Esqr 

Assistants 

Richard  Law 

Esqr 

Oliver  Els  worth 

Esqr 

Andrew  Adams 

Esqr  | 

Benjamin  Huntington 

Esqr  J 

Representatives  or  Deputies  of  the  Freemen  of  the  several  Towns 
who  attended  the  Assembly  are  as  follow  viz. 

Col0  Thomas  Seymour,  Col0  George  Pitkin,  for  Hartford 
Mr  Benjamin  Trumbull,  Mr  David  Elliss,  for  Bolton 
Mr  Ebenezer  White,  Mr  Chauncey  Bulkley,  for  Chatham 
Cap1  Peter  Bulkley,  Col0  Elias  Worthington,  for  Colchester 
Cap1  Israel  Spencer,  Col0  Dyer  Throop,  for  East  Haddam 
Gen1  Erastus  Wolcott,  Mr  Joseph  Allyn,  for  East  Windsor 
Cap1  Daniel  Perkins,  Mr  Joseph  Kingsbury,  for  Enfield 
Mr  John  Treadwell,  Mr  Hezh  Wadsworth,  for  Farmington 
Mr  Gideon  Hale,  Mr  Philip  Selew,  for  Glastonbury 
Cap1  Cornelius  Higgins,  Cap1  Hezekiah  Smith,  for  Haddam 
Mr  Elihu  Marvin,  Col0  Joel  Jones,  for  Hebron 
Gen1  Comfort  Sage,  Mr  Ebenezr  Bacon,  for  Midletown 
Cap1  Reuben  Sikes,  Mr  Zorah  Kibbe,  for  Somers 
Cap1  Timothy  Clark,  Mr  Jonathan  Root,  for  Southington 
Mr  Ebenezer  Colborn,  Mr  Jesse  Cady,  for  Stafford 
Cap1  Abraham  Granger,  Cap1  Ebenezer  Harman,  for  Suffield 
Cap1  Daniel  Humphry,  Cap1  Hezh  Holcomb,  for  Symsbury 
Col0  Solomon  Wells,  Mr  Eleazer  Steel,  for  Tolland 
Cap1  John  Robbins,  Mr  Stephen  M Mitchell,  for  Weather sfield 
Mr  Moses  Holmes,  Cap1  Seth  Crocker,  for  Willington 
Cap1  Nath1  Loomiss,  Mr  Aaron  Phelps  2d,  for  Windsor 
Cap1  Henry  Daggett,  Cap1  Jesse  Ford,  for  New  Haven 
Mr  Aaron  Baldwin,  Mr  Jonah  Clark,  for  Branford 
Mr  Samuel  Beach,  Majr  Reuben  Atwater,  for  Cheshire 
Cap1  Daniel  Holbrook,  Mr  Sheldon  Clark,  for  Derby 
Gen1  James  Wadsworth,  Mr  Daniel  Hall,  for  Durham 
Gen1  Andrew  Ward,  Mr  John  Burgis,  for  Guilford 


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Mr  Stephen  Gunn,  Mr  Gideon  Buckingham,  for  Milford 
Col°  Street  Hall,  Cap4-  Oliver  Stanley,  for  Wallingford 
Mr  Joseph  Hopkins,  Mr  Eli  Brunson,  for  Waterbury 
Cap4  John  Deshon,  Majr  Wm  Hilhouse,  for  New  London 
Col0  Christoph  Leffingwell,  Cap4  Elisha  Lathrop,  for  Norwich 
Mr  Ebenezr  Ledyard,  Mr  Elisha  Williams,  for  Groton 
Col0  Aaron  Eliott,  Cap4  Aaron  Kelcey,  for  Killingworth 
Mr  Nath1  Matson,  Cap4  Seth  Ely,  for  Lyme 
Mr  Robert  Crary,  Gen1  John  Tyler,  for  Preston 
Col0  Wm  Worthington,  Majr  William  Hart,  for  Saybrook 
Col°  Samuel  Prentiss,  Cap4  John  Rand  [a]  11,  for  Stonington 
Mr  Jonathan  Sturges,  Cap4  Thomas  Nash,  for  Fairfield 
Col0  Joseph  P Cook,  Mr  Sallee  Pell,  for  Danbury 
Gen1  John  Mead,  Cap4  Jabez  Fitch,  for  Greenwich 
Col0  Neheh  Beardsley,  Doct  James  Potter,  for  New  Fairfield 
Majr  Caleb  Baldwin,  Cap4  Jabez  Botsford,  for  Newtown 
Mr  Samuel  C Silliman,  Cap4  Clap  Raymond,  for  Norwalk 
Mr  Lemuel  Sanford,  Mr  Stephen  Betts,  for  Reading 
Col0  Philip  B Bradley,  Cap4  David  Olmsted,  for  Ridgfield 
Gen1  David  Waterbury,  Mr  Charles  Weed,  for  Stamford 
Cap4  Robert  Fairchild,  Majr  Agur  Judson,  for  Stratford 
Mr  Joseph  Sheff,  Col°  Jedidiah  Elderkin,  for  Windham 
Cap4  Simeon  Smith,  Mr  Isaac  Perkins,  for  Ashford 
Mr  Daniel  Frost,  Mr  David  Payne,  for  Canterbury 
Majr  Elias  Buell,  Cap4  William  Wilson,  for  Coventry 
Col°  William  Danielson,  Cap4  Jason  Phips,  for  Killingley 
Col0  William  Williams,  Mr  Elkanah  Tisdale,  for  Lebanon 
Mr  Constant  Southworth,  Mr  Nath1  Atwood,  for  Mansfield 
Gen1  John  Douglas,  Cap4  James  Bradford,  for  Plainfield 
Cap4  Amasa  Sessions,  Cap4  Josiah  Sabin,  for  Pomfret 

Cap4  Solomon  Wales, for  Union 

Col0  James  Gordon,  Mr  Joseph  Wiley,  for  Voluntown 

Mr  Charles  C Chandler,  Cap4  Nehemiah  Lyon,  for  Woodstock 

Mr  Isaac  Baldwin  Jur,  Cap4  Abraham  Bradley,  for  Litchfield 

Col0  Charles  Burrall,  Mr  Timothy  Hurlburt,  for  Canaan 

Mr  Andrew  Young,  Cap4  Eldad  Rogers,  for  Cornwall 

Mr  Daniel  Miles,  Cap4  Elisha  Sill,  for  Goshen 

Cap4  Thomas  Giddings,  Cap4  Israel  Williams,  for  Hartland 

Cap4  George  Catlin,  Cap4  Josiah  Phelps,  for  Harwington 

Mr  Nath1  Berry,  Mr  Nathan  Eliott,  for  Kent 

Mr  Amos  Miller,  Mr  Ebenezer  Moody,  for  New  Hartford 

Col0  Samuel  Canfield,  Mr  Daniel  Everit,  for  New  Milford 

Majr  Giles  Pettibone,  Cap4  Ephraim  Gitteau,  for  Norfolk 

Cap4  Joshua  Stanton,  Mr  Lott  Norton,  for  Salisbury 

Col°  Ebenezer  Gay,  Mr  Josiah  Coleman,  for  Sharon 

Col°  Epaphras  Sheldon,  Doctr  Samuel  Woodward,  for  Torrington 

Mr  John  Whittlesey,  Cap4  Nathan  Hycock,  for  Washington 


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Cap1  Thomas  Fenn,  Cap1  Nath1  Barns,  for  Watertown 

Cap1  Ozias  Bronson, , for  Winchester 

Col0  Increase  Mosely,  Mr  Daniel  Sherman,  for  Woodbury 

William  Williams  Esqr  Speaker  Of  the  House  of 

Increase  Mosely  Esqr  Clerk  Representatives 

An  Act  for  the  Regulation  of  Navigation. 

Whereas  this  State  as  a free  Sovereign  and  Independent  State  has 
an  equal  Right  with  all  other  Sovereign  Powers,  to  the  free  and  undis- 
turbed Navigation  of  the  High  Seas,  and  to  participate  equally  with 
them  in  all  the  Immunities  Priveleges  Benefits  and  Advantages  accruing 
thereby  and  resulting  therefrom  and  to  exercise  a Concurrent  Jurisdic- 
tion thereon,  and  to  make  such  Laws  and  exercise  such  Powers  con- 
sistent with  the  Laws  of  Nature  and  Nations  as  shall  tend  to  regulate 
protect  and  defend  the  Subjects  and  Citizens  of  this  State  in  the  free 
enjoyment  thereof. 

Wherefore  Be  it  Enacted  hy  the  Governor  Council  and  Representa- 
tives in  General  Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same , 
That  the  Governor  of  this  State  for  the  Time  being  shall  be  the  Super- 
intendant  of  Marine  and  all  Commissions,  Letters  of  Marque  and  Repri- 
sal, Pasports  Letters  of  Safe  Conduct  Flags  of  Truce  Registers,  and 
all  other  Papers  and  Documents  whatsoever  relative  to  the  Marine 
Department  that  may  Issue  out  under  the  Authority  and  agreeable  to 
the  Laws  of  this  State  shall  be  in  his  Name  in  the  Stile  of  Governor 
and  Superintendant  of  Marine  for  the  State  of  Connecticut,  and  all 
Judges  of  Admiralty  in  this  State  shall  be  Commissioned  by  the  Gov- 
ernor being  first  Nominated  and  appointed  by  the  General  Assembly; 
and  all  Naval  Officers  shall  be  nominated  appointed  and  Commissioned 
by  the  Governor  for  the  Time  being  in  such  Districts  and  at  such  Posts 
as  shall  from  Time  to  Time  be  Ordered  and  directed  by  Act  of 
Assembly. 

Provided  nevertheless  that  said  Naval  Officers  or  any  or  either  of 
them  may  at  any  Time  be  removed  from  their  Offices  by  the  General 
Assembly  at  their  Will  & Pleasure,  And  the  Governor  may  likewise 
nominate  appoint  and  Commissionate  one  or  more  Notary  Publics  in  this 
State  as  the  Commercial  Interests  thereof  may  render  it  necessary  or 
Convenient. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  that  there 
shall  be  kept  at  each  of  the  Ports  of  New  London  New  Haven,  Middle- 
town  and  Norwalk  respectively  One  Naval  Officer,  who  shall  be  nom- 
inated and  deputed  to  said  Office  as  aforesaid,  and  each  Officer  so 
appointed  before  he  enters  upon  said  Business  shall  become  bound  with 
Sufficient  Sureties  in  a Recognizance  of  One  thousand  Pounds  to  the 
Treasurer  of  this  State  for  the  faithfull  discharge  of  the  Duties  of 
said  Office,  to  enter  and  clear  Vessels  and  their  Cargoes,  and  to  do 
and  Act  therein  in  such  way  and  manner  and  according  to  such  Rules 
and  Orders  as  to  such  their  respective  Offices  do  or  shall  appertain ; 


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and  for  the  faithfull  and  punctual  Payment  of  all  such  Sum  or  Sums  of 
Money  into  the  Public  Treasury,  that  he  may  receive  for  any  Duty 
or  Import  laid  or  which  shall  be  laid  by  Act  of  this  State. 

Provided  nevertheless , That  if  any  Naval  Officer  shall  fail  in  punc- 
tual paying  up  all  the  Duties  by  him  Collected,  or  shall  be  guilty  of  any 
misfeasance  or  negligence  in  Office,  upon  Complaint  and  proof  thereof 
made  to  his  Excellency  the  Governor  it  shall  be  the  Duty  of  the  Gov- 
ernor (ex  Officio)  immediately  to  dismiss  said  Officer  from  his  Office 
and  to  appoint  another  in  his  room  and  Stead. 

And  he  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  the  Naval 
Officers  shall  have  and  receive  the  several  Fees  and  allowances  as  set 
and  affixed  in  the  Table  of  fees ; and  it  shall  be  the  Duty  of  said  Naval 
Officers  respectively  to  affix  up  in  their  Offices  in  some  public  Place 
where  it  may  be  seen  and  read  a true  Copy  of  the  Table  of  fees.  And 
if  any  Officer  aforesaid  shall  presume  to  ask  demand  or  receive  any 
more  fees  for  any  Services  by  them  officially  done,  than  is  by  Law 
allowed  such  Officer  so  transgressing  upon  Complaint  and  proof  made 
thereof  to  his  Excellency  the  Governor  he  shall  be  removed  from  said 
Office  and  another  put  in  his  room  and  Stead. 

And  he  it  further  Enacted  hy  the  Authority  aforesaid , That  all 
Vessels  of  the  burthen  of  fifteen  Tons  and  upwards,  shall  each  take 
out  a Register  wherein  shall  be  described  the  Name  of  the  Vessell  her 
Description  Tonnage  the  Place  where  Built  and  the  Time  when  Masters 
Name,  with  the  Names  of  the  Owners,  which  Owners  must  be  Inhab- 
itants of  the  United  States,  and  no  Foreigner  to  be  directly  or  indirectly 
concerned  therein,  the  form  of  which  Register  shall  as  follows  viz. 

State  of  Connecticut 

Port  of 

. . . maketh  Oath  that  the  . . . called  the  . . . whereof  is  at 
present  . . . Master  being  a square  Sterned  Vessess  [jfc]  of  the  burthen 
of  . . . Tons  or  thereabouts  was  ...  at  present  Owner  thereof,  and  that 
no  Foreigner  directly  or  Indirectly  hath  any  Share  or  part  or  Interest 
therein.  Port  of  . . . The  Oath  aforesaid  was  administered  at  the 
Naval  Office  for  the  Port  of  . . . the  . . . Day  of  Anno  Domm  178.  . . 

and  in  the  Year  of  Our  Independence.  By  me 

The  foregoing  Recorded  in  the  Naval  Office  aforesaid. 

And  every  Vessell  under  the  Dimentions  aforesaid  instead  of  a 
Register  shall  and  may  take  out  a Permit  from  the  Custom  House 
Signed  by  the  Naval  Officer  of  the  Port  in  whose  District  said  Vessell 
belongs  which  shall  be  sufficient  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  the  Master 
or  Owner  thereof  to  Clear  out  Coast  Wise.  And  all  Vessels  in  this 
State  shall  make  true  entries  and  take  out  proper  Clearances  at  the 
respective  Ports  of  Entry  and  Clearance  proper  for  that  purpose,  and 
observe  and  obey  all  such  Customs,  Rules  Laws  and  Regulations  as  have 
or  shall  be  made  relative  thereto,  and  whatever  Vessell  shall  neglect  or 
refuse  to  take  out  and  furnish  themselves  with  the  proper  Papers 
aforesaid  upon  Seizure  and  Information  made  to  the  Court  proper  to 


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try  the  same  shall  be  liable  to  Condemnation;  One  half  to  the  Prose- 
cutors who  shall  prosecute  the  Same  to  effect,  and  the  other  half  to 
the  Use  of  the  Public  Treasury  of  this  State. 

An  Act  to  promote  the  making  of  raw  Silk  within  this  State. 

Whereas  by  the  Experiments  which  have  been  made  it  is  highly 
probable  that  the  making  of  Raw  Silk  will  be  attended  with  much 
Advantage  to  the  good  People  of  this  State ; 

Therefore  Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representa- 
tives in  General  Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same, 
That  from  and  after  the  first  Day  of  March  Anno  Dom  1784  to  the 
first  Day  of  March  1793,  whoever  shall  plant  One  hundred  thrifty 
Shrubs  or  Saplings  of  three  or  more  Years  growth  of  the  white  Mul- 
berry Tree  on  his  or  their  Land  at  such  Distances  from  each  other 
as  will  be  favourable  for  their  growth  and  for  Collecting  their  Leaves, 
shall  receive  at  the  end  of  every  Year,  and  during  the  Term  of  three 
Years  from  and  next  after  the  Year  in  which  said  Saplings  shall  have 
been  planted  as  aforesaid,  ten  shillings  lawfull  Money  and  so  in  propor- 
tion for  every  hundred  of  such  Saplings  planted  as  aforesaid  upon 
Proof  and  Certificate  thereof  as  hereafter  directed  that  such  Saplings 
were  at  the  end  of  every  three  Years  after  they  were  so  planted  in  a 
thrifty  Condition,  every  such  Certificate  shall  be  given  at  the  end  of 
every  of  the  three  Years  as  aforesaid,  and  no  Certificate  shall  be  given 
for  any  number  of  such  Saplings  but  for  one  or  more  entire  hundred  as 
the  Case  may  be. 

Be  it  further  Enacted  that  whoever  shall  make  any  Raw  Silk  from 
Worms  and  Mulberry  Trees  of  his  own  raising  within  this  State  by 
properly  winding  the  Same  from  the  Balls  or  Cocoons  after  the  said 
first  Day  of  March,  and  for  fifteen  Years  next  thereafter  shall  have 
and  receive  three  pence  lawfull  Money  for  each  Ounce  of  such  dry  Silk 
which  he  she  or  they  shall  make  as  aforesaid  every  of  which  Bounties 
given  by  this  Act  shall  be  paid  out  of  some  Tax  which  has  or  shall  be 
granted  for  the  Support  of  the  Civil  Government  of  this  State. 

Be  it  farther  Enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  Duty  of  any  two  Justices 
of  Peace  upon  the  Application  of  any  Person  or  Persons  Claiming  any 
Bounty  by  this  Act  carefully  to  examine  such  Claim  and  upon  Proof 
that  the  Same  is  well  founded  shall  give  a Certificate  to  Such  Person  or 
Persons  Claiming  as  aforesaid  living  within  their  County,  specifying 
on  what  Account  such  Bounty  becomes  due  and  shall  include  in  such 
Certificate  an  Order  on  the  Collector  of  that  Town  on  which  such 
Claimant  or  Claimants  live  to  pay  such  Bounty  out  of  such  Tax  in  his 
Hands  for  the  Support  of  Civil  Government  as  they  shall  direct,  and 
every  such  Collector  shall  receive  and  pay  such  Order  and  shall  deliver 
the  Same  over  into  the  Hand  of  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  who  shall 
thereupon  discharge  such  Collector  to  the  amount  of  said  Order  on 
such  Tax,  and  if  such  Collector  shall  not  be  able  to  pay  such  Order  he 
shall  Certify  such  Inability  on  the  back  thereof  and  in  that  Case  the 


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Treasurer  of  this  State  shall  pay  the  same  out  of  any  Monies  in  his 
Hands  for  the  support  of  Civil  Government,  And  the  Treasurer  of 
this  State  shall  keep  a Seperate  Account  of  all  Monies  paid  by  Virtue 
of  this  Act. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  if  any  Person  or  Persons  shall  wil- 
fully and  knowingly  procure  more  than  one  Order  as  aforesaid  for  any 
one  Bounty  to  which  he  might  be  entituled  by  this  Act  with  a View  to 
defraud  this  State  he  shall  upon  legal  Conviction  thereof  suffer  the  Same 
Pains  and  Penalties  as  if  he  had  been  legally  Convicted  of  Forgery. 


An  Act  for  laying  a Tax  on  Shipping  for  repairing  and  maintaining  the 
Light  House  near  the  Port  of  New  London. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same,  That  from 
and  after  the  tenth  Day  of  Feby  1784  each  and  every  Vessell  (except 
such  as  are  employed  in  the  Fishery  and  during  their  Continuance 
therein)  which  shall  Clear  out  at  any  Port  in  this  State  or  shall  Harbour, 
and  Anchor  in  the  Port  of  New  London  shall  be  Subject  to  pay  the  fol- 
lowing Taxes  viz  each  and  every  Ship  One  Pound  ten  Shillings  each  and 
every  Square  riggd  Vessell  carrying  two  Masts  twelve  Shillings,  each 
and  every  Sloop  and  Schooner  (Coasters  excepted)  six  shillings,  each 
Vessell  used  in  the  Coasting  business  of  more  than  twenty  Tons  burthen 
three  Shillings,  and  each  Vessell  used  in  the  Coasting  Business  of  less 
than  twenty  Tons  burthen  one  shilling  and  sixpence.  Which  several 
Taxes  or  Duties  becomeing  due  as  aforesaid  shall  be  paid  to  and  Col- 
lected by  the  Naval  Officers  where  any  such  Vessell  shall  Clear  out  or 
Harbour  or  Anchor  as  aforesaid,  which  Officers  shall  severally  give 
Bonds  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  with  Surety  faithfully  to  account 
for  the  Sums  they  shall  receive  by  Virtue  of  this  Act,  And  the  Naval 
Officers  shall  pay  over  the  Sums  of  Money  they  shall  receive  as  afore- 
said according  to  the  Direction  of  the  General  Assembly  from  Time  to 
Time  for  the  Convenience  and  accomodation  of  the  Light  House,  And 
the  Master  of  every  Vessell  which  shall  Harbour  or  Anchor  in  the  Port 
of  New  London  aforesaid  who  shall  for  the  Space  of  twenty  four  Hours 
neglect  or  refuse  to  pay  such  Tax  as  is  by  Law  required,  such  Master 
so  neglecting  shall  forfeit  and  pay  double  the  Sum  of  such  Tax  and  all 
Costs  to  be  recovered  by  Bill  Plaint  or  Information  any  Law  Usage  or 
Custom  to  the  Contrary  notwithstanding. 


An  Act  for  Incorporating  a Part  of  the  Town  of  New  Haven. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same  That  all  Free- 
men of  this  State  Inhabitants  of  said  New  Haven  dwelling  and  Inhabit- 
ing within  the  following  Bounds  viz  Beginning  at  the  North  East  Cor- 
ner of  the  long  Bridge  so  called  in  said  New  Haven  and  running  on  the 
North  Side  of  said  Bridge  and  the  Highway  so  as  to  take  in  said  Bridge 


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and  Highway  to  the  North  East  Corner  of  the  Neck  Bridge,  then  across 
the  Same  on  the  North  side  of  the  Same  to  the  North  West  Corner  of 
said  Bridge,  then  in  a direct  Line  Westward  to  the  Bridge  across  the 
West  River  commonly  called  Thompsons  Bridge  to  the  North  East 
Corner  of  said  Bridge,  thence  down  the  said  West  River  on  the 
East  Bank  thereof  to  the  Mouth  of  said  River,  and  from  thence  a 
Streight  Line  to  the  extreme  Point  of  the  Land  commonly  called  five 
Mile  Point  on  the  East  Side  of  New  Haven  Harbour  at  High  Water 
Mark  on  said  Point;  thence  Northward  on  the  Shore  on  the  Line 
of  Highwater  Mark  up  to  the  Point  where  the  Waters  of  the  little 
River  and  the  Greater  Waters  being  part  of  the  East  River  fall 
into  each  other  thence  across  the  Mouth  of  said  Little  River  to  the 
East  Shore  of  the  East  River,  then  up  Said  East  River  on  the  line  of 
Highwater  mark  to  the  first  mentioned  Point  at  the  North  East  Corner 
of  the  Long  Bridge,  be  and  the  Same  are  hereby  Ordained  Constituted 
and  declared  to  be  from  Time  to  Time  and  forever  hereafter,  One  Body 
Corporate  and  Politic  in  Fact  and  in  Name  by  the  Name  of  the  Mayor 
Aldermen  Common  Council  and  Freemen  of  the  City  of  New  Haven, 
and  by  that  Name  they  and  their  Successors  for  ever  shall  and  may  have 
perpetual  Succession  and  shall  be  Persons  in  Law  capable  of  Suing  and 
being  Sued  Pleading  and  being  Impleaded  in  all  Suits  of  what  Nature 
soever,  and  also  to  purchase  hold  and  Convey  any  Estate  real  or  Per- 
sonal and  may  have  a Common  Seal,  and  may  Change  and  alter  the 
Same  at  Pleasure  and  shall  be  Freemen  of  said  City. 

And  Whereas  there  are  many  Persons  living  within  said  Limits  who 
by  Law  are  Qualified  to  be  Freemen  of  this  State  that  have  not  taken 
the  Oath  Provided  by  Law  to  be  taken  by  Freemen  Be  it  Enacted  that 
all  such  Persons  living  within  said  Limits  who  shall  before  the  second 
Monday  of  February  next  procure  the  Major  Part  of  the  Select  Men 
of  the  said  Town  of  New  Haven  to  Certify  that  they  are  Qualified  to 
be  admitted  and  made  free  of  this  State  and  shall  after  procuring  such 
Certificate  take  before  some  Assistant  of  this  State  or  Justice  of  Peace 
within  and  for  the  County  of  New  Haven  the  Oaths  provided  by  Law 
for  Freemen  shall  to  all  the  Purposes  in  this  Act  mentioned  be  Con- 
sidered as  Freemen  of  this  State  and  Freemen  of  the  said  City  of  New 
Haven. 

And  for  the  better  Government  of  said  City : Be  it  further  Enacted 
That  there  shall  be  a Meeting  of  said  City  holden  annually  in  June  at 
such  Time  and  Place  as  by  the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  be  directed 
for  the  purposes  of  Chusing  all  the  Annual  Officers  of  said,  And  the 
Annual  Officers  of  said  City  Chosen  at  such  Meeting  shall  Continue  in 
Office  untill  the  expiration  of  the  Month  of  June  then  next  unless  others 
shall  be  sooner  Chosen  and  qualified  in  their  Stead ; And  the  said  City 
in  legal  Meeting  Assembled  shall  Chose  a Mayor  who  shall  hold  his 
Office  during  the  pleasure  of  the  General  Assembly ; and  at  their  annual 
Meeting  shall  Chose  four  Alderman  and  a Common  Council  of  not 
more  than  twenty,  and  two  Sherifs  out  of  the  Freemen  of  said  City, 


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all  which  Officers  and  all  other  Officers  of  said  City  eligible  by  the 
Freemen  thereof,  (the  Inspectors  of  Produce  excepted)  shall  be  Chosen 
by  Ballot,  and  on  each  Ballot  which  is  given  in,  shall  be  written  the 
Name  of  the  Person  for  whom  the  Same  is  given,  and  such  Ballot  shall 
be  rolled  up  and  in  the  Presence  of  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  said 
City,  or  such  of  them  as  are  present  at  such  Meeting  put  by  the  Person 
giving  the  same  into  a Box  which  said  City  shall  provide  for  that  pur- 
pose; which  Box  shall  be  a Close  Box  with  a Hole  of  a convenient 
Size  in  the  Lid  thereof  through  which  to  put  in  the  Ballot,  And  when 
the  Freemen  present  at  any  City  Meeting  shall  have  had  reasonable 
Time  to  give  in  their  Ballot  either  by  the  Sheriff  Of  said  City,  or  in 
the  absence  of  both  the  Sheriffs,  the  Junior  Alderman  present  in  the 
presence  of  the  Mayor  and  Alderman,  or  such  of  them  as  are  present  at 
such  Meeting  shall  open  the  said  Box,  and  the  Mayor  and  Alderman  or 
such  of  them  as  are  present  shall  open  sort  and  Count  the  Ballots,  and 
the  Person  who  shall  have  the  Majority  of  the  Ballots  given  in  shall 
by  the  Sheriffs  or  in  their  absence  by  the  Junior  Alderman  present  be 
declared  to  be  Elected  And  no  Ballots  shall  be  received  after  the  Box 
shall  have  been  opened.  And  said  City  in  Legal  Meeting  assembled 
shall  have  Power  to  Levy  Taxes  on  the  Polls  and  Estate  within  the 
Limits  of  said  City  for  such  Purposes  as  said  City  shall  think  proper, 
and  to  Choose  a Collector  or  Collectors  to  Collect  such  Tax,  who  shall 
having  received  a Warrant  for  that  purpose  signed  by  the  Mayor  or 
by  one  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City,  have  the  same  Power  as  Collectors 
of  Town  Taxes  by  Law  have  and  shall  be  accountable  to  the  Mayor 
and  Aldermen  of  said  City,  with  same  Manner  as  Collectors  of  Town 
Taxes  are  by  Law  accountable  to  the  Select  Men,  And  in  Case  any  Col- 
lector shall  not  perform  the  Trust  Committed  to  him,  on  Complaint 
thereof  made  by  the  Alderman  of  said  City  to  the  Mayor  thereof  he 
shall  Issue  a Warrant  under  his  Hand  directed  to  either  of  the  Sheriffs 
of  said  City  to  destrain  the  Sums  or  Rates  neglected  by  such  Collector 
to  be  Collected  or  paid  out  of  the  Estate  of  the  Collector. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  the 
Sheriffs  of  said  City  shall  severally  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  have 
the  same  Powers  and  Authoritys  and  be  liable  to  the  same  Suits  or 
Penalties  for  neglect  of  Duty  in  any  Case  whatever  to  all  Intents  and 
Purposes,  as  Sherifs  by  Law  now  have  and  are,  and  the  said  City  shall 
be  liable  to  answer  in  Case  of  the  Inability  of  said  Sheriffs,  or  either 
of  them  for  the  Default  of  said  Sheriffs  in  all  Cases  relative  to  their 
Office,  And  said  Sheriffs,  shall  severally  give  Bond  with  Sureties  in  such 
manner  as  by  the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  be  directed,  for  a faith- 
full  discharge  of  the  Duties  of  that  Office  before  they  shall  be  capable 
of  Executing  the  Same,  and  in  Case  either  of  the  Persons  Chosen 
Sheriff  shall  not  give  Bond  with  Sureties  according  to  the  Bye  Laws  of 
said  City  the  said  City  may  proceed  to  Choose  another  Sheriff  in  his 
room,  and  the  said  City  in  legall  Meeting  Assembled  shall  Chuse  a 
Treasurer  for  said  City  to  continue  in  Office  during  the  Pleasure  of 


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said  City  who  shall  have  the  same  Powers  within  said  City  as  Town 
Treasurers  now  by  Law  have  and  shall  be  accountable  to  said  City. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  there  shall  be  holden  Monthly  on  the 
second  Tuesday  of  every  Month  in  said  City  a City  Court,  which  Court 
shall  have  Power  to  Adjourn  from  Time  to  Time  and  shall  take  Cogni- 
zance of  all  Civil  Causes  when  the  Title  of  Land  is  not  concerned 
by  Law  Cognizable  by  the  County  Courts  in  this  State  Provided  the 
Cause  of  Action  arise  within  the  Limits  of  said  City,  and  one  or 
both  the  Parties  live  within  said  City  and  the  said  City  Court  shall  as 
to  the  Causes  by  them  Cognizable  to  all  Intents  and  purposes  have  the 
same  Powers  and  Authorities  and  proceed  on  the  same  manner  and 
grant  Executions  as  said  County  Courts  now  or  hereafter  by  Law  shall 
have  proceed  and  Grant ; and  the  Executions  granted  by  said  City  Court 
shall  be  served  and  returned  in  the  same  manner  as  the  Executions 
granted  by  the  said  County  Courts  and  Appeals  shall  be  allowed  to 
either  Party  from  the  Judgment  or  determination  of  said  City  Court 
to  the  next  Superior  Court  to  be  holden  in  the  County  of  New  Haven 
in  all  Causes  in  which  an  Appeal  is  now  or  hereafter  by  Law  shall  be 
allowed  from  the  said  County  Courts,  the  Prevailing  Party  however  if 
Plaintiff,  may  such  Appeal  notwithstanding  take  out  Execution  on  such 
Judgment  for  the  Debt  or  Damages  and  Cost  recovered  in  such  City 
Court  against  the  Defend1  or  Defendants,  and  Levy  the  said  Execution 
and  Collect  the  Money  thereon.  Provided  he  does  previous  to  his  taking 
out  said  Execution  become  bound  with  two  sufficient  Sureties  before  the 
Mayor  of  said  City  or  one  of  the  Judges  of  said  City  Court  in  a Recogni- 
zance, which  Recognizance  the  Mayor  of  said  City  and  the  Judges  of 
said  City  Court  are  respectively  impowered  to  take,  in  double  the  Sum 
of  said  Judgment,  that  he  will  within  one  Week  after  final  Judgment  on 
the  Appeal  refused  so  much  of  the  Judgment  of  the  said  City  Court 
together  with  the  Interest  thereof  as  shall  on  such  Execution  be  Col- 
lected, and  shall  not  be  by  him  Recovered  before  the  Court  to  which 
the  Appeal  is  taken  together  with  the  Execution  fees  that  shall  accrue 
and  be  paid  by  the  Defend1  on  said  Execution  and  no  Appeal  shall  be 
allowed  on  any  Suit  commenced  on  such  Recognizance.  And  in  every 
Action  brought  before  said  City  Court  in  which  the  Pltf  lives  without 
the  Limits  of  said  City,  or  is  a Mariner  or  Seaman  Sueing  for  Wages 
due  to  him  for  Services  in  his  Occupation,  and  the  Defend1  lives  within 
the  Limits  of  said  City,  no  Appeal  shall  be  allowed  the  Defend1  unless 
the  Matter  in  Demand  exceed  the  Sum  of  fifty  Pounds  lawfull  Money 
but  if  the  Matter  in  Demand  exceed  said  Sum,  an  Appeal  shall  be 
allowed  the  Defend1  in  the  same  manner  and  under  the  same  Regula- 
tions as  Appeals  are  allowable  in  other  Causes  Cognizable  by  said  City 
Courts,  And  no  Writ  of  Error  brought  upon  any  Judgment  of  said 
City  Court  shall  be  a Supersedias,  And  said  City  Court  shall  have  full 
Power  to  appoint  and  Swear  a Clerk  for  said  Court  to  continue  in 
Office  during  the  Pleasure  of  said  Court,  which  Clerk  shall  as  to  all  Mat- 
ters relative  to  his  Office  as  Clerk  of  said  Court  have  the  same  Powers 
and  Authorities  to  all  Intents  and  purposes  as  the  Clerks  of  the  County 


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Courts  in  this  State  by  Law  have,  And  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  said 
Clerk  shall  be  the  same  mutatis  mutandis  Provided  by  Law  to  be  taken 
by  the  Clerks  of  the  said  County  Courts  of  this  State.  And  the  Mayor 
of  said  City  or  in  his  absence  the  Junior  Assistant  Judge  of  said  City 
Court,  may  at  the  special  Instance  of,  and  Cost  of  any  Person  moving 
therefor  hold  a special  City  Court  at  such  Time  and  Place  within  said 
City  as  the  Mayor  or  Judge  ordering  the  same  shall  appoint  which  Court 
shall  proceed  in  the  Same  manner  have  the  Same  Powers  and  Authori- 
ties, and  in  all  respects  be  under  the  Same  Regulations  as  the  Stated 
City  Courts  of  said  City,  and  all  the  taxable  Fees  of  said  City  Court 
shall  be  the  same  as  the  Taxable  Fees  of  the  County  Courts  of  this  State. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  the  Mayor  of  said  City  for  the  Time 
being  and  the  two  Aldermen  first  Chosen  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  said 
City  or  at  their  first  Meeting  shall  compose  the  said  City  Court,  and  be 
the  Judges  thereof  And  the  Mayor  shall  be  the  Chief  Judge  of  said 
Court,  and  the  said  two  Aldermen  shall  be  the  Assistant  Judges  of  said 
Court  any  two  of  whom  in  the  Absence  of  the  other  taking  to  their 
Assistance  the  Senior  Alderman  present  that  is  not  a Judge  of  said 
Court,  or  if  neither  of  the  Aldermen  that  are  not  Judges  of  said  Court 
can  attend,  one  of  the  Justices  of  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of 
New  Haven  resident  within  said  City,  shall  have  Power  to  hold  a City 
Court,  And  if  at  any  City  Court  there  shall  be  but  one  Judge  present  he 
shall  take  to  his  Assistance  the  other  two  Aldermen  of  said  City,  and 
in  Case  one  or  both  of  them  cannot  attend  he  shall  take  one  or  two  of 
the  Justices  of  the  Peace  as  the  Case  may  require  of  the  County  of  New 
Haven  resident  within  the  said  City  and  they  three  shall  have  the  same 
Power  to  hold  a City  Court  as  the  Judges  of  said  City  Court  have. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  said 
City  shall  severally  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  have  Cognizance  of 
all  Civil  Causes  by  Law  Cognizable  by  a Justice  of  Peace  Provided  the 
Cause  of  Action  arise  within  the  Limits  of  said  City,  or  one  or  both  the 
Parties  live  within  the  same,  And  the  said  Mayor  and  Aldermen  shall 
as  to  the  Causes  by  them  severally  Cognizable  have  the  same  Powers 
and  Authorities  and  proceed  in  the  Same  Manner  as  Justices  of  the 
Peace  now  or  hereafter  by  Law  shall  have  and  proceed ; And  an  Appeal 
shall  be  allowed  from  the  Judgment  or  determination  of  said  Mayor 
and  Aldermen  in  any  Cause  by  them  Cognizable  severally  to  the  next 
City  Court  to  be  holden  within  said  City  in  all  Causes  in  which  an 
Appeal  is  now  or  hereafter  shall  be  allowed  from  the  Judgment  of  a 
Justice  of  the  Peace;  the  prevailing  Party  however  if  Pltf  may  such 
Appeal  notwithstanding  take  out  Execution  on  such  Judgment  Provided 
he  gives  Bond  before  the  Mayor  of  said  City  or  one  of  the  Judges  of 
said  Court  in  the  same  manner  as  is  provided  in  Cases  of  Appeal  from 
said  City  Court,  And  in  every  Action  brought  before  the  Mayor  or 
either  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  in  which  the  Plantiff  lives  without 
the  Limits  of  said  City  or  in  which  the  Plantiff  is  a Mariner  or  Seaman 
suing  for  Wages  due  to  him  for  Services  in  his  Occupation  and  the 
Defend*  lives  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  no  Appeal  shall  be  allowed 


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the  Defend4,  And  the  taxable  Fees  in  all  Causes  Cognizable  by  the 
Mayor  or  by  One  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  severally  shall  be  the 
same  as  the  taxable  Fees  in  like  Cases  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  And 
the  Processes  in  all  Actions  brought  to  said  City  Court  shall  be  the 
same  as  the  Processes  to  the  County  Courts  in  this  State  and  the 
Processes  in  all  Actions  brought  before  the  Mayor,  or  one  of  the  Aider- 
men  of  said  City  shall  be  the  Same  as  the  processes  in  Actions  brought 
before  a Justice  of  the  Peace  and  be  Signed  by  the  Governor  Lieutenant 
Governor  or  one  of  the  Assistants  of  this  State  or  by  a Justice  of  the 
Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  New  Haven  or  by  the  Mayor  or 
one  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  or  the  Clerk  of  said  City  Court,  and 
shall  be  Served  by  a Sheriff  Deputy  Sheriff  or  Constable  to  whom 
directed,  according  to  the  Laws  of  this  State  and  the  Provisions  of 
this  Act,  and  all  Bonds  for  Prosecution  taken  by  any  of  said  Officers 
hereby  Impowered  to  Sign  Writs  shall  be  good  and  effectual  in  Law, 
and  Bonds  for  Prosecution  special  Bail  and  Bonds  for  Appeal  shall 
be  taken  to  the  adverse  Party, 

Provided  nevertheless  that  no  Writs  Executions  excepted  or  Process 
signed  by  the  Mayor  or  either  of  the  Aldermen  shall  be  of  any  Effect 
without  the  Limits  of  said  City. 

And  he  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  the  said 
Mayor  Aldermen  and  Common  Council  shall  on  the  first  Monday  of 
July  annually  meet  and  shall  then  Chuse  One  hundred  and  forty  four 
Freemen  of  said  City  to  Serve  as  Jurors  at  said  City  Court,  and  shall 
return  the  Names  of  said  Jurors  under  the  Hand  of  the  Mayor  of  said 
City  if  present  or  in  Case  of  his  Absence  under  the  Hand  of  the  Senior 
Alderman  present  at  Such  Meeting  to  the  Clerk  of  said  City  Court, 
who  shall  Write  each  Jurors  Name  thus  Chosen  fairly  on  a seperate 
Peice  of  Paper  and  roll  up  and  put  the  Same  into  a Box  which  he 
shall  Provide  and  keep  for  that  purpose,  and  whenever  either  of  the 
Sheriffs  of  said  City  shall  receive  a Warrant  from  the  Clerk  of  the 
City  Court  to  Summon  a Jury  to  appear  before  said  Court  the  Sheriff 
receiving  such  Warrant,  taking  with  him  one  of  the  Aldermen  of  said 
City  shall  repair  to  the  said  Clerks  Office  and  there  in  the  Presence  of 
said  Aldermen  and  Clerk  shall  take  out  of  said  Box  twelve  of  said 
Papers  and  the  Persons  whose  Names  shall  be  found  written  therein 
shall  be  Summoned  to  appear  before  the  Court  to  which  the  Warrant  is 
returnable  to  Serve  as  Jurors,  and  in  Case  of  neglecting  to  attend 
shall  be  liable  to  such  Penalties  as  shall  by  the  bye  Laws  of  said  City 
be  inflicted  for  such  neglect,  and  in  Case  a compleat  Pannel  shall  not 
attend  or  in  Case  any  shall  be  Challenged  or  excused  the  Sheriff  attend- 
ing said  Court  shall  supply  such  Deficiency  by  drawing  in  the  Presence 
of  the  Court  others  out  of  said  Box  and  Summoning  them  to  attend 
and  Summoning  them  to  attend  [jfc]  and  Serve  untill  the  Pannell  shall 
be  Compleat,  and  the  Names  of  such  Jurors  as  do  not  attend  or  are 
excused  shall  be  returned  into  the  Box  and  be  liable  to  be  drawn 
again,  And  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  said  Jurors  shall  be  the  Same 
as  is  by  Law  Provided  to  be  taken  by  Jurors  in  Civil  Actions,  And 


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the  Name  of  each  Juror  that  attends  any  City  Court  and  Serves  shall 
be  again  written  on  a Seperate  Piece  of  Paper,  and  shall  be  rolled  up 
and  put  into  another  Box  which  the  Clerk  of  said  Court  shall  provide 
for  that  purpose,  and  Shall  be  liable  to  be  drawn  again  in  Case  there 
shall  not  by  reason  of  Death  removal  or  other  Cause  be  a Sufficiency  in 
the  other  Box  to  compleat  the  Pannels  for  that  Year  in  which  they  are 
Chosen  to  Serve.  And  the  said  City  may  Choose  a Clerk  of  said 
City  who  shall  make  true  and  regular  entries  of  all  the  Votes  and 
proceedings  of  said  City  and  the  Records  by  him  kept  shall  be  of  the 
Same  validity  in  Point  of  Evidence  in  any  Court  of  Law  in  this  State 
as  the  Records  of  Towns  are, 

And  be  it  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  the  said  Mayor 
Aldermen  and  Common  Council  be  and  they  are  hereby  Impowered 
to  lay  out  new  Highways  Streets  and  Public  Walks  for  the  Use  of  said 
City,  or  to  alter  those  already  laid  out  in  said  City,  and  to  exchange 
Highways  for  Highways  or  to  Sell  Highways  for  the  purpose  of  pur- 
chasing other  Highways,  taking  the  same  Measures  in  all  respects  as 
are  directed  by  the  Laws  of  this  State  to  be  taken  in  Case  of  Highways 
laid  out  by  the  Select  Men  for  the  Use  of  their  Towns,  and  the  Party 
aggrieved  by  the  laying  out  of  such  Streets  or  Highways  may  have 
the  same  Remedy  by  Application  to  the  County  Court  as  is  by  Law 
Provided  in  Cases  of  Highways  laid  out  by  Select  Men,  And  said 
City  shall  have  Power  to  exchange  that  part  of  the  Green  in  said 
New  Haven  lying  Northwesterly  of  the  Public  Buildings  for  other 
Land  for  Highways  or  another  Green  and  to  Sell  and  dispose  thereof 
for  the  same  Purpose;  and  that  part  of  said  Green  lying  on  the  South 
Easterly  Side  of  said  Public  Buildings  shall  forever  be  and  remain  a 
Common  or  Public  Walk  and  never  be  liable  to  be  laid  out  in  Highways 
or  appropriated  to  any  other  Purpose. 

And  be  it  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  in  Case  any 
Sheriff  Deputy  Sheriff  or  Constable  shall  not  Serve  a Writ  directed  to 
and  received  by  him  that  is  returnable  to  said  City  Court,  or  shall  neglect 
to  make  return  of  said  Writ  or  shall  make  false  or  undue  Return  thereof 
and  a Suit  shall  be  for  such  Default  be  brought  against  him  to  the 
said  City  Court  by  the  Person  or  his  Executor  or  Administrator  in 
whose  favour  said  Writ  Issued  and  the  Defend1  be  found  in  Default 
the  said  Court  over  and  above  awarding  Just  Damages  to  the  Plantiff 
may  on  said  Suit  set  a suitable  Fine  upon  the  Defend1  according  to  the 
Nature  of  the  Case  and  may  Issue  Execution  for  such  fine,  which  Fine 
shall  be  to  the  Treasurer  of  said  City  to  and  for  the  Use  of  said  City. 
And  in  all  Cases  wherin  the  Defend1  who  is  sued  to  the  said  City  Court 
lives  within  the  Limits  of  said  City,  the  Writ  shall  be  Served  upon 
him  at  least  six  Days  before  the  Day  of  the  sitting  of  the  Court  to 
which  the  Writ  is  returnable,  but  if  the  Defend1  lives  without  the  Limits 
of  said  City  the  Writ  shall  be  Served  at  least  twelve  Days  before  the 
sitting  of  said  Court  and  all  Writs  returnable  to  said  City  Court  shall 
be  returned  to  the  Clerk  of  said  Court  on  the  Day  of  the  sitting  of 


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said  Court  and  before  the  first  opening  of  said  Court,  and  the  Writs 
that  are  returnable  before  the  Mayor  or  either  of  the  Aldermen  shall 
if  the  Pltf  and  Defend1  both  Live  within  the  Limits  of  or  if  the 
Plantiff  lives  without  and  the  Defend4  lives  within  the  Limits  of  said 
City,  or  if  the  Plantiff  be  a Mariner  or  Seaman  Suing  for  Wages  due 
to  him  for  Services  in  his  occupation  and  the  Defend4  lives  within  the 
limits  of  said  City  be  served  upon  the  Defend4  at  least  three  Days  before 
the  sitting  of  the  Court  to  which  it  is  returnable,  but  if  the  Defend4 
lives  without  the  Limits  of  said  City  the  Writ  shall  be  Served  upon  the 
Defend4  at  least  six  Days  before  the  sitting  of  the  Court  to  which  it  is 
returnable. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  That  the  Mayor  Aldermen  Sheriffs  Com- 
mon Council  and  Clerk  of  said  City  shall  be  sworn  to  a faithfull  Dis- 
charge of  their  Duty  and  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Mayor 
of  said  City  shall  be  as  follows  viz 

You  . . . being  elected  Mayor  of  the  City  of  New  Haven  do  Swear 
by  the  Name  of  the  everliving  God  that  You  will  without  any  Partiality, 
indifferently  administer  Justice  according  to  Law  without  respect  of 
Persons,  take  no  Bribe  give  no  Council  in  any  Matter  that  shall  come 
before  You  nor  deny  Right  to  any,  but  well  and  truly  perform  Your 
Office  of  Mayor  of  said  City  according  to  Your  best  Skill.  So  help  You 
God. 

And  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Aldermen  of  said 
City  shall  be  the  Same  mutatis  mutandis  as  is  presented  by  Law  to  be 
taken  by  Justices  of  the  Peace ; And  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken 
by  the  Common  Council  Men  of  said  City  shall  be  as  follows  viz 

You  . . . being  elected  a Common  Council  Man  for  the  City  of 
New  Haven  for  the  Year  ensuing,  do  swear  by  the  Name  of  the  ever- 
living  God  that  You  will  faithfully  and  uprightly  discharge  the  Duties 
of  that  Office  so  long  as  you  shall  hold  the  Same 

So  help  You  God. 

And  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Sheriffs  of  said  City 
shall  be  the  same  prescribed  by  Law  to  be  taken  by  the  Sheriffs  mutatis 
mutandis.  And  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Clerk  of  said 
City  shall  be  as  follows  viz  You  . . . being  Chosen  Clerk  of  the  City 
of  New  Haven,  do  swear  by  the  Name  of  the  everliving  God  that  You 
will  truly  and  faithfully  attend  and  execute  the  Place  and  Office  of 
Clerk  of  said  City  according  to  Your  best  skill  and  make  true  Entries 
and  Records  of  all  the  Votes  and  proceedings  of  said  City,  and  such 
other  Matters  as  by  Law  or  the  bye  Laws  of  said  City  are  to  be  recorded 
in  Your  Office  And  that  You  will  deliver  true  Copies  of  the  Records  in 
your  Hands  when  they  shall  be  required  of  You  taking  only  your  lawfull 
fees,  So  help  You  God. 

Which  Oaths  may  be  administered  by  any  Assistant  of  this  State 
or  Justice  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  New  Haven  or 
by  the  Mayor  or  either  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City,  Provided  the 
Mayor  or  Aldermen  administering  such  Oath  hath  been  sworn  according 


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to  this  Act.  And  the  Person  administering  the  Oath  prescribed  by  this 
Act  shall  give  a Certificate  thereof  under  his  Hand  to  the  Officer  to 
whom  he  administers  such  Oath,  which  Certificate  shall  be  recorded  in 
the  Records  of  said  City  before  the  Person  to  whom  it  is  given  shall  be 
capable  of  executing  the  Office  to  which  he  is  Chosen ; 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  there  shall  be  a Court  of  Common 
Council  of  said  City  of  which  the  Mayor  Aldermen  and  Common  Coun- 
cil of  said  City  shall  be  Members,  who  or  the  Major  part  of  them  shall 
have  Power  to  make  Bye  Laws  relative  to  Markets  and  Commerce  within 
the  Limits  of  said  City,  relative  to  Persons  summoned  to  Serve  as 
Jurors  at  said  City  Court  and  neglecting  to  attend  or  refusing  to  Serve, 
relative  to  the  Streets  and  Highways  of  said  City,  relative  to  nusances 
in  said  City  Limits  relative  to  their  Wharves  Anchoring  and  Mooring 
of  Vessels,  relative  to  Trees  planted  for  Shade  Ornament  Convenience 
or  Use  Public  or  Private  and  to  the  Fruit  of  such  Trees,  relative  to 
Trespasses  comitted  in  Gardens  relative  to  public  Walks  & buildings 
public  or  private  to  the  sweeping  of  Chimnies  and  preventing  said  City 
from  Fire,  relative  to  forms  of  Oaths  to  be  taken  by  the  Treasurer  of 
said  City,  and  Inspectors  of  Produce  brought  to  said  City  for  Sale  or 
exportation,  relative  to  the  manner  of  Warning  Meetings  of  said  City 
and  the  Court  of  Common  Council,  and  the  Time  when  and  Place  where 
they  shall  be  holden,  relative  to  the  qualifications  in  point  of  Property 
of  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  relative  to  the  Bonds  to  be  given  by  the 
Sheriffs  of  said  City  for  a faithfull  discharge  of  their  Duty,  relative 
to  the  Penalties  to  be  incured  by  those  who  being  Chosen  to  any  City 
Office  and  not  being  excused  by  the  City  shall  refuse  to  serve  relative 
to  a City  Watch,  relative  to  the  burial  of  the  Dead  relative  to  the  Pub- 
lic Lights  and  Lamps  of  said  City,  relative  to  restraining  Geese  and 
Swine  from  going  at  large  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  and  relative  to 
the  mode  of  Taxation  as  to  Taxes  levied  by  said  City  and  to  inflict 
Penalties  for  the  Breach  of  such  Bye  Laws, 

Provided  however  that  Such  Penalties  shall  in  no  Case  exceed  ten 
Pounds  lawfull  Money,  and  said  Penalties  shall  be  to  such  Persons  as 
the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  direct,  and  be  recoverable  by  the  Persons 
to  whom  forfeited  by  Action  of  Debt  brought  to  the  City  Court  of  said 
City,  in  which  Action  no  Appeal  or  review  shall  be  allowed, 

Provided  however  that  no  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  be  made 
repugnant  to  the  Laws  of  this  State  And  the  catching  of  Fish  and 
Oysters  within  the  Limits  of  said  City,  shall  not  be  liable  to  be  regulated 
or  in  any  Way  affected  by  the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City, 

And  Provided  also  That  all  the  By  Laws  made  by  said  Court  of  Com- 
mon Council  shall  be  approved  by  said  City  in  legal  Meeting  Assembled 
and  after  being  approved  shall  be  published  at  least  three  Weeks  suc- 
cessively in  some  public  News  Paper  in  or  near  said  City  before  the 
same  shall  be  of  any  validity,  And  all  the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall 
at  any  Time  within  six  Months  after  they  are  made  be  liable  to  be 
repealed  by  any  Superior  Court  holden  in  said  County  of  New  Haven 


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if  by  such  Superior  Court  on  a hearing  Judged  to  be  unreasonable  or 
unjust.  And  all  Grants  and  Leases  of  any  real  Estate  belonging  to  said 
City  Signed  by  the  Mayor  of  said  City  and  Sealed  with  the  City  Seal 
and  approved  by  said  City  in  legal  Meeting  Assembled,  shall  be  good 
and  effectual  in  Law  to  convey  the  Estate  intended  to  be  conveyed 
by  such  Grant  or  Lease  Provided  the  Same  is  recorded  in  the  Records 
of  the  Town  where  the  Land  leased  or  granted  lies.  And  said  City 
shall  have  Power  to  appoint  Inspectors  of  every  kind  of  Produce  of 
the  United  States  brought  to  said  City  for  Sale  or  exportation,  and 
the  Vote  or  Choice  of  the  Major  part  of  the  Freemen  present  at  any 
Legal  Meeting  of  said  City  shall  be  considered  in  all  Cases  as  the 
Vote  or  Choice  of  said  City,  And  whenever  the  Mayor  of  said  City  or 
any  other  Officers  of  said  City  eligible  by  the  Treasurer  thereof  shall 
resign  or  be  removed  by  Death  or  otherwise  another  Person  shall  be 
Chosen  and  sworn  in  his  place  by  said  City,  and  if  an  Annual  Officer 
shall  continue  in  Office  till  the  expiration  of  the  Month  of  June  next 
following  unless  another  shall  be  sooner  Chosen  and  sworn  in  his  Stead, 
And  the  Mayor  of  said  City  or  in  his  absence  the  Senior  Alderman 
present  at  any  Meeting  of  said  City,  or  at  any  Court  of  Common  Coun- 
cil shall  ex  Officio  be  Moderator  thereof,  And  the  Meetings  of  said 
City  may  from  Time  to  Time  by  a Major  Vote  of  the  Freemen  present 
be  adjourned. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  the  first 
Meeting  of  said  City  shall  be  holden  at  the  State  House  in  said  New 
Haven  on  the  tenth  Day  of  Feby  next  at  nine  of  the  Clock  in  the  fore- 
noon for  the  Choice  of  the  Mayor  Aldermen  Common  Council  and 
Sheriffs  of  said  City,  and  to  transact  such  other  Business  as  may  be 
necessary,  which  Meeting  may  be  from  Time  to  Time  adjourned,  And 
a Copy  of  this  Paragraph  of  this  Act  Certified  under  the  Hand  of  the 
Secretary  of  this  State  and  published  on  the  Sign  Post  in  the  Town  of 
New  Haven  at  least  three  Days  before  said  tenth  Day  of  February 
shall  be  a legal  Warning  of  the  Freemen  of  said  City  to  attend  said 
first  Meeting,  and  the  annual  Officers  Chosen  at  said  Meeting  shall 
continue  in  office  untill  the  expiration  of  next  June  unless  others  are 
sooner  Chosen  and  qualified  in  their  stead.  And  the  said  City  shall  at 
such  Meeting  first  chuse  a Clerk  of  said  City  who  shall  be  immediately 
sworn,  and  shall  forthwith  make  a Record  of  his  being  Chosen  and 
sworn,  and  the  Records  thus  made  by  him  in  such  Case  shall  be  good  and 
effectual,  any  Thing  in  this  Act  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  and 
such  Record  may  be  made  by  the  Clerks  hereafter  Chosen  of  their  being 
chosen  and  sworn  and  shall  be  good  and  effectual  any  Thing  in  this  Act 
to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  And  said  City  shall  thereupon  proceed 
to  choose  a Mayor  and  the  other  Officers  of  said  City  eligible  by  the 
Freemen  thereof,  And  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the 
County  New  Haven  living  and  Inhabiting  within  the  Limits  of  said 
City  and  present  at  such  first  Meeting  shall  have  as  to  the  Election  of 
the  Mayor  Aldermen  Sheriffs  Common  Council  Men  and  Clerks  of 


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said  City  the  Same  Powers  and  proceed  in  the  same  manner  as  the 
Mayor  Aldermen  and  Sheriffs  of  said  City  by  this  Act  are  to  have  and 
proceed  in  at  the  future  Elections  of  said  City,  And  the  Senior  Justice 
of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  New  Haven  living  within 
the  Limits  of  said  City  present  at  said  first  Meeting  shall  be  Moderator 
thereof  untill  there  shall  be  a Mayor  or  Alderman  Chosen  and  qualified 
according  to  this  Act,  and  said  City  shall  at  their  first  Meeting  appoint  a 
Time  and  place  for  holding  the  first  Court  of  Common  Council,  which 
Court  shall  have  Power  to  Adjourn  from  Time  to  Time,  and  the  first 
City  Court  of  said  City  shall  be  holden  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  April 
next  at  the  State  House  in  said  City,  and  the  City  Courts  of  said  City 
may  be  holden  in  said  State  House  from  Time  to  Time  or  in  such  other 
place  in  said  City  as  said  City  shall  provide  and  Judge  proper,  And  the 
Mayor  Aldermen  and  Common  Council  of  said  City  shall  on  the  second 
Tuesday  of  March  next  at  three  of  the  Clock  in  the  Afternoon  hold  a 
Meeting  at  the  State  House  in  said  New  Haven  and  shall  then  and  there 
Choose  forty  eight  Freemen  of  said  City  to  serve  as  Jurors  untill  after 
the  first  Monday  of  July  next,  and  the  Name  of  each  Person  thus 
chosen  shall  be  fairly  written  on  a Seperate  Peice  of  Paper  and  shall 
be  put  int0  the  Jury  Box  by  this  Act  to  be  provided  by  the  Clerk  of 
said  City  Court  and  shall  be  drawn  out  in  the  manner  herein  before 
Provided  with  respect  to  Jurors, 

Always  Provided  that  any  Thing  in  this  Act  notwithstanding  the 
Inhabitants  living  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  shall  to  all  Intents  and 
purposes  be  and  remain  a part  of  the  Town  of  New  Haven,  and  that 
nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  affect  any  of  the  Cor- 
poration Rights  of  the  Corporation  of  Vale  College, 

Provided  nevertheless  That  if  any  of  the  Provisions  in  this  Act  con- 
tained shall  be  found  inconvenient  or  in  any  respect  inadequate  the  same 
on  representation  of  the  City  or  otherwise  may  be  altered  or  revoked  by 
the  General  Assembly,  And  this  Act  shall  to  all  Intents  and  purposes  be 
a public  Act. 

An  Act  for  incorporating  a part  of  the  Town  of  New  London. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same,  That  all  Free- 
men of  this  State  Inhabitants  of  said  New  London  dwelling  and  Inhab- 
iting within  the  following  Limits  viz  beginning  at  a large  Rock  on 
Plumb8  Hill  so  called  about  four  Rods  West  of  the  Road,  leading  from 
Norwich  to  New  London,  thence  running  South  thirty  seven  Degrees 
West  to  a large  Rock  in  Land  belonging  to  John  Ashcroft,  a little 
to  the  Eastward  of  Cedar  Swamp,  from  thence  running  South  six 
Degrees  East  to  the  main  branch  of  Alwife  Brook  or  Lesters  Gut  so 
called,  from  thence  running  with  said  Brook  or  Gut  and  on  the  West 
side  thereof  at  Highwater  mark  to  the  Sound  to  a large  Clump  of  Rocks 
at  the  Western  Point  of  said  Gut  or  Brook  called  the  great  Shore  Rock 
and  from  thence  across  the  Harbour  to  the  South  end  of  the  Division 


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Line  betwixt  the  Towns  of  New  London  and  Groton  and  thence  Nor- 
therly by  said  Division  Line  as  said  Line  runs  untill  it  comes  to  a Point 
due  East  from  the  Bounds  first  abovementioned,  and  thence  running 
due  West  across  the  River  Thames  to  said  Bound,  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  ordained  Constituted  and  declared  to  be  from  Time  to  Time,  and 
forever  hereafter,  One  Body  Corporate  and  Politic  in  Fact  and  in  Name 
by  the  Name  of  the  Mayor  Alderman  Common  Council  and  Freemen 
of  the  City  of  New  London ; and  that  by  that  Name  they  and  their  Suc- 
cessors forever  shall  and  may  have  perpetual  Succession;  and  shall  be 
Persons  in  Law  capable  of  Suing  and  being  sued  Pleading  and  being 
Impleaded  in  all  Suits  of  what  Nature  soever  and  also  to  purchase  hold 
and  Convey  any  Estate  real  or  Personal,  and  may  have  a Common  Seal, 
and  may  Change  and  alter  the  same  at  Pleasure;  and  shall  be  freemen 
of  said  City 

And  Whereas  there  are  many  Persons  living  within  said  Limits  who 
by  Law  are  qualified  to  be  Freemen  of  this  State,  who  have  not  taken 
the  Oath  provided  by  Law  to  be  taken  by  Freemen,  Be  it  Enact t a That 
all  such  Persons  living  within  said  Limits  who  shall  before  the  second 
Monday  of  March  next,  procure  the  Major  Part  of  the  Select  Men  of 
the  said  Town  of  New  London,  to  Certify  that  they  are  qualified  to  be 
admitted  and  made  free  of  this  State,  and  shall  after  procuring  such 
Certificate  take  before  some  Assistant  of  this  State  or  Justice  of  Peace 
within  and  for  the  County  of  New  London,  the  Oaths  provided  by  Law 
for  Freemen,  shall  to  all  the  purposes  in  this  Act  mentioned  be  con- 
sidered as  Freemen  of  this  State  and  Freemen  of  the  said  City  of  New 
London. 

And  for  the  better  Government  of  said  City,  Be  it  further  Enacted 
That  there  shall  be  a Meeting  of  said  City  holden  annually  in  June  at 
such  Time  and  place  as  by  the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  be  directed 
for  the  purpose  of  Choosing  all  the  annual  Officers  of  said  City,  and 
the  annual  Officers  of  said  City  Chosen  at  such  Meeting  shall  continue 
in  Office  untill  the  expiration  of  the  Month  of  June  then  next  unless 
others  shall  be  sooner  Chosen  and  qualified  in  their  Stead.  And  the 
said  City  in  legal  Meeting  Assembled  shall  Choose  a Mayor  who  shall 
hold  his  Office  during  the  Pleasure  of  the  General  Assembly;  and 
at  their  annual  Meeting  shall  Choose  four  Aldermen  and  a Common 
Council  of  not  more  than  Twenty,  and  two  Sheriffs  out  of  the  Freemen 
of  said  City,  all  which  Officers  and  all  other  Officers  of  said  City 
eligible  by  the  Freemen  thereof  shall  be  Chosen  by  Ballot,  and  on  each 
Ballot  which  is  given  in  shall  be  written  the  Nameef^’c]  of  the  Person 
for  whom  the  same  is  given;  and  such  Ballot  shall  be  rolled  up  and 
in  the  presence  of  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  said  City  or  such  of  them 
as  are  present  at  such  Meeting  put  by  the  Person  giving  the  same  into 
a Box  which  said  City  shall  provide  for  that  purpose ; which  Box  shall 
be  a Close  Box  with  a Hole  of  a convenient  Size  in  the  Lid  thereof 
through  which  to  put  in  the  Ballot,  And  when  the  Freemen  present  at 
any  City  Meeting  shall  have  had  reasonable  Time  to  give  in  their  Ballot 
either  of  the  Sherif  of  said  City,  or  in  the  absence  of  The  both  the  Sheriffs 


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the  Junior  Alderman  present  in  the  Presence  of  the  Mayor  and  Aider- 
men  or  such  of  them  as  are  present  at  such  Meeting  shall  open  the  said 
Box  and  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  or  such  of  them  as  are  present  shall 
open  sort  and  Count  the  Ballots,  and  the  Person  who  shall  have  the 
Majority  of  the  Ballots  given  in,  shall  by  the  Sheriffs,  or  in  their 
absence  by  the  Junior  Alderman  Present  be  declared  to  be  elected,  and 
no  Ballots  shall  be  received  after  the  Box  shall  have  been  opened,  And 
said  City  in  Legal  Meeting  Assembled  shall  have  Power  to  Levy  Taxes 
on  the  Polls  and  Estate  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  for  such  Pur- 
poses as  said  City  shall  think  proper,  and  to  Chuse  a Collector  or  Col- 
lectors to  Collect  such  Tax,  who  shall  having  received  a Warrant  for 
that  purpose  signed  by  the  Mayor  or  by  one  of  the  Aldermen  of  said 
City,  have  the  same  Power  as  Collectors  of  Town  Taxes  by  Law  have, 
and  shall  be  accountable  to  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  said  City, 
in  the  same  manner  as  Collectors  of  Town  Taxes  are  by  Law  account- 
able to  the  Select  Men,  and  in  Case  any  Collector  shall  not  perform 
the  Trust  committed  to  him  but  shall  fail  of  Collecting  such  Rate 
according  to  the  Terms  of  the  Warrant  Committed  to  him  on  Com- 
plaint thereof  made  by  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  to  the  Mayor  thereof 
he  shall  Issue  a Warrant  under  his  Hand  directed  to  either  of  the 
Sheriffs  of  said  City  to  distrain  the  Sums  or  Rates  neglected  by  such 
Collector  to  be  Collected  or  paid  out  of  the  Estate  of  the  Collector. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  the 
Sheriffs  of  said  City  shall  severally  within  the  Limits  of  said  City 
have  the  same  Powers  and  Authorities  and  be  liable  to  the  same  Suits 
or  Penalties  for  neglect  of  Duty  in  any  Case  whatever  to  all  Intents  and 
Purposes  as  Sheriffs  by  Law  now  have  and  are,  and  the  said  City  shall 
be  Liable  to  answer  in  Case  of  the  Inability  of  said  Sheriffs  or  either 
of  them  for  the  Default  of  said  Sheriffs  in  all  Cases  relative  to  their 
Office,  And  said  Sheriffs  shall  severally  give  Bond  with  Suretys  in 
such  manner  as  by  the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  be  directed,  for  a 
faithfull  discharge  of  the  Duties  of  that  Office  before  they  shall  be 
capable  of  executing  the  Same,  and  in  Case  either  of  the  Persons 
Chosen  Sheriff  shall  not  give  Bond  with  Sureties  according  to  the 
Bye  Laws  of  said  City  the  said  City  the  said  City  [ric]  may  proceed 
to  Chuse  another  Sheriff  in  his  room,  And  the  said  City  in  legal  Meeting 
Assembled  shall  Chuse  a Treasurer  for  said  City  to  continue  in  Office 
during  the  Pleasure  of  said  City  who  shall  have  the  Same  Powers 
within  said  City  as  Town  Treasurers  now  by  Law  have  and  shall  be 
accountable  to  said  City. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted , That  there  shall  be  holden  Monthly  on 
the  first  Monday  of  every  Month  in  said  City  a City  Court,  which  Court 
shall  have  Power  to  adjourn  from  Time  to  Time,  and  shall  have  Cogni- 
zance of  all  Civil  Causes  when  the  Title  of  Land  is  not  concerned  by 
Law  Cognizable  by  the  County  Courts  in  this  State.  Provided  the 
Cause  of  Action  arise  withn  the  Limits  of  said  City,  and  one  or  both 
the  Parties  live  within  said  City,  and  the  said  City  Court  shall,  as  to 
the  Causes  by  them  cognizable  to  all  Intents  and  purposes  have  the  same 


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Powers  and  Authorities,  and  proceed  in  the  same  manner;  and  grant 
Executions  as  said  County  Courts  now  or  hereafter  by  Law  shall  have 
proceed  and  grant,  and  the  Executions  granted  by  the  said  City  Courts 
shall  be  served  and  returned  in  the  same  manner  as  the  Executions 
granted  by  the  said  County  Courts,  and  an  Appeal  shall  be  allowed 
to  either  Party  from  the  Judgment  or  determination  of  said  City 
Court  to  the  next  Superior  Court  to  be  holden  in  the  County  of 
New  London  in  all  Causes  in  which  an  Appeal  is  now  or  hereafter 
by  Law  shall  be  allowed  from  the  said  County  Courts  the  Prevailing 
Party  however  if  Plantiff  may  such  Appeal  notwithstanding  take 
out  Execution  on  such  Judgment  for  the  Debt  and  Damage  and 
Costs  recovered  in  said  City  Courts  against  the  Defend1  or  Defend- 
ants, and  Levy  the  said  Execution  and  Collect  the  Money  thereon 
Provided  he  does  previous  to  his  taking  out  said  Execution  become 
bound  with  two  sufficient  Sureties  before  the  Mayor  of  said  City, 
or  one  of  the  Judges  of  said  City  Court  in  a Recognizance  which 
Recognizance  the  Mayor  of  said  City  and  the  Judges  of  said  City  Court 
are  respectively  impowered  to  take,  in  double  the  Sum  of  said  Judgment, 
that  he  will  within  one  Week  after  final  Judgment  on  the  Appeal  refund 
so  much  of  the  Judgment  of  the  said  City  Court  together  with  the  Inter- 
est thereof,  as  shall  on  such  Execution  be  collected,  and  shall  not  be  by 
him  Recovered  before  the  Court  to  which  the  Appeal  is  taken  together 
with  the  Execution  fees  that  shall  accrue  and  be  paid  by  the  Defend1 
on  said  Execution,  and  no  Appeal  shall  be  allowed  on  any  Suit  Com- 
menced on  such  Recognizance,  And  in  every  Action  brought  before 
said  City  Court  in  which  the  Plantiff  lives  without  the  Limits  of  said 
City  or  is  a Mariner  or  Seaman  Suing  for  Wages  due  to  him  for 
Services  in  his  Occupation,  and  the  Defend1  lives  within  the  Limits  of 
said  City,  no  Appeal  shall  be  allowed  the  Defend1  unless  the  Matter  in 
Demand  exceed  the  Sum  of  fifty  Pounds  lawfull  Money  but  if  the 
Matter  in  demand  exceed  said  Sum,  an  Appeal  shall  be  allowed  the 
Defend1,  in  the  same  manner  and  under  the  same  Regulations  as 
Appeals  are  allowable  in  other  Causes  cognizable  by  said  Court,  And 
no  Writ  of  Error  brought  upon  any  Judgment  of  said  City  Court  or 
of  said  Mayor  or  either  of  said  Aldermen  shall  be  a supersedes  or  have 
any  force  to  stay  the  Levy  of  the  Execution,  And  said  City  Court  shall 
have  full  Power  to  appoint  and  swear  a Clerk  for  said  Court  to  con- 
tinue in  Office  during  the  Pleasure  of  said  Court  which  Clerk  shall  as 
to  all  Matters  relative  to  his  Office  as  Clerk  of  said  Court  have  the 
same  Powers  and  Authorities  to  all  Intents  and  purposes  as  the  Clerks 
of  the  County  Courts  in  this  State  by  Law  have,  and  the  Oath  to  be 
taken  by  the  said  Clerk  shall  be  the  Same  mutatis  mutandis  Provided 
by  Law  to  be  taken  by  the  Clerks  of  the  County  Courts  of  this  State, 
And  the  Mayor  of  said  City  or  in  his  absence  the  Senior  Assistant 
Judge  of  said  City  Court  may  at  the  special  Instance  and  Cost  of  any 
Person  moving  therefor  hold  a special  City  Court  at  such  Time  and 
Place  within  said  City  as  the  Mayor  or  Judge  ordering  the  Same  shall 
appoint  which  Court  shall  proceed  in  the  same  manner,  have  the  Same 


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Powers  and  Authorities,  and  in  all  respects  be  under  the  same  Regula- 
tions as  the  Stated  City  Courts  of  said  City,  and  all  the  Taxable  fees  of 
said  City  Courts  shall  be  the  same  as  the  taxable  fees  of  the  County 
Courts  of  this  State. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  the  Mayor  of  said  City  for  the 
Time  being  and  the  two  Aldermen  first  Chosen  at  the  Annual  Meeting 
of  said  City  or  at  their  first  Meeting  shall  compose  the  said  City  Court 
and  be  the  Judges  thereof,  and  the  Mayor  shall  be  the  Chief  Judge  of 
said  Court,  and  the  said  two  Aldermen  shall  be  the  Assistant  Judges  of 
said  Court  any  two  of  whom  in  the  absence  of  the  other  taking  to  their 
Assistance  the  Senior  Alderman  present  that  is  not  a Judge  of  said  Court 
or  if  neither  of  the  Aldermen  that  are  not  Judges  of  said  Court  can 
attend,  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of 
New  London  resident  within  said  City  shall  have  Power  to  hold  a 
City  Court,  And  if  at  any  City  Court  there  shall  be  but  one  Judge 
present  he  shall  take  to  his  Assistance  the  other  two  Aldermen  of  said 
Cily,  and  in  Case  one  or  both  of  them  cannot  attend,  he  shall  take  one 
or  two  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  as  the  Case  may  require  of  the 
County  of  New  London  resident  within  said  City,  and  they  three  shall 
have  the  Same  Powers  to  hold  a City  Court  as  the  Judges  of  said  City 
Court  have. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  That  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  said 
City  shall  severally  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  have  Cognizance  of 
all  Civil  Causes  by  Law  Cognizable  by  a Justice  of  Peace,  Provided 
the  Cause  of  Action  arises  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  and  one  or 
both  the  Parties  live  within  the  Same,  And  the  said  Mayor  and  Aider- 
men  shall  as  to  the  Causes  by  them  severally  Cognizable  have  the  same 
Powers  and  Authorities  and  proceed  in  the  Same  manner  as  Justices  of 
the  Peace  now  or  hereafter  by  Law  shall  have  and  Proceed.  And  an 
Appeal  shall  be  allowed  from  the  Judgment  or  determination  of  said 
Mayor  and  Aldermen  in  any  Case  by  them  Cognizable  severally  to  the 
next  City  Court  to  be  holden  within  said  City,  in  all  Causes  in  which  an 
Appeal  is  now  or  hereafter  shall  be  allowed  from  the  Judgment  of  a 
Justice  of  the  Peace  the  prevailing  Party  however  if  Plantiff  may  such 
Appeal  notwithstanding  take  out  Execution  on  such  Judgment  Provided 
he  gives  Bond  before  the  Mayor  of  said  City  or  one  of  the  Judges  of 
said  Court  in  the  same  manner  as  is  Provided  in  Cases  of  Appeal  from 
said  City  Court,  And  in  every  Action  brought  before  the  Mayor  or  either 
of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  in  which  the  Pltf  lives  without  the  Limits 
of  said  City  or  in  which  the  Pltf  is  a Mariner  or  Seaman  Suing  for 
Wages  due  to  him  for  Services  in  his  Occupation,  and  the  Defend1  lives 
within  the  Limits  of  said  City  no  Appeal  shall  be  allowed  the  Defend1. 
And  the  taxable  Fees  in  all  Causes  Cognizable  by  the  Mayor  or  one  of 
the  Aldermen  of  said  City  severally  shall  be  the  Same  as  the  taxable 
fees  in  like  Cases  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  And  the  processes  in 
all  Actions  brought  to  said  City  Court  shall  be  the  same  as  the  Processes 
to  the  County  Courts  in  this  State : and  the  Processes  in  all  Actions 
brought  before  the  Mayor  or  one  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City,  shall  be 


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the  same  as  the  Processes  in  Actions  brought  before  a Justice  of  Peace, 
and  be  Signed  by  the  Governor  Lieutenant  Governor  or  one  of  the 
Assistants  of  this  State  or  by  a Justice  of  the  Peace  within  and  for 
the  County  of  New  London  or  by  the  Mayor  or  one  of  the  Aldermen  of 
said  City,  or  the  Clerk  of  said  City  Court  and  shall  be  Served  by  a Sheriff 
Deputy  Sheriff  or  Constable  to  whom  directed  according  to  the  Laws  of 
this  State  and  the  Provisions  of  this  Act,  And  all  Bonds  for  Prosecution 
taken  by  any  of  said  Officers  hereby  Impowered  to  Sign  Writs  shall  be 
good  and  effectual  in  Law,  And  Bonds  for  Prosecution  Special  Bail  and 
Bonds  for  Appeal,  shall  be  taken  to  the  adverse  Party, 

Provided  nevertheless,  that  no  Writs  executions  excepted  or  Process 
signed  by  the  Mayor  or  either  of  the  Aldermen  shall  be  of  any  effect 
without  the  Limits  of  said  City. 

And  he  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  the  said 
Mayor  Aldermen  and  Common  Council  shall  on  the  first  Monday  of 
July  annually  meet  and  shall  then  Choose  forty  or  more  Freemen  of 
said  City  to  Serve  as  Jurors  at  said  City  Court  and  shall  return  the 
Names  of  said  Jurors  under  the  Hand  of  the  Mayor  of  said  City  if 
present  or  in  Case  of  his  Absence  under  the  Hand  of  the  Seignor 
Alderman  present  at  such  Meeting  to  the  Clerk  of  said  City  Court  who 
shall  Write  such  Jurors  Name  thus  Chosen  fairly  on  a separate  Peice 
of  Paper,  and  Roll  up  and  put  the  Same  into  a Box  which  he  shall 
provide  and  keep  for  that  Purpose ; and  whenever  either  of  the  Sheriffs 
of  said  City  shall  receive  a Warrant  from  the  Clerk  of  the  City  Court 
to  Summon  a Jury  to  appear  before  said  Court  the  Sheriff  receiving 
such  Warrant  taking  with  him  one  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  shall 
repair  to  the  said  Clerks  Office  and  there  in  Presence  of  said  Alderman 
and  Clerk  shall  take  out  of  said  Box  so  many  of  said  Papers  as  his 
Warrant  shall  direct,  and  the  Persons  whose  Names  shall  be  found 
written  therein  shall  be  Summoned  to  appear  before  the  Court  to  which 
the  Warrant  is  returnable  to  serve  as  Jurors;  and  in  Case  of  neglecting 
to  attend  shall  be  liable  to  such  Penalties  as  shall  by  the  Bye  Laws  of 
said  City  be  inflicted  for  such  neglect,  and  in  Case  a compleat  Pannel 
shall  not  attend,  or  in  Case  any  shall  be  Challenged  or  excused  the 
Sheriff  attending  said  Court,  shall  supply  such  deficiency  by  drawing 
in  the  Presence  of  the  Court,  others  out  of  said  Box  and  Summoning 
them  to  attend  and  Serve  untill  the  Pannell  shall  be  compleat,  and  the 
Names  of  such  Jurors  as  do  not  attend  or  are  excused  shall  be  returned 
into  the  Box  and  be  liable  to  be  drawn  again.  And  the  Oath  to  be 
taken  by  said  Jurors  shall  be  the  same  as  is  by  Law  provided  to  be 
taken  by  Jurors  in  Civil  Actions;  and  the  Name  of  each  Juror  that 
attends  any  City  Court  and  Serves  shall  be  again  Written  on  a Seperate 
Peice  of  Paper,  and  shall  be  rolled  up  and  put  into  another  Box  which 
the  Clerk  of  said  Court  shall  provide  for  that  purpose  and  shall  be 
liable  to  be  drawn  again,  in  Case  there  shall  not  by  reason  of  Death 
removal  or  other  Cause  be  a sufficiency  in  the  other  Box  to  Complete  the 
Pannell  for  that  Year  in  which  they  are  Chosen  to  Serve,  And  the  said 
City  may  Choose  a Clerk  of  said  City  who  shall  make  true  and  regular 


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entries  of  all  the  Votes  and  Proceedings  of  said  City,  and  the  Records 
by  him  kept  shall  be  of  the  same  validity  in  Point  of  Evidence  in  any 
Court  of  Law  in  this  State  as  the  Records  of  Towns  are, 

And  be  it  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  the  said  Mayor 
Aldermen  and  Common  Council  be  and  they  are  hereby  Impowered  to 
lay  out  new  Highways  Streets  and  Public  Walks  for  the  Use  of  said 
City,  or  to  alter  those  already  laid  out  in  said  City,  and  to  exchange 
Highways  for  Highways  or  to  Sell  Highways  for  the  purpose  of  pur- 
chasing other  Highways,  taking  the  same  Measures  in  all  Respects  as 
are  directed  by  the  Laws  of  this  State  to  be  taken  in  Case  of  Highways 
laid  out  by  the  Select  Men  for  the  Use  of  their  Towns,  and  the  Party 
aggrieved  by  the  laying  out  of  such  Streets  or  Highways  may  have 
the  same  Remedy  by  Application  to  the  County  Court  as  is  by  Law 
Provided  in  Cases  of  Highways  laid  out  by  Select  Men, 

And  be  it  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  in  Case  any 
Sheriff  Deputy  Sheriff  or  Constable  shall  not  serve  a Writ  directed  to 
and  received  by  him,  that  is  returnable  to  said  City  Court,  or  shall  neglect 
to  make  return  of  said  Writ  or  shall  make  false  or  undue  return  thereof 
and  a Suit  shall  for  such  Default  be  brought  against  him  to  the  said  City 
Court  by  the  Person  or  his  Executor  or  Administrator  in  whose  favour 
said  Writ  Issued  and  the  Defend1  be  found  in  Default  the  said  Court  over 
and  above  awarding  Just  Damages  to  the  Plantiff  may  on  said  Suit  set 
a Suitable  fine  upon  the  Defendant  according  to  the  nature  of  the  Case 
and  may  Issue  Execution  for  such  fine  which  fine  shall  be  to  the 
Treasurer  of  said  City  to  and  for  the  Use  of  said  City,  And  in  all 
Cases  wherein  the  Defend1  who  is  Sued  to  the  said  City  Court  lives 
within  the  Limits  of  said  City  the  Writ  shall  be  served  upon  him  at 
least  six  Days  before  the  Day  of  the  sitting  of  the  Court  to  which  the 
Writ  is  returnable,  but  if  the  Defend1  lives  without  the  Limits  of  said 
City  the  Writ  shall  be  served  at  least  twelve  Days  before  the  sitting 
of  said  Court;  and  all  Writs  returnable  to  said  City  Court  shall  be 
returned  to  the  Clerk  of  said  Court  on  or  before  the  Day  of  the  sit- 
ting of  said  Court  and  before  the  first  opening  of  said  Court,  And 
the  Writs  that  are  returnable  before  the  Mayor  or  either  of  the  Aider- 
men  shall  if  the  Plantiff  and  Defend1  both  live  within  the  Limits  of 
or  if  the  Pltf  Lives  without  and  the  Defend1  lives  within  the  Limits  of 
said  City  or  if  the  Pltf  be  a Mariner  or  Seaman  suing  for  Wages  due 
to  him  for  Services  in  his  Occupation,  and  the  Defend1  lives  within  the 
Limits  of  said  City  be  served  upon  the  Defend1  at  least  three  Days 
before  the  sitting  of  the  Court  to  which  it  is  returnable,  but  if  the 
Defend1  lives  without  the  Limits  of  said  City  the  Writ  shall  be  Served 
upon  the  Defend1  at  least  six  Days  before  the  sitting  of  the  Court  to 
which  it  is  returnable. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  That  the  Mayor  Aldermen  Sheriffs  Com- 
mon Council  and  Clerk  of  said  City  shall  be  sworn  to  a faithfull  dis- 
charge of  their  Duty  and  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the 
Mayor  of  said  City  shall  be  as  follws  viz 

You  . . . being  elected  Mayor  of  the  City  of  New  London  do  Swear 


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by  the  Name  of  the  everliving  God  that  You  will  without  any  Partiality 
indifferently  administer  Justice  according  to  Law  without  Respect  of 
Persons,  take  no  Bribe  give  no  Council  in  any  Matter  that  shall  come 
before  You,  nor  deny  Right  to  any  but  well  and  truly  perform  Your 
Office  of  Mayor  of  said  City  according  to  Your  best  skill,  So  help  You 
God. 

And  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Aldermen  of  said 
City  shall  be  the  same  mutatis  mutandis  as  is  prescribed  by  Law  to 
be  taken  by  Justices  of  the  Peace,  And  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be 
taken  by  the  Common  Councilmen  of  said  City  shall  be  as  follows  viz 

You  . . . being  elected  a Common  Councilman  for  the  City  of  New 
London  for  the  Year  ensuing  Do  Swear  by  the  Name  of  the  everliving 
God  that  You  will  faithfully  and  uprightly  discharge  the  Duties  of 
that  Office  so  long  as  You  shall  hold  the  Same,  So  help  You  God. 

And  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Sheriff8  of  said  City 
shall  be  the  Same  prescribed  by  Law  to  be  taken  by  the  Sherifs  mutatis 
mutandis,  And  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Clerk  of  said 
City  shall  be  as  follows  viz 

You  being  Chosen  Clerk  of  the  City  of  New  London  do  swear  by  the 
Name  of  the  everliving  God  that  You  will  truly  and  faithfully  attend 
and  execute  the  Place  and  Office  of  Clerk  of  said  City  according  to 
Your  best  Skill,  and  make  true  Entries  and  Records  of  all  the  Votes 
and  Proceedings  of  said  City,  and  such  other  Matters  as  by  Law  or  the 
Bye  Laws  of  said  City  are  to  be  recorded  in  Your  Office  And  that 
You  will  deliver  true  Copies  of  the  Records  in  Your  Hands  when  they 
shall  be  required  of  You  taking  only  Your  lawfull  Fees,  So  help  You 
God. 

Which  Oaths  may  be  administered  by  any  Assistant  of  this  State  or 
Justice  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  New  London  or  by 
the  Mayor  or  either  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  Provided  the  Mayor 
or  Aldermen  administring  such  Oath  hath  been  Sworn  according  to 
this  Act,  And  the  Person  administering  the  Oath  prescribed  by  this  Act 
shall  give  a Certificate  thereof  under  his  Hand  to  the  Officer  to  whom 
he  administers  such  Oath,  which  Certificate  shall  be  Recorded  in  the 
Records  of  said  City  before  the  Person  to  whom  it  is  given  shall  be 
capable  of  executing  the  Office  to  which  he  is  Chosen. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  That  there  shall  be  a Court  of  Common 
Council  of  said  City,  of  which  the  Mayor  Aldermen  and  Common 
Council  of  said  City  shall  be  Members  who  or  the  Major  part  of  them 
shall  have  Power  to  make  bye  Laws  relative  to  Markets  and  Commerce 
within  the  Limits  of  said  City;  relative  to  Persons  summoned  to  Serve 
as  Jurors  at  said  City  Court,  and  neglecting  to  attend  or  refusing  to 

serve ; relative  to  the  Streets  and  Highways  of  said  City  relative  to 

Nusances  in  said  City  Limits  relative  to  their  Wharves  Anchoring  or 

Mooring  of  Vessels,  relative  to  Trees  planted  for  Shade  Ornament 

Convenience  or  Use,  Public  or  Private  and  to  the  Fruit  of  such  Trees, 
relative  to  Trespasses  committed  in  Gardens,  relative  to  Walks  and 
Buildings  public  or  private  to  the  sweeping  of  Chimnies  and  preserving 


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said  City  from  Fire,  relative  to  forms  of  Oaths  to  be  taken  by  the 
Treasurer  of  said  City,  and  Inspectors  of  Produce  brought  to  said 
City  for  Sale  or  exportation  relative  to  the  manner  of  warning  Meetings 
of  said  City  and  the  Court  of  Common  Council  and  the  Time  when 
and  Place  where  they  shall  be  holden;  relative  to  the  Qualifications  in 
point  of  Property  of  the  Mayor  and  Alderman,  relative  to  the  Bonds 
to  be  given  by  the  Sheriffs  of  said  City  for  a faithful  discharge  of 
their  Duty,  relative  to  the  Penalties  to  be  incurred  by  those  who  being 
Chosen  to  any  City  Office,  and  not  being  excused  by  the  City  shall  refuse 
to  Serve;  relative  to  a City  Watch;  relative  to  the  Burial  of  the  Dead, 
relative  to  the  Public  Lights  and  Lamps  of  said  City  relative  to  restrain- 
ing Geese  and  Swine  from  going  at  large  within  the  Limits  of  said 
City,  and  relative  to  the  mode  of  Taxation  as  to  Taxes  levied  by  said 
City,  and  to  inflict  Penalties  for  the  breach  of  such  Bye  Laws 

Provided * however  that  such  Penalties  shall  in  no  Case  exceed 
the  Sum  of  ten  Pounds  Lawfull  Money  and  said  Penalty  shall  be  to 
such  Persons  as  the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  direct  & be  recoverable 
by  the  Persons  to  whom  forfeited  by  Actions  of  Debt  brought  to  the 
City  Court  of  said  City,  in  which  Action  no  Appeal  or  Review  shall  be 
allowed 

Provided  however  that  no  bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  be  made 
repugnant  to  the  Laws  of  this  State 

And  Provided  also  that  all  the  By  Laws  made  by  said  Court  of 
Common  Council  shall  be  approved  of  by  said  City  in  Legal  Meeting 
Assembled  and  after  being  so  approved  shall  be  published  at  least  three 
Weeks  successively  in  some  Public  Newspaper  in  or  near  said  City 
before  the  same  shall  be  of  any  Validity.  And  all  the  By  Laws  of  said 
City  shall  at  any  Time  within  six  Months  after  they  are  made  be  Liable 
to  be  repealed  by  any  Superior  Court  holden  in  said  County  of  New 
London  if  by  such  such  [.rtc]  superior  Court  on  a hearing  adjudged 
to  be  unreasonable  or  unjust.  And  all  Grants  and  Leases  of  any  real 
Estate  belonging  to  said  City  signed  by  the  Mayor  of  said  Citv,  and 
Sealed  with  the  City  Seal  and  approved  by  said  City  in  legal  Meeting 
Assembled,  shall  be  good  and  effectual  in  Law  to  convey  the  Estate 
intended  to  be  conveyed  by  such  Grant  or  Lease  Provided  the  same  is 
Recorded  in  the  Records  of  the  Town  where  the  Land  Leased  or  granted 
lies,  And  the  said  City  shall  have  Power  to  appoint  Inspectors  of  every 
kind  of  Produce  of  the  United  States  brought  to  said  City  for  Sale 
or  exportation,  And  the  Vote  or  Choice  of  the  Major  part  of  the 
Freemen  Present  at  any  legal  Meeting  of  said  City  shall  be  considered 
in  all  Cases  as  the  Vote  or  Choice  of  said  City,  And  whenever  the  Mayor 
of  said  City  or  any  other  Officers  of  said  City  eligible  by  the  Freemen 
thereof  shall  resign  or  be  removed  by  Death  or  otherwise  another 
Person  shall  be  Chosen  in  his  Place  by  said  City,  and  if  an  Annual 
Officer,  shall  continue  in  Office  till  the  expiration  of  the  Month  of 
June  next  following  unless  another  shall  be  sooner  Chosen  and  sworn 

* This  paragraph  is  written  in  the  margin  of  the  MS.  with  an  indication  that  it  should  be 
inserted  in  the  text  at  this  point. 


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in  his  Stead,  And  the  Mayor  of  said  City  or  in  his  absence  the  Senior 
Alderman  present  at  any  Meeting  of  said  City  or  at  any  Court  of  Com- 
mon Council  shall  ex  Officio  be  Moderator  thereof,  And  the  Meetings 
of  said  City  may  from  Time  to  Time  by  a Major  Vote  of  the  Freemen 
present  be  Adjourned. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  the  first 
Meeting  of  said  City  shall  be  holden  at  the  Town  School  House  in  said 
New  London  the  second  Monday  of  March  next  at  nine  oClock  in 
the  forenoon  for  the  Choice  of  the  Mayor  Aldermen  Common  Council 
and  Sheriffs  of  said  City  and  to  transact  such  other  Business  as  may 
be  necessary  which  Meeting  may  be  from  Time  to  Time  Adjourned, 
And  a Copy  Of  this  Paragraph  of  this  Act,  Certified  under  the  Hand 
of  the  Secretary  of  this  State  and  Published  on  the  Sign  Post  in  said 
Town  of  New  London  at  least  three  Days  before  said  Second  Monday 
of  March  next  shall  be  a legal  Warning  of  the  Freemen  of  said  City 
to  attend  said  first  Meeting,  and  the  annual  Officers  Chosen  at  said 
Meeting  shall  continue  in  Office  untill  the  expiration  of  next  June 
unless  others  are  sooner  Chosen  and  Qualified  in  their  Stead.  And 
the  said  City  shall  at  such  Meeting  first  Choose  a Clerk  of  said  City 
who  shall  be  immediately  sworn  and  shall  forthwith  make  a Record 
of  his  being  Chosen  and  sworn  and  the  Records  thus  made  by  him 
in  such  Case  shall  be  good  and  effectual  any  thing  in  this  Act  to  the 
contrary  notwithstanding  and  such  Record  may  be  made  by  the  Clerks 
hereafter  chosen  of  their  being  chosen  & sworn  and  shall  be  good  and 
effectual  anything  in  this  Act  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  And  said 
City  shall  thereupon  proceed  to  Chuse  a Mayor  and  the  other  Officers  of 
said  City  eligible  by  the  Freemen  thereof  And  the  Justices  of  the 
Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  New  London  living  and  Inhabiting 
within  the  Limits  of  said  City  and  present  at  such  first  Meeting,  shall 
have  as  to  the  Election  of  the  Mayor  Aldermen  Sheriffs  Common 
Councilmen  and  Clerk  of  said  City  the  same  Powers  and  proceed  in  the 
Same  manner  as  the  Mayor  Aldermen  & Sheriffs  of  said  City  by  this 
Act  are  to  have  and  proceed  in  at  the  future  Elections  of  said  City  And 
the  Senior  Justice  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  New 
London  living  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  present  at  said  first  Meet- 
ing shall  be  Moderator  thereof  untill  there  shall  be  a Mayor  or  Aider- 
man  Chosen  and  qualified  according  to  this  Act  And  said  City  shall  at 
their  first  Meeting  appoint  a Time  and  place  for  holding  the  first  Court 
of  Common  Council,  which  Court  shall  have  Power  to  Adjourn  from 
Time  to  Time  And  the  first  City  Court  of  said  City  shall  be  holden  on 
the  first  Monday  of  April  next  at  the  Town  School  House  in  said  City, 
And  the  said  City  Courts  of  said  City  may  be  holden  in  said  School 
House  from  Time  to  Time  or  in  such  other  Place  in  said  City  as  said 
City  shall  Provide  and  Judge  Proper.  And  the  Mayor  Aldermen  and 
Common  Council  of  said  City  shall  on  the  second  Monday  of  March 
next  at  three  o Clock  in  the  Afternoon  hold  a Meeting  at  the  Town 
School  House  in  said  New  London  and  shall  then  and  there  Choose 


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thirty  six  Freemen  of  said  City  to  Serve  as  Jurors  untill  after  the  first 
Monday  of  July  next,  and  the  Name  of  each  Person  thus  Chosen  shall 
be  fairly  written  on  a seperate  Peice  of  Paper  and  shall  be  put  into  the 
Jury  Box  by  this  Act  to  be  Provided  by  the  Clerk  of  said  City  Court 
and  shall  be  drawn  out  in  the  manner  herein  before  Provided  with 
respect  to  Jurors, 

Always  Provided  that  any  Thing  in  this  Act  notwithstanding  the 
Inhabitants  living  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  shall  to  all  Intents 
and  Purposes  be  and  remain  a part  of  the  Town  of  New  London 

Provided  nevertheless  That  if  this  Act  or  any  of  the  Provisions 
therein  contained  shall  be  found  inconvenient  or  in  any  respect  inade- 
quate the  Same  on  representation  of  the  City  or  otherwise  may  be 
altered  or  revoked  by  the  General  Assembly, 

Provided  nevertheless  That  the  Judges  of  said  City  Court  may  and 
they  are  hereby  Authorized  to  hear  try  and  finally  determine  all 
Causes  brought  before  the  City  Court  by  a Jury  of  six  Freemen  or 
without  a Jury  when  neither  of  the  Parties  desire  to  have  the  Cause 
decided  by  a Jury  or  by  more  than  six  Jurors,  And  this  Act  shall 
to  all  Intents  and  Purposes  be  a Public  Act. 


An  Act  Impowering  the  Delegates  of  this  State  to  make  a Cession  of 
unlocated  Lands  on  the  Western  Part  of  the  State  to  the  United  States 
for  their  common  Benefit. 

Whereas  by  the  late  Treaty  with  Great  Britain,  the  Limits  and 
Boundaries  of  these  United  States  include  large  Territories  Claimed  by 
particular  States  which  at  the  Commencement  of  the  War  were  unlocated 
and  partly  in  the  Possession  of  the  Enemy  and  great  part  thereof  in 
Possession  of  the  Aborigines  who  have  Joined  and  aided  our  Enemies 
in  the  War  and  a Peace  hath  been  obtained  with  the  extensive  Limits 
aforementioned  under  the  Smiles  of  Providence  by  the  United  efforts 
and  at  the  Joint  expence  of  the  United  States,  And  Congress  having 
recommended  to  those  States  which  are  not  circumscribed  by  other 
States  to  make  liberal  Cessions  of  Part  of  their  Claims  for  the  Benefit 
of  the  United  States, 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same , That  the  Honbe 
Roger  Sherman  and  James  Wadsworth  Esqr  be  and  they  hereby  are 
directed  Authorized  and  fully  Impowered  in  the  Name  and  behalf  of 
this  State  to  make  and  execute  under  their  Hands  and  Seals  an  ample 
Deed  of  release  and  Cession  of  Territory  and  Land  belonging  to  and 
Claimed  by  this  State  Situate  and  being  Westward  of  the  Western 
Boundary  Line  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pensylvania  as  now  Claimed 
by  the  said  Commonwealth  That  is  to  say  to  begin  at  the  beginning  of 
the  forty  first  Degree  of  North  Lattitude  One  hundred  and  twenty  Miles 
Westward  of  the  aforementioned  Western  Boundary  Line  of  Pensyl- 
vania and  from  thence  a Line  to  be  drawn  Northerly  Parallel  to  and 
one  hundred  and  twenty  Mile  Westward  of  said  West  Line  of  Pensyl- 


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vania  and  to  continue  Northerly  untill  it  comes  to  forty  two  Degrees 
and  two  minits  North  Latitude  all  the  Lands  and  Territory,  with  the 
Rights  Priveleges  and  appurtenances  thereunto  belonging  lying  West- 
ward of  the  afore  described  Line  to  be  drawn  as  before  mentioned  shall 
be  included  released  and  Ceded  to  the  United  States  in  Congress  Assem- 
bled for  the  Common  Benefit  of  the  United  States,  excepting  and 
reserving  to  this  State  for  the  Use  of  this  State,  and  to  satisfy  the 
Officers  and  Privates  in  the  Connecticut  Line  of  the  Continental  Army 
the  Lands  to  which  they  are  entituled  by  the  Resolve  of  Congress,  all 
the  Territory  and  Lands  situate  and  Lying  between  the  aforementioned 
Western  Bounds  of  Pensylvania  and  said  described  Line  to  be  drawn 
at  one  hundred  and  twenty  Miles  distance  therefrom,  said  Tract  of  Land 
so  reserved  hereafter  to  be  formed  into  a Government  either  by  itself 
or  with  such  other  Territory  thereto  annexed  as  shall  be  Judged  most 
expedient  and  beneficial  under  a free  Constitution  simular  to  other  of 
the  United  States. 

Whereas  this  State  during  the  late  Contest  in  support  of  the  Com- 
mon Rights  of  the  United  States,  never  set  any  other  Limits  to  their 
Exertions  but  what  were  circumscribed  by  their  want  of  more  force 
to  employ  in  the  General  defence,  And  have  therefore  at  their  own 
expence  not  only  defended  an  extensive  Sea  Coast  of  their  own  very 
accessable  by  the  British  Forces,  but  have  also  maintained  a Barrier  at 
Greenwich  nearer  the  Principal  Possessions  of  the  late  Enemy  than 
any  other  on  the  East  Side  of  the  River  Hudson,  which  Barrier  has 
not  only  been  necessary  for  the  Security  of  this  State  but  the  Troops 
stationed  there  have  given  Protection  to  great  Numbers  of  the  Inhab- 
itants of  the  State  of  New  York  and  have  Acted  in  subserviency  to 
the  Views  of  the  Army  lying  on  the  East  of  the  Hudson.  And 
Whereas  the  Defence  which  this  State  has  given  to  the  Harbour  of  New 
London  and  thereby  preventing  a Lodgment  of  the  late  Enemy  in  that 
Town  and  Groton  has  been  essentially  necessary  to  prevent  the  British 
Ships  from  enjoying  a Haven  there  equally  secure  at  all  Season  as  any 
Port  within  the  United  States,  and  consequently  would  have  been  a 
most  proper  Object  of  General  Attention.  And  Whereas  notwithstand- 
ing the  great  expence  which  this  State  has  been  at  for  their  own  Defence 
unassisted  by  the  Troops  of  the  United  States  or  the  Aid  of  the  Neigh- 
bouring Militia  except  a small  Number  upon  a few  Particular  Occasions 
this  State  have  very  frequently  sent  out  large  Numbers  of  their  Militia 
for  the  aid  of  their  Neighbours  and  upon  the  Calls  of  the  Army  by 
which  extraordinary  Exertions  and  expences  this  State  notwithstanding 
their  Inhabitants  have  been  taxed  during  the  War  to  the  utmost  extent 
of  their  Ability  yet  they  find  themselves  loaded  with  an  immense  local 
Debt  which  imposes  such  a Burthen  upon  their  Inhabitants  that  they 
are  endeavouring  to  avoid  the  weight  of  it  by  emigrating  in  vast  Numbers 
into  States  where  the  burthen  of  taxation  is  much  less.  And  Whereas 
this  State  have  settled  with  their  Line  of  the  Army  agreeably  to  what 


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they  apprehended  the  Acts  of  Congress  were,  up  to  the  first  of  January 
1782,  and  have  been  therefore  much  disappointed  when  they  were 
informed  that  an  Act  of  Congress  has  passed  the  last  Jan7  resolving  that 
the  Pay  of  the  Army  after  the  first  of  August  1780  should  be  made 
by  the  United  States  only  and  therefore  find  that  no  Provision  has  been 
made  to  enable  this  State  to  Charge  the  United  States  with  the  Pay- 
ments made  to  their  Line  within  the  beforementioned  Periods,  This  State 
therefore  from  the  foregoing  Premisses  conceive  that  they  have  an 
undoubted  Claim  upon  the  Justice  of  the  United  States,  that  Expences 
of  defending  the  Harbour  of  New  London,  and  the  Port  of  Greenwich 
be  made  a Charge  against  the  United  States,  and  as  the  Payment  made 
to  their  Line  of  the  Army  from  the  first  of  August  1780  to  the  first 
of  Jan7  1782  has  been  inured  for  the  Benefit  of  the  United  States  it  is 
impossible  for  this  State  to  doubt  but  that  they  will  be  Authorized  to 
Charge  said  Payment  together  with  the  Interest  from  the  Time  in  which 
it  has  been  made  to  the  United  States 

Therefore  it  is  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  his  Excellency  the 
Governor  of  this  State  Write  to  Our  Delegates  in  Congress  to  move  that 
HonbIe  Body  that  the  beforementioned  Expences  Payments  and  Interest 
be  allowed  as  a Charge  against  the  United  States,  And  that  he  repre- 
sent to  them  that  it  is  the  expectation  of  this  State  that  an  attention 
should  be  given  to  their  Application  and  such  an  Answer  obtained 
thereto  as  this  State  conceive  themselves  Justly  entituled  to  recieve. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  devise  Ways  and  Means  for  Inforcing 
the  Collection  of  Excise  upon  Goods  and  Articles  by  Law  of  this  State 
subject  to  Duty  &c  Beg  Leave  to  Report,  that  the  following  Draught 
of  a Resolution  be  passed  into  an  Act  of  this  Assembly  and  published 
throughout  this  State  in  the  manner  therein  directed  viz 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  all  Retailers  of  Goods  Wares  and 
Merchandize  Subject  to  the  Payment  of  Excise  by  Virtue  of  the  Law 
of  this  State  Entituled,  An  Act  for  laying  an  Excise  on  sundry  Articles 
of  Consumption  within  this  State,  who  have  not  conformed  to  the  Regu- 
lations of  said  Act  be  and  they  are  hereby  Notified  and  directed,  that 
on  or  before  the  first  Day  of  March  next  they  and  each  of  them  conform 
to  said  Regulations  in  all  the  Particulars  Provided  in  and  by  said  Act 
in  which  they  have  been  defective  or  negligent  and  to  render  a true 
Account  or  Manifest  of  all  such  Goods  Subject  to  said  Excise  as  they 
have  Sold  by  Retail  since  the  twentieth  Day  of  April  1783  to  the  Several 
Collectors  of  Excise  in  the  Counties  or  Districts  in  which  such  Retailers 
respectively  belong  or  have  resided,  since  said  20th  Day  of  April  as 
also  of  what  Goods  they  shall  have  on  Hand  for  retailing  Subject  to 
said  Excise  on  said  first  Day  of  March  or  when  such  Manifest  is  ren- 
dered, and  pay  or  Secure  the  Excise  thereon  according  to  the  Directions 
of  said  Act,  and  also  to  give  security  on  or  before  said  first  Day  of 
March  for  their  conformity  to  the  Directions  of  said  Act  according  to 
Law.  And  all  such  Retailers  and  others  by  Law  liable  to  pay  Excise, 


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January, 


as  do  not  conform  to  said  Act  by  the  said  first  Day  of  March,  shall  be 
proceeded  against  as  said  Act  directs  in  Case  of  neglect,  and  the  several 
Collectors  of  Excise  are  hereby  directed  to  proceed  against  and  prose- 
cute such  negligent  Retailers  accordingly,  And  all  such  Retailers  and 
others  liable  as  aforesaid  as  have  complied  with  or  do  conform  to  said 
Act  by  said  first  Day  of  March  next  have  Liberty  hereby  given  to 
them  to  pay  the  Excise  in  Certificates  given  by  the  Treasurer  for  Interest 
on  Notes  due  or  Monies  Loaned  to  this  State.  And  the  State  Attorneys 
in  the  several  Counties  are  hereby  directed  to  prosecute  such  Collectors 
of  Excise  in  their  respective  Counties  as  shall  neglect  their  Duty  in  Col- 
lecting of  Excise  according  to  the  Act  aforesaid,  And  the  Secretary  of 
this  State  is  hereby  directed  without  Delay  to  publish  this  Act  in  the 
several  News  Papers  in  this  State. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  examine  and  liquidate  the  Account  of  Jesse 
Brown  for  Express  riding  from  the  16th  of  Novr  1777  to  May  21st  1780 
upon  the  same  Principles  and  to  make  him  the  same  allowance  as  has 
since  the  Date  of  his  Account  been  allowed  him  in  Specie  by  the  Comp- 
troller of  the  Accounts  of  the  United  States,  and  Charge  the  United 
States  with  the  Account. 

Upon  the  Application  of  Ebenezr  Gary,  Resolved  by  this  Assembly 
that  the  Committee  of  the  Pay  Table  do  Liquidate  and  adjust  the 
Account  of  said  Gary  for  sundry  Articles  furnished  Nathaniel  Shaw 
for  the  Use  of  this  State  28th  January  1777  and  draw  on  the  Treasury 
for  what  they  shall  find  Justly  due  thereon. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  several  Naval  officers  in  this 
State  shall  once  in  every  three  Months  untill  the  further  Order  of 
this  Assembly  Pay  and  deliver  over  to  Amasa  Learned  of  New  London 
all  Monies  by  them  to  be  Collected  by  Virtue  of  an  Act  made  for 
laying  a Tax  on  Shipping  for  repairing  and  maintaining  the  Light 
House  near  the  Port  of  New  London  taking  of  him  duplicate  Receipts 
therefor  one  of  which  Receipts  shall  be  by  the  Naval  Officers  respec- 
tively lodged  with  the  Treasurer  of  this  State. 

Upon  the  Application  of  John  Porter,  Resolved  that  the  Committee 
of  the  Pay  Table  liquidate  and  adjust  his  Account  as  Clerk  to  the  Gov- 
ernor and  Council  of  Safety  and  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  the  Bal- 
lance  they  shall  find  Justly  due. 

Whereas  it  is  Represented  to  this  Assembly  that  there  is  Sundry 
Articles  of  Cloathing,  some  small  Quantities  of  Salt  Salt  Petre  Cart- 
ridges &c  being  the  property  of  this  State  lying  in  sundry  Towns  in 
this  State, 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Select  Men  in  the 
several  Towns  be  and  they  are  hereby  directed  to  Sell  and  dispose  of 
any  Articles  in  their  respective  Towns  belonging  to  this  State  and  take 


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in  Payment  any  Securities  given  by  this  State  and  make  return  to  the 
next  General  Assembly,  except  such  of  said  Articles  as  are  in  the 
County  of  Windham  for  the  disposition  of  which  other  Provision  is 
made. 

Whereas  upon  Report  of  a Committee  accepted  and  approved  by 
this  Assembly  it  is  thought  best  to  dismiss  the  Company  now  Stationed 
at  Forts  Trumbull  and  Griswold  in  New  London  and  Groton  and  to 
dispose  of  the  Public  Property  in  and  about  the  Same  & c as  Per 
Report  &c, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Cap4  John  Deshon  and  Ebenezr 
Ledyard  Esqr  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  and  fully  Impowered  to 
Sell  and  dispose  of  all  the  Perishable  Implements  Articles  and  Stores 
belonging  to  this  State  in  and  about  said  Forts  or  appertaining  thereto 
either  for  Specie  or  State  Securities  now  due,  taking  an  exact  Inven- 
tory of  the  Same  reserving  about  1000wt  of  the  Powder  for  the  Use 
of  said  Forts,  and  also  to  dispose  of  the  Barracks  reserving  only  One 
or  so  much  of  One,  as  shall  be  Sufficient  for  a small  Family  for  a 
small  Guard  of  two  Men  in  Fort  Trumbull  to  be  under  the  command 
and  direction  of  some  proper  Person  who  shall  be  by  the  Governor 
for  the  Time  being  appointed  for  that  purpose  and  that  the  aforesaid 
Gentlemen  pay  the  Avails  of  such  Sales  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State 
taking  his  Receipt  for  the  Same  and  exhibit  their  Account  of  their 
Doings  in  the  Premisses  some  future  Session  of  this  Assembly, 

And  it  is  further  Resolved  that  the  aforesaid  Company  be  and 
they  are  hereby  discharged  from  any  further  Service  in  said  Garrison, 

And  it  is  further  Ordered,  that  the  said  Gentlemen  appointed  as 
aforesaid  do  also  Sell  and  dispose  of  the  useless  Cannon  and  all  the 
Public  Property  of  this  State  at  Stonington  Long  Point. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  all  the  Causes  and  Matters  depend- 
ing before  the  Superior  Court  to  be  holden  by  adjournment  at  Litch- 
field in  and  for  the  County  of  Litchfield  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  Feb7 
1784  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  Ordered  to  be  Continued  to  the  next 
Term  of  said  Superior  Court  to  be  holden  at  Litchfield  in  and  for 
the  County  of  Litchfield  on  the  last  Tuesday  save  two  in  February 
1784  Then  and  there  to  be  tryed  and  determined  according  to  Law 
And  all  Persons  concerned  therein  are  to  take  Notice  thereof  accordingly. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Nathaniel  Otis  of  Colchester  to  be  Sur- 
veyor of  Lands  for  the  County  of  Hartford. 

An  Act  for  confirming  the  Laws  of  this  State  as  revised  an  amended  and 
for  repealing  such  as  are  not  contained  in  the  foregoing  Code.* 

Whereas  all  the  Statute  Laws  of  this  State  have  been  lately  revised 
and  digested  under  proper  Titles  in  Alphetical  Order  with  several 

* For  the  resolution  of  May,  1783,  appointing  Roger  Sherman  and  Richard  Law  a committee 
to  revise  and  codify  the  laws,  see  above,  p.  122. 


282  public  records  January, 

Addition  alterations  and  amendments  and  the  whole  carefully  examined 
and  considered  by  this  Assembly, 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same , That  all  the 
foregoing  Acts  be  and  they  are  hereby  Enacted  and  confirmed  as 
the  Laws  of  this  State  And  that  all  other  Statute  Laws  of  this  State 
heretofore  made  and  published  which  are  not  contained  in  the  foregoing 
Code  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed 

Provided  nevertheless  that  all  Matters  commenced  by  virtue  of  any 
of  the  Laws  hereby  repealed  now  depending  or  unfinished  may  be 
prosecuted  and  pursued  to  final  effect  in  the  same  manner  as  they  might 
have  been  if  this  Act  had  not  been  made. 

Provided  also  that  such  of  the  foregoing  Laws  as  remain  for 
substance  the  Same  as  before  the  revisal  shall  be  considered  as  having 
continued  in  force  from  the  Time  that  they  were  first  Enacted,  any 
circumstantial  Amendments  or  Alterations  notwithstanding. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Richard  Law  Esqr  be  appointed  to 
take  Care  and  get  the  Revision  of  the  Laws  printed  as  soon  as  may  be 
and  to  overlook  the  Press  therein  And  to  correct  any  Clerical  Mistake 
Misprisions  Omissions  or  circumstantial  Errors  that  may  have  happened 
in  the  Copy  or  that  may  occur  in  the  Impression  taking  Care  that  no 
Material  Alteration  be  made  in  the  substance  thereof  And  that  the 
Printer  be  directed  to  make  out  the  number  of  five  hundred  Books 
thereof  well  Bound  and  them  lay  before  the  General  Assembly  to  be 
distributed  and  disposed  of  as  this  Assembly  shall  hereafter  direct, 
And  that  the  Charter  and  Articles  of  Confederation  be  prefixed  to  said 
Edition,  And  the  Secretary  is  hereby  directed  to  deliver  to  said  Richard 
Law  the  Manuscript  Original  for  the  purpose  aforesaid  which  said  Law 
is  to  return  to  said  Secretary’s  Office  after  the  Business  aforesaid  is 
compleated.* 

Upon  the  Report  of  the  Committee  appointed  by  this  Assembly  in 
May  1782f  to  abate  to  those  Persons  who  were  Sufferers  by  the  Enemy 
in  Groton  in  Septembr  1781  the  Proportions  due  from  them  respectively 
in  payment  of  an  Execution  in  favour  of  the  State  against  said  Town 
for  their  deficiency  of  four  Men  required  for  the  Guard  at  Horse  Neck 
reporting  that  they  have  abated  to  eighty  Persons  who  were  Sufferers 
as  aforesaid  the  Sum  of  £29  8 3 which  Sum  ought  to  be  deducted 
from  said  Execution  as  Per  Report  on  File, 


* This  work,  the  first  compilation  of  the  laws  of  the  State  (rather  than  the  Colony)  of  Con- 
necticut, was  published  in  one  volume  in  1784  with  the  following  title  page:  Acts  and  Laws  of 
the  State  of  Connecticut,  in  America.  New  London:  Printed  by  Timothy  Green,  Printer  to  the 
Governor  and  Company  of  the  State  of  Connecticut.  MDCCLXXXIV. 
t See  State  Rees,  of  Conn.,  IV,  237-238. 


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Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Sum  of  £ 29  8 3 LMoney  is  abated 
and  the  Same  is  hereby  Abated  on  said  Execution  and  the  Officer  who 
hath  said  Execution  is  hereby  required  to  endorse  the  Same. 


Whereas  it  appear  to  this  Assembly  that  the  Listers  in  the  following 
Towns  in  this  State  for  the  Year  1783  have  not  fully  attended  to  their 
Duty  the  Listers  of  Litchfield  in  not  assessing  certain  Descriptions  and 
denominations  of  Persons  in  wholly  Omitting  some  and  setting  others 
too  Low  by  Law  Warranted,  amounting  in  the  whole  to  £395  and  that 
it  appears  said  neglects  were  wilfull,  those  of  Sharon  in  not  returning 
the  Name  and  Professions  of  Mechanicks,  Cornwall  in  not  makeing 
any  Return  of  Assesments,  Sharon  in  not  making  a return  of  the 
Occupations  of  Persons  Assest  Cheshire  in  wholly  omitting  a Number 
of  Tavernkeepers,  It  also  appeared  that  there  is  no  Certificate  of  the 
Listers  of  Cornwall  being  Sworn  and  those  of  Midletown  not  agreably 
to  the  direction  of  Law, 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Town  of  Litchfield 
be  doomed  to  be  set  in  the  List  for  the  Year  1783  the  Sum  of  £1580 
for  the  misconduct  and  neglect  of  their  Listers  as  aforesaid  And  that 
the  Treasurer  Issue  out  his  Warrants  accordingly,  And  that  the  Towns 
of  Sharon  Cornwall  Salisbury  and  Cheshire  compleat  their  Assesments 
according  to  Law  and  return  the  Same  to  the  General  Assembly  in  May 
next,  And  that  the  Town  of  Middletown  Cause  their  Listers  to  be  duely 
Sworn  before  some  proper  Authority,  that  the  List  by  them  made 
and  sent  to  this  Assembly  is  a true  List  according  to  Law,  and  the 
Same  Certify  to  said  Assembly,  and  that  the  Secretary  cause  the  Resolve 
to  be  printed  in  the  several  Newspapers  in  this  State. 


On  the  Report  of  a Committee  appointed  to  take  into  Consideration 
what  Allowances  ought  to  be  made  to  any  or  all  such  who  were  made 
Widows  in  Consequence  of  the  Action  of  the  6th  September  1781  in 
Fort  Griswold  and  their  Families,* 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  hereby  is 
Authorized  and  directed  to  pay  out  of  the  two  penny  Tax  granted  in 
May  last  to  the  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of  Groton  the  Sum  of  two 
hundred  & forty  eight  Pounds  LMoney  to  the  Select  Men  of  the  Town 
of  New  London  the  Sum  of  forty  eight  Pounds  LMoney  and  to  the 
Select  Men  of  the  Town  of  Stonington  the  Sum  of  eighteen  Pounds 
LMoney  to  be  distributed  among  such  Widows  and  Families  in  each  of 
said  Towns  in  such  proportion  as  the  Civil  Authority  and  Select  Men 
of  the  said  Towns  respectively  shall  Judge  Just  and  reasonable. 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Mr  Elkanah  Tisdale  be  and  he  is 
hereby  appointed  to  pursue  and  finish  the  Business  of  looking  up  and 


See  above,  p.  119. 


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January, 


disposing  the  Articles  of  Salt  Cloathing  Provisions  and  Stores  of 
every  sort  belonging  to  this  State  in  the  County  of  Windham  which 
Nath1  Wales  Esqr  now  Deceasd  was  Authorized  to  do  in  his  Life  Time 
and  to  account  with  the  Treasurer  all  that  shall  be  so  Collected. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Epaphras  Sheldon  Esqr  to  be  Brigadier 
General  of  the  sixth  Brigade  of  Militia  in  this  State  in  the  Room  of 
Brigadier  General  Selah  Hart  resigned. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Samuel  Brownson  Esqr  to  be  Major  of 
the  twenty  seventh  Regiment  of  Militia  of  this  State  in  the  room  of 
Major  Jesse  Curtiss  resigned. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Ainsworth  to  be  Captain  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Perry  to  be  Ensign  of  the  10th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Silas  Fairchild  to  be  Captain  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Hezekiah  Dayton  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elijah  Ackley  Junr  to  be  Captain  of  the 
l8t  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jeremiah  Selby  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elias  Sanford  Palmer  to  be  Captain  of 
the  6th  Company  or  Trainband  on  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jesse  York  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  6th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Zebulon  Lewiss  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Gates  to  be  Captain  of  the  5th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Morgan  to  be  Ensign  of  the  5th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elijah  Holcomb  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abraham  Bushnel  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Peck  to  be  Captain  of  the  second 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Wm  Johnson  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
2d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joshua  Bains  Junr  to  be  Captain  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  De  Forrest  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  14th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Eli  Smith  to  be  Ensign  of  the  14th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Curtiss  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elijah  Warner  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Smith  to  be  Captain  of  the  third 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  6th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elihu  Thomson  to  be  Captain  of  the 
1st  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  Town  of  Stonington  in  the  8th  Regi- 
ment in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Noyes  to  be  Lieuten*  of  the 
1st  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  Town  of  Stonington  in  the  8th  Regi- 
ment in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Noyes  Palmer  to  be  Ensign  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  Town  of  Stonington  in  the  8th  Regiment 
in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joab  Griswold  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  1st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathaniel  Griswold  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  1st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Elsworth  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  1st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Allen  Ives  to  be  Captain  of  the  12th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Chauncey  Dickerman  to  be  Lieutenant 
of  the  12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Hezekiah  Bassett  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benjamin  Doolittle  to  be  Captain  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Merriman  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ezekiel  Woodford  to  be  Captain  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Woodford  to  be  Lieuten*  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Michael  Woodruff  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Tibballs  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
15th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Gideon  Benjamin  of  East  Hartford  in  the 
County  of  Hartford  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  by  various  Misfor- 
tunes he  is  reduced  in  his  advanced  Age  and  become  unable  to  pay 
all  his  Just  Debts  and  is  exposed  to  Arrests  and  perpetual  Imprisonment 
by  his  Creditors  and  that  he  is  willing  to  resign  up  all  his  Estate  for 


286  public  records  January. 

the  Benefit  of  his  Creditors  &c  and  Praying  for  an  Act  of  Insolvency 
to  be  passed  in  his  favour  &c 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Petition  be  continued  and  that 
the  Petitioner  be  protected  from  any  Arrests  and  Imprisonment  for  Debt 
untill  the  rising  of  the  General  Assembly  in  May  next.* 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  appointed  in  May  last 
to  look  into  sundry  losses  of  Solomon  Baldwin  Collector  of  Taxes  for 
the  Town  of  Milford  occasioned  by  his  having  been  plundered  by  the 
Enemy  of  a number  of  Public  Securities  be  continued  and  Authorized 
and  directed  to  make  their  Report  in  May  next.f 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Mess”  John  Chenward  & Hezekiah 
Marrells  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  Auditors  to  Audit  adjust 
and  Settle  the  Public  Accounts  of  this  State  with  the  Treasurer  and  also 
to  receive  examine  and  burn  all  the  Bills  of  Credit  emitted  by  this  State 
that  may  be  found  in  the  Treasury  and  to  Report  to  this  or  the  next  Ses- 
sion of  the  General  Assembly  in  the  room  of  two  of  the  Gentlemen  viz 
Samuel  Lyman  Esqr  & Mr  Ebenezer  Plummer  appointed  to  that  Business 
in  May  last  who  decline  attending  the  Same. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  County  Court  for  the  County  of  New 
Haven  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  by  reason  of  the  decays  of  the 
Common  Goal  in  said  County  it  is  become  necessary  to  build  a New 
Prison  which  cannot  be  effected  without  pulling  down  the  old  Goal  in 
said  County  Praying  this  Assembly  to  Enact  that  it  shall  and  may  be 
lawfull  to  confine  in  the  Common  Goal  in  Hartford  in  Hartford  County 
all  such  Persons  as  by  the  General  Laws  of  this  State  ought  to  be  con- 
fined in  the  Common  Goal  in  said  New  Haven  County  during  the 
Time  such  new  Goal  or  Prison  shall  be  Building  and  insufficient  safely 
and  securely  to  hold  and  confine  Prisoners  as  Per  Memorial. 

Be  it  Enacted  and  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  it  shall  and  may  be 
Lawfull  for  the  Sheriff  and  Chief  Keeper  of  the  Goal  in  the  County  of 
New  Haven  to  Convey  and  carry  or  by  his  Lawfull  Deputy  to  Cause  to 
be  conveyed  and  Carried  all  Prisoners  which  he  shall  have  in  his  Custody 
within  the  Common  Goal  in  the  County  of  New  Haven  on  the  10th  Day 
of  May  next  or  any  Prisoner  or  Prisoners  he  may  so  have  in  Custody 
between  said  10th  Day  and  the  30th  Day  Of  Tune  next  who  by  Law 
are  not  Bailable  or  those  who  by  Law  on  sufficient  Security  Given  are 
Entituled  to  the  Liberties  of  his  said  Prison  and  are  unable  or  neglect 
to  procure  good  and  sufficient  Bonds  that  they  shall  well  and  truly  abide 
and  remain  faithfull  Prisoners  within  the  Liberties  to  said  New  Haven 
County  Prison  to  the  Common  Goal  in  Hartford  in  the  County  of 
Hartford  and  them  deliver  to  the  Keeper  of  said  Hartford  County  Goal 

* In  May  the  case  was  further  postponed  to  October.  1734.  at  which  time  a committee  was 
appointed  to  investigate  and  report  in  May,  1735.  See  below,  pp.  3S2,  461. 
t See  above,  p.  149.  and  below,  p.  415. 


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within  said  Prison,  and  the  Keeper  of  said  Hartford  County  Goal  shall 
receive  all  Such  Prisoners  and  them  safely  keep  within  his  said  Prison 
untill  they  shall  be  redelivered  to  the  Sheriff  of  New  Haven  County 
or  his  Dputy  as  is  hereafter  Provided  or  shall  be  otherwise  discharged 
by  due  Order  of  Law  And  a Copy  of  any  Lawfull  Warrant  Mittimus 
or  other  Precept  by  Virtue  whereon  any  Person  or  Persons  are  or 
within  the  Time  aforesaid  shall  be  Committed  to  and  remain  in  the 
Custody  of  the  Keeper  of  said  Goal  in  said  New  Haven  County  attested 
by  the  Sheriff  of  New  Haven  County  or  his  lawfull  Deputy,  and 
delivered  with  such  Prisoner  or  Prisoners  to  the  Keeper  of  the  Goal  in 
Hartford  County  shall  be  a Sufficient  Warrant  to  the  Keeper  of  the 
Goal  in  Hartford  County  to  receive  such  Prisoner  or  Prisoners  into 
his  Custody  and  him  her  or  them  to  keep  hold  and  detain  within  his 
said  Prison  as  aforesaid,  and  on  or  before  the  30th  Day  of  June  next 
and  as  soon  as  the  Goal  in  New  Haven  County  can  and  shall  be  made 
Sufficient  for  the  safe  holding  of  Prisoners,  the  Sheriff  of  New  Haven 
County  or  his  Deputy  shall  repair  to  the  said  Goal  in  Hartford,  and 
there  receive  of  the  Keeper  of  the  Goal  in  Hartford  County  all  Prison- 
ers in  his  Custody  by  him  received  by  Virtue  of  this  Act,  and  thereupon 
such  Prisoners  so  to  be  received  of  the  Keeper  of  said  Hartford  County 
Goal  shall  be  by  the  Sheriff  of  New  Haven  County  or  his  Deputy 
immediately  Conveyed  and  Carried  in  the  most  direct  Way  to  the  Goal 
in  the  County  of  New  Haven  and  there  properly  secured,  and  all 
expences  of  conveying  and  carrying  such  Prisoner  or  Prisoners  to  said 
Hartford  Goal  and  back  to  said  New  Haven  County  Goal  shall  be  paid 
out  of  the  Treasury  of  New  Haven  County  and  also  the  Charge  of 
supporting  any  such  Prisoner  or  Prisoners  in  said  Hartford  County 
Goal  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  Treasury  of  New  Haven  County  to  the 
Keeper  of  the  Goal  in  Hartford  County,  and  such  Prisoner  or  Prisoners 
may  be  retained  in  Prison  untill  the  Expence  of  such  Support  be  by 
him  or  them  paid  and  satisfied  in  the  Same  manner  as  if  he  or  they  had 
not  been  so  removed,  And  if  any  Person  or  Persons  shall  be  sued  for  any 
Act  or  Thing  by  him  or  them  done  in  pursuance  of  this  Act  the  Defend* 
or  Defend*8  may  Plead  the  General  Issue,  and  give  this  Act  in  Evidence 
on  Tryal  for  his  or  their  Justification. 

Upon  the  Representation  of  Joseph  Kingman  of  Canaan  in  Litch- 
field County  against  Ira  Rowlinson  Ensign  in  the  first  Company  in  the 
14th  Regiment  informing  that  said  Rowlinson  Sold  his  Commission  for 
a Beaver  Hat  which  Commission  was  Issued  under  the  Seal  of  this  State 
and  by  fraud  obtained  another  Commission  by  which  the  Dignity  of  this 
Assembly  is  trampled  upon.* 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Ira  Rowlinson  be  Cashired 
from  his  said  Office  and  hereafter  rendered  incapable  of  holding  any 
Commission,  and  that  he  Pay  all  Costs  which  have  arisen  for  which 
the  Secretary  is  directed  to  Issue  out  Execution,  also  that  the  Secretary 


* See  above,  p.  220. 


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transmit  a Copy  of  this  Resolution  to  Edward  Brownal  Captain  of  said 
Company  Ordering  him  to  lead  said  Company  to  the  Choice  of  an 
Ensign  in  the  room  of  said  Ira  Rowlinson  Cashired. 

Cost  allowed  by  this  Assembly  for  which  the  Secretary 
is  to  Send  out  his  Exn  as  aforesaid  viz 

Secretarys  fees  £0  15  6 
Sheriffs  fees  1 10  0 

Exn  granted  May  15th  1784. 

Upon  the  Report  of  the  Committee  appointed  by  the  General  Assem- 
bly at  their  Sessions  in  May  last  on  the  Petition  of  Matthias  Learning* 
Shewing  that  being  involved  in  Debt  and  to  gain  Time  to  Satisfy  his 
Creditors  he  made  a Deed  of  his  Land  in  Farmington  where  he  lived 
to  his  Brother  the  Revd  Mr  Jeremiah  Learning  of  Norwalk  without  the 
Privity  of  his  said  Brother,  or  receiving  any  Consideration  therefor, 
that  the  said  Deed  was  recorded  at  the  Petitioners  Request  by  the  Regis- 
ter of  the  said  Town  of  Farmington  that  his  said  Brother  soon  after 
went  off  to  the  Enemy,  and  his  Estate  including  the  Land  Covered  by 
the  said  Deed,  hath  been  since  confiscated  to  and  for  the  Use  of  this 
State  And  thereon  reporting  that  having  previously  notified  the  Parties 
concerned  Majr  Talmadge  excepted  who  was  out  of  the  State,  they  met 
on  the  Business  of  their  appointment  at  said  Farmington  on  the  third 
Day  of  October  1783  when  and  where  the  said  Matthias  Learning  and 
Enos  Ives  of  said  Farmington  to  whom  the  Estate  in  Question  was 
Deeded  by  Government  attended  on  the  Committee  and  on  examination 
finding  the  following  Facts,  That  a Number  of  Years  since  Mathias 
Learning  purchased  of  the  Revd  Mr  Samuel  Newell  of  New  Cambridge 
for  about  £150  the  29th  Lott  in  the  fifth  Division  of  Land  West  of  the 
reserved  Land  so  called  in  said  Farmington  containing  about  148  Acres 
that  the  whole  of  the  Purchase  Money  was  advanced  to  Mr  Newell  by 
Mr  Jeremiah  Learning  of  Norwalk  that  it  is  a Doubt  whether  the  said 
Money  was  intended  as  a Donation  or  not  that  the  said  Matthias  exe- 
cuted a Deed  to  the  said  Jeremiah  dated  the  28th  Day  of  Novembr  1774 
of  the  one  half  of  said  Lott  taken  of  at  the  North  Side  for  the  Con- 
sideration of  £80  0 0 which  Deed  was  found  among  the  Papers  of  the 
said  Jeremiah  after  he  Joined  the  Enemy  and  was  sent  of  by  the  Select 
Men  of  Norwalk  to  the  Register  of  the  Town  of  Farmington  to  be 
Recorded  and  was  received  by  him  June  4th  1781  That  afterwards  the 
said  Mathias  executed  another  Deed  of  fifty  Acres  of  the  Land  covered 
by  the  Last  mentioned  Deed  to  Doctr  Joseph  Roberts  of  said  Farmington 
leaving  24  Acres  Deeded  to  Jeremiah  which  Deed  to  Roberts  was 
Recorded  by  the  Register  aforesaid  before  he  received  the  Deed  to  Jere- 
miah that  the  said  Deed  to  Jeremiah  hath  therefore  never  been  entered  of 
Record  That  the  said  Matthias  afterwards  falling  out  with  the  said  Rob- 
erts told  him  he  should  never  be  the  better  for  the  Land  Deeded  to  him 
for  that  he  had  Sold  the  same  Land  before  to  his  Brother  Jeremiah  and 


* See  above,  p.  158. 


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confessed  it  was  done  to  Secure  a Debt  Justly  due  to  the  said  Jeremiah, 
that  the  said  Matthias  obstinately  refused  to  inform  the  Committee  of  the 
Reason  why  he  made  said  Deed  to  Jeremiah  that  afterwards  Matthias 
executed  Deeds  to  his  two  Sons  Judah  Learning-  & David  Learning  of 
about  38  Acres  on  the  South  Side  of  said  Lott  except  a small  Patch  of 
Land  reserved  for  a Pasway  leaving  about  60  Acres  in  the  Centre  of  the 
Lott  unsold  including  the  24  Acres  of  Land  Deeded  to  Jeremiah  and  not 
Covered  by  Roberts’  Deed  leaving  36  Acres  Clear  with  a House  and  Barn 
standing  thereon,  That  of  this  remainder  or  nearly  the  whole  of  it  the  said 
Matthias  executed  another  Deed  to  Jeremiah  bearing  Date  the  17th 
Day  of  April  1775,  which  the  said  Register  received  and  entered  for 
Record  the  Same  Day  That  he  told  the  said  Register  he  owed  the  said 
Jeremiah  a Sum  of  Money  and  he  thought  it  his  Duty  to  Secure  him 
and  gave  the  Deed  for  that  purpose,  That  in  fact  there  was  no  Privity 
between  the  Parties  in  the  transaction,  that  after  adjudication  was  had 
upon  the  sd  Estate  it  was  delivered  to  Majr  Tallmadge  at  Appraisement 
for  £100,  that  afterwards  Majr  Talmadge  contracted  with  Enos  Ives 
to  dispose  of  the  Estate  to  him  at  £170  10  0 who  received  the  Deed 
immediately  from  Government  that  he  has  in  Consequence  of  the  Con- 
duct of  the  said  Matthias  been  Subjected  to  much  Trouble  and  expence 
& vexation  long  and  expensive  Lawsuits  and  is  exceedingly  hurt  in 
his  Interest.  Whereupon  the  Committee  Reported  it  as  their  Opinion 
that  the  transactions  of  the  said  Matthias  in  the  Premisses  were  fraud- 
ulent and  ought  to  be  considered  good  as  against  himself,  but  never 
to  operate  to  the  detriment  of  Majr  Talmadge  Mr  Ives  or  the  State, 
which  Report  is  accepted  and  approved  and  therefore, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  nothing  be  granted  to  the  said 
Matthias  Learning  on  his  said  Petition  and  that  the  said  Enos  Ives 
recover  the  Cost  to  which  he  has  been  subjected  on  the  said  Petition. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Bernard  Lintot,  shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  his  Estate  in  this  State  was  in  the  Month  of  January  AD  1783 
by  the  Judgment  of  the  Adjourned  County  Court  holden  at  New  Haven 
in  Decembr  1782  forfeited  and  Confiscated  to  and  for  the  Use  of  this 
State  Praying  that  said  Judgment  may  be  reversed  and  annulled  and 
his  said  Estate  be  restored  to  him  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Judgment  of  said  Adjourned 
County  Court  adjudging  the  Estate  of  said  Bernard  Lintot  to  be  con- 
fiscated to  and  for  the  Use  of  this  State  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
reversed  and  annulled  and  the  said  Estate  is  hereby  Ordered  to  be  restored 
to  him  the  said  Lintot  he  paying  the  Costs  of  confiscating  said  Estate 
as  taxed  by  said  County  Court. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Cap1  Stephen  Billings  late  of  Groton  now  of 
Lyme  in  his  own  behalf  and  in  behalf  of  Cap1  Timothy  Allyn  and 
Nathan  Allyn  Junr  and  in  behalf  of  the  Heirs  of  Mr  Simeon  Allyn 
late  of  said  Groton  Deceasd  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  on  the  first 


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January, 


Day  of  Feby  last  he  was  possessed  of  sundry  Notes  given  by  the 
Treasurer  of  this  State  to  the  Officers  and  Soldiers  of  the  Connecti- 
cut Line  of  the  Continental  Army  for  Services  rendered  before  the 
first  Day  of  May  1782  of  which  Notes  the  Amount  of  £263  13  8 
was  his  own  property  which  he  designed  to  apply  in  part  Payment  for 
some  Confiscated  Lands  which  he  purchased  of  this  State  in  the  Month 
of  January  last,  and  £325  0 4 of  said  Notes  was  the  property  of  Cap1 
Timothy  Allyn  £272  of  which  was  designed  by  said  Timothy  to  pay 
for  some  confiscated  Lands  which  Nathan  Allyn  Junr  purchased  of  this 
State,  and  at  the  same  Time  he  was  Possessed  of  one  certain  Order 
drawn  by  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  on  the  Treasurer  for  the  Sum 
of  £29  8 0 in  favour  of  Lieut  James  Bumum  of  Lyme  to  be  paid  out 
of  the  28/6d  Tax  which  Order  belonged  to  the  Estate  of  Mr  Simeon 
Allyn  late  of  Groton  Deced  and  that  on  the  said  first  Day  of  Feby  last 
he  lost  said  Notes  and  Order,  and  that  he  has  great  Reason  to  believe 
that  the  Same  was  burnt  and  consumed  by  fire  As  Per  Memorial  on  File, 
and  on  Report  of  a Committee, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State,  be  and 
he  is  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  Credit  to  said  Stephen  Billings  the 
said  Sum  of  £263  13  8 toward  payment  for  said  Confiscated  Lands  by 
him  purchased  as  aforesaid,  And  that  he  Credit  to  said  Nathan  Allyn 
Junr  £272  0 0 toward  paying  for  said  Confiscated  Land  by  him  pur- 
chased as  aforesd  and  also  give  and  execute  to  said  Timothy  one  other 
Note  for  the  Sum  of  £53  18  8 Payable  the  first  Day  of  June  next  with 
Interest  from  the  first  Day  of  Jany  1782  it  being  in  the  room  of  Note 
N°  11619  lost  as  aforesaid,  And  that  the  Comtee  of  Pay  Table  draw 
another  Order  on  the  Treasurer  for  the  Sum  of  £29  8 0 in  favour 
of  the  Heirs  of  said  Simeon  Allyn  Decd  to  be  paid  out  of  the  2/6 
Tax  in  room  of  the  one  lost  as  aforesaid  all  on  Condition  that  they 
each  one  in  whose  favour  this  Resolve  is  passd  become  bound  to  the 
Treasurer  of  this  State  with  sufficient  Surety  to  save  this  State  harm- 
less against  said  Notes  and  Order  in  Case  the  Same  or  any  of  them 
should  be  found. 

Upon  the  Representation  of  Nathan  Olmsted  &c  Inhabitants  of  the 
Town  of  Ridgfield,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  forenoon  of 
the  2d  Day  of  Decembr  1783  a Number  of  Persons  belonging  to  said 
Town  convened  together  in  said  Town  stiling  themselves  a Town  Meet- 
ing and  then  and  there  Chose  and  appointed  a set  of  Town  Officers  for 
said  Town  who  have  been  sworn  to  a faithfull  Discharge  of  the  Duties 
of  their  respective  Offices,  That  afterwards  on  the  same  Day  the  Select 
Men  of  said  Town  with  the  Town  Clerk  and  Major  Part  of  the  Inhab- 
itants thereof  convened  together  agreeable  to  an  antient  Usage  and  Cus- 
tom of  said  Town  and  appointed  another  Set  of  Town  Officers  for 
said  Town  who  have  also  been  duely  Sworn  which  is  like  to  produce 
great  confusion  and  disorder  among  the  Inhabitants  thereof. 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  each  of  the  aforesaid 


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291 


Meetings,  and  all  the  Votes  and  Doings  thereof,  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  utterly  null  and  void,  and  the  Inhabitants  of  said 
Town  who  have  a Right  by  Law  to  Vote  in  Town  Meetings  are  hereby 
directed  and  Impowered  to  meet  together  at  the  Usual  Place  for  holding 
Town  Meetings  in  said  Town  on  the  third  Monday  of  February  next 
at  12  oClock  the  said  Day  to  Choose  Town  Officers  for  said  Town  for 
the  Current  Year  and  do  any  other  ordinary  Business  proper  to 
be  done  at  a legal  Town  Meeting  and  that  Copys  of  this  Resolve  be 
Posted  up  at  the  several  Places  in  said  Town  heretofore  appointed 
by  said  Town  for  Posting  up  Warnings  for  Town  Meetings  at  least 
6 Days  before  said  3d  Monday  of  February  next,  And  that  Joseph  Platt 
Cook  Esqr  of  Danbury  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  Moderator  of  said 
Meeting  so  ordered  to  be  holden  as  aforesaid  and  invested  with  all  the 
Powers  of  a Moderator  of  any  Town  Meeting  Chosen  in  the  Ordinary 
and  usual  Way  and  that  said  Meeting  be  under  the  same  Regulations 
and  their  Votes  and  Doings  be  as  valid  to  all  intents  and  purposes  as  if 
Convened  & holden  in  the  Ordinary  & usual  Way  and  the  Time  by  Law 
appointed. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Mary  Alsop  of  Middletown  in  the  County  of 
Hartford  Administratrix  of  the  Goods  and  Estate  of  Richard  Alsop 
late  of  said  Midletown  Decd  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the 
Month  of  June  1771  Samuel  Barker  and  John  Thompson  then  of 
Branford  in  the  County  of  New  Haven  owned  a certain  Schooner 
called  the  John  [•]  John  Price  Master  which  was  taking  Loading  in 
the  Province  of  North  Carolina  for  the  West  Indias,  and  that  on  the 
21st  Day  of  June  1771  said  Deceasd  Richard  underwrote  two  Policies  of 
Insurance  at  the  request  of  said  Barker  and  Thompson  both  amounting 
to  £550  LMoney  on  said  Schooner  and  Cargo  on  said  intended  Voy- 
age, and  that  at  the  Time  said  Insurance  was  made  said  Schooner  and 
Cargo  had  suffered  great  Losses  and  Damage  so  as  to  break  up  said 
Voyage  of  all  which  said  Barker  and  Thompson  had  full  Notice  when 
said  Policies  were  underwritten  but  of  which  said  Deceasd  Richard  was 
totally  Ignorant  and  that  said  Barker  & Thompson  made  said  Insurance 
with  an  Intent  to  defraud  said  Richard  and  that  Stephen  Foot  of  Bran- 
ford in  the  County  of  New  Haven  and  Sybil  his  Wife  are  well 
acquainted  with  said  Fraud  but  that  said  Barker  and  Thompson  neglect 
to  bring  their  Actions  on  said  Policies,  till  the  Death  of  said  Stephen 
& Sybil  who  are  far  advanced  in  Life  and  praying  to  take  the  Deposi- 
tions of  said  Stephen  & Sybil  relative  to  said  Policies  and  that  the  Same 
in  Case  of  the  Death  of  said  Stephen  and  Sybil  may  be  made  Use  of 
in  any  Action  or  Actions  that  thereafter  may  be  brought  to  recover  said 
Insurance  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Mary  Alsop  be  Authorized 
and  Impowered  and  she  is  hereby  Authorized  and  Impowered  upon 
Notifying  the  said  Samuel  Barker  if  living  within  twenty  Miles  of 
said  Stephen  and  Sybil,  and  upon  notifying  the  said  John  Thompson  if 


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January, 


living  within  twenty  Miles  of  said  Stephen  & Sybil  to  take  the  Deposi- 
tions of  said  Stephen  & Sybil  relative  to  the  aforesaid  Insurance  and 
that  said  Depositions  of  said  Stephen  & Sybil  so  taken  as  aforesaid  in 
Case  of  their  Death  or  the  Deposition  of  either  so  taken  as  aforesaid  in 
Case  of  the  Death  of  either  shall  and  may  be  held  Used  & Improved  as 
legal  Evidence  in  any  Court  in  this  State,  or  any  Action  or  Actions 
that  may  be  brought  on  either  or  both  of  said  Policies  and  that  the  same 
shall  be  good  and  effectual  in  Law. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Benjamin  Tallmadge  Shewing  to  this  Assem- 
bly that  in  the  Month  of  Novembr  last  he  had  in  his  Possession  a 
number  of  State  Securities  which  he  has  since  lost  and  which  he  is 


confident  were  either  destroyed  by  fire  or  stolen  from  him  said  notes 
being  as  follows  viz  One  note  given  to 


Benjamin  Talmadge  N°462 7 Dated  June  1 1780,  due  June  1 1784  for  <£126 

14 

6Va 

D°  D° 

4628 

Do 

1 80 

Do 

1 

85 

126 

14 

63/4 

D°  D° 

6625 

Do 

1 82 

Do 

1 

86 

114 

15 

10 

D°  D° 

6626 

Do 

1 82 

Do 

1 

87 

114 

15 

10 

D°  D° 

6627 

Do 

1 82 

Do 

1 

88 

96 

8 

7A 

D°  D° 

6617 

Do 

1 82 

do 

1 

89 

96 

8 

To  Daniel  Colburn 

6839 

Do 

1 82 

do 

1 

86 

11 

2 

1054 

D°  D° 

6840 

Do 

1 82 

do 

1 

87 

11 

2 

ioy2 

To  Squire  Jones 

6941 

Do 

1 82 

do 

1 

86 

16 

12 

5 

D°  D° 

6942 

Do 

1 82 

do 

1 

87 

16 

12 

5 

To  Ephraim  Yerrington 

6665 

Do 

1 82 

do 

1 

86  or  87 

16 

1 

9 

To  Solomon  Parkhurst 

7064 

Do 

1 82 

do 

1 

88  or  89 

5 

16 

ia 

To  Michael  Courrey 

6777 

Do 

1 82 

do 

1 

86 

19 

6 

4 

D°  D° 

6778 

Do 

1 82 

do 

1 

87 

19 

6 

4 A 

To  Israel  Rowley 

7281 

Do 

1 82 

do 

1 

86  or  87 

5 

6 

8A 

To  Jabez  Campfield 

6729 

Do 

1 82 

do 

1 

88 

31 

14 

5 

To  D°  D° 

6730 

Do 

1 82 

do 

1 

89 

31 

14 

5 

To  the  Bearer 

105 

Do 

1 81 

do 

1 

83 

30 

0 

0 

Do  D° 

106 

Do 

1 81 

do 

1 

83 

30 

0 

0 

Also  two  Pay  Table  Orders  to  Jabez  Fitch  for  £25  each 

is 

50 

0 

0 

4 D°  D°  to  Ralph  Pomeroy  for  £5  each 

20 

0 

0 

6 D°  D°  to  D° 

for  £1 

each 

6 

0 

0 

3 D°  D°  to  D° 

Do 

for  £1 

4 each 

3 

12 

0 

All  the  Pay  Table  Orders  being  marked  on  the  back  Side  Forage  & 
Wood  Money,  which  said  Notes  aforementioned  have  had  the  Interest 
thereon  paid  up  to  the  first  Day  of  June  1783,  excepting  the  following 
which  have  had  no  Interest  paid  thereon  viz 


1 Note  N°  6626  to  Benjamin  Talmadge  for 

1 D°  N°  6729  to  Jabez  Campfield  for 

1 D°  N°  6730  to  Jabez  Campfield  for 

1 D°  N°  105  to  the  Bearer  for 

1 D°  N°  106  to  the  Bearer  for 


£114  15  10 


31  14 
31  14 
30  0 
30  0 


None  of  which  said  Notes  has  he  been  able  to  find  and  prays  for  relief 


as  Per  Memorial  on  File. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  Issue  new  Notes  to  the  Memorialist  of  the  same  Tenor  Sums 
and  Dates  of  the  Notes  abovementioned  upon  his  giving  sufficient 


1784. 


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293 


Security  to  indemnify  this  State  in  Case  said  Notes  or  Orders  so  sup- 
posed to  be  lost  as  aforesaid  should  be  found  and  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table  are  also  directed  to  Issue  Pay  Table  Orders  of  the  aforesaid  Sums 
and  Description. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Thomas  Hawley  of  Ridgfield  in  Fairfield 
County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  some  Time  in  April  1780  he 
purchased  the  Confiscated  Estate  of  Josiah  Stebbins  late  of  said  Ridg- 
field  of  Col0  John  Chandler,  and  that  he  hath  paid  the  Price  thereof 
into  £35  LMoney  Praying  that  said  Chandler  may  be  directed  to  receive 
of  the  Memorialist  the  Sum  aforesaid  in  public  Securities  now  due  and 
payable  from  this  State  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Chandler  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  receive  of  the  Memorialist  the  Sum  aforesaid  in  public 
Securities  now  due  and  payable  from  this  State  and  on  Payment  being 
so  made  to  discharge  the  Memorialist  from  said  Debt. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Benjamin  Huntington  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  hath  two  Orders  drawn  in  his  favour  for  fifty  Pounds 
each  for  attending  Congress  in  the  Year  1782  upon  the  Tax  of  one 
shilling  on  the  Pound  Payable  in  April  last  which  Tax  is  overdrawn  &c 
Praying  that  the  Treasurer  may  receive  said  two  Orders  towards  Rents 
of  confiscated  Lands  as  Per  Memorial — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  receive  the  said  two  Orders  towards  said  Rents. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Ebenezer  Pickett  of  New  Milford  in  Litch- 
field County  Shewing  that  there  is  now  an  Execution  out  against  him 
granted  by  the  Superior  Court  for  the  Sum  of  fifty  Pounds  besides 
Cost,  which  was  Issued  on  the  forfeiture  of  a Recog8  for  the  Appearance 
of  Eldad  Picket  before  said  Court  which  Eldad  was  Decd  at  the  Time  of 
the  sitting  of  said  Court  Praying  to  be  exempted  from  the  Payment  of 
said  £50  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  further  consideration  of  said 
Memorial  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  Continued  to  the  General  Assembly 
in  May  next  and  that  said  Execution  be  and  the  same  is  in  the  mean 
Time  hereby  staid  and  Suspended  untill  the  further  Pleasure  of  said 
General  Assembly  in  May  next  may  be  known  in  the  Premisses. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Joseph  Mix  of  New  Haven  in  the  State  of 
Connecticut  representing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  May  1780  his  Son 
Amos  Mix  was  detached  to  serve  in  a Tour  at  Horseneck  when  he 
was  wounded  of  which  Wound  his  said  Son  died  on  the  28th  Day  of 
May  1781,  and  that  being  poor  he  expended  all  he  had  on  his  said  Son 
and  that  he  owes  more  than  he  is  able  to  pay  on  said  Account  the 
Sum  of  seven  Pounds  fifteen  shillings  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 


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January, 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Sum  of  £7  15  0 be  allowed  to 
the  Memorialist  and  that  the  Pay  Table  draw  an  Order  on  the  Treasurer 
therefor  in  favour  of  the  Memorialist. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Stephen  Daviss  of  Greenwich  in  Fairfield 
County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  his  Brother  Elisha  Daviss  of 
said  Greenwich  during  the  Course  of  the  War  with  Great  Britain  went 
over  to  and  Joined  the  Enemy  on  Long  Island  and  in  consequence 
thereof  said  Elisha8  Estate  lying  in  said  Greenwich  was  confiscated  to 
and  for  the  Use  and  benefit  of  this  State  according  to  Law  and  that 
said  Estate  has  been  proceeded  with  by  the  Court  of  Probate  for  the 
District  of  Stamford  according  to  Law  and  that  it  appears  by  the  Inven- 
tory exhibited  by  the  Administrator  on  said  Estate  to  the  said  Court 
of  Probate  that  said  Estate  was  apprized  at  £122  LMoney  and  by 
Report  of  Commissioners  appointed  by  said  Court  to  examine  the  Claims 
of  the  several  Creditors  in  the  Estate  of  the  said  Elisha  that  there  is  due 
from  his  said  Estate  to  the  several  Creditors  £464  6 3 lawfull  Money 
exclusive  of  the  Cost  of  Confiscation  and  administration,  and  that  the 
Principal  Part  of  said  Elisha8  Estate  is  incumbered  with  his  Mothers 
Dower  and  also  the  Payment  of  £20  New  York  Money  to  his  Sister 
Praying  that  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  may  be  directed  to  execute  a 
Deed  to  the  Memorialist  of  all  the  real  Estate  of  said  Elisha  lying  in 
said  Greenwich  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  and 
he  is  hereby  directed  upon  the  Memorialists  producing  a Certificate 
from  the  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Stamford 
that  he  hath  paid  all  the  Debts  allowed  by  the  Commissioners  to  be  due 
from  the  Estate  of  the  said  Elisha  Daviss  and  also  the  Cost  of  Con- 
fiscation and  Administration  to  execute  a Deed  to  the  said  Stephen 
Daviss  of  all  the  real  Estate  of  the  said  Elisha  Daviss  lying  in  said 
Greenwich  subjected  to  the  incumbrance  of  the  Dower  of  the  Mother 
of  the  said  Elisha  and  also  to  the  Payment  of  twenty  Pounds  New  York 
Money  to  his  Sister. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Thomas  Shaw  Executor  of  Nath1  Shaw 
Esqr  Deceasd,  Shewing  that  in  Consequence  of  the  direction  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  in  October  last*  the  Committee  of  the  Pay  Table  pro- 
ceeded to  an  adjustment  of  the  Account  of  the  said  Nathaniel  with 
this  State  but  did  not  compleat  the  Same  for  want  of  some  further 
Instructions  therein  &c  as  Per  their  Report  & c Praying  that  the  said 
Committee  with  others  may  be  further  directed  &c  as  Per  Memorial  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Committee  of  the  Pay  Table 
do  proceed  according  to  their  usual  Rules  and  Customs  to  make  a final 
settlement  of  said  Accounts,  omitting  that  Charge  which  relates  to 
the  Use  and  Damages  said  to  be  had  and  done  to  the  said  Nathaniel8 
Lands  in  the  Building  Fort  Trumbull,  that  they  reduce  the  Sums  of 


See  above,  p.  228. 


1784. 


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295 


Continental  Bills  mentioned  in  said  Account  to  Specie  according  to 
the  Several  Periods  when  said  Sums  were  actually  paid  out  or  received 
and  according  to  the  Just  true  and  real  current  value  of  the  same  at 
said  several  Periods,  that  they  also  allow  such  Sums  of  Interest 
expresly  promissed  on  the  part  of  this  State  for  Moneys  actually  bor- 
rowed in  behalf  of  this  State,  and  also  two  and  half  Per  Cent  Com- 
missions on  the  Sums  advanced  and  the  Business  actually  done  and 
negotiated  by  the  said  Nathaniel  for  and  in  behalf  of  this  State  also 
allow  Such  Sum  for  Services  as  Commissary  of  Prisoners  as  shall  be 
Just  and  Right,  That  after  having  struck  the  Just  Ballance  due  to  said 
Nathaniels  Estate  upon  the  whole  said  Committee  draw  Orders  therefore 
upon  the  Treasurer  in  favour  of  said  Executor  and  the  Treasurer  is 
also  hereby  directed  to  Issue  his  Note  or  Notes  for  the  same  payable 
with  Interest  within  three  Years  and  said  Committee  are  Ordered  to 
Charge  the  United  States  with  those  Things  and  particulars  named  in 
said  Account  which  appear  to  have  inured  to  the  Benefit  of  the  said 
United  States  or  with  which  they  ought  to  be  Charged.  And  Gener1 
Erastus  Wolcott  is  added  to  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  for  the  above 
Purposes. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  David  Phips  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  in  the  Year  1781  he  had  a Grant  of  some  Money  to  defray  the 
Expence  of  obtaining  an  Exchange  of  Prisoners  and  that  said  Sum 
has  never  been  paid  or  said  Expences 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  do 
adjust  and  Settle  the  Account  for  the  expence  of  said  Phips  in  obtaining 
an  Exchange  of  Prisoners  as  aforesaid  and  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for 
the  Amount. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Isaac  Bishop  and  Lydia  his  Wife  Natural 
Guardians  of  John  Kimberly  and  Sarah  Kimberly  Minors  the  said 
Isaac  in  Right  of  his  said  Wife,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  said 
Minors  as  Children  and  Heirs  to  John  Kimberly  late  of  said  New  Haven 
Deceasd  are  Owners  and  Proprietors  of  about  One  fourth  part  of  four 
Rods  and  an  half  of  Land  lying  in  said  New  Haven  in  the  Common 
so  called  in  Common  with  sundry  other  Persons  that  said  other  Persons 
are  about  to  make  Sale  of  their  Part  of  said  Land  which  will  leave  the 
Land  of  said  Minors  being  little  more  than  one  Rod  in  such  Form 
as  to  be  of  little  or  no  value  Praying  for  Liberty  and  Authority  to  Sell 
said  Right  of  said  Minors  in  and  to  said  Land  and  receive  the  Moneys 
therefor  for  the  Benefit  of  sd  Minors  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  and  Authority  is  hereby  Granted  to  Sell  said  Right  of  said 
Minors  in  and  to  said  Land,  and  to  receive  their  Proportion  of  the 
Money  for  which  said  Land  shall  be  Sold  for  the  Use  and  benefit  of 
said  Minors  and  for  which  the  Memorialists  shall  be  accountable  to 
them,  and  a Deed  of  said  Right  of  said  Minors  to  said  Land  made 


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executed  and  delivered  in  due  form  of  Law  by  the  Memorialists  shall 
be  good  and  Sufficient  in  Law  to  Convey  the  Title  to  said  Land. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Pomfret 
Praying  Liberty  of  this  Assembly  to  tax  themselves  for  the  purpose 
of  mending  their  Highways  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  of 
Pomfret  have  Liberty  and  Liberty  is  hereby  granted  them  in  Town 
Meeting  legally  Warned  and  Assembled  to  grant  a Rate  or  Tax  to  be 
Levied  on  the  List  of  Poles  and  rateable  Estate  of  the  Inhabitants  of 
said  Town  Yearly  for  the  purpose  of  mending  & repairing  the  Roads 
and  Highways  in  said  Town  and  that  they  have  Liberty  to  appoint 
a Collector  or  Collectors  of  said  Rates  or  Taxes  and  that  he  or  they 
have  the  same  Power  & Authority  as  other  Collectors  of  Taxes  by  Law 
have,  and  be  under  the  Same  Regulations  as  other  Collectors  are  by 
Law;  and  that  the  mending  and  repairing  said  Highways  the  Payment 
of  said  Taxes  and  the  deposition  of  the  Monies  arising  on  said  Tax 
be  under  the  direction  of  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  in  Town  Meeting 
Assembled  or  such  Person  or  Persons  as  they  shall  appoint  and  Author- 
ize to  dispose  of  the  Same  for  the  purpose  aforesaid  during  the  Pleasure 
of  this  Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Timothy  Bradley  of  New  Haven  Shewing 
that  on  Application  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  payment  of 
one  hundred  Pounds  of  the  Securities  given  him  by  said  Treasurer  for 
Supplies  furnished  the  Continental  Army  out  of  any  unappropriated 
Tax  or  the  Avails  of  confiscated  Estates  agreeable  to  former  Resolves 
of  this  Assembly*  hath  not  been  able  to  obtain  payment  in  that  manner 
and  that  he  is  now  hardly  pressed  for  Supplies  by  him  so  furnished 
Praying  relief. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  on  the  said  Timothy  delivering 
his  Securities  of  the  Description  aforesaid  to  the  amount  of  One 
hundred  Pounds  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  said  Treasurer  is  hereby 
Impowered  and  Ordered  to  draw  in  his  favour  for  said  Sum  of  One 
hundred  Pounds  on  Jabez  Perkins  of  Norwich  Esqr  to  be  paid  out  of 
Moneys  by  said  Perkins  Collected  or  to  be  Collected  of  Tho8  Mumford 
Esqr  or  Mr  James  Jarviss  by  them  respectively  oweing  to  the  State  for 
Pork  &c  sold  them. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Stephen  Barnes  of  New  Fairfield  in  Fair- 
field  County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  about  nine  of  the  Clock 
in  the  Evening  of  the  23d  Day  of  January  Ins1  his  House  was  broken 
open  by  three  Men  Armed  with  Guns  Bayonets  &c  who  Assaulted  him 
and  most  greviously  wounded  him  by  Stabbing  Bruising  &c  and  by 
Violence  dragged  him  out  of  his  House  and  in  a Cruel  & abusive  man- 


* See  above,  pp.  170  , 246. 


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297 


ner  by  force  carried  him  into  the  State  of  New  York  and  there 
Seized  and  Arrested  him  by  Virtue  of  a Number  of  Warrants  by  one 
Benjamin  Birdsell  who  pretended  to  act  as  an  Officer  and  who  conveyed 
the  Memorialist  to  the  Goal  in  Poughkepsie  where  he  remains  confined 
in  a destitute  and  distressed  Condition  Praying  for  relief  as  Per  Memo- 
rial on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  his  Excellency  the  Governor  be  and 
he  is  hereby  requested  to  write  to  his  Excellency  the  Governor  of  the 
State  of  New  York  upon  the  Subject  of  the  Violence  and  Abuses  Com- 
plained of  in  said  Memorial  Stating  the  Matters  therein  set  forth 
with  the  dangerous  tendency  of  such  Lawless  and  Violent  Hostilities 
being  suffered  to  take  Place  by  the  Subject  of  either  State  upon  those 
of  the  other  and  requesting  his  Excellency  Governor  Clinton  Inter- 
position in  the  Premisses  in  behalf  of  said  Barns. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Elijah  Humphrys  of  Derby  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1774  he  Imported  into  this  State  twenty  six 
Hogsheads  of  Rum  and  in  April  1775  did  Import  as  aforesaid  sixty  eight 
Hogsheads  of  Rum  on  which  there  was  a Duty  of  seven  shillings  and 
six  pence  Per  Hogshead  for  which  he  gave  his  Bond  to  Col°  David 
Wooster  Naval  Officer  Payable  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  and  he 
being  since  that  a great  part  of  his  Time  in  the  American  Army  which 
together  with  the  Troubles  of  the  late  War  prevented  him  from  Cancel- 
ling said  Bond  and  that  he  is  now  Sued  to  the  County  Court  of  New 
Haven  County  upon  said  Bond  and  exposed  to  have  Execution  granted 
out  against  him  and  that  he  is  possessed  of  Public  Securities  of  this 
State  for  his  Services  in  said  State  Praying  for  Releif  as  Per  Memorial 
on  File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  & 
Liberty  is  hereby  granted  to  him  to  pay  and  satisfy  said  Bond  with 
Notes  given  to  him  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  service  as  afore- 
said he  Paying  the  Cost  that  has  arisen  on  said  Suit  before  the  County 
Court  aforesaid,  and  on  his  producing  a Receipt  from  the  Treasurer 
of  such  securities  being  lodged  in  his  Office  said  Action  shall  be 
discharged. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Ichabod  Hubbard  of  Stratford,  One  of  the 
Heirs  of  Joseph  Hubbard  late  of  said  Stratford  Decd  shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  the  said  Joseph  in  his  Life  Time  viz  on  the  16th  Day  of 
April  1777  Inlisted  to  Serve  during  the  War  in  a Regiment  commanded 
by  Col0  James  Livingston  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States  and  con- 
tinued in  such  Service  and  in  the  capacity  of  a Serjeant  untill  his  Death 
which  happened  on  the  13th  Day  of  October  AD  1780,  that  soon  after 
the  Death  of  said  Joseph  the  said  Regiment  was  reduced  and  so  it 
happened  that  the  said  Joseph  has  been  omitted  in  the  Official  Returns 
made  by  the  several  Colonels  of  Regiments  to  entitule  to  the  depreciation 
Notes  Issued  by  this  State  and  no  Administrr  hath  been  appointed  by 


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reason  that  said  Joseph  left  no  other  Estate  and  the  uncertainty  of 
obtaining  a Grant  from  this  Assembly  Praying  for  relief  &c  as  Per 
Memorial — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Joseph  was  at  the  Time  of 
his  Death  entituled  to  receive  of  the  United  States  his  Wages  for  the 
Services  aforesaid  and  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and  they  are 
hereby  directed  to  Liquidate  and  Settle  the  Accounts  of  said  Deceasd 
for  the  Depreciation  of  his  Wages  in  the  same  manner  as  has  been  done 
with  the  Non  Commission  Officers  & Soldiers  of  the  Connecticut  Line 
of  the  Army  and  draw  on  the  Treasurer  in  favour  of  such  Administra- 
tor as  may  be  appointed  on  said  Deceasds  Estate  for  such  Sum  as  shall 
appear  to  be  due  to  said  Deceasd  in  the  Premisses  and  Charge  the  Same 
to  the  United  States  and  the  Treasurer  is  thereupon  Ordered  to  Issue  his 
Notes  for  the  same  accordingly  in  the  same  manner  as  has  been  done 
to  the  Non  Commissioned  Officers  and  Soldiers  of  said  Line. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Abraham  Fuller  of  Kent  in  the  County  of 
Litchfield  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  for  several  Years  past  he  has 
served  and  acted  as  Conservator  and  owner  of  the  Indian  Natives  in 
Scatocook  in  said  Kent  by  Virtue  of  an  appointment  of  the  General 
Assembly,  and  has  for  several  Years  past  leased  out  part  of  said  Indian 
Lands  for  the  Payment  of  their  Just  Debts  & Charges  occasioned  by 
Sickness  and  their  being  no  Person  appointed  to  whom  said  Conservator 
should  account  and  with  whom  he  should  Settle  his  Accounts  relative 
to  said  Conservatorship  Praying  that  the  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of 
Kent  or  some  other  proper  Person  or  Persons  may  be  appointed  by  this 
Assembly  and  fully  Impowered  to  Settle  and  adjust  said  Accounts  with 
said  Conservator  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Cap1  Joseph  Pratt  and  Lieut  John 
Ransom  both  of  said  Kent  be  and  they  hereby  are  appointed  a Committee 
to  receive  adjust  & Settle  all  the  Accounts  of  said  Conservator  relative  to 
his  Conservatorship  aforesaid  and  their  Report  make  to  this  or  the 
next  General  Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Cornwall 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly,  That  by  reason  of  the  roughness  and  Moun- 
tainous Surface  of  said  Town,  they  are  at  extriordinary  Labour  and 
expence  in  mending  and  repairing  their  Highways  annually,  and  that  it 
might  be  better  done,  and  with  less  expence  by  a Tax  or  Assesment 
upon  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  &c  Praying  for  Liberty  to  Tax 
themselves  for  said  Purpose  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  of 
Cornwall  have  Liberty  and  Liberty  is  hereby  Granted  them  in  Town 
Meeting  legally  warned  and  Assembled  to  grant  a Rate  or  Tax  to  be 
levied  on  the  List  of  Polls  and  rateable  Estate  of  the  Inhabitants  of 
said  Town  Yearly  for  the  Purpose  of  mending  and  repairing  the  Roads 
and  Highways  in  said  Town  and  that  they  have  Liberty  to  appoint  a 


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Collector  or  Collectors  of  said  Rate  or  Taxes  and  that  he  or  they  have 
the  Same  Power  and  Authority  as  other  Collectors  of  Taxes  by  Law 
have  and  be  under  the  Same  Regulations  as  other  Collectors  are  by 
Law:  and  that  the  mending  and  repairing  said  Highways  the  Payment 
of  said  Taxes,  and  the  Disposition  of  the  Moneys  arising  on  said  Taxes 
be  under  the  direction  of  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  in  Town  Meet- 
ing Assembled  or  such  Person  or  Persons  as  they  shall  appoint  and 
Authorize  to  dispose  of  the  Same  for  the  Purposes  aforesaid  during 
the  Pleasure  of  this  Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Cap1  Daniel  Allen  of  Ashford,  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1777,  he  was  appointed  a Cap1  in  Col° 
Wyllys8  Regiment  in  the  Connecticut  Line  in  the  Continental  Army 
and  on  the  22d  of  Feby  1777  received  from  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table  an  Order  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  £500,  and  on  the 
12th  of  May  1777  one  other  like  Order  for  £360  to  be  paid  out  in 
Bounties  to  such  Recruits  as  he  should  raise  for  said  Army  at  ten 
Pounds  for  each  Recruit  given  by  the  Authority  of  this  State  in  addi- 
tion to  the  Continental  Bounty  of  six  Pounds  to  each  Recruit,  That  he 
Inlisted  sixty  five  Soldiers  and  paid  them  their  said  State  Bounty  of 
ten  Pounds  each  amounting  to  £650  which  left  in  his  Hands  of  said 
Monies  by  him  so  received  of  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  the  Sum  of 
£210  and  finding  it  necessary  in  Order  to  Inlist  Soldiers  for  said 
Service  to  pay  them  their  full  Bounties  at  the  Time  of  their  Inlisting 
and  not  being  furnished  with  a Sufficiency  of  Moneys  from  the  Con- 
tinental Treasury  for  that  purpose  he  found  himself  necessitated  to 
and  in  Fact  did  pay  out  the  whole  of  said  £210  to  said  Recruits  on 
account  of  their  Continental  Bounty  expecting  to  be  soon  able  to 
replace  the  Same  but  that  it  so  happened  that  he  was  never  able  to 
receive  the  Same  from  the  Continental  Department  untill  about  the 
first  of  July  1779  at  which  Time  he  was  Honourably  discharged  from 
said  Army  and  was  thereon  immediately  appointed  a Cap1  in  a Regi- 
ment of  State  Troops  then  raising  in  this  State  which  he  accepted 
and  Soon  raised  a Company  of  Soldiers  to  effect  which  as  the  Treasury 
of  this  State  was  then  unsupplied  with  Money  he  applied  said  £210 
towards  Paying  the  Bounties  of  his  said  Company  of  State  Troops, 
and  was  not  able  to  replace  the  Same  on  the  Orders  he  for  that  pur- 
pose received  on  the  Constables  untill  some  Time  in  the  Summer  1780 
and  now  stands  Charged  by  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  for  the  full 
Sum  of  £210,  further  Shewing  that  while  in  the  Continental  Army 
by  reason  of  the  absence  of  the  Field  Officers  of  said  Regiment  the 
Command  thereof  devolved  on  him  for  about  two  Months  in  which 
Time  a quantity  of  Cloathing  by  this  State  furnished  for  and  for- 
warded to  said  Regiment  was  lodged  in  his  Hands  for  the  whole  of 
which  he  hath  accounted  with  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  excepting  a 
part  thereof  to  the  amount  of  £7  7 0 Specie  Value  for  which  by  reason 
of  the  dispersed  Situation  of  said  Regiment  and  his  being  soon  Ordered 


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on  Command  to  a different  Post  he  was  never  able  to  procure  Receipts 
although  said  Regiment  had  the  full  advantage  of  the  whole  of  sd 
Cloathing  &c  and  that  a Suit  is  now  depending  against  him  on  Account 
of  said  Cloathing  and  said  £210  Praying  for  Relief — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Sum  of  £7  7 0 by  the 
Committee  of  Pay  Table  Charged  to  the  sd  Capt  Allen  on  account  of 
said  Cloathing  be  Abated  And  that  the  said  Sum  of  £210  the  Ballance 
against  him  for  Money  received  of  this  State  and  not  accounted  for 
with  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  reduced  at  the  Rate  of  One  to 
forty  and  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  settle  with  said  Allen 
accordingly  and  on  his  Paying  the  Ballance  that  may  be  found  due 
against  him  on  the  Rule  aforesaid  and  the  Cost  of  the  Suit  now  depend- 
ing against  him  relating  to  sd  Premisses  he  shall  be  and  hereby  is  dis- 
charged from  all  further  Demands  for  or  on  Account  of  the  Matters 
aforesaid. 

On  the  Memorial  of  Joshua  Coit  Winthrop  Saltonstall  and  Thomas 
Shaw  Committee  for  the  first  Eclesiastical  Society  in  the  Town  of  New 
London  Shewing  that  the  said  Society  were  possessed  of  two  certain 
Notes  given  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  Money  Loaned  both 
dated  the  3d  Day  of  October  1778,  One  for  the  Sum  of  ninety  Pounds 
and  the  other  for  the  Sum  of  One  hundred  and  fifty  Pounds  both  pay- 
able to  said  Society  with  Interest,  That  the  said  Notes  were  on  the 
6th  Day  of  September  1781  burnt  in  the  Town  of  New  London  aforesaid, 
the  same  never  having  been  paid  and  Praying  that  the  Treasurer  may 
be  Authorized  and  directed  to  Issue  a new  Note  in  favour  of  said 
Society  to  the  Amount  of  the  said  two  Notes  and  the  Interest  due 
thereon  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
Authorized  and  directed  to  Issue  a Note  for  the  Amount  of  said  two 
Notes  burnt  & the  Interest  due  thereon  according  to  the  Scale  of  Depre- 
ciation Payable  to  said  Society  with  Interest  taking  the  usual  Security 
of  Indemnification  in  Case  said  Notes  supposed  to  be  destroyed  should 
ever  hereafter  appear. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Daniel  Rodman  of  Norwich  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  holds  an  Order  from  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table 
on  the  Treasurer  for  the  Sum  of  £468  0 3 Dated  May  27th  1783  and 
that  he  is  indebted  to  this  State  for  Land  which  he  purchased  of  this 
State  to  be  paid  in  Soldiers  Notes,  and  that  he  is  willing  to  discount 
his  said  Order  toward  what  he  owes  this  State  as  aforesaid  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  is  hereby 
Ordered  and  directed  on  said  Rodman  his  delivering  up  said  Order  to 
him  that  he  Discount  the  Same  toward  what  said  Rodman  owes  this 
State  as  aforesaid. 


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Upon  the  Memorial  of  Jabez  Raymond  of  Norwalk  in  the  County  of 
Fairfield  Shewing-  to  this  Assembly  that  he  was  possessed  of  a dwelling 
House  Barn  and  Land  lying  in  the  Township  of  said  Fairfield  in  Greens 
Farms  and  that  the  same  was  burnt  up  by  the  Enemy  in  July  1779, 
And  that  he  had  also  on  the  11th  Day  of  said  July  his  own  dwelling 
House  Barn  Grain  Hay  &c  in  Norwalk  burnt  up,  and  that  he  has  sus- 
tained many  other  Heavy  Losses  by  said  Enemy  which  has  reduced 
him  in  his  Estate,  And  that  he  is  called  upon  by  the  Collectors  of  the 
State  Taxes  in  the  Town  of  Fairfield  for  the  State  Taxes  that  arose 
upon  the  List  of  the  Years  1778  1779  1780  and  1781  on  this  Estate 
lying  in  said  Fairfield  Township  arising  to  a considerable  Amount  at  a 
Time  when  he  is  put  to  great  Difficulties  by  reason  of  the  aforesaid 
Losses  Praying  for  an  Abatement  of  all  the  Taxes  that  have  been  on 
the  Lists  of  the  aforesaid  Years  of  1778  1779  1780  1781  for  the 
Estate  lying  in  the  aforesaid  Parish  as  per  Memorial 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  is  hereby 
Abated  of  All  his  Taxes  that  have  arose  on  the  Lists  for  the  Years 
1778  1779  1780  & 1781  for  his  Estate  lying  in  the  Parish  of  Greens 
Farms  in  the  Town  of  Fairfield  aforesaid. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Franciss  Harmon  Junr  and  Naomi  Boardman 
both  of  Weathersfield  shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  said  Naomi  gave 
a Bond  before  her  Intermarriage  with  Samuel  Boardman  her  present 
Husband  who  is  now  under  the  Care  and  oversight  of  said  Franciss  who 
has  been  legally  appointed  his  overseer  upon  which  Bond  a Judgment 
has  been  rendered  for  the  Sum  of  £16  7 7 lawfull  Money  Debt  and 
Cost,  on  which  Execution  has  arisen  Cost  to  the  amount  of  £1  5 5 
LMoney  and  that  there  are  no  Chattels  which  can  be  spared  to  satisfy 
said  Execution,  and  said  Naomi  is  in  possession  in  her  own  Right  of 
One  Acre  of  Land  lying  in  the  great  Plain  in  said  Weathersfield  bounded 
East  and  West  by  Lands  of  Col0  John  Belden  and  North  by  a High- 
way, which  said  Naomi  and  the  Overseer  of  said  Samuel  are  desirous 
of  applying  to  the  Payment  of  said  Debt  which  the  Creditor  will  not 
Levy  upon  and  said  Samuel  refuses  to  subscribe  a Deed  thereof  Praying 
Liberty  for  said  Naomi  with  consent  of  said  Overseer  to  convey  said 
Land  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Naomi  be  and  she  is  hereby 
Impowered  and  Authorized  with  Consent  of  said  Overseer  to  Sell 
and  dispose  of  said  one  Acre  of  Land  and  a Deed  by  her  made  with 
Consent  of  said  Overseer  shall  be  as  good  and  valid  in  Law  to  all 
intents  and  purposes  as  if  given  and  executed  by  her  said  Husband 
herself  and  said  Overseer. 

On  the  Memorial  of  Christopher  Morgan  of  Groton  in  the  County  of 
New  London  as  he  is  Administrator  on  the  Estate  of  William  Morgan 
Esqr  late  of  said  Groton  Deceasd,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  said 
Deceasd  on  the  28th  May  1772  gave  his  Note  of  Hand  with  Col0  Nathan 


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Gallop  to  the  Treasurer  for  one  hundred  thirty  four  Pounds  seven 
pence  1/2  lawfull  Money,  that  said  Deceasd  having  paid  about  £64  in 
1776  Deed  and  that  the  residue  of  said  Note  remains  unpaid  Praying 
this  Assembly  to  permit  him  to  pay  said  Note  in  this  States  Securities 
that  are  now  due — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Christopher  Morgan  be  per- 
mitted to  pay  the  above  described  Note  to  the  Treasurer  in  this  States 
Notes  that  are  now  due. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  John  Alden  of  Lebanon  in  the  County  of 
Windham  Shewing  that  by  various  misfortunes  in  Trade  and  by  the 
operation  of  the  late  War  he  is  much  reduced  and  rendered  unable  to 
pay  his  Just  Debts  great  part  of  which  are  Company  Debts  due  from 
the  late  Company  of  John  & Judah  Alden  which  said  Judah  ended  his 
Life  bravely  contending  for  the  Safety  of  his  Country  without  leaving 
any  Estate  whereby  the  whole  of  said  Debts  devolve  upon  Your  Memo- 
rialist and  that  he  is  now  Imprisoned  on  Execution  in  favour  of  Clark 
& Nightingale  of  Providence  in  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  that  he  is 
willing  to  deliver  on  Oath  all  his  Estate  and  Property  for  the  benefit 
of  his  Creditors  and  this  Assembly  not  being  able  at  this  Session  to  hear 
and  finally  determine  said  Petition  the  Petitioner  Labouring  under  great 
Bodily  Infirmity  which  must  endanger  his  Life  if  Continued  long  in 
his  present  Confinement, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Petition  be  Continued  to  the 
General  Assembly  to  be  holden  in  May  next  and  that  said  John  Alden 
be  set  at  Liberty  from  his  present  Imprisonment  untill  the  rising  of 
the  Assembly  in  May  next  upon  his  procuring  Bonds  for  his  return 
to  Prison  on  said  Execution  Provided  his  Petition  be  not  granted  or 
the  Assembly  shall  not  otherways  Order  and  the  Keeper  of  the  Prison 
in  Windham  is  required  to  Conform  to  this  Resolve  and  the  said  John  is 
also  hereby  Protected  from  Arrests  and  Imprisonment  for  Debt  for  the 
Term  aforesaid.* 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Robert  Frazer  of  New  London  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  he  has  Served  his  Country  during  the  whole  of  the 
late  War  is  under  needy  Circumstances  with  a helpless  Family  that  on 
the  10th  Day  of  March  last  he  received  a Wound  in  his  Arm  on  Board 
the  Alliance  in  an  engagement  with  a British  Frigate  which  has  totally 
disabled  him  Praying  for  Relief  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  draw  on  the  Treasurer  in  favour  of  the 
Memorialist  for  the  Sum  of  thirty  One  Pounds  sixteen  and  five  Pence 
lawfull  Money  for  what  is  due  to  the  Memorialist  and  his  Son  Frazer 
taking  Duplicates  Recepts  for  the  Same  and  transmit  one  of  said 
Receipts  to  the  Superintendant  of  the  finances  of  the  United  States 
and  Charge  said  Sum  to  the  United  States. 


See  below,  p.  422. 


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Upon  the  Memorial  of  Benjamin  Huntington  Administrator  on  the 
Confiscated  Estate  of  William  Brown  Esqr  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  there  are  Sundry  small  Negro  Children  belonging  to  said  Estate 
which  ought  to  be  disposed  of  in  some  Way  to  prevent  their  being 
Chargeable  to  the  State  Praying  for  Some  directions  for  that  purpose — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Judge  of  Probate  for  the  District 
of  Norwich  be  and  he  is  hereby  Authorized  and  Impowered  by  himself 
or  such  Person  as  he  shall  appoint  to  bind  out  such  Children  belonging 
to  said  Estate  at  his  Discretion  in  such  manner  as  to  Save  the  Publick 
from  Cost  and  that  they  may  be  well  Governed  and  educated. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Aaron  Payne  of  New  Milford  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  on  the  19th  Day  of  August  1779  he  removed  with 
his  Family  from  New  Fairfield  to  Kent  and  soon  after  to  New  Milford 
that  he  carried  in  his  List  in  said  Kent  as  he  was  advised  he  ought 
by  Law  to  do  that  notwithstanding  he  was  four  folded  in  said  New 
Fairfield  for  the  whole  of  his  Personal  Estate  and  also  very  largely 
Assessed  and  that  Taxes  have  been  granted  on  the  whole  of  his  said 
Estate  in  both  said  Towns  of  New  Fairfield  & N Milford  besides  the 
fourfold  and  Assesment  aforesd,  Praying  for  Relief  &c  as  Per  Memorial 
on  File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Daniel  Sherman,  Jonathan  Sturges 
& Isaac  Baldwin  Jur  Esqrs  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Commit- 
tee to  enquire  into  all  the  Matters  mentioned  and  referred  to  in  said 
Petition  giving  due  notice  to  all  Parties  concerned  and  their  Report 
of  what  they  find  in  the  Premisses  with  their  Opinion  thereon  to  make 
to  this  Assembly  at  their  Present  or  next  Session,*  and  that  the  Com- 
mittee be  at  the  Cost  of  the  Parties. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Elizabeth  Rose  Adminitx  on  the  Estate 
of  Doctr  Samuel  Rose  late  of  Coventry  Deceasd  Shewing  to  this  Assem- 
bly that  in  the  Spring  of  the  Year  1780  the  said  Samuel  was  appointed 
Chief  Surgeon  to  a Regiment  of  Troops  raised  by  this  State  stationed 
at  Horseneck  that  he  marched  with  and  faithfully  performed  the  Duty 
of  his  said  Office  untill  some  Time  in  the  beginning  of  the  Month  of 
Octobr  1780,  when  he  was  taken  sick  and  there  being  no  Hospital 
or  Hospital  Stores  Provided  for  the  sick  at  said  Post  was  permitted 
to  return  Home  where  he  was  Doctored  and  nursed  at  his  own  expence 
under  a distressing  Sickness  untill  the  4th  of  Novembr  1780  when  he 
expired  Praying  for  Relief  &c  as  Per  Memorial  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  Authorized  and  directed  to  liquidate  and  settle  the 
Accounts  of  Expences  in  bringing  Home  the  said  Doctr  Rose  and  also 
the  Doctrs  Bill  for  service  and  Medicine  during  said  Sickness  and  to 
draw  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  in  favour  of  the  Memorialist  for 
what  they  shall  find  Justly  due. 


* See  below,  p.  415. 


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PUBLIC  RECORDS 


January, 


Whereas  the  Town  of  Enfield  by  their  Agent  Mr  Joseph  Kings- 
bury preferred  a Memorial  to  this  Assembly  for  Liberty  for  the  future 
to  tax  themselves  for  mending  and  repairing  their  Highways  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Town  of  Enfield  have  Liberty 
and  Liberty  and  Authority  is  hereby  given  to  said  Town  of  Enfield  to 
tax  themselves  at  their  discretion  for  the  repairing  their  Highways 
during  the  Pleasure  of  this  Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Thomas  Goodwin,  Elijah  Hubbard  and  the 
rest  of  the  Select  Men  of  Midletown  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
the  great  Road  through  said  Town  runs  in  a Ridge  of  Land  by  the 
side  of  the  River,  and  by  the  Floods  and  Ice  the  same  is  greatly  Injured 
and  will  soon  be  irrepairibly  ruined,  and  that  securing  the  same  will  be 
attended  with  great  Expence  &c  Praying  for  a Lottery  to  raise  three 
hundred  Pounds  to  be  applied  to  repairing  and  securing  said  Road  and 
also  the  expences  of  said  Lottery  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Liberty  be  and  Liberty  and  Author- 
ity is  hereby  granted  to  said  Select  Men  to  raise  by  Lottery  the  Sum 
of  One  thousand  Dollars  to  be  applied  to  mending  repairing  and  secur- 
ing said  Road  and  Messrs  Nath1  Brown  Elijah  Hubbard  Chauncey 
Whittlesey,  Ebenezer  Sage  and  Samuel  Bull  be  and  they  are  hereby 
appointed  Managers  of  said  Lottery  who  shall  be  sworn  to  a faithfull 
fulfilment  of  their  Trust  and  shall  Account  to  this  Assembly  for  the 
Monies  received  and  the  Application  thereof  when  required. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  Crane  of  Killingworth  Shewing  that 
in  the  Year  1781  being  the  Head  of  a Class  he  hired  a Man  for  the 
Service  in  the  Army  and  advanced  of  his  own  Money  the  Sum  of 
thirty  Pounds  in  State  Bills  to  said  Recruit  being  the  Bounty  Granted 
by  the  State  to  such  Recruits,  That  he  afterwards  received  an  Order 
in  favour  of  the  Select  Men  upon  the  Treasurer  for  said  Sum,  but 
before  any  Payment  of  it  could  be  had  the  same  was  unfortunately  lost 
and  never  found  and  so  the  Memorialist  never  has  been  paid  Praying 
for  Relief  &c  as  Per  Memorial  &c 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Pay  Table  do  draw  an  Order  on 
the  Treasurer  in  favour  of  the  Select  Men  of  said  Killingworth  for 
the  aforesaid  Sum  of  £30  in  State  Bills  of  the  Tenor  and  Date  of  the 
Order  drawn  and  Lost  as  aforesaid  taking  sufficient  Security  of  the 
Memorialist  to  indemnify  the  State  from  all  Demands  and  Claim  on 
Virtue  of  said  former  Order  drawn  and  lost  as  aforesaid. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Parishes  of  Amity 
and  Bethany  in  the  County  of  New  Haven  Praying  to  be  incorporated 
into  a Town  as  Per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Parishes  of  Amity  and 
Bethany  and  the  Lands  within  the  following  Bounds  viz  North  Partly 


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305 


on  the  Town  of  Waterbury  and  Part  on  the  Town  of  Cheshire  East  on 
the  West  Rock  so  called,  South  on  the  Line  between  New  Haven 
Town  and  said  Amity  untill  it  comes  to  Milford  Line  at  the  South 
West  Corner  of  Obed  Johnsons  Farm  from  thence  a straight  Line  to 
the  South  East  Corner  of  Sylvanus  Baldwins  Land  thence  running 
Westwardly  in  the  Line  of  his  Land  to  Derby  Line  and  from  thence 
upon  the  Line  between  Derby  and  Milford  to  said  Waterbury  Line, 
Be  and  they  are  hereby  Incorporated  and  Constituted  a Town  by  the 
Name  of  the  Town  of  Woodbridge,  with  all  the  Rights  Priveleges 
Immunities  & Benefits  that  the  Towns  in  the  State  of  Connecticut  now 
have  by  Law  or  shall  hereafter  have  and  enjoy  and  shall  have  Powers 
to  elect  Town  Officers  and  to  transact  all  Business  and  Matters  proper 
for  a Town  as  other  Towns  in  said  State  have  which  Officers  when 
duely  appointed  shall  have  all  the  Powers  and  Authorities  by  Law 
given  to  the  said  Town  Officers,  and  the  said  Town  of  Woodbridge 
shall  take  upon  them  such  a part  of  the  expence  of  supporting  and 
maintaining  the  Bridges  Poor  and  Highways  of  the  Town  of  New  Haven 
as  shall  be  Judged  Just  & reasonable  by  Joseph  Hopkins  Esqr  Col°  Edward 
Russell  & Col°  Street  Hall  who  are  appointed  a Comtee  for  that  purpose 
and  to  determine  the  Same  by  the  last  Day  of  May  next  and  shall  receive 
their  proportion  of  the  Town  Stock  of  said  New  Haven  Town  in  the  same 
way,  And  the  said  Town  of  Woodbridge  shall  take  upon  themselves 
such  part  of  the  Expence  of  supporting  and  maintaining  the  Bridges 
Poor  and  Highways  of  said  Town  of  Milford  according  to  their  List 
in  proportion  as  the  List  of  said  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  of  Wood- 
bridge  that  were  before  this  Act  part  of  said  Town  of  Milford  is  to 
what  the  whole  List  of  said  Town  of  Milford  was  before  passing  this 
Act,  and  said  Town  of  Woodbridge  shall  have  like  proportion  of  the 
Town  Stock  of  said  Milford  and  shall  pay  the  Taxes  already  laid  and 
Debts  now  due  from  said  Town  in  proportion  to  the  List  as  aforesaid 
& Joseph  Hopkins  Col0  Edward  Russell  & Col0  Street  Hall  shall  be 
a Committee  to  determine  the  same  unless  said  Towns  shall  agree,  And 
the  said  Town  of  Woodbridge  shall  have  and  hold  a Town  Meeting 
of  said  Town  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  February  instant  at  ten  of  the 
Clock  in  the  forenoon  at  such  Place  as  the  Committees  that  have 
served  as  Societys  Committees  for  the  present  Year  of  said  Parishes 
shall  agree  to  and  appoint.  And  the  said  Meeting  shall  be  warned 
by  said  Committees  by  their  giving  Notice  to  all  the  Voters  in  said 
Town  or  having  Notice  at  their  usual  Places  of  abode  at  least  three 
Days  before  said  Meeting,  and  at  said  Town  Meeting  the  said  Town  of 
Woodbridge  shall  Choose  all  such  Town  Officers  as  by  Law  Towns 
are  required  to  Choose  annually  which  shall  be  the  Town  Officers  for 
said  Town  untill  the  Meeting  of  said  Town  in  Decembr  next. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Joseph  Thompson  of  New  Haven  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  he  had  paid  to  Ralph  Isaacs  the  Sum  of  three  Pounds 
lawfull  Money  for  Waggon  Tier  taken  by  him  for  the  Use  of  the  State 


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January, 


to  tier  some  Field  Carriages  and  the  Sum  of  fifteen  shillings  to  his 
Attorney  employed  in  a Suit  commenced  by  said  Isaacs  against  Your 
Memorialist,  and  that  he  hath  never  received  any  Pay  therefor  as  Per 
Memorial  on  File  — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  and 
he  is  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  pay  the  said  Thomson8  Account  of 
three  Pounds  fifteen  shillings  taking  his  Receipt  therefor. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Jehiel  Doud  a Soldier  in  the  late  fourth 
Connecticut  Regiment,  Representing  that  by  reason  of  his  being  absent 
from  the  Regiment  to  which  he  belonged  he  was  omitted  in  the  return 
and  Settlement  for  the  Year  1780,  Praying  that  a settlement  and  pay- 
ment may  be  made  him  for  his  Services  in  the  Army  in  said  Year 
as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Whereupon  it  is  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of 
Pay  Table  be  and  they  hereby  are  directed  and  Authorized  to  settle 
and  Liquidate  the  Accounts  of  said  Doud  for  said  Year  1780  and  draw 
an  Order  in  his  favour  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  such  Sum 
as  shall  be  found  due  to  him  for  his  aforesaid  Service. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Saunders  Junr  of  Lyme  in  the  County 
of  New  London  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  on  the  10th  Day  of 
Decembr  1776  he  inlisted  as  a Private  Soldier  in  the  Connecticut  Line 
in  the  Continental  Army  to  Serve  in  said  Capacity  during  the  War  and 
faithfully  served  as  a Soldier  in  said  Army  untill  the  7th  Day  of  June  last 
when  by  his  Excellency  General  Washington  he  was  Honorably  dis- 
charged with  the  badge  of  Merit,  And  there  is  due  to  him  from  the 
State  of  Connecticut  for  his  Service  as  a Soldier  before  the  Year  1780, 
the  Sum  of  £56  5 11  LMoney,  and  also  the  further  Sum  of  £12  0 0 
LMoney  for  Services  in  the  Year  1780  for  which  he  has  applyed  to 
the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  for  an  Order  on  the  Treasurer,  and  has 
been  utterly  refused ; 

Whereupon  it  is  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of 
Pay  Table  be  and  they  are  hereby  directed  and  Ordered  to  adjust  the 
Ballance  due  to  said  John  Saunders  Junr  and  draw  an  Order  for  the 
Same  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  in  usual  form. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Henry  Champion  of  Colchester  Esqr  Shew- 
ing to  this  Assembly  that  there  is  a Ballance  due  to  him  of  £296  18  6]A 
on  his  Account  for  his  receiving  Collecting  & forwarding  to  the 
Army  Beef  Cattle  on  the  2/6  Tax  Praying  for  Payment  of  the  Same 
&c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  the  Pay  Table  be  and  they  are  hereby 
directed  to  draw  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  in  favour  of  the  said 
Champion  for  the  Ballance  aforesaid  payable  out  of  the  12d  Tax  granted 
January  1783  or  any  other  unappropriated  Monies. 


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Upon  the  Memorial  of  Theophilus  Merriman  of  Wallingford  in  New 
Haven  County  Representing  to  this  Assembly  that  some  Time  in  the 
Year  1777,  James  Jauncey  Esqr  of  the  City  of  New  York  had  an 
Execution  in  his  favour  granted  by  New  Haven  County  Court  against 
said  Merriman  for  about  One  hundred  and  twenty  Pounds  lawfull 
Money  which  said  Jauncey  put  into  the  Hands  of  Charles  Chauncey  his 
Attorney  to  Collect  & said  Merriman  offered  to  pay  said  Chauncey  the 
Money  due  on  said  Execution  in  Continental  Bills  of  Credit  who  being 
unwilling  to  receive  the  same,  engaged  to  said  Merriman  that  he  would 
exact  no  Interest  from  him  on  said  Execution  and  would  make  him 
a further  reasonable  Allowance,  and  afterwards  recommended  to  said 
Merriman  to  put  said  Money  into  the  Loan  Office  which  he  did,  and  the 
Estate  of  said  Jauncey  having  since  been  confiscated,  and  Chauncey 
Whittlesey  of  Midletown  appointed  Administrator  thereon  said  Merri- 
man is  now  required  to  pay  the  whole  Sum  of  said  Execution  without 
any  Abatement  Praying  relief  &c  as  Per  Petition — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  the  said  Theophilus  Merrimans 
delivering  and  Paying  to  said  Chauncey  Whittlesey  a Loan  Office  Cer- 
tificate dated  the  seventh  Day  of  Septembr  1778  for  the  Sum  of  three 
hundred  Dollars,  the  same  shall  be  allowed  to  said  Merriman  in  Payment 
of  said  Execution  at  the  Sum  the  same  shall  be  well  worth  by  the  Scale 
of  Depreciation  and  the  Interest  thereon  and  upon  said  Merrimans  Pay- 
ing to  said  Whittlesey  the  remaining  part  of  the  Execution  without  any 
Interest  thereon  either  in  Public  Securities  of  this  State  now  due  or 
States  Money,  all  which  the  said  Whittlesey  is  directed  to  receive  the 
said  Merriman  shall  be  discharged  from  said  Execution  and  said 
Whittlesey  endorse  the  same  satisfied. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Phineas  Porter  Thomas  Fenn  and  others 
Select  Men  of  the  Towns  of  Waterbury  and  Watertown  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  the  List  of  Noah  Combe  of  said  Waterbury  in  the 
Year  1779  was  £159  16  0 and  the  List  of  David  Wooster  of  said 
Waterbury  in  said  Year  was  £168  1 0 on  which  Lists  sundry  State 
Taxes  have  been  laid  and  are  now  unpaid  viz  on  said  Combs  List 
sundry  Rates  in  Continental  Bills  amounting  to  the  Sum  of  £479  7 0 
and  sundry  Taxes  on  State  Bills  amounting  to  the  Sum  of  £23  19  2, 
and  one  Tax  in  hard  Money  of  2dJ^  on  the  Pound  payable  the  first 
Day  of  March  1781  amounting  to  the  Sum  of  £1  13  4,  And  that  on  the 
List  of  said  Wooster  was  laid  one  Rate  of  four  Dollars  on  the  Pound 
amounting  to  £201  16  0 Continental  Bills  and  in  State  Bills  sundry 
Rates  amounting  to  £10  9 4 and  one  Rate  in  hard  Money  of  2 d*4  on  the 
Pound  payable  the  first  of  March  1781  amounting  to  £1  15  0 Praying 
that  all  the  said  Rates  or  Taxes  might  be  Abated  as  Per  Memorial  on 
File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  all  the  aforesaid  Rates  or  Taxes  be 
and  they  are  hereby  abated  and  the  Treasurer  is  hereby  directed  to 


308  public  records  January, 

Credit  Cap1  Thomas  Dutton  Collector  of  said  Taxes  for  the  said  several 
Rates  and  Charge  the  same  in  account  against  this  State. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Benjamin  Adkins  & Benjamin  Adkins  Junr, 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  beginning  of  the  Year  1782,  a 
number  of  Soldiers  belonging  to  the  second  Regiment  of  Light  Dra- 
goons in  the  Continental  Army  and  others  belonging  to  said  Army  were 
by  Order  of  the  Government  Inoculated  in  the  Town  of  Midletown  and 
the  House  of  the  Memorialists  was  taken  up  as  an  Hospital  for  the 
purpose  aforesaid  and  by  the  Carelessness  of  the  Troops  was  set  on  fire 
and  both  House  and  furniture  consumed,  and  the  Memorialists  suffered 
thereby  the  loss  of  three  hundred  Pounds  lawfull  Money  Praying 
Relief  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Sum  of  One  hundred  and  fifteen 
Pounds  lawfull  Money  be  allowed  the  Memorialists  out  of  the  Treasury 
of  this  State  as  a Compensation  for  said  Loss  and  that  the  Committee 
of  Pay  Table  draw  an  Order  in  favour  of  the  Memorialist  for  said 
Sum  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  who  is  hereby  Ordered  and  directed 
to  Issue  a Note  in  favour  of  said  Memorialists  Payable  in  three  Years 
on  Interest  and  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  are  ordered  to  Charge 
the  same  to  the  United  States. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  Fuller  and  others  Inhabitants  of  the 
second  Society  called  West  Stafford  in  the  County  of  Hartford  Shew- 
ing that  some  Years  since  Mr  Isaac  Foster  was  settled  in  the  Ministry 
in  said  Society  he  then  professing  and  preaching  the  Doctrines  com- 
monly received  by  the  New  England  Churches  called  Calvinian  Doc- 
trines, which  the  said  Society  in  General  had  been  Educated  in  the  beliefs 
of  and  then  held,  since  which  the  said  Mr  Foster  has  openly  professed 
and  preached  and  still  continues  so  to  do  Doctrines  essentially  opposed 
thereto,  and  which  by  a Consociation  and  a mutual  Council  have  been 
so  adjudged,  and  to  be  unscriptural,  Whereupon  as  in  Conscience  bound 
and  by  the  said  Consociation  and  Council  advised  the  Memorialists  have 
withdrawn  from  his  Ministry  to  which  however  a Major  Part  of  said 
Society  adhere  and  tax  Your  Memorialists  for  Mr  Fosters  support, 
Praying  to  be  declared  a Society  unconnected  with  the  adherents  of 
the  said  Mr  Foster  &c  And  a Committee  appointed  by  this  Assembly* 
having  upon  examination  Reported  that  the  said  Matters  and  allegations 
are  substantially  true  &c 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialists  and  such  as  Join 
or  may  Join  with  or  be  of  them  shall  [be]  unconnected  with  the  Adherents 
of  the  said  Mr  Foster  and  exempt  from  all  Taxes  that  are  have  been 
or  may  be  laid  by  them  be  and  remain  an  Eclesiastical  Society  with  all 
the  Priveleges  and  Immunities  by  Law  to  any  such  Society  granted  or 


* See  above,  p.  157. 


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belonging  by  the  same  Name  that  the  original  Society  aforesaid  hath 
heretofore  been  called,  And  that  the  Memorialists  shall  retain  and  hold 
the  Meeting  House  built  by  said  Original  Society  unless  the  rest  of  the 
Inhabitants  thereof  shall  within  One  Year  pay  or  secure  to  be  paid  within 
that  Time  to  the  Memorialists  their  proportion  according  to  the  Lists 
given  in  for  the  Year  1783  of  the  present  value  of  said  House  as  the 
Same  shall  be  ascertained  by  Messrs  Ephraim  Pease  of  Enfield  James 
Stedman  of  Windham  and  Augustus  Fitch  of  East  Windsor,  who  are 
hereby  appointed  to  apprize  & apportion  the  same  accordingly  upon  the 
application  of  either  of  said  Parties  And  that  the  said  Payment  or 
security  being  made  as  aforesaid  shall  be  in  full  of  the  Memorialists 
Right  or  Claim  in  or  to  said  House. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Joseph  Colt  and  the  rest  of  the  Select  Men 
of  the  Town  of  Lyme  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  said  Town  have 
advanced  large  Sums  in  hard  Money  to  furnish  a Sea  Coast  Guard  in 
the  Time  of  the  late  War  with  Provisions  and  that  said  Town  have 
received  Pay  Table  Orders  on  the  2s/6  Tax  in  pay  for  the  Money  so 
advanced  and  that  said  Town  have  been  fined  for  not  furnishing  Sol- 
diers in  several  Instances  to  go  into  the  Service  of  this  and  the  United 
States  Praying  for  Liberty  to  pay  and  discharge  said  fines  in  the  Orders 
aforesaid  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Whereupon  it  is  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Select  Men 
have  Liberty  and  Liberty  is  hereby  granted  to  said  Select  Men  to  pay 
and  discharge  said  Executions  in  Orders  drawn  on  the  aforesaid  2/6d 
Tax  or  in  any  other  Securities  on  this  State  that  are  now  due  & payable 
and  that  are  for  hard  Money  and  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  is  hereby 
directed  to  receive  them  accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Brown  of  Stamford  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  on  the  31st  Day  of  July  1783  he  casually  lost  the 
following  Notes  which  were  his  own  Property  viz  One  Note  in  favour 
of  Enoch  Thomas  N°  4136  payable  the  first  of  June  1785  for  £11  11  3 
on  Interest  the  Interest  having  been  paid  to  June  1782  one  D°  in  favour 
of  Cap1  Caleb  S1  John  for  £12  2 4 payable  in  one  Year  after  the  War 
N°  2647  the  Interest  of  which  having  been  paid  to  the  first  of  Feby 
1782,  two  D°  in  favour  of  William  Brown  N°  238  & 239  for  £14  13  2 
each  Payable  the  first  of  June  in  the  Year  1786  & 1787,  two  other  Notes 
in  favour  of  said  Brown  N°  240  & 241  for  £15  9 each  payable  the  first 
of  June  in  the  Year  1788  & 1789,  One  D°  in  favour  of  Timothy  Han- 
ford N°  9669  for  £13  5 8 payable  the  first  of  June  1786  One  other  D° 
in  favour  of  said  Hanford  N°  9670  for  £13  5 8 payable  June  first 
1787,  One  D°  in  favour  of  Ebenezer  Shelly  N°  1924  for  £17  5 7 pay- 
able June  first  1789  One  D°  in  favour  of  Frank  Freeman  N°  848  for 
£9  9 0 payable  June  first  1789  One  D°  in  favour  of  Francis  Wright  N° 
2724  for  £9  9 0 Payable  June  first  1789,  All  which  Notes  except  the 
two  first  abovementioned  had  one  Years  Interest  due  on  them  upon  the 


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PUBLIC  RECORDS 


January, 


first  Day  of  June  1783  That  he  has  made  diligent  Search  & due  inquiry 
therefor  but  has  not  been  able  to  obtain  the  same  Praying  for  releif  &c 
as  Per  Memorial  on  File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  Issue  new  Notes  to  the  Memorialist  of  the  same  Tenor  Sums 
and  Dates  of  the  Notes  abovementioned  upon  his  giving  sufficient  Secur- 
ity to  Indemnify  this  State  in  Case  said  Notes  so  supposed  to  be  lost 
as  aforesd  should  hereafter  be  found. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  David  Bellamy  of  Woodbury  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  for  several  Years  before  the  Commencement  of  the 
late  War  he  was  in  Trade  and  in  the  Course  of  his  Business  he  became 
indebted  to  Charles  McEvers  of  the  City  and  State  of  New  York,  that 
by  means  of  the  War  it  became  impossible  for  him  to  settle  his  Accounts 
with  the  said  McEvers,  and  that  the  Estate  of  said  McEvers  has  since 
been  confiscated  for  the  Use  and  Benefit  of  this  State  in  Consequence 
of  which  it  became  the  Duty  of  the  Memorialist  to  pay  the  amount  of 
the  Debt  due  to  said  McEvers  to  the  Administrator  on  said  Estate,  that 
he  accordingly  disclosed  to  said  Administrator  the  true  situation  of  his 
Affairs  and  executed  his  Note  Payable  on  Demand  for  the  Sum  of  three 
hundred  & ninety  five  Pounds  six  shilling  & ten  Pence  lawfull  Money 
That  he  has  securities  given  by  this  State  for  supplies  furnished  the  Con- 
tinental Army  by  him  and  other  securities  against  this  State  sufficient  to 
pay  said  Sum  due  by  the  first  of  June  next  which  he  has  offered  in 
payment  of  said  Note  and  that  the  sd  Administrr  has  refused  to  accept 
of  the  Same  by  which  the  Memorialist  is  liable  to  be  compelled  to  pay  the 
amount  of  said  Note  in  Money  which  would  be  attended  with  great 
Loss  Trouble  & vexation  to  the  Memorial  Praying  for  relief  &c  as 
Per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Administrr  on  the  Estate  be  and 
he  is  hereby  directed  to  receive  of  the  Memorialist  the  above  mentioned 
Securities  in  payment  of  said  Note. 

The  Sums  total  of  the  List  of  the  Poles  and  Rateable  Estate  Addi- 
tions fourfolds  & Assesments  of  the  several  Towns  in  this  State  as  sent 
in  to  this  Assembly  are  as  follow  viz 


\ 


Single 

List 

fourfold 

Assesments 

Hartford 

£42909 

9 

1 

£844 

12 

0 

£3180 

0 

0 

Bolton 

9819 

3 

0 

— 

340 

0 

0 

Colchester 

29733 

0 

0 

1599 

0 

0 

763 

0 

0 

Chatham 

21052 

6 

6 

221 

10 

0 

573 

0 

0 

East  Windsor 

29318 

4 

8 

553 

12 

0 

522 

0 

0 

Enfield 

12309 

4 

0 

— 

522 

0 

0 

East  Haddam 

23389 

13 

5 

161 

2 

0 

796 

0 

0 

1784. 


Farmington 
Glastonbury 
Haddam 
Hebron 
Midletown 
Stafford 
Suffield 
Southington 
Somers 
Tolland 
Weathersfield 
Windsor 
Willington 
Symsbury 
New  Haven 
Branford 
Cheshire 
Derby 
Durham 
Guilford 
Milford 
Wallingford 
Waterbury 
New  London 
Groton 
Killingworth 
Addition  to 
Killingworth 
Lyme 
Norwich 
Seabrook 
Stonington 
Preston 
Fairfield 
Norwalk 
Stamford 
Greenwich 
Stratford 
Newtown 
Danbury 
Reading 
Ridgefield 
N Fairfield 
Windham 
Ashford 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


311 


Single  List 


£51388 

14 

3 

18116 

2 

9 

14911 

18 

6 

20389 

19 

3 

38527  11 

5 

11458  17 

0 

18953 

4 

0 

19043 

3 

4 

19110 

11 

6 

13671 

11 

10 

27988 

1 

2 

23143 

18 

8 

7863 

16 

4 

36532 

7 

9 

57585 

0 

9 

19351 

12 

3 

16342 

1 

7 

16757 

3 

6 

11339 

5 

2 

31784 

7 

9 

24635 

9 

1 

26210  12 

5 

19230 

0 

3 

31816 

13 

0 

22661 

5 

7 

10680 

18 

10 

133 

10 

0 

21264 

19 

9 

58367 

4 

0 

24381 

4 

7 

30294 

7 

9 

21156 

12 

11 

40326 

12 

9 

36388 

1 

4 

27386  17 

9 

15895 

5 

11 

44920 

13 

6 

20337 

18 

0 

25970  12 

0 

12886 

2 

6 

16439 

3 

1 

13393 

16 

5 

29602 

7 

5 

17268 

0 

0 

fourfold 


£2623  16  0 
125  8 0 
55  12  0 

171  0 0 


215  10  0 
243  0 0 
119  14  0 


360  12  9 


58  0 0 


15  0 0 
378  8 0 
523  14  4 


142  12  0 
182  10  0 
1061  9 0 
282  12  0 


573  6 0 
3009  5 8 


191  12  0 


1312  7 0 
218  8 0 


233  10  0 
531  1 0 

2329  10  0 
80  10  0 
814  0 0 
155  4 0 
160  0 0 


Assesments 
£734  19  0 
567  0 0 
258  0 0 
350  0 0 
1964  0 0 
325  0 0 
490  0 0 
484  0 0 
137  0 0 
264  0 0 
1118  0 0 
928  0 0 
108  0 0 
520  0 0 
2495  6 8 
348  0 0 
135  0 0 
670  0 0 
493  0 0 
578  10  0 
330  0 0 
660  0 0 
366  0 C 
1450  0 0 
866  0 0 
290  0 0 


345  0 0 
2305  0 0 
425  0 0 
553  0 0 
429  0 0 
1142  0 0 
298  6 1 
842  0 0 
283  0 0 
458  0 0 
567  10  0 
950  0 0 
463  0 0 
212  0 0 
122  0 0 
795  0 0 
288  0 0 


312 

PUBLIC  RECORDS 

January, 

Single  List 

fourfold 

Assesments 

Canterbury 

£19445 

10 

10 

£246 

0 

0 

£273 

0 

0 

Coventry 

18711 

7 

11 

178 

8 

0 

465 

0 

0 

Killingley 

24264 

5 

6 

— 

— 

240 

0 

0 

Lebanon 

35186 

19 

11 

124 

2 

0 

855 

10 

0 

Mansfield 

22028 

18 

3 

— 

— 

472 

0 

0 

Pom  fret 

24853 

19 

0 

472 

0 

0 

927 

0 

0 

Plainfield 

13415 

8 

4 

510 

0 

0 

424 

0 

0 

Union 

4723 

4 

6 

— 

— 

53 

0 

0 

V oluntown 

12039 

13 

0 

172 

0 

0 

103 

0 

0 

Woodstock 

20285 

7 

7 

430 

0 

0 

617 

0 

0 

Litchfield 

25839 

6 

6 

347 

1 

0 

300 

0 

0 

Canaan 

13636 

9 

6 

88 

14 

6 

202 

0 

0 

Cornwall 

9055 

2 

6 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Goshen 

14925 

10 

4 

— 

— 

457 

0 

0 

N Hartford 

11638 

5 

11 

103 

11 

0 

270 

0 

0 

Hartland 

7266 

2 

0 

— 

— 

103 

0 

0 

Harwington 

9893 

16 

7 

286 

7 

0 

244 

0 

0 

Kent 

14775 

7 

3 

— 

— 

220 

0 

0 

N Milford 

27348 

14 

10 

— 

— 

739 

0 

0 

Salisbury 

16484 

10 

2 

96 

0 

0 

707 

0 

0 

Sharon 

13101 

19 

11 

100 

16 

0 

583 

0 

0 

Torrington 

11169 

7 

0 

128 

0 

0 

176 

0 

0 

Norfolk 

9143 

17 

8 

442 

16 

0 

99 

0 

0 

Washington 

13602 

15 

6 

462 

3 

3 

488 

0 

0 

Watertown 

21111 

18 

4 

296 

0 

0 

308 

0 

0 

Winchester 

4515 

1 

0 

327 

1 

0 

146 

0 

0 

W oodbury 

46395 

8 

1 

600 

0 

0 

1200 

0 

0 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Smith  of  Milford  in  the  County  of 
New  Haven  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  August  1774  he  returned 
from  the  West  Indias  Master  of  the  Sloop  Sally  owned  by  Edward 
Gibs  and  Andrew  Sanford  both  of  Milford  and  entered  the  same  in  the 
Naval  Office  and  gave  his  Bond  to  Thomas  Wooster  for  the  Duties 
thereof  for  and  in  behalf  of  said  Owners,  amounting  to  the  Sum  of 
£27  3 0 LMony  and  upon  Interest  of  which  was  paid  and  endorsed 
thereon  £18  2 0 by  said  Gibs  being  his  proportionable  Part  thereof, 
and  that  the  remaining  Sum  of  £9  10  with  the  Interest  ought  to  have 
been  paid  by  said  Sanford  the  other  Owner,  but  that  said  Sanford  is 
since  Dead  and  insolvent  &c  Praying  for  Relief  &c  as  Per  Memorial  on 
File— 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  to 
pay  up  said  Duties  due  as  aforesaid  in  State  Securities  payable  by  this 
State,  And  that  upon  his  complying  herewith  he  is  hereby  discharged 
from  his  said  Obligation. 


1784. 


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313 


The  Gentlemen  nominated  by  the  Votes  of  the  Freemen  of  this 
State  to  stand  for  Election  as  Assistants  or  Members  of  the  Council  in 
May  next,  as  sent  in  to  this  present  General  Assembly  are  as  follow 


viz 

Jabez  Hamlin 
William  Pitkin 
Roger  Sherman 
Joseph  Spencer 
Oliver  Wolcott 
Samuel  Huntington 
Richard  Law 
Oliver  Elsworth 
Andrew  Adams 
Benjamin  Huntington 


William  Williams 

Esqr 

Joseph  Platt  Cook 

Esqr 

James  Wadsworth 

Esqr 

Stephen  M Mitchell 

Esqr 

William  Hilhouse 

Esqr 

John  Treadwell 

Esqr 

Increase  Mosely 

Esqr 

Dyar  Throop 

Esqr 

Samuel  Mott 

Esqr 

Charles  C.  Chandler 

Esqr 

Esqr 

Esqr 

Esqr 

Esqr 

Esqr 

Esqr 

Esqr 

Esqr 

Esqr 

Esqr 


The  Gentlemen  nominated  by  the  Votes  of  the  Freemen  of  this 
State  to  stand  for  Election  as  Delegates  to  the  Congress  of  the  United 
States  in  May  next  as  sent  in  to  the  Present  Assembly  are  as  follow 


viz 


Jedediah  Strong 

Esqr 

Joseph  Platt  Cook 

Esqr 

John  Treadwell 

Esqr 

Charles  C Chandler 

Esqr 

William  Pitkin 

Esqr 

Joseph  Spencer 

Esqr 

James  Wadsworth 

Esqr 

Stephen  M Mitchell 

Esqr 

William  Williams 

Esqr 

William  Hilhouse 

Esqr 

Dyar  Throop 

Esqr 

Jonathan  Sturges 

Esqr 

This  Assembly  Grants  to  his  Excellency  Governor  Trumbull  the 
Sum  of  One  hundred  and  fifty  Pounds  LMoney  for  the  last  half  of  his 
Salary  for  the  Current  Year. 

This  Assembly  Grants  to  his  Honor  Lieut  Governor  Griswold  the 
Sum  of  fifty  Pounds  LMony  for  the  last  half  of  his  Salary  for  the  Cur- 
rent Year. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  all  the  Memorials  and  othe  Matters 
now  lying  before  this  Assembly  and  not  finished  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  referred  to  the  General  Assembly  in  May  next. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Charles  Ward  Apthorp  of  the  City  of  New 
York  Shewing  that  he  is  and  ever  hath  been  a Friend  to  these  States 
that  his  Estate  in  this  State  hath  been  without  his  ever  having  been 
heard  on  the  Subject  Confiscated  Praying  that  the  said  Judgment  of 
Confiscation  may  be  reversed  or  that  in  some  other  way  he  may  be 
releived  as  Per  Memorial  on  File — 


314 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


January, 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  all  further  Sale  or  disposition  of  the 
Estate  of  said  Apthorp  be  suspended  at  present  and  that  all  Monies  or 
Public  Securities  received  or  that  may  be  received  by  the  Administrator 
on  said  Estate  for  Land  by  him  sold  or  actually  bargained  for  or  in 
redemption  of  any  of  the  Mortgages  due  to  said  Estate  when  it  shall 
appear  by  the  Oath  of  the  Party  or  other  sufficient  evidence  that  the 
Mortgagor  had  actually  procured  said  Securities  for  that  purpose  agree- 
able to  the  Act  of  Assembly  passed  in  May  last*  before  the  passing  of 
this  Act,  shall  be  held  and  retained  in  his  Hands  untill  the  rising  of  the 
General  Assembly  in  May  next  and  that  said  Administrator  then  prepare 
and  lay  before  said  Assembly  the  whole  of  the  Proceedings  on  said 
Estate  and  also  the  Ground  and  Evidence  on  which  said  Estate  was  con- 
fiscated and  of  the  Conduct  of  the  said  Apthorp  during  the  late  War. 

This  Assembly  was  adjourned  (by  Proclamation),  until 
the  Governor,  or  in  his  Absence,  The  Deputy  Governor, 
shall  see  Cause  to  call  it,  to  meet  again. 

Teste  George  Wyllys  Secret7. 


See  above,  p. 


123. 


1784. 


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315 


STATE  OF  CONNECTICUT 


At  a General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  in  America 

HOLDEN  AT  HARTFORD,  ON  THE  SECOND  THURSDAY  OF  May  (BEING 
THE  THIRTEENTH  DAY  OF  SAID  MONTH)  AND  CONTINUED  BY 

Adjournments  untill  the  11th  Day  of  June  next  following 
Anno  Dom  : 1784 


Present. 

His  Excellency  Jonathan  Trumbull  Esqr  Governor. 

The  Honorable  Matthew  Griswold  Esqr  Lieu * Governor. 


Jabez  Hamlin 

Esqr 

Eliphalet  Dyer 

Esqr 

William  Pitkin 

Esqr 

Joseph  Spencer 

Esqr 

Oliver  Wolcott 

Bsqr 

Samuel  Huntington 

Esqr 

Oliver  Elsworth 

Esqr 

Andrew  Adams 

Esqr 

Benjamin  Huntington 

Esqr  . 

Assistants. 


Representatives  or  Deputies  of  the  Freemen  of  the  several  T owns  in 
the  State  who  attended  this  Assembly  are  as  follow  viz. 

Col0  Jesse  Root,  Cap1  Jona  Bull,  for  Hartford 
Mr  Samuel  Carver,  Mr  David  Elliss,  for  Bolton 
Mr  Ebenezer  White,  Mr  Chauncey  Bulkley,  for  Chatham 
Col0  Dyar  Throop,  Col0  Jabez  Chapman,  for  East  Haddam 
Col0  George  Pitkin,  Col0  Jona  Wells,  for  East  Hartford 
Gen1  Erastus  Wolcott,  Mr  Joseph  Allen,  for  East  Windsor 
Mr  Joseph  Kingsbury,  Cap1  Ephraim  Pease,  for  Enfield 
Col0  Noadiah  Hooker,  Mr  Hezh  Wadsworth,  for  Farmington 
Mr  Gideon  Hale,  Mr  Philip  Selew,  for  Glastonbury 
Cap1  Cornelius  Higgins,  Cap1  Oliver  Wells,  for  Haddam 
Mr  Neziah  Bliss,  Mr  Elihu  Marvin,  for  Hebron 
Gen1  Comfort  Sage,  Gen1  Sam1  H Parsons,  for  Midletown 
Mr  Joshua  Pomeroy,  Majr  Abiel  Pease,  for  Somers 
Cap1  John  Curtiss,  Majr  Asa  Bray,  for  Southington 
Mr  Ebenezer  Colborn,  Mr  Jesse  Cady,  for  Stafford 
Mr  Alexr  King,  Mr  Gideon  Granger,  for  Suffield 
Cap1  Daniel  Humphry,  Cap1  Jonathn  Pettibone,  for  Symsbury 
Col0  Samuel  Chapman,  Col°  Solomon  Wells,  for  Tolland 
Mr  Stephen  M Mitchell,  Col°  John  Chester,  for  Weathersfield 
Cap1  Joseph  Crocker,  Mr  Moses  Holmes,  for  Willington 
Mr  Aaron  Phelps  2,  Gen1  Roger  Newberry,  for  Windsor 
Mr  Pierpoint  Edwards,  Cap1  James  Hilhouse,  for  New  Haven 
Col0  Edward  Russell,  Mr  Aaron  Baldwin,  for  Branford 
Cap1  John  Peck,  Majr  Reuben  Atwater,  for  Cheshire 


316 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


May, 


Cap1  Daniel  Holbrook,  Cap1  Thomas  Clark,  for  Derby 

Mr  Daniel  Hall,  Cap1  Simeon  Parsons,  for  Durham 

Majr  Augustus  Collins,  Cap1  Samuel  Lee,  for  Guilford 

Mr  Samuel  Treat,  Mr  Gideon  Buckingham,  for  Milford 

Docr  Jared  Potter,  Col0  Street  Hall,  for  Wallingford 

Mr  Eli  Brunson,  Cap1  John  Wilton,  for  Waterbury 

Mr  Thomas  Darling,  Cap1  Timothy  Ball,  for  Woodbridge 

Majr  William  Hilhouse,  Cap1  John  Deshon,  for  New  London 

Cap1  Elisha  Lathrop,  Mr  John  Backus,  for  Norwich 

Cap1  Peter  Bulkley,  Col0  Elias  Worthington,  for  Colchester 

Mr  Ebenezer  Ledyard,  Col0  Nathan  Gallop,  for  Groton 

Mr  George  Eliott,  Mr  Aaron  Kelsey,  for  Killingworth 

Mr  William  Noyes,  Mr  Ezra  Selden,  for  Lyme 

Cap1  John  Avery  Junr,  Mr  Benja  Coit,  for  Preston 

Majr  William  Hart,  Col0  John  Ely,  for  Saybrook 

Majr  Charles  Phelps,  Cap1  William  Williams,  for  Stonington 

Mr  Jonath11  Sturges,  Mr  Thaddeus  Burr,  for  Fairfield 

Col°  Joseph  P Cook,  Majr  Ezra  Starr,  for  Danbury 

Gen1  John  Mead,  Cap1  Jabez  Fitch,  for  Greenwich 

Mr  Stephen  Barnes,  Cap1  William  G Hubbell,  for  New  Fairfield 

Mr  Nehemiah  Strong,  Gen1  John  Chandler,  for  New  Town 

Col0  Stephen  S1  John,  Mr  Thaddeus  Betts,  for  Norwalk 

Mr  Hezekiah  Sanford,  Mr  Thaddeus  Benedict,  for  Redding 

Col0  Philip  B Bradley,  Cap1  David  Olmsted,  for  Ridgfield 

Majr  Agur  Judson,  Cap1  Robert  Fairchild,  for  Stratford 

Majr  John  Davenport,  Mr  Charles  Weed,  for  Stamford 

Col0  Eliphalet  Dyer,  Col0  Jedidiah  Elderkin,  for  Windham 

Mr  Benjamin  Sumner,  Mr  Isaac  Perkins,  for  Ashford 

Mr  Daniel  Frost,  Mr  Asa  Witter,  for  Canterbury 

Cap1  Jeremh  Ripley,  Mr  Ephraim  Kingsbury,  for  Coventry 

Cap1  Obadiah  Clough,  Col°  William  Danielson,  for  Killingley 

Col0  William  Williams,  Mr  Elkanah  Tisdale,  for  Lebanon 

Mr  John  Salter,  Cap1  Samuel  Thompson,  for  Mansfield 

Gen1  John  Douglas,  Mr  Ebenezer  Eaton,  for  Plainfield 

Mr  Stephen  Williams,  Mr  Edward  Ruggles,  for  Pomfrett 

Cap1  Solomon  Wales, , for  Union 

Col°  James  Gordon,  Mr  Joseph  Wiley,  for  Voluntown 

Mr  Charles  C Chandler,  Cap1  Nehemiah  Lyon,  for  Woodstock 

Mr  Isaac  Baldwin,  Mr  Ebenezer  Marsh,  for  Litchfield 

Cap1  Thomas  Hosmer,  Cap1  Lemuel  Kingsbury,  for  Canaan 

Mr  Andrew  Youngs,  Col0  John  Sedgwick,  for  Cornwall 

Mr  Daniel  Miles,  Cap1  Elisha  Sill,  for  Goshen 

Col0  Benja  Hutchins,  Cap1  Eleazer  Ensign,  for  Hartland 

Cap1  Jonah  Phelps,  Mr  Mark  Prindle,  for  Harwington 

Mr  Nathaniel  Barray,  Cap1  Joseph  Carter,  for  Kent 

Mr  Amos  Miller,  Mr  Ebenezer  Moody,  for  New  Hartford 

Col0  Samuel  Canfield,  Mr  Abel  Hine,  for  New  Milford 


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317 


Majr  Giles  Pettibone,  Mr  Dudley  Humphry,  for  Norfolk 

Mr  Lott  Norton,  Mr  Hezh  Fitch,  for  Salisbury 

Col0  Ebenezer  Gay,  Mr  Josiah  Coleman,  for  Sharon 

Mr  Elip1  Eno,  Mr  Noah  North,  for  Torrington 

Mr  John  Whittlesey,  Mr  Daniel  N Brinsmade,  for  Washington 

Cap1  Samuel  Hicox,  Cap1  Nath1  Barnes,  for  Watertown 

Cap1  Ozias  Brunson,  for  Winchester 

Mr  Hezh  Thompson,  Col0  Increase  Mosely,  for  Woodbury 

The  Honble  Eliphalet  Dyer  Esqr  Speaker  Of  the  House  of 

Charles  Church,  Chandler  Esqr  Clerk.  Representatives. 

This  Day  being  appointed  by  the  Laws  of  the  State  of  Connecticut 
for  the  Election  of  the  Public  Officers  of  the  same  viz  Governor  Lieuten- 
ant Governor  Assistants  Treasurer  and  Secretary,  Proclamation  was 
made  in  manner  accustomed.  And  then  the  Votes  of  the  Freemen  were 
given  in  to  the  Persons  appointed  by  the  Assembly  to  receive  Sort  and 
Count  them,  and  to  declare  the  Names  of  such  Persons  as  shall  be 
Chosen  to  any  of  the  forementioned  Offices  according  to  Law;  which 
Persons  so  appointed  were — Jabez  Hamlin  Esqr  Eliphalet  Dyer  Esqr 
William  Pitkin  Esqr  Joseph  Spencer  Esqr  Oliver  Wolcott  Esqr  Samuel 
Huntington  Esqr  Andrew  Adams  Esqr  Benja  Huntington  Esqr  Col° 
John  Chester  Gen1  Comfort  Sage  Mr  Pierpoint  Edwards  Mr  Gideon 
Buckingham  Majr  Charles  Phelps  Cap1  Elisha  Lathrop  Mr  Thaddeus 
Benedict  Mr  Thaddeus  Betts  Mr  Elkanah  Tisdale  Gen1  John  Douglas 
Mr  Hezekiah  Fitch  and  Col°  Samuel  Canfield ; who  were  all  sworn  to  a 
faithfull  Discharge  of  that  Trust. 

And  the  Votes  of  the  Freemen  being  bro11  in  sorted  and  Counted — 

The  Honorable,  Samuel  Huntington  Esqr  is  Chosen  Lieutenant 

Governor  of  this  State  for  the  Year  ensuing. 

Jabez  Hamlin  Esqr  William  Pitkin  Esqr  Roger  Sherman  Esqr 
Joseph  Spencer  Esqr  Oliver  Wolcott  Esqr  Richard  Law  Esqr  William 
Williams  Esqr  Oliver  Elsworth  Esqr  Andrew  Adams  Esqr  Benjamin 
Huntington  Esqr  Joseph  Platt  Cook  Esqr  and  Stephen  Mix  Mitchell 
Esqr  were  Chosen  Assistants  the  Year  ensuing. 

John  Lawrence  Esqr  is  Chosen  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  the  Year 
ensuing. 

George  Wyllys  Esqr  is  Chosen  Secretary  of  this  State  for  the  Year 
ensuing. 

This  Day  being  appointed  by  Law  for  the  Choice  of  Delegates 
to  Represent  the  State  of  Connecticut  at  the  Congress  of  the  United 


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States  of  America  Proclamation  was  now  made  in  manner  Accustomed, 
And  then  the  Votes  of  the  Freemen  were  given  in  to  the  Persons 
appointed  by  the  Assembly  to  receive  Sort  and  Count  them,  and  declare 
the  Names  of  the  Persons  legally  Chosen  to  the  Office  aforementioned, 
Which  Persons  so  appointed  are  Oliver  Elsworth  Esqr  Col°  Jonathan 
Wells  Col0  Edward  Russell  Mr  Benjamin  Coit,  Majr  Ezra  Starr  Cap1 
Jeremiah  Ripley  & Col0  John  Sedgwick  who  were  all  sworn  to  a faith- 
full  discharge  of  that  Trust.  And  the  Votes  of  the  Freemen  being 
bron  in  Sorted  and  Counted — 


William  Pitkin  Esqr 

Jedidiah  Strong  Esqr 

John  Treadwell  Esqr 

Joseph  Platt  Cook  Esqr 

James  Wadsworth  Esqr 

William  Williams  Esqr 


Charles  Church  Chandler  Esqr 

Are  Elected  and  publicly  declared  to  be  Delegates  to  represent  the 
State  of  Connecticut  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  of  America 
according  to  Law. 

The  Lieutenant  Governor, s Oath  appointed  by  the  Law  of  this 
State  was  duely  administred  to  the  Honble  Samuel  Huntington  Esqr 
now  Chosen  Lieutenant  Governor  of  this  State. 

The  Assistants  Oath  appointed  by  the  Law  of  this  State  was  duely 
Administred  to  Jabez  Hamlin  Esqr  William  Pitkin  Esqr  Joseph  Spencer 
Esqr  Oliver  Wolcott  Esqr  Richard  Law  Esqr  William  Williams  Esqr 
Oliver  Elsworth  Esqr  Andrew  Adams  Esqr  Benjamin  Huntington  Esqr 
Joseph  Platt  Cook  Esqr  and  Stephen  Mix  Mitchell  Esqr  now  Chosen 
Assistants  over  this  State  Who  thereupon  took  their  Seats  at  the  Council 
Board. 

The  Treasurers  Oath  appointed  by  the  Law  of  this  State  was  duely 
Administred  to  John  Lawrence  Esqr  now  Chosen  Treasurer. 

The  Secretary, s Oath  appointed  by  Law  was  duely  administred  to 
George  Wyllys  Esqr  now  Chosen  Secretary  of  this  State. 

In  the  House  of  Representatives 

The  Honorable  Matthew  Griswold  Esqr  is  Chosen  Governor 
of  the  State  of  Connecticut  for  the  Year  ensuing. 

Test  Charles  Ch.  Chandler  Clerk 
Concurd,  in  the  Upper  House  Test  George  Wyllys  Seer17 

The  Governors  Oath  appointed  by  the  Law  of  this  State  was  duely 
Administred  to  His  Excellency  Matthew  Griswold  Esqr  now  Chosen 


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Governor  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  who  thereupon  took  the  Governors 
Seat  in  the  Assembly. 

Ordered  that  William  Williams  Esqr  and  Capt  Jeremiah  Ripley 
return  the  Thanks  of  this  Assembly  to  the  Revd  Doctr  Joseph  Hunting- 
ton  for  his  Sermon  delivered  before  the  Assembly  the  13th  Inst,  and 
desire  a Copy  thereof  that  it  may  be  printed. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  the  Honble  Samuel  Huntington  Esqr  to 
be  Chief  Judge  of  the  Superior  Courts  in  this  State  for  the  Year 
ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Eliphalet  Dyer  Esqr  Roger  Sherman 
Esqr  William  Pitkin  Esqr  & Richard  Law  Esqr  to  be  Judges  of  the 
Superior  Courts  in  this  State  for  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Erastus  Wolcott  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
County  Court  in  and  for  the  County  of  Hartford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  James  Wadsworth  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of 
the  County  Court  in  and  for  the  County  of  New  Haven  the  Year 
ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  William  Hilhouse  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
County  Court  in  and  for  the  County  of  New  London  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Abraham  Davenport  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of 
the  County  Court  in  and  for  the  County  of  Fairfield  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  William  Williams  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
County  Court  in  and  for  the  County  of  Windham  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Oliver  Wolcott  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
County  Court  in  and  for  the  County  of  Litchfield  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Roger  Newberry  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Hartford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Erastus  Wolcott  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  East  Windsor  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Joseph  Spencer  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  East  Haddam  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Jabez  Hamlin  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Midletown  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Isaac  Pinney  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Stafford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  John  Treadwell  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Farmington  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Noah  Phelps  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Symsbury  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  John  Whiting  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  New  Haven  the  Year  ensuing. 


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This  Assembly  do  appoint  Gurdon  Saltonstall  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of 
the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  New  London  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Aaron  Eliott  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Saybrook  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Elisha  Lathrop  to  be  Judge  of  the  Court 
of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Norwich  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Charles  Phelps  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Stonington  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Jonathan  Sturges  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of 
the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Fairfield  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Abraham  Davenport  Esqr  to  be  Judge 
of  the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Stamford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Joseph  Platt  Cook  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Danbury  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  William  Williams  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of 
the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Windham  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Charles  Church  Chandler  to  be  Judge  of 
the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Pomfrett  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  John  Douglas  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Plainfield  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Robert  Fairchild  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of 
the  Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Stratford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Oliver  Wolcott  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Litchfield  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Daniel  Sherman  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Woodbury  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Joshua  Porter  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Sharon  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Oliver  Stanley  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Wallingford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Giles  Pettibone  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Norfolk  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Joseph  Hopkins  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Waterbury  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Edward  Russell  Esqr  to  be  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Guilford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Stephen  Mix  Mitchell  Esqr  and  John 
Treadwell  Esqr  to  be  Justices  of  the  Quorum  in  and  for  the  County  of 
Hartford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Erastus  Wolcott  William  Wolcott  Samuel 
Talcott,  George  Wyllys  John  Lawrence  Jesse  Root  Thomas  Seymour 
Noah  Webster  Samuel  Lyman  Jonathan  Bull  John  Pitkin  George  Pitkin 
Jonathan  Wells  of  E Hartford  Richard  Pitkin  Elisha  Pitkin  Solomon 
Wells  John  Chester  Charles  Churchill,  John  Robberts  Henry  Allyn 
Roger  Newberry  Peletiah  Mills  James  Hooker  Matthias  Talcott  Samuel 


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H Parsons  Natha  Chauncey  John  Dickinson  Roger  Riley  Philip  Morti- 
mer Elijah  Tredway  Comfort  Sage,  Nathaniel  Gilbert  Isaac  Miller 
Solomon  Whitman  John  Treadwell  Selah  Hart,  Isaac  Lee  Gad  Stanley 
Noadiah  Hooker,  Ichabod  Norton,  Simeon  Hart  Zebulon  Peck  Ju  Judah 
Holcomb  Oliver  Humphry  Daniel  Humphry  Asabel  Holcomb  Noah 
Phelps  Oziar  Pettibone,  Dudley  Pettibone  Alexander  King  John  Leavitt 
John  Harmon  Ju  Phineas  Sheldon  Edward  Collins  Eliphalet  Terry 
Elizur  Talcott  Josiah  Hale,  Elizur  Hale  Jr  Dyar  Throop  Jabez  Chapman 
Timothy  Gates  Joseph  Brooks  Nehemiah  Brainerd  Hezekiah  Brainerd, 
John  Phelps  Samuel  Gilbert  Noziah  Bliss,  Elijah  Kellogg  Benjamin 
Talcott  Jed  White  Samuel  Carver  Samuel  Chapman,  Solomon  Wells, 
Isaac  Pinney  Daniel  Alden  Isaac  Foot  Abner  Barker  Moses  Holmes 
Thomas  Pitkin  Reuben  Sikes  Daniel  Elsworth  David  Sage  Ebenezer 
White,  Joseph  Dart,  John  Clark,  Jonathan  Penfield  John  Curtiss  Timo- 
thy Clark  Josiah  Cowles  Israel  Spencer  Lemuel  Roberts  Elisha  Graham 
Ichabod  Warner  Edward  Payne  Joseph  Allen  Frederick  Elsworth, 
Cornelius  Higgins  Ezra  Brainerd  Philip  Selew,  Gideon  Granger  Jesse 
Cady  Elihu  Marvin  & Samuel  W.  Williams  Esqs  to  be  Justices  of  the 
Peace  in  and  for  the  County  of  Hartford  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Samuel  Bishop,  Joseph  Hopkins  Andrew 
Ward  & James  Beard  Esqr8  to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace  & Quorum  in 
and  for  the  County  of  New  Haven  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint,  Gen1  James  Wadsworth  Daniel  Lyman 
John  Whiting  Simeon  Bristol  David  Austin,  Charles  Chauncey  Bazil 
Munson,  Timothy  Jones  Thomas  Mansfield  Henry  Daggett  Josiah  Brad- 
ley Nehemiah  Smith  Ephraim  Strong  Gideon  Buckingham  Lewiss 
Mallet  Junr  Stephen  Gunn,  Samuel  Treat,  John  Daviss  Eliphalet  Hotch- 
kiss Thomas  Clark,  Jonathan  Baldwin  Samuel  Lewiss  Ezra  Brunson, 
Reuben  Atwater  Samuel  Buck,  John  Peck  Aaron  Lyman  Oliver  Stanley 
Eliakim  Hall  Caleb  Cook  Street  Hall,  John  Hough  Daniel  Hall  Simeon 
Parsons,  James  Barker  Edward  Russell  Ebenezer  [Russell],  Jonah 
Clark,  Augustus  Collins,  Thomas  Burges  Junr  Elias  Graves  William 
Starr  [Thom] as  Darling  Caleb  Beecher  John  Dibble  Timothy  Ball 
Joseph  Pierpoint,  David  Hall  & William  Gould  Esqrs  to  be  Justices  of 
the  Peace  in  and  for  the  County  of  New  Haven  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Elisha  Lathrop  William  Noyes  Charles 
Phelps  and  Benjamin  Coit  Esqrs  to  be  Justices  of  Peace  & Quorum  in 
and  for  the  County  of  New  London  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  William  Hillhouse  Samuel  Coit,  Jonathan 
Lattimer  Joshua  Raymond  Winthrop  Saltonstall,  Timothy  Green,  Joshua 
Coit,  Thomas  Shaw  John  Deshon  Ebenezer  Hartshorn,  Simon  Tracy, 
Elijah  Backus,  Christopher  Leffingwell  Samuel  Tracy  Rufus  Lathrop, 
Samuel  Leffingwell  Junr  Jonathan  Huntington  Nehemiah  Waterman  Jr 
Jonathan  Brewster,  Jabez  Fitch  Barnabas  Huntington,  John  Perkins 


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John  McClarren  Breed  Samuel  Mott  Robert  Crary  John  Tyler  Jeremiah 
Halsey  John  Avery  Junr  Elias  Brown  John  Williams  Paul  Wheeler 
Nathaniel  Minor,  Jonathan  Palmer  Jun  William  Williams  William 
Denison,  Joshua  Babcock  Elijah  Palmer  William  Williams  of  Groton, 
Beradam  Gallop  William  Avery,  Ebenezer  Ledyard  Amos  Geer  Thomas 
Northrop  Niles,  Amos  Prentiss  Thomas  Avery  John  Lay  2d  Eleazer 
Mather  Ezra  Selden  Richard  Wait  Junr  Seth  Ely,  Andrew  Griswold 
John  Shipman  Justus  Buck  Timothy  Starkey,  Jedediah  Chapman,  Wil- 
liam Hart  Junr  Aaron  Eliott  John  Pierson  Theophilus  Morgan  Hezekiah 
Lane  George  Eliott  Job  Wright  John  Watrous  Daniel  Foot  Peter  Bulk- 
ley  Henry  Champion,  Elias  Worthington  Griswold  Avery  Joseph 
Harriss  David  Mumford  Andrew  Tracy  Ju  & Asa  Foot  Esqrs  to  be 
Justices  of  the  Peace  in  and  for  the  County  of  New  London  the  Year 
ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Robert  Fairchild  Esqr  to  be  Justice  of  the 
Peace  & Quorum  in  and  for  the  County  of  Fairfield  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  the  Honble  Joseph  Platt  Cook  Esqr 
Justice  of  Quorum  in  and  for  the  County  of  Fairfield  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  John  Chandler  & Lemuel  Sanford  Esqrs 
to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace  and  Quorum  in  and  for  the  County  of  Fair- 
field  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Abraham  Davenport  John  Brooks  Robert 
Walker  Daniel  Judson  Samuel  Whiting  Elisha  Mills  Daniel  Bennet, 
Agur  Judson  Daniel  Fairchild  Abraham  Brinsmade,  David  Wilcoxson, 
John  Judson  Abijah  Starling  Hezh  Hubbell  Gold  Silleck  Syllyman 
Samuel  Squire  Andrew  Rowland  Gershom  Hubbell  George  Burr  Samuel 
Wakeman  Daniel  Duncan  Thaddeus  Betts  Stephen  St  John  2d  Eliphalet 
Lockwood  Samuel  Cooke  Syllyman  Clap  Raymond  Matthew  Mead 
Charles  Webb  Reuben  Scofield  John  Mead,  Jabez  Fitch  Amos  Mead 
Benjamin  Mead,  John  McKay,  Samuel  Olmstead  Philip  Burr  Bradley 
John  Benedict  Daniel  Cooley  Thaddeus  Benedict  Daniel  Taylor  Ely 
Mygatt  Thomas  Taylor  Thaddeus  Benedict  of  Redding  Stephen  Betts, 
Caleb  Baldwin  Jabez  Botsford  Henry  Peck,  Joseph  Smith  Nehemiah 
Beardsley  Zacheus  Towner  Ephraim  Hubbell  Alexander  Stewart  Eben- 
ezer Jessup  James  Davenport  Esqrs  to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace  in  and 
for  the  County  of  Fairfield  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Ebenezer  Devotion  Constant  Southworth 
Thomas  Grosvenor  & James  Gordon  Esqrs  to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace 
and  Quorum  in  and  for  the  County  of  Windham  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Eliphalet  Dyer  Samuel  Gray  Jedidiah 
Elderkin  Jacob  Symons  Hezekiah  Manning  Ebenezer  Mosely  Hezekiah 


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Bissell,  Elijah  Whiton  Benjamin  Sumner  Benjamin  Clark  Isaac  Perkins 
Eliashib  Adams  David  Payne  Shirebiah  Bull,  Ephraim  Root  Abraham 
Burnap  Junr  Ephraim  Kingsbury,  William  Danielson  Benjamin  Leavins, 
John  Clark  Jonathan  Trumbull  Jun  James  Pineo  Junr  Ephraim  Carpen- 
ter Peleg  Thomas  Elkanah  Tisdale  Joseph  Storrs,  John  Salter,  Expe- 
rience Storrs  Samuel  Thompson  Jesse  Williams,  James  Bradford,  John 
Douglas,  Elisha  Perkins  William  Dixson  Andrew  Backus  Samuel  Croft 
John  Williams,  Joseph  Baker  Solomon  Wales  John  Sessions  Samuel 
Stewart  John  Cole  Allen  Campbell  Jedidiah  Morse  Charles  C Chandler 
Daniel  Elisha  Child  Daniel  Frost  Asa  Witter  Simon  Learned  & Jere- 
miah Mason  Esqrs  to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace  in  and  for  the  County  of 
Windham  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Daniel  Sherman  Joshua  Porter  Samuel 
Canfield  & Jedidiah  Strong  Esqrs  to  be  Justices  of  the  Peace  and 
Quorum  in  and  for  the  County  of  Litchfield  the  Year  ensuing. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Jacob  Woodruff  Isaac  Baldwin  David 
Welch  Reuben  Smith  Abraham  Bradley  James  Morriss  Tappen  Reeve 
Daniel  Everet  Benjamin  Hinman  Edward  Hinman  Benja  Spees  David 
Hurd  Hezekiah  Thompson  Oliver  Parmely  Abel  Hine  Sherman  Board- 
man  Timothy  Ruggles  Daniel  Everet  of  New  Milford  Nathan  Eliott 
Jethra  Hatch  Jedidiah  Hubbell  Justus  Sacket  Daniel  Griswold  of  Sharon, 
John  Canfield  David  Downs  Abiel  Camp,  Lott  Norton  Charles  Burrall 
Elisha  Baker  Samuel  Forbs  Nathan  Hale  Heman  Swift,  Judah  Kellogg 
Edward  Rogers  John  Pierce  Samuel  Nash,  Ebenezer  Norton  Asaph  Hall 
Elisha  Sill  William  Cogswell  John  Calhoun  Phineas  Royce  Thomas 
Finn  Thomas  Matthews  David  Catlin  Cyprian  Webster  George  Catlin 
Epaphras  Sheldon  Shubael  Griswold  Zebulon  Merrills,  Seth  Smith  Giles 
Pettibone  Hosea  Wilcox  Dudley  Humphry  Nehemiah  Andruss  of 
Hartland  Eleazer  Ensign  Eliphas  Alsord  Elijah  Rockwell  David  Smith 
of  Watertown  & Daniel  Nath  Brinsmade  Esqrs  to  be  Justices  of  the 
Peace  in  and  for  the  County  of  Litchfield  the  Year  ensuing. 

An  Act  for  regulating  the  appointment  of  the  Superior  Court. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same , That  no  Per- 
son shall  hereafter  be  capable  of  holding  the  Office  of  Governor  Lieuten- 
ant Governor  Assistant  or  Member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of 
this  State  or  of  Delegate  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  or  either 
of  them,  and  the  Office  of  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  at  the  same 
Time. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  the 
Judges  of  the  Superior  Court  shall  hereafter  hold  their  Offices  during 
the  Pleasure  of  the  General  Assembly. 

Provided  nevertheless  that  nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be  construed  to 
prevent  any  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  appointed  at  this  Assembly 


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from  holding  for  the  Term  of  one  Year  from  the  first  Day  of  the  Ses- 
sion of  the  present  Assembly,  any  other  Office  which  he  now  holds  or 
to  which  he  now  stands  elected. 

Be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  the  Lieutenant 
Governor  and  Council  of  this  State  for  the  Time  being  shall  be  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Errors  in  this  State,  and  shall  be  the  Dernier  resort 
of  all  Matters  brought  by  way  of  Error  or  Complaint  from  the  Judg- 
ment or  Decree  of  the  Superior  Court  in  Matters  of  Law  or  Equity, 
wherein  the  Rules  of  Law  or  the  Principles  of  Equity  appear  from  the 
files  Records  and  Exhibits  of  said  Court  to  have  been  erroneously  or 
mistakenly  adjudged  and  determined;  And  said  Supreme  Court  are 
hereby  Impowered  authorized  and  enabled  to  take  Cognizance  of  all 
such  Causes  that  shall  be  brought  before  them  as  aforesaid  and  shall 
be  invested  with  all  the  Powers  Authorities  and  Jurisdictions  necessary 
and  requisite  for  carrying  into  complete  Execution  all  their  Judgments 
Decrees  and  determinations  in  the  Matters  aforesaid  according  to  the 
Laws  Customs  and  Usages  of  this  State;  And  their  Determinations 
and  Decrees  shall  be  final  and  conclusive  to  all  Concerned. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  the  said 
Supreme  Court  of  Errors  shall  be  held  annually  at  the  Place  where  the 
General  Assembly  shall  be  held  to  Meet  on  the  Tuesday  of  the  Week 
next  before  the  stated  Sessions  of  said  Assembly.  And  all  Writs 
returnable  to  said  Court  shall  be  served  twelve  Days  before  the  Sessions 
of  said  Court  and  returned  to  the  Clerk  of  said  Court  before  the  Day 
of  said  Sessions.  And  the  Secretary  of  this  State  for  the  Time  being 
shall  (ex  Officio)  be  the  Clerk  of  said  Court.  And  said  Court  shall  have 
Power  to  Adjourn  from  Time  to  Time  and  to  such  Place  as  they  shall 
think  necessary  and  expedient. 

And  it  is  further  Provided  that  the  Lieutenant  Governor  or  in  his 
absence  the  Senior  Councillor  present  shall  preside  seven  of  whom  shall 
Constitute  a Quorum. 

An  Act  establishing  the  Wages  of  the  Judges  of  the  Superior  Court. 

Be  it  Eyiacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same , That  there  shall 
be  paid  to  the  Chief  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  twenty  seven  Shillings 
and  to  each  Assistant  Judge  twenty  four  shillings  Per  Diem  as  a recom- 
pence  for  their  Services  while  attending  the  Duties  of  their  Office ; 

Be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  it  shall  be  the 
Duty  of  the  Judges  of  the  Superior  Court  in  all  Matters  of  Law  by  them 
decided  on  Writ  of  Error,  Demurrer  special  Verdict  or  Motion  in  Arrest 
of  Judgment,  each  one  to  give  his  opinion  seriatim  with  the  Reasons 
thereof,  and  the  same  reduce  to  Writing  and  subscribe,  to  be  kept  on 
file  that  the  Case  may  be  fully  Reported,  and  if  removed  by  Writ  of 
Error  be  carreid  up  with  greater  Advantage  and  thereby  a foundation  be 
laid  for  a more  perfect  and  permanent  System  of  Common  Law  in  this 
State,  And  it  shall  be  the  Duty  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Errors  to 


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Cause  the  Reasons  of  their  Judgments  to  be  Committed  to  Writing  and 
Signed  by  one  of  the  Judges,  and  to  be  lodged  in  the  Office  of  the  Clerk 
of  the  Superior  Court. 

An  Act  in  Addtion  to  an  Act  entituled  an  Act  for  Constituting  Judges  and 
Justices  of  the  Peace  in  this  State  and  for  empowering  and  directing 
them  on  their  respective  Offices. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same , That  the  Judges 
of  the  Superior  Court  for  the  time  being  respectively  may  and  they  are 
hereby  fully  Authorized  and  Impowered  to  exercise  and  execute  the 
Office  of  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  and  throughout  this  State. 

An  Act  for  encouraging  and  promoting  the  Commerce  of  this  State  — 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same , That  the  Cities 
and  Ports  of  New  London  and  New  Haven  shall  be  free  Cities  and  Ports 
for  the  Term  of  seven  Years  from  the  first  Day  of  June  1784;  and  all 
Foreigners  or  Citizens  of  the  United  American  States  removing  to  either 
of  said  Cities,  and  who  obtain  the  Major  Vote  of  the  Inhabitants  or  the 
consent  of  the  Civil  Authority  and  Select  Men  of  the  Towns  of  New 
London  or  of  New  Haven,  shall  have  Right  to  continue  in  said  Towns 
and  shall  be  entituled  to  and  receive  the  same  protection  of  Law  in  their 
Persons  and  Properties,  which  the  Citizens  of  this  State  are  entituled 
to  have  and  receive. 

Be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  all  Persons 
removing  to  and  residing  in  either  of  said  Cities  for  the  Purpose  of 
Commerce  on  obtaining  Certificates  of  the  Select  Men  of  said  Towns  by 
Law  required  for  admission  of  Freemen,  and  upon  their  taking  the  Oath 
of  Allegiance  and  Fidelity  to  this  State  and  the  Oath  by  Law  to  be 
taken  by  Freemen  shall  to  all  Intents  and  purposes  become  free  Citizens 
of  this  State. 

Be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  Foreigners 
and  Cityzens  of  any  of  the  United  States  who  shall  come  into  or  reside 
in  either  of  said  Ports  or  Cities  shall  be  holden  to  pay  no  other  or  greater 
Duties  or  Taxes,  than  the  Cityzens  of  this  State  residing  in  said  Cities 
shall  by  Law  be  holden  to  Pay. 

Be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  any  Mer- 
chants residing  in  said  Cities  or  either  of  them  or  Company  of  Mer- 
chants, not  consisting  of  more  than  three,  who  shall  establish  and  keep 
up  Mercantile  Houses  in  said  Cities  or  either  of  them  of  which  Company 
one  at  least  to  be  a resident  in  said  Cities  or  one  of  them,  and  Foreigners 
and  Subjects  of  any  other  the  United  States,  who  shall  remove  to  and 
reside  in  either  of  said  Cities  for  the  Purposes  of  Commerce  who  shall 
Import  annually  into  said  Ports  or  either  of  them  from  Europe  Asia  or 
Africa,  Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize  the  Growth  Produce  or  Manu- 
facture of  said  Countries  to  the  Amount  of  three  thousand  Pounds  Ster- 


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ling,  or  who  shall  bring  into  said  Cities  two  thousand  Pounds  in  Money 
shall  during  the  Term  they  shall  so  Import  or  bring  to  the  Amount  afore- 
said and  within  the  said  Term  of  seven  Years,  be  exempted  from  Asses- 
ment  for  faculty  for  or  on  account  of  the  Profits  arising  on  such  Impor- 
tation, so  far  as  the  Revenue  of  this  or  the  United  States  are  interested 
therein  the  value  of  such  Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize  to  be  deter- 
mined by  the  Entries  at  the  respective  Naval  Offices  of  said  New  London 
and  New  Haven ; at  which  Office  shall  be  exhibited  at  the  Time  of  Entry 
the  original  Invoices  of  said  Goods  and  such  Invoices  shall  be  proved 
by  an  Examination  under  Oath  of  the  Importer  or  some  other  Person 
who  purchased  the  Same  which  Oath  the  said  Naval  Officer  is  hereby 
Impowered  to  Administer,  And  the  amount  of  the  Money  Imported 
according  to  this  Act  shall  be  determined  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
Listers  of  said  Towns  respectively. 

Be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  all  Ships  and 
other  Vessels  within  this  State  which  shall  be  employed  four  Months 
in  one  Year  in  the  European  Asiatic  or  African  Commerce  shall  for 
those  Years  in  which  they  shall  be  so  employed  be  exempted  out  of  the 
List  and  freed  from  Taxes  in  each  Year  wherein  they  shall  be  so 
employed. 

Provided  nevertheless  that  no  Person  who  having  adhered  to  the 
King  of  Great  Britain  in  the  Course  of  the  late  War  and  under  pretext 
of  such  Adherence  has  been  Guilty  of  lawless  and  unauthorized  Plunder- 
ing or  Murther,  or  who  has  waged  War  against  the  United  American 
States  contrary  to  the  Laws  and  Usages  of  Civilized  Nations  shall  be 
entituled  to  the  Privileges  and  Benefits  of  this  Act. 

And  it  is  further  Provided  that  nothing  in  the  foregoing  Act  shall 
be  construed  to  interfere  with  or  contradict  any  Regulations  Orders  or 
Resolutions  that  have  or  may  be  come  into  by  the  United  States  in  Con- 
gress Assembled  consonant  to  the  Powers  that  already  are  or  hereafter 
may  be  invested  in  them  by  the  respective  States  for  the  purpose  of 
regulating  Commerce. 

Provided  also  that  nothing  herein  shall  be  understood  to  imply  a 
Countenanc  to  or  allowance  of  the  Slave  Trade  so  called  on  the  African 
Coast  or  elsewhere. 

An  Act  to  enable  the  United  States  in  Congress  Assembled  to  Levy  certain 
Duties  and  Imposts  on  certain  Goods  and  Merchandizes  Imported  into 
this  State,  to  be  applied  in  payment  of  the  Debts  of  the  United  States 
contracted  for  supporting  the  late  War  in  compliance  with  a Resolution 
of  Congress  the  eighteenth  of  April  1783.* 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same,  That  the  United 
States  in  Congress  Assembled  be  and  they  are  hereby  fully  Authorized 
and  Impowered  to  Levy  for  the  Use  of  the  United  States  aforesaid  the 
following  Duties  upon  Goods,  imported  into  this  State  from  any  foreign 


See  Jour.  Cont.  Cong.,  XXIV,  257-261. 


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Port  Island  or  Plantation  not  within  any  of  the  United  States  upon 
all  Rum  of  Jamaica  Proof  per  Gallon  four  ninetieths  of  a Dollar,  upon 
all  other  spirituous  Liquors  three  ninetieths  of  a Dollar,  upon  all  other 
spirituous  Liquors  three  ninetieths  of  a Dollar  upon  Madeira  Wine 
twelve  ninetieths  of  a Dollar  upon  all  other  Wine  six  ninetieths  of  a Dol- 
lar, upon  common  Bohea  Tea  per  Pound  six  ninetieths  of  a Dollar  upon 
all  other  Teas  twenty  four  Ninetieths  of  a Dollar,  upon  Pepper  per 
Pound  three  ninetieths  of  a Dollar,  upon  Brown  Sugar  per  Pound  one 
half  ninetieth  of  a Dollar,  upon  Loaf  Sugar  two  ninetieths  of  a Dollar, 
upon  all  other  Sugars  one  ninetieth  of  a Dollar ; upon  Molasses  one  nine- 
tieth of  a Dollar  per  Gallon  upon  Cocoa  and  Coffee  per  Pound  one  nine- 
tieth of  a Dollar  and  upon  all  other  Goods  a Duty  of  five  per  Cent  ad 
valorem  at  the  Time  and  place  of  Importation  for  and  during  the  Term 
of  twenty  five  Years. 

Provided  always  and  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  afore- 
said that  the  whole  of  said  Duties  shall  be  applied  to  the  Discharge  of  the 
Interest  and  principal  of  the  Debts  contracted  on  the  Faith  of  the  United 
States  for  supporting  the  War  agreable  to  the  Resolution  of  the  United 
States  in  Congress  of  the  sixteenth  Day  of  December  last  in  the  fol- 
lowing manner  viz — Whenever  the  Duties  aforesaid  with  other  Funds 
that  may  be  Provided  for  that  purpose  shall  exceed  the  Sum  requisite 
for  payment  of  the  annual  Interest  of  the  National  Debt  contracted  as 
aforesaid,  then  the  Surplus  shall  become  a sinking  fund  and  be  inviolably 
Appropriated  to  the  Payment  of  the  Principal  of  the  said  Debt  and  shall 
on  no  Account  be  diverted  to  any  other  Use. 

Provided  also  that  the  United  States  in  Congress  Assembled  shall 
as  soon  as  the  Public  Debt  can  be  liquidated  furnish  this  State  annually 
with  the  Amount  thereof  and  the  Interest  thereon  ; and  also  the  Proceeds 
and  disposition  of  the  Funds  Provided  for  the  redemption  thereof 
agreeable  to  the  Resolution  of  Congress  of  the  16th  of  Decembr  1782.* 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid , That  all  such 
Rules  and  Ordinances  as  shall  be  made  by  the  United  States  in  Congress 
Assembled  for  Levying  and  Collecting  said  Duties  not  inconsistent  with 
the  Constitution  and  internal  Police  of  this  State  shall  be  duely  observed. 

Provided  nevertheless  that  the  Collectors  of  said  Duties  shall  from 
Time  to  Time  as  there  may  be  Occasion,  be  appointed  by  the  General 
Assembly  or  in  their  Recess  by  the  Governor  and  Council  of  this  State, 
which  Collectors  shall  be  accountable  and  amenable  to  and  removeable 
by  the  United  States  in  Congress  Assembled,  who  are  also  hereby 
Authorized  to  appoint  such  Collectors  in  Case  this  State  do  not  appoint 
them  within  one  Month  after  Notice  received  for  that  purpose' 

This  Act  to  Commence  and  be  in  force  as  soon  as  the  United  States 
in  Congress  shall  make  and  Publish  an  Ordinance  for  Collecting  the 
aforesaid  Duties  in  consequence  of  Similar  Acts  having  been  passed  by 
all  the  other  States  in  the  Union. 


See  Jour.  Cont.  Cong.,  XXIII,  809-810. 


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An  Act  for  levying  and  Collecting  a Duty  on  Certain  Articles  of  Goods 
Wares  and  Merchandize  Imported  into  this  State  by  Land  or  Water. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Co'imcil  & Representatives  in  General 
Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same,  That  from  and 
after  the  twenty  third  Day  of  June  One  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
eighty  four,  there  shall  be  paid  on  the  following  Articles  Imported  or 
brought  into  this  State  by  Land  or  Water  from  any  of  the  United  States 
of  America  the  following  Duties  viz.  On  all  Wines  per  Gallon  one 
shilling  Brandy  per  Gallon  eight  Pence,  Geneva  per  Gallon  eight  Pence 
Rum  per  Gallon  four  Pence,  Snuff  per  Pound  six  Pence,  Bohea  Tea  per 
Pound  four  Pence,  all  other  India  Teas  per  Pound  two  Shillings  Coffee 
per  Pound  two  Pence  Chocolate  per  Pound  two  Pence  Loaf  Sugar  per 
Pound  three  Pence,  Brown  Sugar  per  Pound  one  Penny  all  Malt  Liquors 
not  the  Manufacture  of  the  United  States  per  Gallon  one  shilling  and 
on  Writing  and  printing  Paper  per  Ream  two  shillings  & six  pence 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  from 
and  after  the  twenty  third  Day  of  June  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
eighty  four,  there  shall  be  paid  a Duty  of  five  per  Cent  ad  valorem  at 
the  Time  and  Place  of  Importation  upon  all  other  Goods  Wares  and 
Merchandize  not  before  enumerated  in  this  Act  that  are  not  the  Growth 
Produce  or  Manufacture  of  the  United  States  that  shall  be  brought  or 
Imported  into  this  State  by  Land  or  Water  from  any  of  the  United 
States. 

Provided  nevertheless,  That  if  any  Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize 
by  this  Paragraph  of  this  Act  liable  to  pay  a Duty  of  five  per  Cent  the 
Property  of  any  Citizen  or  Cityzens  of  this  State  solely,  and  by  such 
Citizen  or  Cityzens  Imported  into  any  other  of  the  United  States,  from 
any  foreign  Port  or  Place  with  a Design  and  Intent  to  be  Imported  into 
this  State,  shall  be  Imported  from  such  State  into  this  State,  such 
Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize  shall  be  exempted  from  paying  the 
Duty  imposed  by  this  Paragraph  of  this  Act  Provided  the  Owner  or 
Owners  of  such  Goods  shall  make  it  appear  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
Judge  of  the  County  Court  of  that  County  in  this  State  into  which  they 
shall  be  Imported  that  such  Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize  come  within 
the  Proviso  of  this  Paragraph  of  this  Act  and  shall  procure  a Certificate 
from  such  Judge  that  such  satisfaction  hath  been  made  and  shall  lodge 
the  same  with  the  Naval  Officer  of  the  Port  if  Imported  by  Water,  or 
the  Collector  of  the  Town  if  Imported  by  Land,  into  which  the  said 
Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize  are  Imported  within  forty  eight  Hours 
after  the  same  shall  have  been  thus  Imported,  And  for  the  more  effec- 
tually Collecting  and  securing  the  Duties  Imposed  by  this  Act. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  at  the  Time  of  enter- 
ing every  Ship  or  Vessell  of  the  Burthen  of  thirty  five  Tons  or  more, 
shall  be  exhibited  to  the  Naval  Officer  at  whose  Office  such  Ship  or  Vessell 
is  entered,  the  Original  Invoices  of  all  the  Articles  contained  in  the  Mani- 
fest herein  after  directed  to  be  exhibited,  which  Invoices  shall  then  be  by 
the  Oath  of  the  Master  of  such  Ship  or  Vessell,  or  some  other  Person 
Proved  to  be  the  Original  Invoices  of  such  Articles ; And  twenty  five  per 


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Cent  added  to  the  Prices  at  which  the  Articles  specified  in  such  Invoices 
are  set  shall  be  deemed  and  taken  to  be  the  value  of  such  Articles  at  the 
Time  and  Place  of  Importation,  And  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Person 
proving  such  Invoices  under  Oath  shall  be  as  follows  to  wit — 

“You  swear  by  the  Name  of  the  everliving  God,  that  the  Invoices 
by  You  made  and  exhibited  to  me  are  the  true  Original  Invoices  of  the 
Articles  which  are  therein  specified  and  enumerated ; and  that  the  Prices 
set  to  the  Articles  therein  enumerated  are  the  Prices  at  which  those 
respective  Articles  were  bona  fide  bought.  So  help  You  God.” 

And  the  Master  of  every  Vessell  or  Boat  under  the  Burthen  of 
thirty  five  Tons  or  some  other  Person  shall  at  the  Time  of  exhibiting  the 
Manifest  herein  after  directed  to  be  exhibited  of  the  Cargo  Imported 
in  such  Vessell  or  Boat,  exhibit  the  original  Invoice  of  the  Articles 
contained  in  such  Manifest,  and  prove  the  same  in  the  same  manner  as 
is  before  provided  in  the  last  preceding  Paragraph ; And  every  Person, 
Importing  any  Articles  by  Land  into  any  Town  in  this  State  shall  in 
like  manner  at  the  Time  of  rendering  to  the  proper  Collectors  herein 
after  Provided  an  Account  of  the  Articles  by  him  thus  Imported  exhibit 
and  Prove  by  Oath  the  Original  Invoice  of  such  Articles.  And  the 
respective  Naval  Officers  and  Collectors  are  hereby  Impowered  to 
Administer  said  Oath ; and  if  any  of  the  Cases  aforesaid  the  Original 
Invoices  shall  not  be  exhibited  and  proved  or  in  Case  the  Naval  Officer 
or  Collector  to  whom  exhibited  shall  not  be  satisfied  with  the  Proof  of 
such  Invoice,  such  Naval  Officer  or  Collector  may  at  his  discretion  Nom- 
inate and  appoint  two  discreet  Persons  to  determine  and  ascertain  the 
Value  at  the  Time  and  Place  of  Importation  of  the  various  Articles  con- 
tained in  the  Manifest  or  Account  exhibited ; which  Persons  shall  be  by 
the  Naval  Officer  or  Collector  appointing  them  sworn  well  and  truly  to 
apprize  such  Articles  at  their  true  and  Just  value  at  the  Time  and  place 
of  Importation  and  the  Cost  and  Expence  attending  such  Apprisal  shall 
be  paid  by  the  Master  or  other  Person  exhibiting  the  Manifest  or 
Account  herein  after  directed  to  be  exhibited,  And  the  Apprizers  shall 
each  have  for  such  Service  at  the  Rate  of  ten  shillings  per  Day,  and  in 
any  Case  when  such  Apprizers  shall  not  spend  a whole  Day  in  such 
Service  the  Naval  Officer  or  Collector  by  whom  they  were  appointed, 
shall  determine  what  proportion  of  a Day  they  shall  be  paid  for  and  his 
determination  in  such  Case  shall  be  final. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  the 
Master  of  every  Ship  or  Vessell  of  the  burthen  of  thirty  five  Tons  or 
more,  that  shall  after  the  twenty  third  Day  of  June  next  arrive  at  or 
come  into  any  Port  Harbour  River  or  Creek  in  this  State,  shall  within 
twenty  four  Hours  after  his  thus  arriving  duly  enter  his  Ship  or  Ves- 
sell at  the  Naval  Office  of  that  Port  in  which  he  arrives,  and  shall  under 
Oath  Exhibit  to  such  Naval  Officer  a true  and  perfect  Manifest  in  Writ- 
ing subscribed  by  him  of  every  Article  of  Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize 
Imported  or  brought  into  this  State  on  board  such  Ship  or  Vessell,  as 
well  Of  the  Cargo  and  Lading  of  such  Ship  or  Vessell  as  the  Baggage  of 


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Passengers,  and  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  such  Master  rela- 
tive to  such  Manifest  shall  be  as  follows — 

You  swear  by  the  Name  of  the  everliving  God  that  the  Manifest  by 
You  now  exhibited  contains  a true  and  perfect  Account  of  all  the  Goods 
Wares  and  Merchandize  taken  on  board  Your  Ship  or  Vessell  and 
Imported  by  You  in  her  from  the  Ports  or  Port  from  whence  Your 
Ship  or  Vessell  came  And  that  the  Bulk  of  Your  Vessell  hath  not  been 
broken,  nor  any  Article  whatever  been  unloaded  therefrom  according  to 
Your  best  knoledge  and  belief.  So  help  You  God. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  the  Master 
of  every  Vessell  or  Boat  under  the  Burthen  of  thirty  five  Tons  come- 
ing  into  any  Port  Harbour  River  or  Creek  in  this  State  from  any  Place 
out  of  the  State  shall  within  twenty  four  Hours  after  arriving  in  any 
in  any  [sfc]  such  Port  Harbour  River  or  Creek,  make  and  under  Oath 
exhibit  a true  and  perfect  Manifest  of  every  Article  of  Goods  Wares 
and  Merchandize  Imported  or  brought  into  this  State  on  board  such 
Vessell  or  Boat  as  well  of  the  Cargo  and  Lading  of  such  Vessell  or  Boat 
as  of  the  Baggage  of  Passengers,  to  the  Naval  Officer  or  Collector  resi- 
dent in  the  Town  in  which  such  Vessell  or  Boat  arrives,  the  form  of 
which  Oath  shall  be  the  same  mutatis  mutandis  as  the  Oath  herein 
before  in  the  next  preceding  Paragraph  Provided ; And  the  said  Naval 
Officers  and  Collectors  are  hereby  respectively  Impowered  to  administer 
such  Oath ; and  the  Master  of  every  Ship  or  Vessell  of  the  Burthen  of 
thirty  five  Tons  and  upwards,  and  the  Master  of  every  Ship  Vessell  or 
Boat  or  some  other  Person  in  their  behalf  shall  at  the  Time  of  exhibit- 
ing the  Manifest  by  this  Act  required  pay  to  the  Naval  Officer  or  Col- 
lector to  whom  such  Manifest  is  exhibited  the  Duties  by  this  Act  payable 
on  the  Articles  contained  in  such  Manifest,  or  in  Case  the  whole  Amount 
of  such  Duties  exceeds  the  Sum  of  four  Pounds  lawfull  Money,  give 
Bonds  with  two  sufficient  Sureties  to  such  Naval  Officer  or  Collector  in 
double  the  Sum  of  such  Duties,  that  the  said  Duties  with  the  Interest 
thereof  shall  be  paid  within  one  Month  from  the  Date  of  such  Bond,  and 
every  Ship  Vessell  or  Boat  in  which  any  Article  of  Goods  Wares  and 
Merchandize  shall  be  Imported  into  this  State,  and  of  which  a due  and 
proper  entry  shall  not  be  made  at  the  proper  Naval  Office,  according  to 
the  Requirements  of  this  Act  or  of  the  Cargo  of  which  a true  and  perfect 
Manifest  shall  not  be  exhibited  according  to  the  requirements  and 
Provisions  of  this  Act,  and  the  Duties  due  on  such  Articles  be  paid  or 
secured  to  be  paid  as  is  herein  before  directed,  or  out  of  which  shall  be 
unladen  or  taken  by  any  Person  whatever,  any  Article  of  Goods  Wares 
and  Merchandize  before  the  Measures  and  procedure  directed  by  this 
Act  have  been  perfectly  complied  with,  shall  with  its  Tackle,  Apparel 
Furniture  and  Cargoe  whether  on  Board  or  u[n] laden  be  forfeited  as 
lawfull  Prize,  and  be  Liable  to  be  seized  libelled  and  condemned  by  and 
to  any  Person  whatever,  in  manner  hereinafter  directed,  the  one  moiety 
whereof  after  deducting  the  Cost  of  Prosecution  shall  be  to  the  Use  of 
the  Person  seizing  libelling  and  proscuting  the  same  to  final  Condemna- 
tion, if  a private  Person,  and  the  other  Moiety  to  the  Treasurer  of  this 


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State  to  and  for  the  Use  of  this  State ; but  if  the  Person  seizing  Libelling 
and  prosicuting  be  a Naval  Officer  of  this  State  or  a Collector  appointed 
according  to  this  Act  or  an  informing  Officer,  one  fifth  part  thereof 
shall  after  deducting  the  Cost  of  Prosecution  be  to  the  Use  of  the  Naval 
Officer  Collector  or  Informing  Officer  so  seizing  Libelling  and  prosecut- 
ing and  four  fifths  thereof  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  to  and  for  the 
Use  of  this  State;  And  all  Naval  Officers,  and  said  Collectors  and 
informing  Officers  are  hereby  directed  to  make  diligent  Enquiry  after 
and  prosecute  all  Breaches  of  this  Act. 

And  to  prevent  Doubts  and  Controversies  relative  to  the  Mode  of 
Proceeding  in  Cases  of  Seizures  made  by  Virtue  of  this  Act — Be  it 
further  Enacted  That  every  Person  intending  to  make  a Seizure  by  force 
of  this  Act  shall  make  Complaint  in  Writing  to  some  Assistant  of  this 
State  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  that  County  in  which  the 
Vessell  or  other  property  to  be  Seized  is  in,  such  Complaint  stating  the 
Cause  of  Prosecution,  and  thereupon  such  Assistant  or  Justice  having 
taken  a Recognizance  with  good  and  sufficient  Surety  to  the  Treasurer 
of  this  State  to  a sufficient  Amount  Provided  the  Complaint  is  made  by 
a Private  Person  that  the  Complainant  shall  prosecute  his  Complaint  to 
effect  and  pay  all  such  Costs  and  Damages  which  the  Owner  or  Owners 
of  the  Property  Seized  may  suffer  or  sustain  by  such  Seizure  and  Prose- 
cution, together  with  all  such  Costs  as  shall  be  taxed  in  favour  of  the 
Claimant  or  Claimants  by  the  Court  finally  trying  said  Cause,  may  and 
shall  Issue  a Warrant  under  his  Hand  a directed  to  some  proper  Officer 
him  Commanding  to  Seize  the  Ship  Vessell  or  Boat  complained  against 
together  with  her  Tackle  Apparrel  Furniture  and  Cargo,  whether  on 
Board  or  unladen,  and  the  same  having  seized  to  Cause  to  be  Inven- 
toried by  two  Judicious  Freemen  Nominated  in  such  Warrant,  and  keep 
in  safe  Custody  till  released  by  due  Order  of  Law,  and  the  Officer 
serving  such  Warrant  shall  forthwith  Cause  the  Property  by  him  Seized 
to  be  Inventoried  by  the  Freemen  in  his  Warrant  Named,  and  such 
Property  shall  not  be  removed  from  the  Store  or  Place  where  Seized 
untill  such  Inventory  shall  have  been  made  and  Signed  by  said  Fremen, 
and  a Copy  thereof  left  at  the  Store  or  Place  where  the  Property  is 
Seized,  or  with  the  Owner  thereof,  if  known  by  such  Officer,  and  no 
Naval  Officer  or  Collector  appointed  by  force  of  this  Act  or  Informing 
Officer,  shall  be  Obliged  to  give  Bond  on  any  Warrant  by  them  or  either 
of  them  taken  out  on  any  Complaint  made  in  their  official  Capacity,  and 
no  property  seized  by  force  of  this  Act  shall  be  repleivable,  And  all 
Ships  and  Vessels  of  the  Burthen  of  thirty  five  Tons  or  more  with  their 
Tackle  Apparel  Furniture  and  Cargoes  Seized  by  Virtue  of  this  Act 
shall  within  forty  eight  Hours  after  Seizure  be  libelled  before  the  Judge 
of  the  County  Court  of  that  County  in  which  Seized,  or  if  such  Judge 
is  absent  out  of  the  County  at  the  Time  of  Libelling,  before  the  Senior 
Justice  of  the  Quorum  of  such  County  present  therein  at  the  Time  of 
Libelling ; And  the  County  Court  of  that  County  in  which  such  Seizure 
is  made  shall  have  full  Power  to  hear  try  and  determine  said  Libel 
according  to  the  Provisions  of  this  Act  and  the  Person  before  whom 


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the  Libel  is  filed  shall  thereupon  forthwith  Issue  a Montion  in  Writing 
under  his  Hand  appointing  the  Time  and  Place  of  holding  a County 
Court  for  the  Tryal  of  such  Libel,  which  County  Court  such  Judge  or 
Justice  of  the  Quorum  are  hereby  respectively  Impowered  to  convene 
and  such  Monition  shall  as  soon  as  may  be  thereafter  be  published  for 
two  successive  Weeks  exclusive  of  the  Day  of  Tryal,  in  some  public 
Newspapers  in  or  nearest  the  Town  where  the  Seizure  is  made ; and  the 
Judge  or  Justice  of  the  Quorum  Issuing  such  Monition,  shall  in  no 
Case  appoint  the  Time  of  Tryal  at  the  distance  of  more  than  twenty 
Days  from  the  Date  of  the  Monition,  which  shall  in  all  Cases  bear  Date 
within  forty  eight  Hours  after  the  Seizure  is  made,  and  all  Vessels  and 
Boats  under  the  Burthen  of  twenty  five  Tons  and  their  Tackle  Apparel 
Furniture  or  Cargoes  Seized  by  Virtue  of  this  Act  shall  and  may  be 
Libelled  before  the  Judge  of  the  County  Court,  and  the  Seignior  Justice 
of  the  Quorum  of  that  County  in  which  the  Seizure  is  made  present  in 
said  County  at  the  Time  of  Libelling,  or  in  case  the  Judge  of  said 
County  Court  is  absent  out  of  said  County  at  the  Time  of  Libelling 
the  same  may  be  Libelled  before  the  two  Seignior  Justices  of  the  Quorum 
of  such  County  present  in  such  County  at  the  Time  of  Libelling,  And 
the  said  Judge  and  Justice  of  the  Quorum  or  two  Justices  of  the 
Quorum  shall  as  to  such  Libel  have  the  same  Powers  and  Authorities,  as 
the  County  Court  by  this  Act  have  in  Cases  of  Libels  filed  against  Ves- 
sels and  their  Cargoes  of  thirty  five  Tons  Burthen  or  Upwards.  And  a 
Monition  signed  by  either  of  the  Persons  before  whom  by  this  Clause 
of  this  Act  the  Libel  is  to  be  filed  shall  be  good  and  effectual,  and  the 
same  Rules  shall  be  observed  with  respect  to  the  Date  and  Time  of  Pub- 
lishing such  Monition,  and  appointing  the  Time  of  Tryal  of  such  Libels 
that  are  herein  before  Provided  in  Cases  of  Libels  to  the  County  Court, 
And  the  Senior  Justice  of  the  Quorum  shall  be  the  Clerk  of  such  Court, 
and  shall  be  entituled  to  have  and  receive  the  same  fees  as  the  Clerk  of 
the  County  Court  by  this  Act  is  entituled  to  receive,  And  no  Person 
shall  be  admitted  to  file  his  Claim  on  any  Libel  in  any  of  the  Cases 
aforesaid  untill  he  shall  have  become  bound  to  the  Libellant  before  the 
Court  before  which  the  Libel  is  pending,  with  good  and  sufficient  Surety. 
Jointly  and  severally,  in  a Recognizance  to  such  amount  as  by  such 
Court  shall  be  directed,  to  prosecute  his  Claim  to  effect  and  pay  all  such 
Costs  as  shall  be  occasioned  by  filing  such  Claim  and  be  allowed  and 
taxed  by  such  Court ; And  such  Claimant  may  in  any  of  the  Cases  afore- 
said put  in  such  special  Claims  as  he  may  think  proper  and  the  Libellant 
shall  on  such  Claim  either  specially  reply  Traverse  Join  Issue  or  Demurr 
and  the  Parties  shall  have  the  same  Rights  as  to  Pleading  as  Parties  by 
Law  have  in  Ordinary  comon  Law  Cases.  And  in  all  the  Cases  afore- 
said the  Cause  shall  be  heard  by  the  Court  without  a Jury,  and  an  Appeal 
shall  be  allowed  to  either  Party  to  the  next  Superior  Court  to  be  holden 
in  that  County  where  the  Tryal  is  had ; And  in  Case  the  Libellant  shall 
prevail  against  the  Claimant,  the  Court  before  whom  the  Tryal  is  had 
shall  Tax  the  Costs  Occasioned  by  such  Claim  against  the  Claimant  and 
his  Surety,  and  Grant  Execution  against  them  or  either  of  them  therefor 


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in  Common  form  under  the  Hand  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Court.  And  in  Case 
the  Claimant  shall  prevail  against  the  Libellant,  the  Court  before  whom 
the  Tryal  is  had  shall  Tax  Cost  in  favour  of  the  Claimant  against  the 
Libellant  and  his  surety  and  grant  Execution  against  them  or  either 
of  them  for  such  Cost  in  Common  form  under  the  Hand  of  the  Clerk  of 
the  Court  Provided  the  Libellant  be  a Private  Person,  but  no  Cost  shall 
in  any  Case  be  taxed  in  favour  of  a Claimant  against  a Libellant  who  is 
a Naval  Officer  Collector  or  Informing  Officer  libelling  in  his  Official 
Capacity,  And  the  Judges  and  Justices  of  the  Quorum  aforesaid  shall 
be  allowed  the  same  fees  per  Diem  in  any  of  the  Cases  aforesaid  as 
they  are  allowed  when  sitting  at  a County  Court,  And  the  Clerks  fees 
Sheriffs  fees  Witnesses  Fees  Libellants  fees,  and  Attorneys  fees,  shall 
be  as  Stated  and  set  in  the  following  Table — 

viz — 


Clerks  Fees  £ s d 

For  Citation  for  Appearence 0 2 0 

For  Summons  for  a Witness 0 1 0 

For  filing  Papers  & taxing  Cost 0 3 0 

For  Interlocutory  Decree  Recording  &c 0 2 0 

For  a Definitive  Decree  & Recording 0 6 0 

For  taking  every  Evidence  in  Court 0 1 0 

For  a Copy  of  a Libel 0 3 0 

For  a Copy  of  a Decree 0 6 0 

For  a Retraxit  0 1 0 

For  all  Money  paid  into  Court  on  Condemnation  One 

eighth  per  Cent  Poundage 

For  entering  a Motion  for  Appeal 0 1 0 

For  allowing  or  disallowing  thereof  0 1 4 

For  all  Copies  not  exceeding  one  sheet 0 1 0 

If  above  one  Sheet  for  every  Sheet  each  Sheet  contain- 
ing 400  Words 0 1 0 

For  every  Adjournment  0 1 3 

For  every  Bond  to  prosecute  an  Appeal 0 1 6 

Sheriffs  Fees 

For  serving  all  Writs  Citations  and  Warrants  the  same  fees  as  is  already 
by  Law  allowed  in  other  Cases — 

One  half  per  Cent  upon  the  Sale  of  any  Vessell  Cargo  and  appurtenances 
Condemned,  Provided  the  Amount  thereof  doth  not  exceed  one  Thou- 
sand Pounds,  but  when  the  Value  and  Sale  of  such  Vessell  Cargo  and 
her  Appurtenances  shall  exceed  One  Thousand  Pounds,  then  the  said 
Sheriff  shall  have  one  half  per  Cent  upon  the  first  Thousand  Pounds, 
and  one  eighth  per  Cent  upon  all  Sums  over — 

For  Witnesses  per  Day 0 4 0 

For  their  Travel  per  Mile 0 0 4 

Attorneys  Fees 

For  drawing  a Libel 0 6 0 

For  Pleading  thereto  and  attending  the 

Court  such  fees  as  the  Court  shall  Judge  reasonable. 


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And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  the  Mas- 
ter of  every  Ship  or  Vessell  of  the  Burthen  of  thirty  five  Tons  or  more 
who  shall  not  duly  enter  his  Ship  or  Vessell  at  the  Proper  Naval  Office 
and  also  make  a Manifest,  and  pay  or  Cause  to  be  paid  or  secure  or 
cause  to  be  Secured  the  Duties  payable  by  this  Act,  according  to  the 
Provisions  aforesaid,  or  out  of  whose  Ship  or  Vessell  any  Article  what- 
ever shall  be  Landed  or  the  Bulk  of  whose  Ship  or  Vessell  shall  be 
broken  before  the  Provisions  of  this  Act  relative  to  entering,  making  a 
Manifest,  paying  or  securing  to  be  paid,  the  Duties  payable  by  this  Act 
shall  have  been  compleatly  complied  with  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  Sum 
of  five  hundred  Pounds, — And  in  Cases  of  Vessels  or  Boats  under  the 
Burthen  of  thirty  five  Tons,  the  Master  shall  in  the  Cases  specified  in 
the  next  preceding  Paragraph  forfeit  the  Sum  of  One  Hundred  Pounds. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  there  shall 
be  appointed  by  the  respective  County  Courts  of  the  several  Counties 
within  whose  Limits  the  several  Towns  in  which  the  Collectors  by  this 
Act  directed  to  be  appointed  are  Situate,  to  continue  in  Office  during  the 
Pleasure  of  the  General  Assembly,  a Collector  in  each  of  the  Towns  of 
Greenwich  Stamford  Fairfield,  Stratford  Milford,  Derby  Branford 
Guilford,  Killingworth  Saybrook  Lyme,  Groten  Stonington,  Preston 
Voluntown  Killingley  Pomfret  Woodstock  Union  Stafford  Somers 
Enfield  Suffield  Symsbury  Hartland  Colebrook  Norfolk  Canaan  Salis- 
bury Sharon  Kent  New  Milford  New  Fairfield,  Danbury  Ridgfield 
Haddam  East  Haddam  Chatham  Weathersfield  Glastonbury  Hartford 
East  Hartford,  Windsor  East  Windsor  and  Windham,  which  Collectors 
shall  each  give  Bonds  with  two  sufficient  Sureties  to  the  Treasurer  of 
this  State  in  the  Sum  of  five  Hundred  Pounds,  That  such  Collector 
shall  well  and  faithfully  to  the  best  of  his  Abilities  Collect  all  such 
Duties  as  by  this  Act  are  to  be  by  him  Collected  and  that  he  will  once 
in  three  Months  faithfully  transmitt  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State 
for  the  Time  being  a true  and  Just  Account  under  Oath  of  all  such 
Duties  as  shall  be  by  him  Collected,  and  also  a true  and  Just  Account 
of  such  Duties  as  have  been  secured  to  be  paid  to  him  according  to  the 
Provision  of  this  Act,  and  that  he  will  once  in  three  Months  pay  over  to 
the  said  Treasurer  all  such  Monies  or  Certificates  for  Interest  as  he 
shall  receive  for  Duties  Imposed  by  this  Act,  and  each  Collector  shall 
before  some  Assistant  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  previous  to  his  entering 
upon  the  Execution  of  his  Office  take  the  following  Oath — 

You  swear  by  the  Name  of  the  everliving  God  that  You  will  well 
and  faithfully  execute  the  Office  of  Collector  of  Import  so  long  as  You 
shall  Continue  in  said  Office  according  to  the  Condition  of  the  Bond  You 
have  given  as  Collector  as  aforesaid,  So  help  You  God. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  every 
Person  Importing  by  Land  from  any  Place  out  of  this  State  into  either 
of  said  Towns  either  for  the  Purposes  of  Traffic  or  his  own  Consump- 
tion any  Articles  whatever,  by  this  Act  liable  to  a Duty,  shall  within 
twenty  four  Hours  after  such  Articles  or  Articles  [,«V]  shall  have  been 


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thus  Imported  render  under  Oath  a true  and  Just  Account  in  Writing 
of  the  Quantity  and  kind  of  each  Article  thus  Imported,  which  Oath 
such  Collector  is  hereby  Impowered  to  administer  And  such  Person 
shall  thereupon  at  the  Time  of  rendering  such  Account  pay  in  Hand 
to  such  Collector  the  Duty  payable  on  such  Articles  or  if  the  Amount 
of  the  Duties  exceed  the  Sum  of  four  Pounds  become  bound  to  such  Col- 
lector in  a Bond  with  two  sufficient  Sureties,  in  the  same  manner  in  all 
respects  as  is  herein  before  prescribed  with  respect  to  Duties  payable 
to  a Naval  Officer,  and  it  shall  be  the  Duty  of  the  Naval  Officer  or 
Collector  to  whom  a Manifest  or  Account  shall  be,  according  to  the 
Requirement  of  this  Act  exhibited,  And  the  Duties  Payable  on  the  Goods 
Wares  and  Merchandize  enumerated  in  such  Manifest  or  Account  paid 
to  give  a Certificate  thereof,  if  required  by  the  Person  exhibiting  such 
Manifest  or  Account  and  paying  such  Duties ; and  if  at  the  Time  of 
seizing  any  Ship  Vessel  Boat  Goods  Wares  or  Merchandize,  there  shall 
not  be  exhibited  such  Certificate  to  the  Officer  making  such  Seizure  by 
the  Person  from  whom  taken,  or  some  other  Person  in  his  behalf,  no 
Cost  or  Damage  shall  be  allowed  the  Prosecutor  of  such  Ship  Vessell 
Boat  Goods  Wares  or  Merchandize,  although  such  Prosecutor  may  pre- 
vail against  the  Libellant  on  a Claim  and  Tryal  any  Thing  in  this  Act 
to  the  Contrary  notwithstanding.  And  if  any  Person  whatsoever  shall 
Import  by  Land  into  this  State  any  Article  whatsoever  lyable  by  this 
Act  to  the  payment  of  a Duty  and  shall  not  render  an  Account  thereof 
to  the  Collector  and  also  pay  or  secure  to  be  paid  as  the  Case  shall 
require  the  Duties  payable  by  this  Act  according  to  the  Provisions  of  this 
Act  every  such  Article  so  Imported  together  with  the  Horse  or  Horses 
Oxen  Cart  Waggon  or  Carriage  used  and  employed  in  Importing  the 
same  or  transporting  the  same  from  one  place  to  another  after  having 
been  so  Imported  shall  be  forfeited  in  the  same  manner,  and  may  be 
seized  Libelled  and  proceeded  against  in  the  same  manner  and  disposed 
of  to  the  same  Persons  and  purposes  as  is  herein  before  Provided  with 
respect  to  Vessels  or  Boats  under  the  Burthen  of  thirty  five  Tons  and 
their  Cargoes  that  are  forfeited  by  this  Act,  And  every  Person  who 
shall  Import  by  Land  into  this  State  or  be  aiding  or  assisting  therein 
any  Articles  whatever  liable  by  this  Act  to  the  Payment  of  a Duty 
without  rendering  a true  and  Just  account  thereof  according  to  the 
Provisions  of  this  Act  to  the  Proper  Collector  and  paying  or  securing 
to  be  paid  the  Duties  Payable  on  such  Articles  according  to  the  Require- 
ments of  this  Act  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  each  Offence  double  the 
value  of  such  Articles,  and  all  the  foregoing  Pecuniary  Penalties  shall 
be  recoverable  by  Action  of  Debt  brought  before  any  County  Court 
proper  to  try  the  same,  and  shall  be  in  Case  of  being  sued  for  by  any 
Private  Person  one  half  to  him  who  sues  for  and  recover  the  Same  and 
the  other  half  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  to  and  for  the  Use  of  the 
State.,  And  in  Case  of  being  Sued  for  by  a Naval  Officer  or  Collector 
appointed  by  this  Act  or  any  Informing  Officer,  such  Penalty  shall  one 
fifth  part  thereof  be  to  the  Naval  Officer  Collector  or  Informing  Officer 


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suing  therefor,  and  the  other  four  fifths  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  State 
to  and  for  the  Use  of  this  State, 

Provided  nevertheless , That  when  any  of  said  Penalties  shall  be  sued 
for  by  a Naval  Officer  Collector  or  Informing  Officer,  the  Defend1  in 
such  Action  shall  not  recover  any  Cost  against  such  Plantiff  notwith- 
standing the  Cause  may  have  been  Decided  in  favour  of  the  Defend11, 
nor  shall  the  Defendt  in  such  Case  be  liable  to  pay  Cost  to  such  naval 
Officer.  And  it  is  hereby  declared  to  be  the  Duty  of  said  Naval  Officer 
Collector  and  all  Informing  Officers  to  Prosecute  every  Breach  of  this 
Act,  where  a Pecuniary  Penalty  is  thereby  Incurred. 

And  he  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  every 
Naval  Officer  and  Collector,  as  soon  as  any  Bond  taken  by  him  for  the 
payment  of  Duties  shall  become  due,  shall  as  soon  as  may  be  put  the 
same  in  Suit  against  all  the  Obliger,  and  no  Appeal  or  revue  shall  be 
allowed  in  any  such  Suit,  and  those  Bonds  that  are  not  Cognizable  by 
a Single  Minister  of  Justice  may  be  put  in  Suit  before  any  Court  proper 
to  try  the  same,  who  are  hereby  Authorized  to  hear  try  and  determine 
the  same  without  a Jury  Tax  Costs  and  grant  Execution  in  Common 
Form. 

And  he  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  the 
Monies  arising  from  the  Duties  Imposed  by  this  Act,  shall  be  appro- 
priated to  pay  the  Interest  of  the  Monies  Loaned  to  this  State,  and  the 
respective  Naval  Officers  and  Collectors  may  receive  Certificates  of 
Interest  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  such  Duties. 

Provided  nevertheless  that  no  Certificate  for  Interest  bearing  Date 
before  the  first  Day  of  last  February  shall  be  receivable  by  such  Naval 
Officers  or  Collectors. 

Provided  nevertheless,  That  nothing  in  this  Act  contained  shall  be 
Construed  to  oblige  the  Master  of  any  Sloop  or  Vessell  of  thirty  five 
Tons  Burthen  or  more  bound  to  any  other  Port  in  this  State  or  to  some 
Port  in  any  other  State  that  may  happen  to  come  into  some  Port  Har- 
bour or  Creek,  other  than  that  to  which  such  Ship  Vessell  or  Boat  is 
destined,  to  enter  such  Ship  or  Vessell  at  the  Naval  Office  of  that  Port 
in  which  such  Ship  or  Vessell  may  happen  to  come,  Provided  the  Master 
of  such  Ship  or  Vessell  do  not  Continue  in  such  Port  Harbour  River 
or  Creek,  more  than  seventy  two  Hours,  or  in  Case  of  being  obliged 
through  stress  of  Weather  to  continue  longer  do  make  Report  of  his 
Ship  Vessell  and  Cargo  to  the  proper  Naval  Officer  as  soon  as  may  be 
after  said  seventy  two  Hours. 

And  Provided  nevertheless,  That  no  Master  of  any  Vessell  or  Boat 
under  the  Burthen  of  thirty  five  Tons  that  may  happen  to  come  into 
some  Port  Harbour  River  or  Creek  in  this  State,  but  bound  to  some 
other  Place  in  this  State  or  to  some  other  Place  in  another  State,  shall 
by  force  of  this  Act  be  compellable  to  make  a Manifest  of  his  Cargo  to 
the  Collector  of  that  Town  in  which  such  Vessell  or  Boat  may  happen  so 
to  come  Provided  such  Vessell  or  Boat  do  not  continue  in  such  Port  or 
Harbour  more  than  seventy  two  Hours,  or  in  Case  of  being  obliged  by 


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Stress  of  Weather  do  continue  longer,  the  Master  thereof  do  make 
Report  to  such  Collector  of  her  Cargo  as  soon  as  may  be  after  seventy 
two  Hours. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  the  Col- 
lector to  whom  the  Master  of  any  Vessell  or  Boat  under  the  Burthen  of 
thirty  five  Tons,  shall  make  and  exhibit  a Manifest  agreeable  to  this 
Act,  shall  be  entituled  to  receive  from  such  Master  six  shillings  for 
receiving  such  Manifest  and  administering  the  Oath  required  thereto 
and  shall  also  be  entituled  to  receive  for  every  Bond  by  him  taken  for 
Duties  the  Sum  of  two  shillings  and  the  respective  Naval  Officers  shall 
be  entituled  to  the  same  fees  for  like  Services,  And  the  Naval  Officer 
to  whom  the  Master  of  any  Ship  or  Vessell  of  thirty  five  Tons  Burthen 
or  more,  shall  make  and  exhibit  a Manifest  according  to  this  Act  shall 
be  entituled  to  receive  from  such  Master  nine  shillings  for  receiving 
such  Manifest  and  administering  the  Oath  required  thereto,  and  two 
shillings  for  each  Bond  by  him  taken  for  the  Payment  of  Duties. 

And  Whereas  it  often  Happens  that  Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize 
the  property  of  Citizens  of  the  Neighbouring  States,  are  Shipped  on. 
Board  of  Ships  Vessells  and  Boats  the  Property  of  sd  Citizens  of  this 
State,  and  Imported  into  this  State  in  order  to  be  from  this  State 
transported  to  some  other  States. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  in  all  the  Cases  afore- 
said such  Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize  shall  be  exempted  from  the 
Payment  of  the  Duties  by  this  Act  imposed.  Provided  the  Person  owner 
of  such  Goods,  or  some  other  Person  in  his  or  their  behalf  do  within 
twenty  four  Hours  after  the  Ship  Vessell  or  Boat  in  which  the  same 
were  Imported  into  this  State  at  the  Port  of  delivery  in  this  State, 
become  bound  to  the  naval  Officer  of  the  Port  of  a Ship  or  Vessell  of 
thirty  five  Tons  or  more  or  to  the  Naval  Officer  or  Collector  of  the 
Town  if  under  the  Burthen  of  thirty  five  Tons  in  a Sum  equal  to  the 
value  of  the  Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize  thus  intended  to  be  trans- 
ported out  of  this  State,  that  such  Goods  shall  not  be  sold  in  this  State, 
but  transported  out  therefrom  within  one  Week,  And  the  Naval  Officer 
or  Collector  taking  such  Bond  shall  receive  from  the  Person  giving  the 
same  three  shillings  lawfull  Money. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  That  when  any  Naval  Officer  Collector 
or  informing  Officer  shall  by  Virtue  of  this  Act  Seize  and  Libel  any 
Vessell  Boat  Goods  Wares  or  Merchandize  or  shall  Commence  any 
Suit  for  the  recovery  of  any  of  the  Pecuniary  Penalties  of  this  Act, 
and  shall  fail  of  supporting  such  Libel  or  such  Action,  the  Cost  of  such 
Naval  Officer  Collector  or  Informing  Officer  shall  be  defrayed  out  of  the 
Public  Treasury  of  this  State,  and  the  Court  before  which  the  Tryal  is 
had,  in  either  of  the  Cases  aforesaid  shall  tax  such  Cost  and  draw  an 
Order  therefor  on  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  accordingly. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  if  any 
Person  exhibiting  a Manifest  Invoice  or  Account,  according  to  the 
Requirements  of  this  Act  and  making  Oath  to  such  Manifest  Account  or 


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Invoice,  shall  be  convicted  of  falsifying  the  Truth  in  any  Particular, 
which  such  Oath  respects;  the  person  so  falsifying  the  Truth  shall  be 
adjudged  Guilty  of  wilfull  Perjury,  and  shall  suffer  the  Pains  and 
Penalties  to  be  inflicted,  according  to  the  Provisions  of  a certain  Statute 
of  the  State,  Entituled  An  Act  for  the  Punishment  of  Perjury,  and  any 
Person  convicted  of  willfull  and  corrupt  Perjury  against  the  form  of 
said  Statute.  And  the  Naval  Officers  Collecting  Duties  by  force  of  this 
Act,  shall  be  Entituled  to  receive  out  of  the  Duties  by  them  Collected 
at  the  Rate  of  two  and  a half  per  Cent  for  their  Labour  Trouble  and 
expence  in  and  about  the  Execution  of  the  Duties  of  their  said  Office, 
And  the  Collectors  appointed  in  pursuance  of  this  Act  shall  be  entituled 
to  receive  out  of  the  Duties  by  them  Collected,  at  the  Rate  of  five  per 
Cent  for  their  Labour  Trouble  and  expence  in  and  about  the  Execution 
of  the  Duties  of  their  Office. 

An  Act  in  addition  to  an  Act  entitled  an  Act  for  laying  an  Excise  on 
sundry  Articles  of  Consumption  within  this  State. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same — That  the  Act 
aforesaid  shall  extend  and  the  same  is  hereby  extended  in  every  Article 
and  Provision  thereof  to  every  Intent  and  Purpose  to  all  Goods  Wares 
and  Merchandize  not  enumerated  in  said  Act  except  the  Growth  and 
Manufacture  of  this  or  the  United  States  that  shall  from  and  after  the 
first  Day  of  July  next,  be  sold  by  retail  within  this  State  and  that  the 
Excise  to  be  paid  on  all  Articles  to  which  said  Act  did  extend  laying  an 
Excise  of  five  per  Cent,  and  to  which  it  is  hereby  extended,  shall  be 
two  and  half  per  Cent  on  the  Value  thereof  in  Lawfull  Money  at  the 
Time  of  purchasing  or  procuring  the  same  by  the  Person  or  Persons, 
who  shall  Retail  or  consume  the  same,  any  Law  Usage  or  Custom  to 
the  contrary  notwithstanding — 

And  Whereas  Doubts  have  arisen  in  some  Cases  as  to  what  shall  be 
considered  Selling  by  Retail  within  the  Meaning  of  said  Act  Be  it  fur- 
ther Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  all  Sales  that  shall  here- 
after be  made  in  this  State  of  Imported  Wine  or  distilled  Spirits  by  less 
Quantity  than  forty  Gallons  Bohea  Tea  by  less  Quantity  than  seventy 
five  Pounds,  other  Teas  by  less  Quantity  than  fifty  Pounds,  Coffee  by 
less  quantity  than  one  hundred  Pounds  neat  Weight,  Imported  Choc- 
olate by  less  Quantity  than  fifty  Pounds,  Imported  Loaf  Sugar  by  less 
Quantity  than  One  Hundred  Pounds  neat  Weight:  other  Imported 
Sugars  by  less  Quantity  than  two  hundred  Gross  Weights,  and  all 
Imported  Salt  by  less  Quantity  than  thirty  Bushels  at  one  Time  shall  be 
Considered  a Selling  by  Retail  within  the  meaning  of  said  Act ; And 
that  all  Sales  that  shall  hereafter  be  made  of  any  other  Goods  or  Articles 
enumerated  in  said  Act,  or  to  which  the  same  is  by  this  Act  extended  as 
aforesaid  to  any  Person  or  Persons  whatever,  except  by  wholesale  to 
some  Retailers  in  this  State  duely  Licensed  as  in  said  former  Act  is 
provided,  and  whose  Licence  shall  be  in  force  and  produced  to  the 


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Venders  at  the  Time  of  such  Sale,  shall  be  considered  a Selling  by 
Retail  within  the  meaning  of  this  Act  and  be  subject  to  the  Payment  of 
the  Excise  accordingly. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  the  Excise 
for  the  future  on  all  Imported  Wines  shall  be  nine  pence  per  Gallon,  on 
all  Imported  Brandy  six  pence  per  Gallon,  on  all  Imported  Geneva  six 
pence  per  D°;  on  all  Bohea  Tea  four  pence  per  Pound,  on  all  other 
India  Tea  one  shilling  and  six  pence  per  D°;  on  Imported  Chocolate  two 
pence  per  Pound,  on  all  Imported  Malt  Liquors  six  pence  per  Gallon, 
on  all  foreign  Salt  three  pence  per  Bushell  on  all  Brown  Sugar  half 
penny  per  Pound;  any  Law  Usage  or  Custom  to  the  Contrary 
notwithstanding. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  the  Col- 
lectors of  Excise  shall  upon  their  rendering  their  Account  to  the  Treas- 
urer of  the  State  agreeable  to  the  Provision  of  said  Act,  take  a Cer- 
tificate from  the  Treasurer  of  their  having  so  done  and  lodge  the  same 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  County  Courts  in  the  County  to  which  they  respec- 
tively belong  within  One  Month  from  the  Time  of  taking  the  Same  on 
Pain  of  forfeiting  the  Penalty  of  their  sd  Bonds,  And  it  shall  be  the 
Duty  of  the  States  Attorneys  in  these  respective  Counties  to  enquire 
after  such  Certificates  and  to  prosecute  all  delinquent  Collectors  for 
Breach  of  this  Act. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  for  the 
future  the  several  Collectors  of  Excise  in  this  State,  shall  be  entituled 
to  receive  only  five  per  Cent  on  the  Moneys  Collected  instead  of  seven 
and  a half  per  Cent  which  they  have  been  heretofore  allowed  by  said 
Act. 

An  Act  laying  a Duty  in  certain  Cases. 

Whereas  a considerable  Part  of  the  Expence  arising  annually  to  this 
State  for  the  Support  of  Civil  Government,  is  incurred  in  the  executive 
and  Judicial  Departments,  as  an  Expedient  and  further  mean  for  Pro- 
viding for  the  same. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same,  that  there  be 
laid  and  raised  for  the  Purpose  aforesaid  the  following  Duties  on  Sums 
viz  On  all  Writs  returnable  for  Tryal  before  a Single  Minister  of  the 
Law  One  shilling  to  be  paid  at  the  Time  of  Issuing  the  same,  and  to 
the  Authority  that  shall  sign  them,  on  all  Writs  returnable  for  Tryal 
before  any  Court  of  Common  Plea  or  City  Court  two  shillings  payable 
as  aforesaid  On  all  Writs  returnable  for  Tryal  before  the  Superior 
Court  six  shillings  payable  as  aforesaid,  On  all  Writs  returnable  for 
Tryal  before  the  Supreme  Court  of  Errors  twelve  shillings  payable  as 
aforesaid ; On  all  Appeals  from  the  Judgment  of  a Single  Minister  of 
the  Law  three  shillings  payable  to  such  Minister  at  the  Time  of  Grant- 
ing the  same,  on  all  Appeals  from  a Judgment  of  the  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas  or  a City  Court  six  shillings,  and  on  all  Continuances  in  the 


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May, 


Courts  of  Common  Pleas  and  City  Courts  nine  Pence,  and  in  the  Supe- 
rior Courts  one  shilling  & six  pence  Payable  to  the  Clerks  of  such  Courts 
respectively  at  the  Time  of  granting  the  Same,  and  on  every  Register  of 
a Vessell  taken  out  in  this  State  six  shillings  payable  in  the  Naval  Office 
from  whence  the  same  shall  Issue  at  the  Time  of  taking  out  the  Same. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  it  shall  be 
and  it  is  hereby  made  the  Duty  of  each  and  every  of  the  Officers  afore- 
said who  are  made  Receivers  of  said  Duties  annually  in  the  Month  of 
May  by  the  twentieth  Day  of  said  Month,  to  render  an  Account  to  the 
Treasurer  of  this  State  of  all  Moneys  by  them  received  in  as  aforesaid, 
specifying  the  Number  of  Writs  and  the  number  of  Appeals  on  which 
the  same  has  been  received,  and  the  same  after  deducting  six  pence  on 
the  Pound  which  shall  be  allowed  them  for  their  Trouble  and  Expence 
punctually  pay  over  to  said  Treasurer,  And  that  the  Treasurer  before 
the  expiration  of  said  Month  of  May  annually  shall  make  a return  to  the 
General  Assembly  of  all  said  Accounts  returned  to  him,  and  of  the 
Names  of  such  Officers  who  are  made  Receivers  as  aforesaid  as  shall 
have  neglected  to  return  their  Accounts  to  him  as  aforesaid. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  no  Writ 
served  after  the  first  Day  of  July  next  or  Appeal  from  the  Judgment 
of  a single  Minister  of  the  Law  taken  after  that  Time,  or  other  Appeal 
taken  after  the  rising  of  this  Assembly  on  which  a Duty  is  laid  as  afore- 
said, shall  be  valid  or  Authentic  in  Law,  unless  the  Authority  signing 
such  Writ  or  Certifying  the  Copies  of  such  Appeal,  shall  Certify  thereon 
in  Writing  that  said  Duty  thereon  is  paid. 

Always  Provided  that  no  Duty  to  be  paid  on  any  Writ  as  aforesaid 
shall  be  taxed  in  a Bill  of  Cost  against  a Defend1  in  any  Suit  in  Case  he 
shall  not  appear  but  suffer  a Judgment  upon  Default  on  the  first  calling 
of  the  same. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  all  Sums 
that  shall  or  may  be  raised  and  Collected  as  aforesaid  shall  be  and  they 
are  hereby  Pledged  and  appropriated  for  the  Sole  Use  of  supporting  the 
Civil  Government  of  this  State. 

An  Act  in  addition  to,  and  alteration  of  an  Act  intitled  an  Act  for  the 
direction  of  Listers  in  their  Office  and  Duty* — 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same,  That  every  Ox 
or  Steer  of  four  Years  old  and  upward  shall  be  set  in  the  List  at  three 
Pounds ; every  Steer  of  three  Years  old  and  every  Cow  or  Heifer  of 
three  Years  old  and  upward  at  two  Pounds  every  Heifer  or  Steer  of 
two  Years  old  at  one  Pound,  all  Bulls  more  than  one  owned  by  One 
Person  shall  be  set  in  the  List  at  this  Rate  of  Steers  or  Oxen  of  the 
same  Age  That  all  Neat  Cattle  under  two  Years  old  shall  be  exempted 
out  of  the  List.  That  the  Listers  in  the  several  Towns  in  this  State 
shall  some  Time  in  the  Month  of  Septembr  next  consider  the  Circum- 


Passed  in  May,  1779.  Conn.  State  Rees.,  II,  256-263. 


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stances  and  Quality  of  each  Dwelling  House  in  said  Town  respectively, 
and  the  Land  adjoining  thereto  not  exceeding  one  Quarter  of  an  Acre 
and  shall  set  in  the  List  of  the  Owner  or  Owners  of  such  House  or 
Houses  and  Lands,  the  One  half  of  the  Sum  or  Sums  said  Listers  shall 
Judge  said  House  or  Houses  and  Lands  would  Rent  for  annually,  And 
that  all  Stores  and  Shops  Leased  or  rented  out  for  Storage  or  Mer- 
chandize or  Grounds  rented  for  Buildings  erected  by  others  thereon 
the  Owner  or  Owners  thereof  shall  be  set  in  the  List  one  half  the  annual 
actual  Rent  thereof  or  the  Value  thereof  to  be  estimated  by  the  Listers  as 
aforesaid.  And  if  any  Person  or  Persons  shall  be  aggrieved  by  the 
determination  of  such  Listers,  he  or  they  shall  have  Liberty  to  Appeal  to 
the  Authority  and  select  Men  in  the  same  manner  as  is  Provided  by 
Law  in  other  Cases  of  this  Nature  any  Law  Usage  or  Custom  to  the 
contrary  notwithstanding.  This  Act  so  far  as  it  respects  the  selling  of 
Dwelling  Houses  in  the  List  to  be  and  remain  in  force  untill  the  rising  of 
this  Assembly  in  May  next  and  no  longer. 

An  Act  in  addition  to  a Law  of  this  State  Entituled  an  Act  for  constituting 
and  regulating  Courts  and  appointing  the  Times  and  Places  for  holding 
the  same  — 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same.  That  for  the 
future  the  Times  and  Places  of  holding  the  Superior  and  County  Courts 
in  the  County  of  Fairfield,  shall  be  as  follows  viz  for  the  Superior  Court 
at  Fairfield  on  the  last  Tuesday  save  two  of  August  annually,  and  at 
Danbury  on  the  last  Tuesday  save  two  of  February  annually,  And  for 
the  County  Court  at  said  Fairfield  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  April  annu- 
ally, and  at  said  Danbury  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  Novembr  annually, 
And  that  any  adjourned  or  special  Court  may  be  holden  at  such  Time 
and  Place  within  either  of  said  Towns  in  said  County  as  the  respective 
Courts  shall  Order  and  determine. 

Provided  nevertheless  That  this  Act  nor  any  Thing  herein  contained 
shall  have  any  Effect  untill  a proper  and  suitable  Court  House  and  Goal 
shall  be  erected  and  Provided  within  said  Town  of  Danbury,  without  any 
expence  to  said  County  of  Fairfield. 

An  Act  in  addition  to  a Law  entituled  an  Act  for  stating  limiting  and 
naming  the  Counties  in  this  State. 

Whereas  in  the  late  Revision  of  the  Laws  of  this  State  the  Town  of 
Windsor  was  omitted  to  be  entered  in  the  List  of  Towns  for  the  County 
of  Hartford,  when  it  ought  to  be  inserted  in  said  List  next  after  the 
Town  of  Hartford* — 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same  That  the  Town 
of  Windsor  be  included  in  and  be  part  of  the  County  of  Hartford. 


Acts  and  Laws  of  Connecticut  (1784),  p.  26. 


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May, 


An  Act  in  addition  and  alteration  of  an  Act  entituled  an  Act  for  constitut- 
ing and  regulating  Courts  and  appointing  the  Times  and  Places  of  holding 
the  same. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same , That  all  Suits 
for  Relief  in  Equity  against  any  Judgment  given  or  cause  depending  at 
Law  in  the  Superior  Court  shall  be  brought  to  the  Superior  Court,  and 
not  to  any  of  the  County  Courts  any  Law  Usage  or  Custom  to  the  con- 
trary notwithstanding. 

An  Act  to  encourage  the  destroying  of  Wolves. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same,  That  if  any 
Inhabitant  of  this  State,  shall  kill  any  full  grown  Wolf  or  Wolfs  Whelps 
within  the  Limits  of  any  Town  in  this  State,  he  shall  be  entituled  to  a 
Premium  of  three  Pounds  for  every  such  full  grown  Wolve  and  thirty 
shillings  for  every  Wolves  Whelp  he  shall  kill  as  aforesaid  to  be  paid 
out  of  the  public  Treasury  of  this  State  upon  producing  a Certificate 
thereof  from  any  one  Assistant  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  which  Certificate 
shall  not  be  given  untill  it  shall  be  proved  before  such  Assistant  or  Jus- 
tice either  by  the  Oath  of  the  Person  requesting  a Certificate  or  other 
sufficient  Evidence  that  each  Wolve  or  Whelp  has  been  killed  in  manner 
aforesaid,  and  that  no  other  Certificate  has  been  given  thereof,  nor  untill 
such  Assistant  or  Justice  shall  have  caused  the  Ears  to  be  cut  off  from 
the  Head  of  every  such  Wolve  or  Wolves  Whelp. 


An  Act  in  alteration  of  the  Act  entituled  an  Act  to  promote  the  making 
of  Raw  Silk  within  this  State.* 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same , That  the  Act 
entituled  an  Act  to  promote  the  making  of  Raw  Silk  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  repealed  and  made  void. 

Provided  nevertheless  that  whatever  may  have  been  done  since  the 
passing  said  Act  hereby  Repealed  in  pursuance  thereof  shall  not  be 
affected  by  this  Act. 

Be  it  further  Enacted  That  whoever  shall  make  any  Raw  Silk  from 
Worms  and  Mulberry  Trees  of  his  own  raising  within  this  State  by 
properly  winding  the  same  from  Balls  or  Cocoons  after  the  first  Day 
of  July  next  and  for  ten  Years  next  thereafter,  shall  as  a Bounty  from 
the  Treasury  of  this  State  have  and  receive  two  pence  lawfull  Money 
for  each  ounce  of  such  Silk  well  dryed,  which  such  Person  or  Persons 
shall  make  as  aforesaid,  which  Bounty  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  Duties 
arising  on  the  Importation  of  foreign  Articles  into  this  State, 

Be  it  further  Enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  Duty  of  any  two  Justices 
of  the  Peace  upon  the  application  of  anv  Person  or  Persons  Claiming 


See  above,  p.  256. 


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any  Bounty  by  Virtue  of  this  Act  carefully  to  examine  such  Claim  and 
upon  Proof  that  the  same  is  well  founded  shall  give  a Certificate  to  such 
Person  or  Persons  Claiming  as  aforesaid  living  within  their  County, 
specifying  on  what  Account  such  Bounty  becomes  due  and  upon  such 
Certificate  being  delivered  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  he  shall  pay 
the  same.  And  the  Treasurer  shall  keep  an  Account  of  all  the  Monies 
paid  by  Virtue  of  this  Act. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  That  if  any  Person  or  Persons  shall  wil- 
fully and  knowingly  procure  more  than  one  Certificate  as  aforesaid  for 
any  one  Bounty  to  which  he  might  be  entituled  by  Virtue  of  this  Act 
with  a view  to  defraud  this  State  he  shall  upon  legal  Conviction  thereof 
suffer  the  same  Pains  and  Penalties  as  if  he  had  been  legally  convicted 
of  Forgery. 

An  Act  relative  to  Debts  due  to  Persons  who  have  been  and  remained 
within  the  Enemies  Power,  or  Lines  during  the  late  War. 

Whereas  divers  Persons  proper  Subjects  of  this  or  other  of  the 
United  States  have  in  the  late  War  between  Great  Britain  and  America 
from  Choice  or  Otherwise,  either  removed  to  or  continued  under  the 
British  Government,  and  have  been  inaccessible  by  such  of  the  Citizens 
of  said  States  who  are  indebted  to  them  so  as  to  pay  or  discharge  said 
Debts  or  the  Interest  thereof,  therefore  that  no  Injustice  be  done  in 
this  Respect — 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same — That  in 
every  Suit  or  Prosecution  that  shall  or  may  be  commenced  by  any  Person 
or  Persons  that  has  gone  to  or  remained  with  the  Enemy,  against  any 
Person  or  Persons  that  has  remained  without  the  Power  of  the  Enemy, 
it  shall  and  may  be  lawfull  for  the  Court  in  which  such  Suit  shall  be 
Commenced  or  Prosecuted,  and  said  Court  is  hereby  Authorized  on 
Motion  of  the  Defend11  or  his  Attorney  to  try  and  determine  said  Cause 
or  Matter  in  Controversy  according  to  the  Rules  of  Equity,  or  appoint 
three  Refferees  at  the  Option  of  the  Court  to  try  the  Matters  in  Contro- 
versy, and  the  Defend1  shall  and  hereby  is  allowed  to  plead  before  such 
Court  or  Refferees  any  special  Matter  relative  either  to  principal  or 
Interest  and  if  it  shall  appear  to  said  Court  or  Refferees  that  the  special 
Matter  alledged  and  proved  by  the  Defendt  is  of  such  a Nature  that 
in  Equity  and  good  Conscience,  abatement  either  from  the  Principal  or 
Interest  of  any  Sum  or  Sums  due  by  such  Defendt  or  Defendants  ought 
to  be  made.  That  on  Report  of  the  Refferees  or  finding  of  the  Court, 
such  Court  is  Authorized  and  Impowered  as  a Court  of  Chancery  to 
make  such  Order  and  Decree  thereon  as  in  Justice  and  equity  such  Court 
shall  find  equitable  both  in  relation  to  the  Debt  and  Cost  of  Suit. 

An  Act  for  incorporating  a Part  of  the  Town  of  Hartford. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same,  That  all  the 


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Inhabitants  being  Freemen  of  this  State  and  dwelling  in  said  Hartford 
within  the  following  Limits  viz — beginning  at  a Place  called  the  Dutch 
Ground  upon  the  Highland  on  the  Bank  of  the  Great  River  on  the 
Southerly  side  of  said  River  as  it  now  runs  in  the  Lott  belonging  to 
Thomas  Seymour  Esqr  and  from  thence  a streight  Line  to  the  Nortk- 
west  Corner  of  Joshua  Hempsteds  dwelling  House,  thence  a Westerly 
Line  to  the  northwest  Corner  of  James  Steel8  dwelling  House,  from 
thence  a Northwesterly  Course  to  the  Southwest  Corner  of  James  Shep- 
ard8 Malthouse  from  thence  Northerly  a streight  Line  to  the  upper 
Mills  so  called  including  said  Mills,  thence  Northerly  in  a streight  Line 
to  the  North  West  Corner  of  Capt  John  Olcott8  dwelling  House  includ- 
ing said  House  and  from  thence  turning  and  running  due  East  a strait 
Course  to  the  Great  River,  be  and  the  same  hereby  are  ordained  Con- 
stituted and  declared  to  be  from  Time  to  Time  and  forever  hereafter  one 
Body  Corporate  and  Politic  in  Fact  and  in  Name,  by  the  Name  of  the 
Mayor,  Aldermen,  Common  Council,  and  Freemen,  of  the  City  of 
Hartford,  and  that  by  that  Name  they  and  their  Successors  forever 
shall  and  may  have  perpetual  succession,  and  be  Persons  in  Law  capable 
of  sueing  and  being  sued  Pleading  and  being  Impleaded  in  all  Suits  of 
what  Nature  soever ; and  also  to  purchase  hold  and  convey  any  Estate 
real  or  Personal,  and  may  have  a Common  Seal,  and  may  Change  and 
alter  the  same  at  Pleasure  and  shall  be  Freemen  of  said  City. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  the  Mayor  Aldermen  Common  Coun- 
cil and  Freemen  of  said  City,  shall  have  a Jurisdiction  in  all  Commer- 
cial Matters  on  Connecticut  River  opposite  said  Town  of  Hartford,  and 
that  the  Sheriffs  of  said  City  appointed  and  Impowered  as  hereafter 
Provided  shall  have  Power  and  Authority  to  execute  all  lawfull  Writs 
and  Precepts  on  said  Connecticut  River  opposite  said  Town. 

Provided  nevertheless,  That  no  Power  or  Authority  is  hereby  granted 
to  regulate  or  effect  the  Fisheries  or  Ferry  in  and  upon  said  River  or  to 
prevent  any  Vessell  Boat  or  other  Water  Craft  from  passing  or  repass- 
ing said  Port  of  Connecticut  River,  or  from  having  Commercial  Inter- 
course with  Inhabitants  residing  without  the  aforesaid  Limits  of  said 
City,  free  from  any  Duties  and  Toll  to  be  Imposed  by  said  City. 

And  Whereas  there  are  many  Persons  living  within  said  Limits  who 
by  Law  are  Qualified  to  be  freemen  of  the  State  that  have  not  taken 
the  Oath  Provided  by  Law  to  be  taken  by  Freemen — 

Be  it  Enacted  That  all  such  Persons  living  within  said  Limits  who 
shall  before  the  fourth  Monday  of  June  next  procure  the  Major  part  of 
the  Select  Men  of  the  said  Town  of  Hartford  to  Certify  that  they  are 
Qualified  to  be  admitted  and  made  free  of  this  State,  and  shall  after 
procuring  such  Certificate,  take  before  some  Assistant  of  this  State  or 
Justice  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  Hartford  the  Oath 
Provided  by  Law  for  Freemen  shall  to  all  the  Purposes  in  this  Act 
mentioned  be  considered  as  freemen  of  this  State  and  Freemen  of  the 
said  City  of  Hartford. 

And  for  the  better  Government  of  said  City,  Be  it  further  Enacted, 


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That  there  shall  be  a Meeting  of  said  City  holden  annually  in  the  Month 
of  March  at  such  Time  and  Place  as  by  the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City 
shall  be  directed  for  the  Purpose  of  Choosing  all  the  Annual  Officers  of 
said  City,  and  the  Annual  Officers  of  said  City,  Chosen  at  such  Meet- 
ing shall  continue  in  Office  untill  the  expiration  of  the  Month  of  March 
then  next  unless  others  shall  be  sooner  Chosen  and  Qualified  in  their 
stead.  And  the  said  City  in  legal  Meeting  Assembled  shall  Choose  a 
Mayor  who  shall  hold  his  Office  during  the  Pleasure  of  the  General 
Assembly,  and  at  their  annual  Meeting  shall  Choose  four  Aldermen  and 
a Common  Council  of  not  more  than  Twenty  and  two  Sheriffs  out  of 
the  Freemen  of  said  City,  all  which  Officers,  and  all  other  Officers  of 
said  City  eligible  by  the  Freemen  thereof  the  Inspectors  of  Produce 
excepted  shall  be  Chosen  by  Ballot,  and  on  each  Ballot  which  is  given 
in  shall  be  written  the  Name  of  the  Person  for  whom  the  same  is  given, 
and  such  Ballot  shall  be  rolled  up  and  in  the  Presence  of  the  Mayor  and 
Aldermen  of  said  City,  or  such  of  them  as  are  Present  at  such  Meeting 
put  by  the  Person  giving  the  same  into  a Box,  which  said  City  shall 
Provide  for  that  purpose,  which  Box  shall  be  a Close  Box  with  a Hole 
of  a convenient  Size  in  the  Lid  thereof  through  which  to  put  in  the 
Ballot,  And  when  the  Freemen  present  at  any  City  Meeting  shall  have 
had  reasonable  Time  to  give  in  their  Ballott,  either  of  the  Sheriffs  of 
said  City  or  in  the  absence  of  both  of  the  Sheriffs  the  Junior  Alderman 
Present  in  the  Presence  of  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen,  or  such  of  them  as 
are  present  at  such  Meeting  shall  open  the  said  Box,  and  the  Mayor  and 
Aldermen  or  such  of  them  as  are  Present  shall  open  sort  and  Count 
the  Ballots  and  the  Person  who  shall  have  a Majority  of  the  Ballots 
given  in,  shall  by  the  Sheriffs  or  in  their  Absence  by  the  Junior  Aider- 
man  present  be  declared  to  be  Elected,  and  no  Ballot  shall  be  received 
after  the  Box  shall  have  been  opened.  And  said  City  in  legal  Meeting 
Assembled  shall  have  Power  to  Levy  Taxes  on  the  Polls  and  Estate 
within  the  Limits  of  said  City  for  such  Purposes  as  the  City  shall  think 
proper  agreeable  to  the  Power  and  Priveleges  granted  to  the  Freemen  of 
said  City  by  Virtue  of  this  Act  of  Incorporation,  and  to  Chuse  a Col- 
lector or  Collectors  to  Collect  such  Tax  who  shall  having  received  a 
Warrant  for  that  purpose  Signed  by  the  Mayor  or  one  of  the  Aldermen 
of  said  City  have  the  same  Powers  as  Collectors  of  Town  Taxes  by  Law 
have,  and  shall  be  accountable  to  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  said  City 
in  the  same  manner  as  Collectors  of  Town  Taxes  by  Law  are  accountable 
to  the  Select  Men,  and  in  Case  any  Collector  shall  not  perform  the 
Trust  Committed  to  him  but  shall  fail  of  Collecting  such  Rate  accord- 
ing to  the  Terms  of  the  Warrant  committed  to  him  on  Complaint  thereof 
made  by  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  to  the  Mayor  thereof  he  shall  Issue 
his  Warrant  under  his  Hand  directed  to  either  of  the  Sheriffs  of  said 
City  to  distrain  the  Sums  or  Rates  neglected  by  such  Collector  to  be 
Collected  or  paid  out  of  the  Estate  of  the  Collector. 

Provided  nez’ertheless  That  nothing  in  this  Act  shall  extend  or  be 
Construed  to  extend  to  enable  the  Freemen  of  said  City  at  their  Legal 


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May, 


Meeting  to  Grant  or  Levy  any  Taxes  on  the  Polls  or  Estate  contained 
in  said  City  for  the  purpose  of  Paving  the  Street  or  Highways  within 
said  City,  or  of  erecting  Wharves  upon  said  Connecticut  River  without 
Previous  application  made  therefor  to  the  General  Assembly  of  this 
State  and  special  Authority  from  said  Assembly  obtained  for  such 
Purpose. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  the 
Sheriffs  of  said  City  shall  severally  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  have 
the  same  Powers  and  Authorities,  and  be  liable  to  the  same  Suits  and 
Penalties  for  neglect  of  Duty  in  any  Case  whatsoever  to  all  Intents  and 
Purposes  as  Sheriffs  by  Law  now  have  and  are.  And  the  said  City 
shall  be  liable  to  answer  in  Case  of  the  Inability  of  said  Sheriffs 
or  either  of  them  for  the  Default  of  said  Sheriffs  in  all  Cases  relative  to 
their  Office,  and  said  Sheriffs  shall  severally  give  Bond  with  Sureties  in 
such  manner  as  by  the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  be  directed  for  a 
faithfull  discharge  of  the  Duties  of  that  Office  before  they  shall  be 
capable  of  executing  the  Same,  And  in  case  either  of  the  Persons  Chosen 
Sheriff  shall  not  give  Bond  with  sureties  according  to  the  Bye  Laws  of 
said  City,  the  said  City  may  proceed  to  Chuse  another  Sheriff  in  his 
Room,  and  the  said  City  in  legal  Meeting  Assembled  shall  Choose  a 
Treasurer  for  said  City  to  continue  in  Office  during  the  Pleasure  of  said 
City,  which  Treasurer  shall  have  the  same  Power  and  Authorities  as 
Town  Treasurers  by  Law  now  have  and  shall  be  accountable  to  said 
City. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted,  that  there  shall  be  holden  on  the  second 
Tuesday  of  every  Month  in  said  City  a City  Court,  which  Court  shall 
have  Power  to  adjourn  from  Time  to  Time  and  shall  have  Cognizance 
of  all  Civil  Causes  wherein  the  Title  of  Land  is  not  Concerned  by  Law 
Cognizable  by  the  County  Courts  in  this  State  provided  the  Cause  of 
Action  arise  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  and  one  or  both  of  the 
Parties  live  within  the  Limits  of  said  City,  and  said  City  Courts  shall 
as  to  the  Causes  by  them  Cognizable,  to  all  Intents  and  Purposes,  have 
the  same  Powers  and  Authorities  and  proceed  in  the  same  manner  and 
Grant  Executions  as  said  County  Courts  now  or  hereafter  by  Law  shall 
have  proceed  and  Grant  and  the  Executions  granted  by  said  City  Courts 
shall  be  served  and  returned  in  the  Same  manner  as  the  Executions 
granted  by  the  said  County  Court ; And  an  Appeal  shall  be  allowed  to 
either  Party  from  the  Judgment  or  determination  of  said  City  Courts  to 
the  next  Superior  Court  to  be  holden  in  the  County  of  Hartford  in  all 
Causes  in  which  an  Appeal  now  or  hereafter  by  Law  shall  be  allowed 
from  the  said  County  Courts,  the  prevailing  party  however  if  Plantiff 
may  such  Appeal  notwithstanding  take  out  Execution  on  such  Judgment 
for  the  Debt  or  Damages  and  Costs  recovered  in  such  City  Courts 
against  the  Defend1  or  Defend18  and  Levy  the  said  Execution  and  Col- 
lect the  Money  thereon  Provided  he  does  previous  to  his  taking  out 
such  Execution  become  bound  with  two  sufficient  Sureties  before  the 
Mayor  of  the  said  City,  or  one  of  the  Judges  of  said  City  Court  in  a 


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Recognizance  (which  Recognizance  the  Mayor  of  said  City  and  the 
Judges  of  said  City  Court  are  respectively  impowered  to  take,  in  double 
the  Sum  of  said  Judgments,  that  he  will  within  one  Week  after  final 
Judgment  on  the  Appeal  refund  so  much  of  the  Judgment  of  said  City 
Court  as  shall  on  such  Execution  be  collected,  and  shall  not  be  by  him 
recovered  before  the  Court  to  which  the  Appeal  is  taken,  and  the  Inter- 
est thereof  together  with  the  Execution  fees  that  shall  accrue  and  be 
paid  by  the  Defendt  or  Defendants  on  said  Execution  and  no  Appeal 
shall  be  allowed  on  any  Suit  Commenced  on  such  Recognizance ; And  in 
every  Action  brought  before  said  City  Court  in  which  the  Pltf  lives 
without  the  Limits  of  said  City  or  is  a Mariner  or  Seaman  Sueing  for 
Wages  due  to  him  for  Services  in  his  occupation  and  the  Defend1  lives 
within  the  Limits  of  said  City,  no  Appeal  shall  be  allowed  the  Defend1 
unless  the  Matter  in  demand  exceed  the  Sum  of  fifty  Pounds  Lawfull 
Money  but  if  the  Matter  in  demand  exceed  said  Sum  an  Appeal  shall 
be  allowed  the  Defend1  in  the  Same  manner  and  under  the  same  Regu- 
lations as  Appeals  are  allowable  in  other  Causes  Cognizable  by  said  City 
Court,  and  no  Writ  of  Error  brought  for  the  Reversal  of  any  Judg- 
ment of  the  said  City  Court  or  of  the  said  Mayor  or  either  of  said 
Alderman,  shall  be  a supersedeas  or  have  any  force  to  stay  the  Issuing 
Levying  or  Collecting  of  Execution.  And  said  City  Court  shall  have 
full  Power  to  appoint  and  swear  a Clerk  for  said  Court  to  continue  in 
Office  during  the  Pleasure  of  said  Court  who  shall  as  to  matters  relative 
to  his  office  as  Clerk  of  said  Court  have  the  same  Powers  and  Authori- 
ties to  all  Intents  and  purposes  as  the  Clerk  of  the  County  Courts  in 
this  State  by  Law  have,  And  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  said  Clerk  shall 
be  the  same  mutatis  Mutandis  as  the  Oath  provided  by  Law  to  be 
taken  by  the  Clerks  of  the  County  Courts  in  this  State  And  the  Mayor 
of  said  City  or  in  his  absence  the  senior  Assistant  Judge  of  said  City 
Court  may  at  the  special  Instance  and  Cost  of  any  Person  moving 
therefor  hold  a special  City  Court  at  such  Time  and  Place  within  said 
City  as  the  Mayor  or  Judge,  ordering  the  Same  shall  appoint ; which 
Court  shall  proceed  in  this  same  manner  have  the  Same  Powers  and 
Authorities  and  in  all  respects  be  under  the  same  Regulations  as  the 
Stated  City  Courts  of  said  City,  and  all  the  taxable  fees  of  said  City 
Court  shall  be  the  Same  as  the  taxable  fees  of  the  County  Courts  of 
this  State. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  the  Mayor  of  said  City  for  the  Time 
being  and  the  two  Aldermen  first  Chosen  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  said 
City  or  at  their  first  Meeting  shall  compose  the  said  City  Court  and  be 
the  Judges  thereof,  and  the  Mayor  shall  be  the  Chief  Judge  of  said 
Court,  and  the  said  two  Aldermen  shall  be  the  Assistant  Judges  of  said 
Court  any  two  of  whom  in  the  Absence  of  the  other  taking  to  their 
Assistance  the  senior  Alderman  present,  that  is  not  a Judge  of  said  Court 
or  if  neither  of  the  Aldermen  that  are  not  Judges  of  said  Court  can 
attend  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of 
Hartford  resident  within  said  City  shall  have  Power  to  hold  a City 


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May, 


Court.  And  if  at  any  City  Court  there  shall  be  but  one  Judge  present 
he  shall  take  to  his  Assistance  two  other  Aldermen  of  said  City,  and  in 
Case  one  or  both  of  them  cannot  attend,  he  shall  take  one  or  two  of  the 
Justices  of  the  Peace  as  the  Case  may  require  of  the  County  of  Hart- 
ford resident  within  the  said  City  and  they  shall  have  the  same  Power 
to  hold  a City  Court  as  the  Judges  of  the  said  City  Court  have. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  said  City 
shall  be  severally  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  have  Cognizance  of  all 
Civil  Causes  by  Law  cognizable  by  a Justice  of  the  Peace  Provided  the 
Cause  of  Action  arise  within  the  Limits  of  said  City,  and  one  or  both 
of  the  Parties  live  within  the  same,  And  the  said  Mayor  and  Aldermen 
shall  as  to  the  Causes  by  them  severally  cognizable  have  the  same 
Powers  and  Authorities  and  proceed  in  the  Same  manner  as  Justices  of 
the  Peace  now  or  hereafter  have  and  proceed.  And  an  Appeal  shall 
be  allowed  from  the  Judgment  or  determination  of  said  Mayor  and 
Aldermen  in  any  Cause  by  them  Cognizable  severally  to  the  next  City 
Court  to  be  holden  within  said  City  in  all  Causes  in  which  an  Appeal  is 
now  or  hereafter  shall  be  allowed  from  the  Judgment  of  a Justice  of  the 
Peace,  the  prevailing  Party  however  if  Plantiff  may  such  Appeal  not- 
withstanding take  out  Execution  on  such  Judgment  provided  he  give 
Bond  before  the  Mayor  of  said  City  or  one  of  the  Judges  of  said  Court 
in  the  same  manner  as  is  provided  in  Cases  of  Appeal  from  said  City 
Court.  And  in  every  Action  brought  before  the  Mayor,  or  either  of 
the  Aldermen  of  said  City  in  which  the  Plantiff  lives  without  the 
Limits  of  said  City,  or  in  which  the  Plantiff  is  a Mariner  or  Sea- 
man Suing  for  Wages  due  to  him  for  Services  in  his  occupation,  and 
the  Defendant  lives  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  no  Appeal  shall 
be  allowed  the  Defendant.  And  the  Taxable  fees  in  all  Cases  cognizable 
by  the  Mayor  or  by  any  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  severally  shall 
be  the  same  as  the  taxable  Fees  in  like  Cases  before  Justices  of  the 
Peace ; And  the  Processes  in  all  Actions  brought  to  said  City  Courts, 
shall  be  the  Same  as  the  processes  to  the  County  Courts  in  this  State, 
And  the  Processes  in  all  Actions  brought  before  the  Mayor  or  one  of 
the  Aldermen  of  said  City  shall  be  the  same  as  the  Processes  in  Actions 
brought  before  a Justice  of  the  Peace,  which  Processes  shall  be  Signed 
by  the  Governor  Deputy  Governor  or  one  of  the  Assistants  of  this 
State,  or  by  a Justice  of  the  Peace  within  or  for  the  County  of  Hart- 
ford or  by  the  Mayor  or  one  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  or  the 
Clerk  of  said  City  Court,  and  shall  be  served  by  a Sheriff  Deputy  Sheriff 
or  Constable  to  whom  directed  according  to  the  Laws  of  this  State  and 
the  Provisions  of  this  Act.  And  all  Bonds  for  prosecution  taken  by 
any  of  said  Officers  hereby  Impowered  to  Sign  Writs  shall  be  good  and 
effectual  in  Law,  and  Bonds  for  Prosecution  special  Bail  and  Bonds 
for  Appeal  shall  be  taken  to  the  adverse  Party 

Provided  nevertheless  that  no  Writs  Executions  excepted,  or  Proc- 
esses signed  by  the  Mayor  or  either  of  the  Aldermen  shall  be  of  any 
effect  without  the  Limits  of  said  City. 


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And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid , That  the 
said  Mayor  Aldermen  and  Common  Council  shall  on  the  first  Monday 
of  June  annually  meet  and  shall  then  Choose  seventy  two  Freemen  of 
said  City,  or  such  greater  number  not  exceeding  one  hundred  of  said 
Freemen,  as  the  the  said  Mayor  Aldermen  and  common  Council  shall 
Judge  necessary  to  serve  as  Jurors  at  said  City  Courts,  and  shall  return 
the  Names  of  said  Jurors  under  the  Hand  of  the  Mayor  of  said  City 
if  present  or  in  Case  of  his  Absence  under  the  Hand  of  the  Senior 
Aldermen  present  at  such  Meeting  to  the  Clerk  of  said  City  Court  who 
shall  Write  each  Jurors  Name  thus  Chosen  fairly  on  a seperate  Peice  of 
Paper  and  Roll  up  and  put  the  same  into  a Box  which  he  shall  provide 
and  keep  for  that  purpose,  and  whenever  either  of  the  said  Sheriffs  of 
said  City  shall  receive  a Warrant  from  the  Clerk  of  said  City  Court  to 
Summon  a Jury  to  appear  before  said  Court,  the  Sheriff  receiving  such 
Warrant  taking  with  him  one  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City,  shall  repair 
to  the  sd  Clerks  Office  and  there  in  the  Presence  of  said  Alderman  and 
Clerk  shall  take  out  of  said  Box  such  numbers  of  said  Papers  as  his 
Warrant  shall  direct,  and  the  Persons  whose  names  shall  be  found 
written  thereon  shall  be  summoned  to  appear  before  the  Court  to  which 
the  Warrant  is  returnable  to  Serve  as  Jurors,  and  in  Case  of  neglecting 
to  attend  shall  be  liable  to  such  Penalties  as  shall  by  the  Bye  Laws  of 
said  City  be  inflicted  for  such  neglect,  and  in  Case  a compleat  Panned 
shall  not  attend,  or  in  Case  any  shall  be  Challenged  or  excused  the 
Sheriff  attending  said  Court  shall  supply  such  deficiency  by  drawing 
in  the  Presence  of  the  Court  others  out  of  said  Box,  and  Summoning 
them  to  attend  and  Serve  until  the  Pannels  shall  be  compleat ; And  the 
Names  of  such  Jurors  as  do  not  attend  or  are  excused  shall  be  returned 
into  the  Box  and  be  liable  to  be  drawn  again.  And  the  Oath  to  be 
taken  by  said  Jurors  shall  be  the  Same  as  is  by  Law  Provided  to  be 
taken  by  Jurors  in  Civil  Actions;  And  the  Name  of  each  Juror  who 
attends  any  City  Court  and  Serves,  shall  be  again  Written  on  a Seperate 
Peice  of  Paper,  and  shall  be  rolled  up  and  put  into  another  Box  which 
the  Clerk  of  said  Court  shall  provide  for  that  purpose,  and  shall  be 
liable  to  be  drawn  again  in  Case  there  shall  not  by  reason  of  Death 
Removal  or  other  Cause  be  a sufficiency  in  the  other  Box  to  compleat 
the  Pannell  for  that  Year  in  which  they  are  Chosen  to  Serve  And  the 
said  City  may  Chuse  a Clerk  of  said  City,  who  shall  make  true  and 
regular  Entries  of  all  the  Votes  and  proceedings  of  said  City,  and  the 
Records  by  him  kept,  shall  be  of  the  same  validity  in  Point  of  Evidence 
in  any  Court  of  Law  in  this  State  as  the  Records  of  Towns  are. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  the  said 
Mayor  Aldermen  and  Common  Council  be,  and  they  are  hereby  Impow- 
ered  to  lay  out  new  Highways  Streets  and  public  Walks,  for  the  Use 
of  said  City  or  to  alter  those  already  laid  out  in  said  City,  and  to 
exchange  Highways  for  Highways,  or  to  Sell  Highways  for  the  purpose 
of  purchasing  other  Highways,  taking  the  same  Measures  in  all  Respects 
as  are  directed  by  the  Laws  of  this  State  to  be  taken  in  Case  of 


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Highways  laid  out  by  the  Select  Men  for  the  Use  of  their  Towns,  and 
the  party  aggrieved  by  the  laying  out  such  Streets  or  Highways/ may 
have  the  Same  Remedy  by  Application  to  the  County  Courts  as  is  by 
Law  Provided  in  Cases  of  Highways  laid  out  by  Select  Men. 

And  be  it  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  in  Case  any 
Sheriff  Deputy  Sheriff  or  Constable,  shall  not  Serve  a Writ  directed 
to  and  received  by  him  that  is  returnable  to  said  City  Court,  or  shall 
neglect  to  make  return  of  said  Writ  or  shall  make  a false  or  undue  return 
thereof,  and  a Suit  for  such  Default  be  brought  against  him  to  the  said 
City  Court  by  the  Person  his  Executors  or  Administrators  in  whose 
favour  the  Writ  Issued,  and  the  Defend1  be  found  in  Default,  the  said 
Court  over  and  above  awarding  Just  Damages  to  the  Pltf,  shall  on  said 
Suit  set  a suitable  fine  upon  the  Defendt  according  to  the  Nature  of  the 
Case,  and  may  Issue  Execution  for  such  fine  which  fine  shall  be  to  the 
Treasurer  of  said  City  to  and  for  the  Use  of  said  City.  And  in  all  Cases 
in  which  the  Defen dt  who  is  sued  to  the  said  City  Courts,  lives  within 
the  Limits  of  said  City,  the  Writ  shall  be  served  upon  him  at  least  six 
Days  before  the  sitting  of  the  Court  to  which  the  Writ  is  returnable, 
but  if  the  Defend1  lives  without  the  Limits  of  said  City,  the  Writ  shall 
be  served  at  least  twelve  Days  before  the  sitting  of  said  Court,  and  all 
Writs  returnable  to  said  City  Court  shall  be  returned  to  the  Clerk  of 
said  Court  on  or  before  the  Day  of  the  sitting  of  said  Court,  and  before 
the  first  opening  of  said  Court.  And  the  Writs  that  are  returnable 
before  the  Mayor  or  either  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City,  shall  if  the 
Plantiff  and  Defendant  both  live  within  the  Limits  of  said  City,  or 
if  the  Plantiff  live  without  and  the  Defendant  live  within  said  Limits, 
or  if  the  Plantiff  be  a Mariner  or  Seaman  suing  for  Wages  due  to  him 
for  Services  in  his  Occupation,  and  the  Defend1  lives  within  the  Limits 
of  said  City,  be  Served  upon  the  Defend1  at  leas  three  Days  before  the 
setting  of  the  Court  to  which  it  is  returnable ; but  if  the  Defend1  live 
without  the  Limits  of  said  City  the  Writ  shall  be  served  upon  the 
Defend1  at  least  six  Days  before  the  setting  of  the  Court  to  which  it  is 
returnable. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted,  That  the  Mayor  Aldermen  Sheriffs  Com- 
mon Council  and  Clerk  of  said  City,  shall  be  sworn  to  the  faithfull  dis- 
charge of  their  Duty,  and  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Mayor 
of  said  City  shall  be  as  follows  viz 

You  being  elected  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Hartford  do  Swear  by  the 
Name  of  the  everliving  God,  that  You  will  without  any  Partiality, 
indifferently  Administer  Justice  according  to  Law  without  respect  of 
Persons,  take  no  Bribe  give  no  Council  in  any  Matter  that  shall  come 
before  You,  nor  deny  Right  to  any,  but  well  and  truly  perform  Your 
Office  of  Mayor  of  said  City  according  to  Your  best  Skill,  So  help  You 
God. 

And  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Aldermen  of  said 
City  shall  be  the  same,  mutatis  mutandis  as  is  prescribed  by  Law  to  be 


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taken  by  Justices  of  the  Peace.  And  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be 
taken  by  the  Common  Council  Men  of  said  City  shall  be  as  follows  viz — 

You  being  elected  a Common  Council  Man  for  the  City  of  Hartford 
do  swear  by  the  Name  of  the  ever  living  God,  that  You  will  faithfully 
and  uprightly  discharge  the  Duties  of  that  Office  so  long  as  You  shall 
hold  the  same.  So  help  You  God. 

And  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Sheriffs  of  said  City, 
shall  be  the  Same  prescribed  by  Law  to  be  taken  by  the  Sheriffs  mutatis 
mutandis,  And  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Clerks  of  said 
City  shall  be  as  follows  viz — 

You  being  Chosen  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Hartford,  do  swear  by  the 
Name  of  the  everliving  God  that  You  will  truly  and  faithfully  attend 
and  execute  the  Office  of  Clerk  of  said  City  according  to  Your  best 
skill,  and  make  true  Entries  and  Records  of  all  the  Votes  and  proceed- 
ings of  said  City  and  such  other  Matters  as  by  Law  or  by  the  Bye  Laws, 
of  said  City  are  to  be  recorded  in  Your  Office,  and  that  You  will  deliver 
true  Copies  of  the  Records  in  Your  Hands  when  they  shall  be  required 
of  You  taking  Your  lawfull  fees ; So  help  You  God. 

Which  Oaths  may  be  administered  by  any  Assistant  of  this  State  or 
Justice  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  Hartford  or  by  the 
Mayor  or  either  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  Provided  the  Mayor  or 
Aldermen  administering  such  Oath  hath  been  sworn  according  to  this 
Act.  And  the  Person  administering  the  Oath  prescribed  by  this  Act 
shall  give  a Certificate  thereof  under  his  Hand  to  the  Officer  to  whom  he 
administered  such  Oath,  which  Certificate  shall  be  recorded  in  the 
Records  of  said  City  before  the  Person  to  whom  it  is  given  shall  be 
capable  of  executing  the  Office  to  which  he  was  chosen. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted,  That  there  shall  be  a Court  of  Common 
Council  of  said  City  of  which  the  Mayor  Aldermen  and  Common  Coun- 
cil of  said  City  shall  be  Members  who  or  a Majority  of  them  shall  have 
Powers  to  make  Bye  Laws  relative  to  the  erecting  and  regulating 
Markets,  and  relative  to  Commerce  within  the  Limits  of  said  City, 
relative  to  Persons  summoned  to  serve  as  Jurors  at  said  City  Courts 
and  neglecting  or  refusing  to  Serve ; relative  to  the  Streets  and  High- 
ways of  said  City,  relative  to  Nusances  within  said  City  Limits ; relative 
to  their  Landing  Places  Wharves  Anchoring  and  Mooring  of  Vessels, 
relative  to  Trees  Planted  for  Shade  Ornament  Convenience  or  Use 
Public  or  Private,  and  to  the  Fruits  of  such  Trees;  relative  to  Tres- 
passes committed  in  Gardens,  relative  to  Public  Walks  and  Buildings; 
relative  to  the  sweeping  of  Chimneys,  and  preserving  said  City  from 
fire  relative  to  the  forms  of  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Treasurer  of  said 
City  and  Inspectors  of  Produce  brought  to  said  City  for  Sale  or  expor- 
tation; relative  to  the  manner  of  Warning  Meetings  of  said  City,  and 
the  Court  of  Common  Council,  and  the  Time  and  Place  at  which  they 
shall  be  holden ; relative  to  the  Qualifications  in  point  of  property  of  the 
Mayor  and  Aldermen,  relative  to  the  Bonds  to  be  given  by  the  Sheriffs 
of  said  City  for  a faithf ull  Discharge  of  their  Duty ; relative  to  the  Pen- 


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alties  to  be  incurred  by  those  who  being  Chosen  to  any  City  Office  shall 
(not  being  excused  by  said  City)  refuse  to  serve;  relative  to  a City 
Watch;  relative  to  the  Burial  of  the  Dead;  relative  to  the  public  Lights 
and  Lamps  of  said  City;  relative  to  restraining  Geese  and  Swine  from 
going  at  large  within  the  Limits  of  said  City;  and  to  inflict  Penalties 
for  the  Breach  of  such  Bye  Laws ; 

Provided  however,  that  such  Penalty  shall  in  no  Case  exceed  the 
Sum  of  ten  Pounds  lawfull  Money;  and  said  Penalties  shall  be  to  such 
Persons  as  the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  direct,  and  be  recoverable 
by  the  Person  to  whom  forfeited  by  Action  of  Debt  brought  to  the 
City  Courts  of  said  City,  in  which  Action  no  Appeal  or  Review  shall 
be  allowed. 

Provided  however  that  no  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  be  made 
repugnant  to  the  Laws  of  this  State ; 

And  Provided  also  that  all  the  Bye  Laws  made  by  said  Court  of 
Common  Council  shall  be  approved  of  by  said  City  in  legal  Meeting 
Assembled,  and  after  being  so  approved  shall  be  published  at  least  three 
Weeks  successively  in  some  Public  Newspaper  in  or  nearest  said  City 
before  the  same  shall  be  of  any  validity,  and  all  the  Bye  Laws  of  said 
City  shall  at  any  Time  within  Six  Months  after  they  are  made  be  liable 
to  be  repealed  by  any  Superior  Court  holden  in  said  County  of  Hart 
ford,  if  by  such  Superior  Court  on  a hearing  adjudged  to  be  unreason- 
able or  unjust.  And  all  Grants  and  Leases  of  any  real  Estate  belonging 
to  said  City  Signed  by  the  Mayor  of  said  City,  and  sealed  with  the  City 
Seal  and  approved  of  by  said  City  in  Legal  Meeting  Assembled  shall 
be  good  and  effectual  in  Law  to  convey  the  Estate  intended  to  be  Con- 
veyed by  such  Grant  or  Lease,  Provided  the  same  is  recorded  in  the 
Records  of  the  Town  where  the  Lands  leased  or  granted  lie.  And  said 
City  shall  have  Power  to  appoint  Inspectors  of  every  kind  of  Produce  of 
the  United  States  brought  to  said  City  for  Sale  or  exportation.  And  the 
Vote  or  Choice  of  the  Major  Part  of  the  Freemen  Present  at  a legal 
Meeting  of  said  City  shall  be  considered  in  all  Cases  as  the  Vote  or 
Choice  of  said  City.  And  whenever  the  Mayor  of  said  City  or  any  other 
Officer  of  said  City,  eligible  by  the  Freemen  thereof  shall  resign  or  be 
removed  by  Death  or  otherwise  another  Person  shall  be  Chosen  in  his 
Place  by  said  City,  and  if  an  Annual  Officer,  shall  Continue  in  Office 
untill  the  expiration  of  the  Month  of  March  next  following  unless 
another  shall  be  sooner  Chosen  and  sworn  in  his  stead.  And  the  Mayor 
of  said  City  or  in  his  absence  the  Senior  Alderman  present  at  any 
Meeting  of  said  City  or  at  any  Court  of  Common  Council,  shall  ex 
Officio  be  Moderator  thereof,  and  the  Meeting  of  said  City  may  from 
Time  to  Time  by  a Major  Vote  of  the  Freemen  present  be  Adjourned. 

And  he  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  the  first 
Meeting  of  said  City  shall  be  holden  at  the  State  House  in  said  Hartford 
on  the  fourth  Monday  of  June  next  at  nine  o Clock  in  the  forenoon 
for  the  Choice  of  a Mayor,  Aldermen  Common  Council  and  Sheriffs 
of  said  City  and  to  transact  such  other  Business  as  may  be  necessary, 


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which  Meeting  may  be  from  Time  to  Time  Adjourned  and  a Copy  of 
this  Paragraph  of  this  Act  Certifyed  under  the  Hand  of  the  Secretary 
of  this  State  and  published  on  the  Sign  Post  in  said  Town  of  Hartford 
at  least  three  Days  before  said  fourth  Monday  of  June  next  shall  be  a 
legal  Warning  of  the  Freemen  of  said  City  to  attend  said  first  Meeting, 
and  the  Annual  Officers  Chosen  at  said  Meeting  shall  Continue  in  Office 
untill  the  experation  of  the  Month  of  March  then  next  unless  others 
are  sooner  Chosen  and  Qualified  in  their  Stead,  And  the  said  City  shall 
at  such  Meeting  first  Chuse  a Clerk  of  said  City,  who  shall  be  imme- 
diately sworn,  and  shall  forthwith  make  a Record  of  his  being  Chosen 
and  sworn,  and  the  Record  thus  made  by  him  in  such  Case  shall  be 
good  and  effectual  anything  in  this  Act  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding, 
and  such  Records  may  be  made  by  Clerks  hereafter  chosen  after  being 
chosen  & sworn  and  shall  be  good  & effectual  any  Thing  in  this  Act  to 
the  Contrary  notwithstanding,  And  said  City  shall  thereupon  proceed 
to  Chuse  a Mayor  and  the  other  Officers  of  said  City  eligible  by  the 
Freemen  thereof ; And  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the 
County  of  Hartford  living  and  inhabiting,  within  the  Limits  of  said 
City  and  present  at  such  first  Meeting,  shall  have  as  to  the  Election  of 
the  Mayor  Aldermen  and  Sheriffs  Common  Councilmen  and  Clerk  of 
said  City  the  same  Powers  and  proceed  in  the  Same  manner  as  the 
Mayor  Aldermen  and  Sheriffs  of  said  City  are  by  this  Act  to  have  and 
proceed  at  the  future  Elections  of  said  City,  And  the  Senior  Justice  of 
the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  Hartford  living  within  the 
Limits  of  said  City  present  at  said  first  Meeting,  shall  be  Moderator 
thereof,  untill  there  shall  be  a Mayor  or  Alderman  Chosen  and  qualified 
according  to  this  Act,  and  said  City  shall  at  their  first  Meeting  appoint 
a Time  and  Place  for  holding  the  first  Court  of  Common  Council,  which 
Court  shall  have  Power  to  adjourn  from  Time  to  Time,  And  the  first 
City  Court  of  said  City  shall  be  holden  on  the  last  Tuesday  of  July 
next  at  the  State  House  in  said  City,  and  the  City  Court  of  said  City 
may  be  holden  in  said  State  House  from  Time  to  Time  or  in  such  other 
Place  in  said  City  as  said  City  shall  provide  and  Judge  Proper.  And 
the  Mayor  Aldermen  and  Common  Council  of  said  City  shall  on  the 
second  Tuesday  of  July  next  at  three  of  the  Clock  in  the  Afternoon  hold 
a Meeting  at  the  State  House  in  said  Hartford,  and  shall  then  and  there 
Chuse  thirty  six  freemen  of  said  City  to  Serve  as  Jurors  untill  the  first 
Monday  of  June  then  next  and  the  Name  of  each  Person  thus  Chosen 
shall  be  fairly  written  on  a seperate  peice  of  Paper  and  be  put  into  the 
Jury  Box  by  this  Act  to  be  Provided  by  the  Clerk  of  said  City  Court, 
and  shall  be  drawn  out  in  the  Manner  herein  before  Provided  with 
respect  to  Jurors. 

Always  Provided  that  any  Thing  in  this  Act  notwithstanding  the 
Inhabitants  living  within  the  Limits  of  said  City,  shall  to  all  Intents  and 
purposes  be  and  remain  a Part  of  said  [town  of]  Hartford. 

And  Whereas  it  is  not  equitable  that  any  of  the  Inhabitants  of  that 
part  of  the  Town  of  Hartford  not  included  within  the  Limits  of  said 


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City  nor  possessed  of  real  Estate  within  said  Limits  should  be  subjected 
to  any  Burthens  which  may  hereafter  arise  in  Consequence  of  this  Act 
of  Incorporation. 

Be  it  further  Enacted  that  all  Charges  and  Expences  that  shall 
accrue  or  may  be  incurred  in  Consequence  of  this  Act  of  Incorporation 
shall  be  borne  and  defrayed  by  Taxes  on  the  Polls  of  the  Inhabitants 
of  said  City  and  the  rateable  Estate  contained  within  said  Limits, 
except  such  and  so  much  of  the  Live  Stock  belonging  to  any  of  the 
Inhabitants  of  said  City  as  shall  be  raised  and  supported  from  their 
Lands  lying  out  of  the  Limits  of  said  City. 

. Provided  nevertheless  that  if  this  Act  or  any  of  the  Provisions  in 
this  Act  contained  shall  be  found  inconvenient  or  in  any  respect  inade- 
quate the  same  may  be  altered  or  revoked  on  Representation  of  the  City 
or  otherwise  by  the  General  Assembly. 

, Provided  nevertheless  that  the  Judges  of  said  City  Court  may  and 
they  are  hereby  Authorized  to  hear  Try  and  finally  determine  all  Causes 
brought  before  the  City  Court  by  a Jury  of  six  Freemen  or  without  a 
Jury,  where  neither  of  the  Parties  desire  to  have  a Cause  decided  by  a 
Jury  or  by  more  than  six  Jurors.  And  this  Act  shall  to  all  Intents  and 
purposes  be  a Public  Act. 


An  Act  for  incorporating  a part  of  the  Town  of  Midletown. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same  That  all  the 
Inhabitants  being  Freemen  of  this  State  and  dwelling  in  said  Midletown, 
within  the  following  Limits  viz  beginning  at  the  Mouth  of  the  little 
River  or  Ferry  River,  thence  in  a Northeast  Line  to  the  East  Side  of 
Connecticut  River  at  High  Water  Mark^  thence  on  the  Bank  of  said 
Connecticut  River  at  Highwater  Mark  untill  it  comes  to  a Point  due 
East  from  Sumners  Creek,  thence  in  a West  Line  to  the  Mouth  of 
Sumners  Creek,  thence  Southerly  and  Westerly  as  the  said  Creek  runs 
to  Warwicks  Bridge;  thence  West  to  the  little  River,  including  the 
dwelling  House  of  Return  Jonathan  Meigs,  thence  Northerly  and  East- 
erly down  the  little  River  as  the  same  runs  to  the  first  Boundary,  includ- 
ing the  Waters  of  the  said  Little  River  Sumners  Creek  and  Connecticut 
River  within  the  preceding  Limits,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  ordained 
Constituted  and  declared  to  be  from  Time  to  Time  and  forever  here- 
after One  Body  Corporate  and  Politic  in  Fact  and  in  Name  by  the 
Name  of  the  Mayor  Aldermen  Common  Council  and  Freemen  of  the 
City  of  Midletown  and  that  by  that  Name  they  and  their  Successors 
forever  shall  and  may  have  perpetual  Succession  and  shall  be  Persons 
in  Law  capable  of  suing  and  being  sued  Pleading  and  being  Impleaded 
in  all  Suits  of  what  Nature  soever  and  also  Purchase  hold  and  Convey 
any  Estate  real  or  personal  and  may  have  a Common  Seal  and  may 
change  and  alter  the  Same  at  Pleasure  and  shall  be  Freemen  of  said  City. 

And  Whereas  there  are  many  Persons  living  within  said  Limits  who 


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by  Law  are  Qualified  to  be  freemen  of  this  State  that  have  not  taken 
the  Oath  Provided  by  Law  to  be  taken  by  Freemen — 

Be  it  Enacted  that  all  Persons  living  within  said  Limits  who  shall 
before  the  second  Monday  of  July  next  procure  the  Major  Part  of  the 
Select  Men  of  the  sd  Town  of  Midletown  to  Certify  that  they  are 
Qualifyed  to  be  admitted  and  made  free  of  this  State  and  shall  after 
Procuring  such  Certificate,  take  before  some  Assistant  of  this  State  or 
Justice  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  Hartford  the  Oath 
provided  by  Law  for  Freemen,  shall  to  all  the  Purposes  in  this  Act  men- 
tioned be  considered  as  Freemen  of  this  State  and  Freemen  of  the  said 
City  of  Middletown. 

And  for  the  better  Government  of  said  City,  Be  it  further  Enacted , 
That  there  shall  be  a Meeting  of  said  City  holden  annually  in  January 
at  such  Time  and  Place  as  the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  be  directed 
for  the  purpose  of  Choosing  all  the  Annual  Officers  of  said  City,  and  the 
Annual  Officers  of  said  City  Chosen  at  such  Meeting  shall  Continue  in 
Office  untill  the  expiration  of  the  Month  of  January  then  next  unless 
others  shall  be  sooner  Chosen  and  Qualified  in  their  Stead,  And  the  said 
City  in  legal  Meeting  Assembled  shall  Choose  a Mayor  who  shall  hold 
his  Office  during  the  Pleasure  of  the  General  Assembly,  And  at  their 
annual  Meeting  shall  Choose  four  Aldermen  and  a Common  Council 
of  not  more  than  twenty  and  two  Sheriffs  out  of  the  Freemen  of  said 
City  all  which  Officers  and  other  Officers  of  said  City  eligible  by  the 
Freemen  thereof  (the  Inspectors  of  Produce  excepted)  shall  be  Chosen 
by  Ballot,  and  on  each  Ballot  which  is  given  in  shall  be  written  the 
Name  of  the  Person  for  whom  the  same  is  given,  and  such  Ballot 
shall  be  rolled  up  in  the  Presence  of  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  said 
City  or  such  of  them  as  are  present  at  such  Meeting  put  by  the  Person 
giving  the  Same  into  a Box,  which  said  City  shall  provide  for  that  pur- 
pose which  Box  shall  be  a Close  Box  with  a Hole  of  a convenient  Size 
in  the  Lid  thereof,  through  which  to  put  in  the  Ballotts  and  when  the 
Freemen  present  at  any  City  Meeting  shall  have  had  a reasonable  Time 
to  give  in  their  Ballot,  either  of  the  Sheriffs  of  said  City  or  in  the 
absence  of  both  the  Sheriffs,  the  Junior  Alderman  present,  in  the 
Presence  of  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  or  such  of  them  as  are  present 
at  such  Meeting  shall  open  the  said  Box,  And  the  Mayor  and  Aider- 
men  or  such  of  them  as  are  present  shall  open  sort  and  Count  the  Bal- 
lots and  the  Person  who  shall  have  a Majority  of  the  Ballots  given  in, 
shall  by  the  Sheriffs,  or  in  their  absence  by  the  Junior  Alderman  present 
be  declared  to  be  Elected,  and  no  Ballots  shall  be  received  after  the  Box 
shall  have  been  opened,  And  said  City  in  legal  Meeting  Assembled  shall 
have  power  to  Levy  Taxes  on  the  Polls  and  Estate  within  the  Limits  of 
said  City  for  such  purposes  as  the  said  City  shall  think  proper,  and  to 
Choose  a Collector  or  Collectors  to  Collect  such  Tax  who  shall  having 
received  a Warrant  for  that  purpose  Signed  by  the  Mayor  or  one  of 
the  Aldermen  of  said  City  have  the  same  Power  as  Collectors  of  Town 
Taxes  by  Law  have  and  shall  be  accountable  to  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen 


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of  said  City  in  the  same  manner  as  the  Collectors  of  Town  Taxes  are  by 
Law  accountable  to  the  Select  Men;  and  in  Case  any  Collector  shall 
not  perform  the  Trust  committed  to  him  but  shall  fail  of  Collecting 
such  Rate  according  to  the  Terms  of  the  Warrant  committed  to  him  on 
Complaint  thereof  made  by  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  to  the  Mayor 
thereof  he  shall  Issue  his  Warrant  under  his  Hand  directed  to  either 
of  the  Sheriffs  of  said  City  to  distrain  the  Sums  or  Rates  neglected  by 
such  Collector  to  be  Collected  or  paid  out  of  the  Estate  of  the  Collector. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  the  Sher- 
iffs of  said  City  shall  severally  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  have  the 
same  Powers  and  Authorities  and  be  liable  to  the  same  Suits  and  Penal- 
ties for  neglect  of  Duty  in  any  Case  whatever  to  all  Intents  and  Purposes 
as  Sheriffs  by  Law  now  have  and  are,  And  the  said  City  shall  be  liable 
to  answer  in  Case  of  the  inability  of  said  Sheriffs  or  either  of  them 
for  the  Default  of  said  Sheriffs  in  all  Cases  relative  to  their  Office.  And 
said  Sheriffs  shall  severally  give  Bond  with  Sureties  in  such  Manner 
as  by  the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  be  directed  for  a faithfull  dis- 
charge of  the  Duties  of  that  Office,  before  they  shall  be  capable  of 
executing  the  same,  and  in  Case  either  of  the  Persons  Chosen  Sheriffs 
shall  not  give  Bond  with  Sureties  according  to  the  Bye  Laws  of  said 
City  the  said  City  may  proceed  to  Choose  another  Sheriff  in  his  room; 
And  the  said  City  in  legal  Meeting  Assembled  shall  Choose  a Treasurer 
for  said  City  to  continue  in  Office  during  the  Pleasure  of  said  City, 
which  Treasurer  shall  have  the  same  Powers  and  Authorities  within  said 
City  as  Town  Treasurers  now  by  Law  have  and  shall  be  accountable  to 
said  City. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  there  shall  be  holden  the  second 
Tuesday  of  every  Month  in  said  City,  a City  Court,  which  Court 
shall  have  Power  to  adjourn  from  Time  to  Time  and  shall  have  Cog- 
nizance of  all  Civil  Causes  wherein  the  Title  of  Land  is  not  concerned 
by  Law  Cognizable  by  the  County  Courts  in  this  State  Provided  the 
Cause  of  Action  arise  within  the  Limits  of  said  City,  and  one  or  both  of 
the  Parties  live  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  And  said  City  Courts 
shall  as  to  the  Causes  by  them  Cognizable  to  all  Intents  and  Purposes 
have  the  same  Powers  and  Authorities  and  proceed  in  the  same  manner 
and  Grant  Executions  as  said  County  Courts  now  or  hereafter  by  Law 
shall  have  proceed  and  Grant,  and  the  Executions  granted  by  said 
City  Courts  shall  be  served  and  returned  in  the  Same  manner  as  the 
Executions  granted  by  said  County  Courts,  And  an  Appeal  shall  be 
allowed  to  either  Party  from  the  Judgment  or  determination  of  said 
City  Courts  to  the  next  Superior  Court  to  be  holden  in  the  County  of 
Hartford  in  all  Causes  in  which  an  Appeal  is  now  or  hereafter  by  Law 
shall  be  allowed  from  the  said  County  Courts,  the  Prevailing  Party 
however  if  Plantiff  may  such  an  Appeal  notwithstanding  take  out 
Execution  on  such  Judgment  for  the  Debt  or  Damages  and  Cost  recov- 
ered in  such  City  Court  against  the  Defendant  or  Defendants,  and  Levy 
the  said  Execution  and  Collect  the  Money  thereon  Provided  he  does 


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previous  to  his  taking  out  said  Execution  become  bound  with  two  suf- 
ficient Sureties,  before  the  Mayor  of  said  City  or  one  of  the  Judges  of 
of  [mc]  said  Court  in  a Recognizance  (which  Recognizance  the  Mayor 
of  said  City  and  the  Judges  of  said  City  Court  are  respectively  impow- 
ered  to  take,  in  double  the  Sum  of  said  Judgment,  that  he  will  within 
one  Week  after  final  Judgment  on  the  Appeal  refund  so  much  of  the 
Judgment  of  said  City  Court  together  with  the  Interest  thereof  as  shall 
on  such  Execution  be  collected  and  shall  not  be  by  him  recovered  before 
the  Court  to  which  the  Appeal  is  taken  together  with  the  Execution 
fees  that  shall  accrue  and  be  paid  by  the  Defendant  or  Defendants  on 
said  Execution,  and  no  Appeal  shall  be  allowed  on  any  Suit  Commenced 
on  such  Recognizance.  And  in  every  Action  brought  before  said  City 
Court  in  which  the  Plantiff  lives  without  the  Limits  of  said  City,  or 
is  a Mariner  or  Seaman  sueing  for  Wages  Due  to  him  for  services 
in  his  occupation,  and  the  Defendant  lives  within  the  Limits  of  said 
City,  no  Appeal  shall  be  allowed  the  Defendant  unless  the  Matter  in 
Demand  exceed  the  Sum  of  fifty  Pounds  lawfull  Money,  but  if  the 
Matter  in  demand  exceed  said  Sum  an  Appeal  shall  be  allowed  the 
Defendant  in  the  same  manner  and  under  the  Same  Regulations  as 
appeals  are  allowable  in  other  Cases  Cognizable  by  said  City  Court  and 
no  Writ  of  Error  brought  upon  any  Judgment  of  said  City  Court  or 
of  the  said  Mayor  or  either  of  said  Aldermen,  shall  be  a supersedeas, 
or  have  any  force  to  Stay  the  Levy  of  the  Execution,  and  said  City 
Court  shall  have  full  Power  to  appoint  and  swear  a Clerk  for  said 
Court  to  continue  in  Office  during  the  Pleasure  of  said  Court,  who 
shall  as  to  Matters  relative  to  his  Office  as  Clerk  of  said  Court  have 
the  same  Powers  and  Authorities  to  all  intents  and  Purposes  as  the 
Clerks  of  the  County  Courts  in  this  State  by  Law  have,  And  the 
Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  said  Clerk  shall  be  the  same  mutatis  mutandis 
as  the  Oath  Provided  by  Law  to  be  taken  by  the  Clerks  of  the  County 
Courts  in  this  State  And  the  Mayor  of  said  City  or  in  his  absence 
the  Seignior  Assistant  Judge  of  said  City  Court  may  at  the  special 
Instance  and  Cost  of  any  Person  moving  therefore  hold  a special  City 
Court  at  such  Time  and  Place  within  said  City,  as  the  Mayor  or  Judge 
ordering  the  Same  shall  appoint,  which  Court  shall  proceed  in  the  Same 
manner  have  the  same  Powers  and  Authorities  and  in  all  respects  be 
under  the  Same  Regulations  as  the  Stated  City  Courts  of  said  City 
and  all  the  taxable  fees  of  said  City  Court  shall  be  the  Same  as  the 
taxable  fees  of  the  County  Courts  of  this  State. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted,  That  the  Mayor  of  said  City  for  the 
Time  being  and  the  two  Aldermen  first  Chosen  at  the  annual  Meeting 
of  said  City  or  at  their  first  Meeting  shall  compose  the  said  City  Court 
and  be  the  Judges  thereof,  and  the  Mayor  shall  be  the  Chief  Judge  of 
said  City  Court,  and  the  said  two  Aldermen  shall  be  the  Assistant  Judges 
of  said  Court,  any  two  of  whom  in  the  absence  of  the  other  taking  to 
their  Assistance  the  Senior  Alderman  present  that  is  not  a Judge  of 
said  Court,  or  if  neither  of  the  Aldermen  that  are  not  Judges  of  said 


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Court  can  attend,  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the 
County  of  Hartford  resident  within  said  City  shall  have  Power  to  hold 
a City  Court.  And  if  at  any  City  Court  there  shall  be  but  one  Judge 
Present  he  shall  take  to  his  Assistance  two  other  Aldermen  of  said  City, 
and  in  Case  one  or  both  of  them  cannot  attend,  he  shall  take  one  or 
two  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  as  the  Case  may  require  of  the  County 
of  Hartford  resident  within  the  said  City  and  they  three  shall  have  the 
Same  Power  to  hold  a City  Court  as  the  Judges  of  said  City  Court 
have. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted , That  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  said 
City,  shall  severally  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  have  Cognizance  of 
all  Civil  Causes  by  Law  Cognizable  by  a Justice  of  the  Peace  Provided 
the  Cause  of  Action  arise  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  and  one  or 
both  of  the  Parties  live  within  the  Same,  and  the  said  Mayor  and  Aider- 
men  shall  as  to  the  Causes  by  them  severally  Cognizable,  have  the 
same  Powers  and  Authorities  and  proceed  in  the  Same  manner  as  Jus- 
tices of  the  Peace  now  have  or  hereafter  may  have  and  proceed.  And 
an  Appeal  shall  be  allowed  from  the  Judgment  or  determination  of  said 
Mayor  and  Aldermen  in  any  Cause  by  them  Cognizable  severally  to  the 
next  City  Court  to  be  holden  within  said  City,  in  all  Cases  in  which  an 
Appeal  is  now  or  hereafter  shall  be  allowed  from  the  Judgment  of 
a Justice  of  the  Peace,  the  prevailing  party  however  if  Plantiff,  may 
such  Appeal  notwithstanding  take  out  Execution  on  such  Judgment 
Provided  he  give  Bonds  before  the  Mayor  of  said  City  or  one  of  the 
Judges  of  said  Court  in  the  same  manner  as  is  provided  in  Cases  of 
Appeal  from  said  City  Court  And  in  every  Action  brought  before  the 
Mayor  or  either  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  in  which  the  Plantiff 
lives  without  the  Limits  of  said  City,  or  in  which  the  Pltf  is  a 
Mariner  or  Seaman  suing  for  Wages  due  to  him  for  Services  in  his 
occupation,  and  the  Defendant  lives  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  no 
appeal  shall  be  allowed  the  Defendant;  and  the  Taxable  Fees  in  all 
Causes  cognizable  by  the  Mayor  or  by  one  of  the  Aldermen  of  said 
City  severally  shall  be  the  Same  as  the  taxable  fees  in  like  Cases  before 
Justices  of  the  Peace,  And  the  processes  in  all  Actions  brought  to  said 
City  Court  shall  be  the  same  as  the  processes  to  the  County  Courts  in 
this  State.  And  the  Processes  in  all  Actions  brought  before  the  Mayor 
or  one  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  shall  be  the  same  as  the  processes 
in  Actions  brought  before  a Justice  of  the  Peace  which  Processes  shall 
be  Signed  by  the  Governor  Lieutenant  Governor  or  one  of  the  Assist- 
ants of  this  State  or  by  a Justice  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County 
of  Hartford,  or  by  the  Mayor  or  one  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  or 
the  Clerk  of  said  City  Court,  and  shall  be  served  by  a Sheriff  Deputy 
Sheriff  or  Constable  to  whom  directed  according  to  the  Laws  of  this  State 
and  the  Provisions  of  this  Act.  And  all  Bonds  for  prosecution  taken  by 
any  of  said  Officers  hereby  Impowered  to  Sign  Writs  shall  be  good  and 
effectual  in  Law.  And  Bonds  for  Prosecution  special  Bail  and  Bonds 
for  Appeal  shall  be  taken  to  the  adverse  Party ; 


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Provided  nevertheless  that  no  Writs  Executions  excepted  or  Proc- 
esses Signed  by  the  Mayor  or  either  of  the  Aldermen  shall  be  of  any 
effect  without  the  Limits  of  said  City. 

And  he  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  the  said 
Mayor  Aldermen  and  Common  Council  shall  on  the  first  Monday  of 
February  annually  Meet,  and  shall  then  Choose  thirty  six  Freemen  of 
said  City  or  such  greater  number,  not  exceeding  seventy  two  of  said 
Freemen  as  the  said  Mayor  Aldermen  and  Common  Council  shall  then 
Judge  necessary  to  Serve  as  Jurors  at  said  City  Court,  and  shall  return 
the  Names  of  said  Jurors  under  the  Hand  of  the  Mayor  of  said  City 
if  Present  or  in  Case  of  his  Absence  under  the  Hand  of  the  Senior 
Alderman  present  at  such  Meeting  to  the  Clerk  of  said  City  Court, 
who  shall  write  each  Jurors  name  thus  Chosen,  fairly  on  a Seperate  Peice 
of  Paper  and  roll  up  and  put  the  same  into  a Box  which  he  shall  Provide 
and  keep  for  that  purpose,  And  whenever  either  of  the  Sheriffs  of 
said  City  shall  receive  a Warrant  from  the  Clerk  of  said  City  Court  to 
Summon  a Jury  to  appear  before  said  Court,  the  Sheriff  receiving  such 
Warrant  taking  with  him  one  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  shall  repair 
to  the  said  Clerks  Office,  and  there  in  the  Presence  of  said  Alderman  and 
Clerk,  shall  take  out  of  said  Box  such  Numbers  of  said  Papers  as  his 
Warrant  shall  direct,  and  the  Persons  whose  Names  shall  be  found  writ- 
ten thereon  shall  be  Summoned  to  appear  before  the  Court  to  which  the 
Warrant  is  returnable  to  Serve  as  Jurors  and  in  Case  of  neglecting  to 
attend  shall  be  liable  to  such  Penalties  as  shall  by  the  Bye  Laws  of 
said  City  be  inflicted  for  such  neglect,  And  in  Case  a compleat  Panned 
shall  not  attend  or  in  Case  any  shall  be  Challenged  or  excused  the  Sheriff 
attending  such  Court  shall  supply  such  deficiency  by  drawing  in  the 
Presence  of  the  Court  others  out  of  said  Box  and  Summoning  them 
to  attend  and  Serve  untill  the  Panned  shad  be  compleat,  and  the 
Names  of  such  Jurors  as  do  not  attend  or  are  excused  shad  be  returned 
into  the  Box  and  be  liable  to  be  drawn  again,  And  the  Oath  to  be 
taken  by  said  Jurors  shall  be  the  Same  as  is  by  Law  provided  to 
be  taken  by  Jurors  in  Civil  Actions,  and  the  Name  of  each  Juror  who 
attends  any  City  Court  and  Serves  shall  be  again  written  on  a seperate 
peice  of  Paper  and  shall  be  rolled  up  and  put  into  another  Box  which 
the  Clerk  of  said  Court  shall  Provide  for  that  purpose  and  shall  be 
liable  to  be  drawn  again  in  Case  there  shall  not  be  reason  of  Death 
Removal  or  other  Cause  be  a Sufficiency  in  the  other  Box  to  complete 
the  Pannels  for  that  Year  in  which  they  are  Chosen  to  Serve,  And  the 
said  City  may  Choose  a Clerk  of  said  City  who  shall  make  true  and 
regular  Entries  of  all  the  Votes  and  Proceedings  of  said  City  and  the 
Records  by  him  kept  shall  be  of  the  same  validity  in  Point  of  Evidence  in 
any  Court  of  Law  in  this  State  as  the  Records  of  Towns  are. 

And  he  it  further  Enacted  hy  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  the  said 
Mayor  Aldermen  and  Common  Council  be  and  they  are  hereby  Impow- 
ered  to  lay  out  new  Highways  Streets  and  public  Walks  for  the  Use 
of  said  City  or  to  alter  those  already  laid  out  in  said  City  and  to 


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exchange  Highways  for  Highways  or  to  Sell  Highways  for  the  Purpose 
of  purchasing  other  Highways,  taking  the  same  Measures  on  all  respects 
as  are  directed  by  the  Laws  of  this  State,  to  be  taken  in  Case  of  High- 
ways laid  out  by  the  Select  Men  for  the  Use  of  their  Towns,  and  the 
Party  aggrieved  by  the  laying  out  of  such  Streets  or  Highways  may 
have  the  Same  remedy  by  Applications  to  the  County  Courts  as  is  by 
Law  Provided  in  Cases  of  Highways  laid  out  by  Select  Men. 

And  be  it  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  in  Case  any 
Sheriff  Deputy  Sheriff  or  Constable  shall  not  Serve  a Writ  directed 
to  and  received  by  him  that  is  returnable  to  said  City  Court,  or  shall 
neglect  to  make  return  of  said  Writ  or  shall  make  a false  or  undue 
Return  thereof,  and  a Suit  shall  for  such  Default  be  brought  against 
him  to  the  said  City  Court  by  the  Person  his  Executors  or  Administra- 
tors in  whose  favour  the  Writ  Issued,  and  the  Defendant  be  found 
in  Default  the  said  Court  over  and  above  awarding  Just  Damages  to  the 
Plantiff  may  on  said  Suit  set  a suitable  Fine  upon  the  Defendant  accord- 
ing to  the  Nature  of  the  Case  and  may  Issue  Execution  for  such 
fine,  which  fine  shall  be  to  the  Treasurer  of  said  City  to  and  for  the 
Use  of  said  City.  And  in  all  Cases  in  which  the  Defendant  who  is 
Sued  to  the  said  City  Court,  lives  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  the 
Writ  shall  be  served  upon  him  at  least  six  Days  before  the  sitting  of 
the  Court  to  which  the  Writ  is  returnable,  but  if  the  Defendant  lives 
without  the  Limits  of  said  City,  the  Writ  shall  be  Served  at  least  twelve 
Days  before  the  Sitting  of  said  Court,  and  all  Writs  returnable  to  said 
City  Court  shall  be  returned  to  the  Clerk  of  said  Court  on  or  before 
the  Day  of  the  sitting  of  said  Court,  and  before  the  first  opening  of  said 
Court.  And  the  Writs  returnable  before  the  Mayor  or  either  of  the 
Aldermen  of  said  City  shall  if  the  Plantiff  and  Defendant  both  live 
within  the  Limits  of  said  City,  or  if  the  Plantiff  live  without  and  the 
Defendant  live  within  said  Limits,  or  if  the  Plantiff  be  a Mariner  or 
Seaman  Sueing  for  Wages  due  to  him  for  Services  in  his  Occupation, 
and  the  Defendant  lives  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  be  Served  upon 
the  Defendant  at  least  three  Days  before  the  sitting  of  the  Court  to 
which  it  is  returnable,  but  if  the  Defendant  live  without  the  Limits 
of  said  City  the  Writ  shall  be  Served  upon  the  Defendant  at  least  six 
Days  before  the  sitting  of  the  Court  to  which  it  is  returnable. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted,  That  the  Mayor  Aldermen  Sheriffs  Com- 
mon Council  and  Clerk  of  said  City  shall  be  sworn  to  the  faithfull  dis- 
charge of  their  Duty,  and  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the 
Mayor  of  said  City  shall  be  as  follows  viz — 

You  being  elected  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Middletown  do  swear 
by  the  Name  of  the  everliving  God  that  You  will  without  any  Par- 
tiality indifferently  administer  Justice  according  to  Law  without  respect 
of  Persons,  take  no  Bribe  give  no  Council  in  any  Matter  that  shall  come 
before  You  nor  deny  Right  to  any  but  well  and  truly  perform  Your 
Office  of  Mayor  of  said  City  according  to  Your  best  skill.  So  help 
You  God. 


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And  the  Form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Aldermen  of  said 
City  shall  be  the  same  mutatis  mutandis  as  is  prescribed  by  Law  to  be 
taken  by  Justices  of  the  Peace.  And  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken 
by  the  Common  Council  Men  of  said  City  shall  be  as  follows  viz 

You  being  elected  a Common  Council  Man  for  the  City  of  Middle- 
town  do  swear  by  the  Name  of  the  everliving  God  that  You  will  faith- 
fully and  uprightly  discharge  the  Duties  of  that  Office  so  long  as  You 
shall  hold  the  Same,  So  help  You  God. 

And  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Sheriffs  of  said 
City  shall  be  the  Same  prescribed  by  Law  to  be  taken  by  the  Sherifs 
mutatis  mutandis,  And  the  Form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Clerks 
of  said  City  shall  be  as  follows  viz — 

You  being  Chosen  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Midletown,  do  swear  by 
the  Name  of  the  everliving  God  that  You  will  truly  and  faithfully 
attend  and  execute  the  Office  of  Clerk  of  said  City  according  to  Your 
best  skill,  and  make  true  Entries  and  Records  of  all  the  Votes  and 
Proceedings  of  said  City,  and  such  other  Matters  as  by  Law  or  by  the 
Bye  Laws  of  said  City  are  to  be  recorded  in  Your  Office,  and  that  You 
will  deliver  true  Copies  of  the  Records  in  Your  Hands  when  they  shall 
be  required  of  You  taking  only  Your  lawfull  fees  So  help  You  God. 

Which  Oath  may  be  administered  by  any  Assistant  of  this  State  or 
Justice  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  Hartford  or  by  the 
Mayor  or  either  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City,  Provided  the  Mayor  or 
Aldermen  administering  such  Oath  hath  been  Sworn  according  to  this 
Act.  And  the  Person  administering  the  Oath  prescribed  by  this  Act 
shall  give  a Certificate  thereof  under  his  Hand  to  the  Officer  to  whom 
he  administred  such  Oath,  which  Certificate  shall  be  recorded  in  the 
Records  of  said  City  before  the  Person  to  whom  it  is  given  shall  be 
capable  of  executing  the  Office  to  which  he  was  Chosen. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  there  shall  be  a Court  of  Common 
Council  of  said  City,  of  which  the  Mayor  Aldermen  and  Common 
Council  of  said  City  shall  be  the  Members,  who  or  the  Majority  of 
them  shall  have  Powers  to  make  Bye  Laws  relative  to  erecting  and 
regulating  Markets  and  relative  to  Commerce  within  the  Limits  of  said 
City,  relative  to  Persons  summoned  to  Serve  as  Jurors  at  said  City  Court 
and  neglecting  or  refusing  to  Serve;  relative  to  the  Streets  and  High- 
ways of  said  City;  relative  to  Nuisances  within  said  City  Limits, 
relative  to  their  Landing  Places  Wharves  Anchoring  and  mooring  of 
Vessels,  relative  to  Trees  planted  for  Shade  Ornament  Convenience 
or  Use  Public  or  Private,  and  to  the  fruits  of  such  Trees,  relative  to 
Trespasses  committed  in  Gardens;  relative  to  Walks  and  Buildings 
Public  or  Private,  relative  to  the  Sweeping  of  Chimneys  and  preserving 
said  City  from  Fire,  relative  to  the  forms  of  Oaths  to  be  taken  by  the 
Treasurer  of  said  City,  and  Inspectors  of  Produce  brought  to  said  City 
for  Sale  or  exportation  relative  to  the  manner  of  Warning  Meetings  of 
said  City  and  the  Court  of  Common  Council  and  the  Time  and  Place  at 
which  they  shall  be  holden,  relative  to  the  Qualifications  in  Point  of 


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Property  of  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen,  relative  to  the  Bonds  to  be 
given  by  the  Sheriffs  of  said  City  for  a faithfull  discharge  of  their 
Duty ; relative  to  the  Penalties  to  be  incurred  by  those  who  being  Chosen 
to  any  City  Office  shall  not  being  excused  by  said  City  refuse  to  Serve, 
relative  to  a City  Watch  relative  to  the  Burial  of  the  Dead ; relative  to 
the  public  Lights  & Lamps  of  said  City,  relative  to  the  restraining  Geese 
and  Swine  from  going  at  large  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  and  to 
inflict  Penalties  for  the  Breach  of  such  Bye  Laws. 

Provided  however  that  such  Penalty  shall  in  no  Case  exceed  the  Sum 
of  ten  Pounds  lawfull  Money,  and  said  Penalties  shall  be  to  such  Per- 
sons as  the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  direct  and  be  recoverable  by 
the  Persons  to  whom  forfeited  by  Action  of  Debt  brought  to  the  City 
Courts  of  said  City,  in  which  Action  no  Appeal  or  Review  shall  be 
allowed, 

Provided  however  that  no  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  be  made 
repugnant  to  the  Laws  of  this  State ; 

And  Provided  also , that  all  the  Bye  Laws  made  by  said  Court  of 
Common  Council  shall  be  approved  of  by  said  City  in  legal  Meeting 
Assembled  and  after  being  so  approved  shall  be  published  at  least 
three  Weeks  successively  in  some  Public  News  Paper  in  or  nearest  said 
City  before  the  same  shall  be  of  any  validity;  And  all  the  Bye  Laws 
of  said  City  shall  at  any  Time  within  six  Months  after  they  are  made 
be  liable  to  be  repealed  by  any  Superior  Court  holden  in  said  County  of 
Hartford  of  by  such  Superior  Court  on  a hearing  adjudged  to  be 
unreasonable  or  unjust.  And  all  Grants  and  Leases  of  any  real  Estate 
belonging  to  said  Cty  Signed  by  the  Mayor  of  said  City  and  Sealed 
with  the  City  Seal  and  approved  by  said  City  in  legal  Meeting  Assembled 
shall  be  good  and  effectual  in  Law  to  convey  the  Estate  intended  to  be 
Conveyed  by  such  Grant  or  Lease  Provided  the  Same  is  recorded  in 
the  Records  of  the  Town  where  the  Lands  leased  or  granted  lie.  And 
said  City  shall  have  Power  to  appoint  Inspectors  of  every  kind  of 
produce  of  the  United  States  brought  to  said  City  for  Sale  or  exporta- 
tion. And  the  Vote  or  Choice  of  the  Major  Part  of  the  Freemen 
present  at  a Legal  Meeting  of  said  City  shall  be  considered  in  all  Cases 
as  the  Vote  or  Choice  of  said  City.  And  whenever  the  Mayor  of  said 
City  or  any  other  Officer  of  said  City  eligible  by  the  Freemen  thereof 
shall  resign  or  be  removed  by  Death  or  otherwise  another  Person  shall 
be  Chosen  in  his  Place  by  said  City  and  if  an  Annual  Officer  shall  con- 
tinue in  Office  untill  the  expiration  of  the  Month  of  January  next 
following  unless  another  shall  be  sooner  Chosen  and  sworn  in  his 
Stead ; And  the  Mayor  of  said  City  or  in  his  Absence  the  Senior 
Alderman  present  at  any  Meeting  of  said  City  or  at  any  Court  of  Com- 
mon Council  shall  ex  Officio  be  Moderator  thereof  and  the  Meeting 
of  said  City  may  from  Time  to  Time  by  a Major  Vote  of  the  Freemen 
present  be  adjourned. 

And  he  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  the 
first  Meeting  of  said  City  shall  be  holden  at  the  Town  House  in  said 


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Middletown  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  July  next  at  nine  of  the  Clock 
in  the  forenoon  for  the  Choice  of  a Mayor  Aldermen  Common  Council 
and  Sherriff  of  said  City,  and  to  transact  such  other  Business  as  may 
be  necessary,  which  Meeting  may  be  from  Time  to  Time  adjourned, 
and  a Copy  of  this  Paragraph  of  this  Act  Certified  under  the  Hand  of 
the  Secretary  of  this  State  And  published  on  the  Sign  Post  in  said  Town 
of  Middletown  at  least  three  Days  before  said  second  Tuesday  of  said 
July,  shall  be  a legal  Warning  of  the  Freemen  of  said  City  to  attend 
said  first  Meeting,  and  the  Annual  Officers  Chosen  at  said  Meeting 
shall  Continue  in  Office  untill  the  expiration  of  next  January  unless 
others  are  sooner  Chosen  and  qualified  in  their  Stead.  And  the  said 
City  shall  at  such  Meeting  first  Chuse  a Clerk  of  said  City  who  shall  be 
immediately  sworn,  and  shall  forthwith  make  a Record  of  his  being 
Chosen  and  sworn,  and  the  Record  thus  made  by  him  in  such  Case  shall 
be  good  and  effectual  any  Thing  in  this  Act  to  the  contrary  notwith- 
standing & such  Record  may  be  made  by  Clerks  hereafter  Chosen  of 
their  being  chosen  & sworn  and  shall  be  good  and  effectual,  any  Thing 
in  this  Act  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding;  And  said  City  shall  there- 
upon proceed  to  Chuse  a Mayor  and  the  other  Officers  of  said  City 
eligible  by  the  Freemen  thereof,  and  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  within 
and  for  the  County  of  Hartford  living  and  Inhabiting  within  the 
Limits  of  said  City  and  present  at  said  first  Meeting  shall  have  as 
to  the  Election  of  the  Mayor  Aldermen  Sheriffs  Common  Council  Men 
and  Clerk  of  said  City  the  same  Powers  and  proceed  in  the  Same 
manner,  as  the  Mayor  Aldermen  and  Sheriffs  of  said  City  by  this 
Act  are  to  have  and  proceed  in  at  the  future  Elections  of  said  City. 
And  the  senior  Justice  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of 
Hartford  living  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  present  at  said  first 
Meeting  shall  be  Moderator  thereof  untill  there  shall  be  a Mayor  or 
Alderman  Chosen  and  qualified  according  to  this  Act,  And  said  City 
shall  at  their  first  Meeting  appoint  a Time  and  Place  for  holding  the 
first  Court  of  Common  Council,  which  Court  shall  have  Power  to 
adjourn  from  Time  to  Time;  and  the  first  City  Court  of  said  City 
shall  be  holden  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  August  next  at  the  Town  House 
in  said  City,  And  the  City  Courts  of  said  City  may  be  holden  in  said 
Town  House  from  Time  to  Time  or  in  such  other  Place  in  said  City 
as  said  City  shall  proved  & Judge  proper.  And  the  Mayor  Aldermen 
and  Common  Council  of  said  City  shall  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  July 
next  at  three  of  the  Clock  in  the  Afternoon  hold  a Meeting  at  the  Town 
House  in  said  Midletown  and  shall  then  and  there  Chuse  thirty  six 
Freemen  of  said  City  to  Serve  as  Jurors  untill  after  the  first  Monday  of 
February  next,  and  the  Name  of  each  Person  thus  Chosen  shall  be 
fairly  written  on  a Seperate  Peice  of  Paper  and  be  put  into  the  Jury 
Box  by  this  Act  to  be  provided  by  the  Clerk  of  said  City  Court  and 
shall  be  drawn  out  in  the  manner  herein  before  provided  with  respect 
to  Jurors 

Always  Provided  that  any  Thing  in  this  Act  notwithstanding  the 


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Inhabitants  living  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  shall  to  all  intents 
and  purposes  be  and  remain  a Part  of  the  said  Town  of  Middletown. 

Provided  nevertheless  That  if  this  Act  or  any  of  the  Provisions 
therein  contained  shall  be  found  inconvenient  or  in  any  Respect  inade- 
quate, the  same  on  Representation  of  the  City  or  otherwise  may  be 
altered  or  revoked  by  the  General  Assembly 

Provided  nevertheless  and  it  is  hereby  Enacted  that  the  Judges  of 
said  City  Court  may  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  to  hear  Try  and 
finally  determine  all  Causes  brought  before  the  City  Court  by  a Jury 
of  six  Freemen  or  without  a Jury,  when  neither  of  the  Parties  desire  to 
have  a Cause  decided  by  a Jury  or  by  more  than  six  Jurors.  And  this 
Act  shall  to  all  Intents  and  purposes  be  a Public  Act. 

An  Act  for  Incorporating  a part  of  the  Town  of  Norwich. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same — That  all  Free- 
men of  this  State  Inhabitants  of  said  Norwich  dwelling  and  Inhabit- 
ing within  the  following  Bounds,  viz  Beginning  at  the  Mouth  of 
Trading  Cove  Brook  at  the  Bounds  between  the  Towns  of  New  London 
and  Norwich,  and  thence  running  up  said  Brook  to  the  Bridge  on  New 
London  Road  called  trading  Cove  Bridge,  thence  a Streight  Line  to  the 
West  Side  of  the  Mills  at  the  Iron  Works  belonging  to  Elijah  Bachus 
Esqr ; thence  an  Easterly  Line  to  the  North  Side  of  the  dwelling  House 
of  Capt  John  Flughes  thence  a Streight  Line  to  Roaths  Landing  so 
called  on  the  South  Side  Shetucket  River  thence  by  Shatucket  River  and 
the  River  Thames,  at  Highwater  Mark  to  the  Mouth  of  Pouquatannoc 
Cove,  thence  Northwestwardly  across  said  River  to  the  Line  between 
the  Towns  of  Norwich  and  New  London  thence  by  said  New  London 
Line  to  the  first  mentioned  Bounds  Be  and  the  same  are  hereby  Ordained 
Constituted  and  declared  to  be  from  Time  to  Time  and  forever  hereafter, 
one  Body  Corporate  and  Politic  in  fact  and  in  Name  by  the  Name  of  The 
Mayor,  Aldermen,  Common  Council  and  Freemen  of  the  City  of  Nor- 
wich, and  that  by  that  Name  they  and  their  Successors  forever  shall 
and  may  have  perpetual  Succession,  and  shall  be  Persons  in  Law  capable 
of  Sueing  and  being  sued  Pleading  and  being  Impleaded  in  all  Suits  of 
what  nature  soever,  and  also  to  purchase  hold  and  Convey  any  Estate 
real  or  Personal,  and  may  have  a Common  Seal  and  may  Change  and 
alter  the  Same  at  Pleasure,  and  shall  be  Freemen  of  said  City. 

And  Whereas  there  are  many  Persons  living  within  said  Limits  who 
by  Law  are  qualified  to  be  Freemen  of  this  State  that  have  not  taken  the 
Oath  provided  by  Law  to  be  taken  by  Freemen  ; 

Be  it  Enacted  That  all  such  Persons  living  within  said  Limits,  who 
shall  before  the  second  Monday  of  July  next  procure  the  Major  Part  of 
the  Select  Men  of  said  Town  of  Norwich,  to  Certify  that  they  are 
Qualified  to  be  admitted  and  made  free  of  this  State,  and  shall  after 
procuring  such  Certificate,  take  before  some  Assistant  of  this  State  or 
Justice  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  New  London  the 


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Oath  provided  by  Law  for  Freemen,  shall  to  all  the  Purposes  in  this 
Act  mentioned  be  considered  as  Freemen  of  this  State  and  Freemen 
of  the  said  City  of  Norwich. 

And  for  the  better  Government  of  said  City,  Be  it  further  Enacted 
That  there  shall  be  a Meeting  of  said  City  holden  annually  in  July  at 
such  Time  and  place  as  by  the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  be  directed 
for  the  purpose  of  Choosing  all  the  Annual  Officers  of  said  City,  and 
the  Annual  Officers  of  said  City  chosen  at  such  Meeting  shall  continue 
in  Office  untill  the  expiration  of  the  Month  of  July  then  next  unless 
others  shall  be  sooner  Chosen  and  Qualified  in  their  Stead,  And  the  said 
City  in  legal  Meeting  Assembled  shall  Choose  a Mayor  who  shall  hold 
his  Office  during  the  Pleasure  of  the  General  Assembly,  And  at  their 
annual  Meeting  shall  Choose  four  Aldermen  and  a Common  Council  of 
not  more  than  twenty,  and  two  sheriffs  out  of  the  Freemen  of  said  City 
all  which  Officers  and  all  other  Officers  of  said  City  eligible  by  the 
Freemen  thereof  Inspectors  of  Produce  excepted,)  shall  be  Chosen 
by  Ballot,  and  on  each  Ballot  which  is  Given  in  shall  be  written  the 
Name  of  the  Person  for  whom  the  same  is  given,  and  such  Ballot  shall 
be  rolled  up  and  in  the  Presence  of  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  said 
City  or  such  of  them  as  are  present  at  such  Meeting  put  by  the  Person 
giving  the  Same  into  a Box  which  said  City  shall  provide  for  that 
purpose,  which  Box  shall  be  a close  Box  with  a Hole  of  a convenient  Size 
in  the  Lid  thereof  through  which  to  put  in  the  Ballot  and  when  the 
Freemen  present  at  any  City  Meeting  shall  have  had  a reasonable  Time 
to  give  in  their  Ballots,  either  of  the  Sheriffs  of  said  City  or  in  the 
absence  of  both  the  Sheriffs  the  Junior  Alderman  present  in  the  presence 
of  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  or  such  of  them  as  are  present  at  such 
Meeting  shall  open  the  said  Box,  And  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  or  such 
of  them  as  are  present  shall  open  sort  and  Count  the  Ballots  and  the 
Person  who  shall  have  a Majority  of  the  Ballots  given  in,  shall  by  the 
Sheriffs  or  in  their  Absence  by  the  Junior  Alderman  present  be  declared 
to  be  elected  and  no  Ballots  shall  be  received  after  the  Box  shall  have 
been  opened,  And  said  City  in  legal  Meeting  Assembled  shall  have 
Power  to  Levy  Taxes  on  the  Polls  and  rateable  Estate  within  the 
Limits  of  said  City  for  such  Purposes  as  the  said  City  shall  think  proper 
and  to  Choose  a Collector  or  Collectors  to  Collect  such  Tax  who  shall 
having  received  a Warrant  for  that  Purpose  Signed  by  the  Mayor  or  by 
one  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City,  have  the  Same  Powers  as  Collectors  of 
Town  Taxes  by  Law  have,  and  shall  be  accountable  to  the  Mayor  and 
Aldermen  of  said  City  in  the  Same  manner  as  Collectors  of  Town  Taxes 
are  by  Law  accountable  to  the  Select  Men ; And  in  Case  any  Collector 
shall  not  perform  the  Trust  committed  to  him,  but  shall  fail  of  Collecting 
such  Rate  according  to  the  Terms  of  the  Warrant  Committed  to  him  on 
Complaint  thereof  made  by  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  to  the  Mayor 
thereof  he  shall  Issue  his  Warrant  under  his  Hand  directed  to  either 
of  the  Sheriffs  of  said  City  to  distrain  the  Sums  or  Rates  neglected  by 
such  Collector  to  be  Collected  or  Paid  out  of  the  Estate  of  the  Collector. 


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May, 


And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  the  Sheriffs 
of  said  City  shall  severally  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  have  the 
same  Powers  and  Authorities  and  be  liable  to  the  same  Suits  or  Pen- 
alties for  neglect  of  Duty  in  any  Case  whatever  to  all  Intents  and 
purposes  as  Sheriffs  by  Law  now  have  and  are,  And  the  said  City 
shall  be  [liable]  to  answer  in  Case  of  the  Inability  of  said  Sheriffs 
or  either  of  them  for  the  Default  of  said  Sheriffs  in  all  Cases  relative 
to  their  Office,  And  said  Sheriffs  shall  severally  give  Bond  with  Sureties 
in  such  manner  as  by  the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  be  directed  for  a 
faithfull  discharge  of  the  Duties  of  that  Office,  before  they  shall  be 
capable  of  executing  the  Same,  and  in  Case  either  of  the  Persons  Chosen 
Sheriffs  shall  not  give  Bond  with  Sureties  according  to  the  Bye  Laws 
of  said  City,  the  said  City  may  proceed  to  Choose  another  Sheriff  in 
his  Room;  And  the  said  City  in  legal  Meeting  Assembled  shall  Choose 
a Treasurer  for  said  City  to  continue  in  Office  during  the  Pleasure  of 
said  City  who  shall  have  the  Same  Powers  within  said  City  as  Town 
Treasurers  now  by  Law  have  and  shall  be  accountable  to  said  City. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  That  there  shall  be  holden  Monthly  on  the 
second  Tuesday  of  every  Month  in  said  City  a City  Court,  which  Court 
shall  have  Power  to  Adjourn  from  Time  to  Time  and  shall  have  Cog- 
nizance of  all  Civil  Causes,  where  the  Title  of  Land  is  not  concerned 
by  Law  Cognizable  by  the  County  Courts  in  this  State  Provided  the 
Cause  of  Action  arise  wdthin  the  Limits  of  said  City,  and  one  or  both  of 
the  Parties  live  within  said  City,  And  the  said  City  Courts  shall  as  to 
the  Causes  by  them  Cognizable,  to  all  Intents  and  purposes  have  the 
same  Powers  and  Authorities  and  proceed  in  the  Same  manner  and 
grant  Execution  as  said  County  Courts  now  or  hereafter  by  Law  shall 
have  proceed  and  Grant,  and  the  Executions  Granted  by  said  City  Courts 
shall  be  Served  and  returned  in  the  same  manner  as  the  Executions 
granted  by  the  said  County  Courts  And  an  Appeal  shall  be  allowed 
to  either  Party  from  the  Judgment  or  determination  of  said  City  Court 
to  the  next  Superior  Court  to  be  holden  in  the  County  of  New  London 
in  all  Cases  in  which  an  Appeal  is  now  or  hereafter  by  Law  shall  be 
allowed  from  the  said  County  Courts,  the  prevailing  Party  however 
if  Plantiff  may  such  Appeal  notwithstanding,  take  out  Execution  on 
such  Judgment  for  the  Debt  or  Damages  and  Cost  recovered  in  such 
City  Court  against  the  Defendant  or  Defendants,  and  Levy  the  said 
Execution  and  Collect  the  Money  thereon,  provided  he  does  previous 
to  his  taking  out  said  Execution  become  bound  with  two  sufficient 
Sureties  before  the  Mayor  of  said  City  or  one  of  the  Judges  of  said 
City  Court  in  a Recognizance  (which  Recognizance  the  Mayor  of  said 
City  Court,  and  the  Judges  of  said  City  Court  are  respectively  Impow- 
ered  to  take)  in  double  the  Sum  of  said  Judgment  that  he  will  within 
one  Week  after  final  Judgment  on  the  Appeal  refund  so  much  of  the 
Judgment  of  the  said  City  Court  together  with  the  Interest  thereof,  as 
shall  on  such  Execution  be  Collected,  and  shall  not  be  by  him  recovered 
before  the  Court  to  which  the  Appeal  is  taken  together  with  the  Execu- 


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tion  fees  that  shall  accrue  and  be  paid  by  the  Defendant  on  said  Exe- 
cution, and  no  appeal  shall  be  allowed  on  any  Suit  Commenced  on  such 
Recognizance.  And  in  every  Action  brought  before  said  City  Court  in 
which  the  Plantiff  lives  without  the  Limits  of  said  City  or  is  a Mariner 
or  Seaman  Sueing  for  Wages  due  to  him  for  Services  in  his  Occupation, 
and  the  Defendant  lives  within  the  Limits  of  said  City,  no  Appeal  shall 
be  allowed  the  Defendant  unless  the  Matter  in  demand  exceed  the 
Sum  of  fifty  Pounds  lawfull  Money,  but  if  the  Matter  in  demand 
exceed  said  Sum,  an  Appeal  shall  be  allowed  the  Defendant  in  the 
same  manner  and  under  the  Same  Regulations  as  Appeals  are  allowable 
in  other  Causes  Cognizable  by  said  City  Court  and  no  Writ  of  Error 
brought  upon  any  Judgment  of  said  City  Court  or  of  said  Mayor  or 
either  of  said  Aldermen,  shall  be  a supersedeas,  or  have  any  force  to 
stay  the  Levy  of  the  Execution,  and  said  City  Court  shall  have  full 
Power  to  appoint  and  swear  a Clerk  for  said  Court  to  continue  in  Office 
during  the  Pleasure  of  said  Court,  which  Clerk  shall  as  to  all  Matters 
relative  to  his  Office  as  Clerk  of  said  Court,  have  the  Same  Powers  and 
Authorities  to  all  intents  and  purposes  as  the  Clerks  of  the  County 
Courts  in  this  State  by  Law  have.  And  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the 
said  Clerk  shall  be  the  same  mutatis  mutandis  as  the  Oath  provided  by 
Law  to  be  taken  by  the  Clerks  of  the  County  Courts  in  this  State. 

And  the  Mayor  of  said  City  or  in  his  absence  the  Senior  Assistant 
Judge  of  said  City  Court  may  at  the  special  Instance  and  Cost  of  any 
Person  moving  therefor  hold  a special  City  Court  at  such  Time  and 
Place  within  said  City  as  the  Mayor  or  Judge  ordering  the  Same  shall 
appoint,  which  Court  shall  proceed  in  the  same  manner  have  the  same 
Powers  and  Authorities  and  in  all  Respects  be  under  the  same  Regu- 
lations, as  the  Stated  Courts  of  said  City,  and  all  the  taxable  Fees  of 
said  City  Court  shall  be  the  Same  as  the  taxable  fees  of  the  County 
Courts  of  this  State. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted,  that  the  Mayor  of  said  City  for  the  Time 
being  and  the  two  Aldermen  first  Chosen  at  the  Annual  Meeting 
of  said  City  or  at  their  first  Meeting  shall  compose  the  said  City 
Court  and  be  the  Judges  thereof,  and  the  Mayor  shall  be  the  Chief 
Judge  of  said  Court,  and  the  said  two  Aldermen  shall  be  the  Assistant 
Judges  of  said  Court  any  two  of  whom  in  the  Absence  of  the  other 
taking  to  their  Assistance  the  Senior  Alderman  present,  that  is  not 
a Judge  of  said  Court,  or  if  neither  of  the  Aldermen  that  are  not  Judges 
of  said  Court  can  attend  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  within  and 
for  the  County  of  New  London  resident  within  said  City,  shall  have 
Power  to  hold  a City  Court.  And  if  at  any  City  Court  there  shall  be 
but  one  Judge  present  he  shall  take  to  his  Assistance  the  two  other 
Aldermen  of  said  City,  and  in  Case  one  or  both  of  them  cannot  attend, 
he  shall  take  one  or  two  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  as  the  Case  may 
require,  of  the  County  of  New  London  resident  within  the  said  City 
and  they  three  shall  have  the  same  Power  to  hold  a City  Court  as  the 
Judges  of  said  City  Court  have. 


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May, 


And  be  it  further  Enacted , That  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  said 
City  shall  severally  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  have  Cognizance  of 
all  Civil  Causes  by  Law  Cognizable  by  a Justice  of  the  Peace  Provided 
the  Cause  of  Action  arise  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  and  one  or 
both  of  the  Parties  live  within  the  Same  and  the  said  Mayor  and 
Aldermen  shall  as  to  the  Causes  by  them  severally  Cognizable,  have 
the  Same  Powers  and  Authorities,  and  proceed  in  the  same  manner  as 
Justices  of  the  Peace  now  or  hereafter  by  Law  shall  have  and  proceed 
And  an  Appeal  shall  be  allowed  from  the  Judgment  or  determination  of 
said  Mayor  and  Aldermen,  in  any  Cause  by  them  Cognizable  severally 
to  the  next  City  Court  to  be  holden  within  said  City,  in  all  Causes 
in  which  an  Appeal  is  now  or  hereafter  shall  be  allowed  from  a Judg- 
ment of  a Justice  of  the  Peace,  the  Prevailing  Party  however  if  Plantiff 
may  such  Appeal  notwithstanding,  take  out  an  Execution  on  such  Judg- 
ment Provided  he  give  Bond  before  the  Mayor  of  said  City  or  one  of  the 
Judges  of  said  Court  in  the  same  manner  as  is  Provided  in  Cases 
of  Appeal  from  said  City  Court.  And  in  every  Action  brought  before 
the  Mayor  or  either  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  in  which  the  Plantiff 
lives  without  the  Limits  of  said  City  or  in  which  the  Plantiff  is  a 
Mariner  or  Seaman  Suing  for  Wages  due  for  Services  in  his  occupa- 
tion and  the  Defendant  lives  within  the  Limits  of  said  City,  no  Appeal 
shall  be  allowed  the  Defendant,  And  the  taxable  Fees  in  all  Causes 
cognizable  by  the  Mayor  or  by  one  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  sev- 
erally shall  be  the  Same  as  the  taxable  fees  in  like  Cases  before  Jus- 
tices of  the  Peace  And  the  Processes  in  all  Actions  brought  to  said  City 
Court  shall  be  the  same  as  the  Processes  to  the  County  Courts  in  this 
State,  And  the  Processes  in  all  Actions  brought  before  the  Mayor 
or  one  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  shall  be  the  same  as  the  processes 
in  Actions  brought  before  a Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  be  Signed  by 
the  Governor  Lieutenant  Governor,  one  of  the  Assistants  of  this  State, 
or  by  a Justice  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  New  London, 
or  by  the  Mayor  or  one  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  or  the  Clerk  of 
said  City  Court,  and  shall  be  Served  by  a Sheriff  Deputy  Sheriff  or 
Constable  to  whom  directed  according  to  the  Laws  of  this  State  and  the 
Provisions  of  this  Act  And  all  Bonds  for  Prosecutions  taken  by  any 
of  said  Officers  hereby  Impowered  to  sign  Writs  shall  be  good  and 
effectual  in  Law,  And  Bonds  for  Prosecution  Special  Bail  and  Bonds 
for  Appeal  shall  be  taken  to  the  Adverse  Party. 

Provided  nevertheless  that  no  Writs  Executions  excepted  or  Process 
signed  by  the  Mayor  or  either  of  the  Aldermen  shall  be  of  any  Effect 
without  the  Limits  of  said  City. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid , That  the 
said  Mayor  Aldermen  and  Common  Council  shall  on  the  first  Monday 
of  August  annually  meet  and  shall  then  Choose  a number  not  exceeding 
one  hundred  and  forty  four  Fremen  of  said  City  to  Serve  as  Jurors 
at  said  City  Court  and  shall  return  the  Names  of  said  Jurors  under 
the  Hand  of  the  Mayor  of  said  City  if  present  or  in  Case  of  his 


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Absence  under  the  Hand  of  the  Seignior  Alderman  present  at  such 
Meeting  to  the  Clerk  of  the  City  Court  who  shall  write  each  Jurors 
Name  thus  Chosen  fairly  on  a seperate  Peice  of  Paper  and  roll  up 
and  put  the  Same  into  a Box  which  he  shall  Provide  and  keep  for  that 
Purpose,  And  whenever  either  of  the  Sheriffs  of  said  City  shall  receive 
a Warrant  from  the  Clerk  of  said  City  Court  to  Summon  a Jury  to 
appear  before  said  Court  the  Sheriff  receiving  such  Warrant  taking 
with  him  one  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  shall  repair  to  the  said  Clerks 
Office  and  there  in  the  presence  of  said  Alderman  and  Clerk  shall  take 
out  of  said  Box,  as  many  of  said  Papers  as  his  Warrant  directs,  and  the 
Persons  whose  Names  shall  be  found  written  therein  shall  be  summoned 
to  appear  before  the  Court  to  which  the  Warrant  is  returnable  to  Serve 
as  Jurors,  and  in  Case  of  neglecting  to  attend  shall  be  liable  to  such 
Penalties  as  shall  by  the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  be  inflicted  for  such 
neglect,  and  in  Case  a compleat  Panned,  shall  not  attend,  or  in  Case  any 
shall  be  Challenged  or  excused  the  Sheriff  attending  said  Court  shall 
supply  such  deficiency  by  drawing  in  the  Presence  of  the  Court  others 
out  of  said  Box  and  summoning  them  to  attend  and  Serve  untill  the 
Panel  shall  be  Compleat,  and  the  Names  of  such  Jurors  as  do  not  attend 
or  are  excused  shall  be  returned  into  the  Box  and  be  liable  to  be  drawn 
again  And  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  said  Jurors  shall  be  the  same  as  is 
by  Law  provided  to  be  taken  by  Jurors  in  Civil  Actions,  and  the  name 
of  each  Juror  that  attends  any  City  Court  and  serves  shall  be  again 
Written  on  a seperate  Peice  of  Paper  and  shall  be  rolled  up  and  put  into 
another  Box  which  the  Clerk  of  said  Court  shall  provide  for  that  pur- 
pose, and  shall  be  liable  to  be  drawn  again,  in  Case  there  shall  not  by 
reason  of  Death  removal  or  other  Cause  be  a Sufficiency  in  the  other 
Box  to  compleat  the  Panels  for  that  Year  in  which  they  are  Chosen  to 
Serve,  And  the  said  City  may  Choose  a Clerk  of  said  City  who  shall 
make  true  and  regular  Entries  of  all  the  V otes  and  proceedings  of  said 
City  and  the  Records  by  him  kept  shall  be  of  the  Same  validity  in  point 
of  Evidence  in  any  Court  of  Law  in  this  State  as  the  Records  of  Towns 
are. 

And  be  it  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  the  said  Mayor 
Aldermen  and  Common  Council  be  and  they  are  hereby  Impowered 
to  lay  out  new  Highways  Streets  and  public  Walks  for  the  Use  of  said 
City,  or  to  alter  those  already  laid  out  in  said  City,  and  to  exchange 
Highways  for  Highways,  or  to  Sell  Highways  for  the  Purpose  of  pur- 
chasing other  Highways,  taking  the  same  Measures  in  all  Respects  as 
are  directed  by  the  Laws  of  this  State  to  be  taken  in  Case  of  Highways 
laid  out  by  the  Select  Men  for  the  Use  of  their  Towns,  and  the  Party 
aggrieved  by  the  laying  out  such  Streets  or  HighWays  may  have  the 
Same  remedy  by  Application  to  the  County  Courts  as  is  by  Law  provided 
in  Cases  of  Highways  laid  out  by  Select  Men. 

And  be  it  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  That  in  Case  any 
Sheriff,  Deputy  Sheriff  or  Constable  shall  not  Serve  a Writ  directed 
to,  and  received  by  him  that  is  returnable  to  said  City  Court,  or  shall 
neglect  to  make  return  of  said  Writ  or  shall  make  a false  or  undue 


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return  thereof,  and  a Suit  shall  for  such  Default  be  brought  against  him 
to  the  said  City  Court  by  the  Person  his  Executor  or  Administrator  in 
whose  favour  said  Writ  Issued  and  the  Defendant  be  found  in  Default, 
the  said  Court  over  and  above  awarding  Just  Damages  to  the  Plantiff 
may  on  said  Suit  set  a suitable  fine  upon  the  Defendant  according  to 
the  nature  of  the  Case,  and  may  Issue  Execution  for  such  Fine  which 
Fine  shall  be  to  the  Treasurer  of  said  City  to  and  for  the  Use  of  said 
City.  And  in  all  Cases  wherein  the  Defendant  who  is  sued  to  the 
City  Court  living  within  the  Limits  of  said  City,  the  Writ  shall  be 
served  upon  him  at  least  six  Days  before  the  Day  of  the  Setting  of 
the  Court  to  which  the  Writ  is  returnable,  but  if  the  Defendant  lives 
without  the  Limits  of  said  City,  the  Writ  shall  be  served  at  least  twelve 
Days  before  the  sitting  of  said  Court;  and  all  Writs  returnable  to  said 
City  Court  shall  be  returned  to  the  Clerk  of  said  Court  on  or  before 
the  Day  of  the  sitting  of  said  Court  and  before  the  first  opening  of 
said  Court.  And  the  Writs  returnable  before  the  Mayor  or  either  of 
the  Aldermen  of  said  City  shall  if  the  Plantiff  and  Defendant  both  live 
within  the  Limits  of  said  City  or  if  the  Plantiff  lives  without  and  the 
Defendant  lives  within  the  Limits  of  said  City,  or  if  the  Plantiff  be  a 
Mariner  or  Seaman  suing  for  Wages  due  to  him  for  Services  in  his 
Occupation,  and  the  Defendant  lives  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  be 
served  upon  the  Defendant  at  least  three  Days  before  the  sitting  of 
the  Court  to  which  it  is  returnable  but  if  the  Defendant  lives  without 
the  Limits  of  said  City  the  Writ  shall  be  served  upon  the  Defendant  at 
least  six  Days  before  the  sitting  of  the  Court  to  which  it  is  returnable, 
And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  the  Mayor  Aldermen  Sheriffs  Com- 
mon Council  and  Clerk  of  said  City  shall  be  sworn  to  a faithfull  dis- 
charge of  their  Duty  and  the  Form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Mayor 
of  said  City  shall  be  as  follows  viz — 

You  being  elected  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Norwich  do  swear  by  the 
Name  of  the  everliving  God  that  You  will  without  any  partiality  indif- 
ferently administer  Justice  according  to  Law  without  respect  of  Persons, 
take  no  Bribe  give  no  Council  in  any  matter  that  shall  come  before  You, 
nor  deny  Right  to  any,  but  well  and  truly  perform  Your  office  of 
Mayor  of  said  City  according  to  Your  best  skill,  So  help  You  God. 

And  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Aldermen  of  said  City 
shall  be  the  Same  mutatis  mutandis  as  is  prescribed  by  Law  to  be  taken 
by  Justices  of  the  Peace.  And  the  Form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the 
Common  Council  Men  of  said  City  shall  be  as  follows  viz — 

You  being  elected  a Common  Council  Man  for  the  City  of  Norwich 
for  the  Year  ensuing  do  swear  by  the  Name  of  the  everliving  God  that 
You  will  faithfully  and  uprightly  discharge  the  Duties  of  that  Office 
so  long  as  You  shall  hold  the  Same,  So  help  You  God. 

And  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Sheriffs  of  said  City 
shall  be  the  same  prescribed  by  Law  to  be  taken  by  other  Sheriffs 
mutatis  mutandis.  And  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  taken  by  the  Clerks 
of  said  City  shall  be  as  follows  viz — 

You  being  Chosen  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Norwich  do  swear  bv  the 


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Name  of  the  everliving  God  that  You  will  truly  and  faithfully  attend  and 
execute  the  Place  and  Office  of  Clerk  of  said  City  according  to  your  best 
skill  and  make  true  entries  and  Records  of  all  the  Votes  and  Proceedings 
of  said  City  and  such  other  Matters  as  by  Law  or  by  the  Bye-Laws  of 
said  City  are  to  be  recorded  in  Your  Office,  and  that  You  will  deliver 
true  Copies  of  the  Records  in  Your  Hands  when  they  shall  be  required 
of  You  taking  only  Your  lawfull  fees,  So  help  you  God. 

Which  Oaths  may  be  administered  by  any  Assistant  of  this  State  or 
Justice  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  New  London  or 
by  the  Mayor  or  either  of  the  Aldermen  of  said  City  Provided  the  Mayor 
or  Aldermen  administering  such  Oath  hath  been  sworn  according  to  this 
Act;  And  the  Person  administering  the  Oath  prescribed  by  this  Act 
shall  give  a Certificate  thereof  under  his  Hand  to  the  Officer  to  whom 
he  administered  such  Oath,  which  Certificate  shall  be  Recorded  in  the 
Records  of  said  City  before  the  Person  to  whom  it  is  given  shall  be 
capable  of  executing  the  Office  to  which  he  is  Chosen. 

And  be  it  farther  Enacted , that  there  shall  be  a Court  of  Common 
Council  of  said  City  of  which  the  Mayor  Aldermen  and  Common 
Council  of  said  City  shall  be  the  Members  who  or  the  Major  Part  of 
them  shall  have  power  to  make  Bye  Laws,  relative  to  Markets  and 
Commerce  within  the  Limits  of  said  City,  relative  to  persons  summoned 
to  Serve  as  Jurors  at  said  City  Courts  and  neglecting  to  attend  or  refus- 
ing to  -Serve ; relative  to  the  Streets  and  Highways  of  said  City  relative 
to  Nuisances  within  said  City  Limits  relative  to  the  Wharves  Channels 
Anchoring  and  Mooring  of  Vessels  relative  to  Trees  planted  for  Shade 
Ornament  Convenience  or  Use  Public  or  Private  and  to  the  Fruit  of 
such  Trees  relative  to  Trespasses  committed  in  Gardens,  relative  to 
Walks  and  Buildings  Public  or  Private,  relative  to  the  sweeping  of 
Chimnies  and  preserving  the  City  from  fire  relative  to  forms  of  Oaths 
to  be  taken  by  the  Treasurer  of  said  City,  and  Inspectors  of  produce 
brought  to  said  City  for  Sale  or  exportation,  relative  to  the  manner 
of  Warning  Meetings  of  said  City  and  the  Court  of  Common  Council, 
and  the  Times  and  Places  when  and  where  they  shall  be  holden,  relative 
to  the  Qualifications  in  Point  of  Property  of  the  Mayor  and  Aider- 
men  relative  to  the  Bonds  to  be  given  by  the  Sheriffs  of  said  City  for 
a faithfull  discharge  of  thier  Duty,  relative  to  the  Penalties  to  be  incurred 
by  those  who  being  Chosen  to  any  City  Office  shall  not  being  excused 
by  the  City  refuse  to  serve,  relative  to  a City  Watch  relative  to  the  Burial 
of  the  Dead  relative  to  the  Public  Lights  and  Lamps  of  said  City, 
relative  to  restraining  Geese  and  Swine  from  going  at  large  within 
the  Limits  of  said  City,  and  to  inflict  Penalties  for  the  Breach  of  such 
Bye  Laws 

Provided  however  that  such  Penalties  shall  in  no  Case  exceed  the 
Sum  of  ten  Pounds  lawfull  Money,  And  said  Penalties  shall  be  to  such 
Persons  as  the  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  direct,  and  be  recoverable 
by  the  Persons  to  whom  forfeited  by  Action  of  Debt  brought  to  the 
City  Courts  of  said  City,  in  which  Action  no  Appeal  or  Review  shall 
be  allowed. 


372  public  records  May, 

Provided  however  that  no  Bye  Laws  of  said  City  shall  be  made 
repugnant  to  the  Laws  of  this  State, 

And  Provided  also  that  all  the  Bye  Laws  made  by  said  Court  of 
Common  Council  shall  be  approved  of  by  said  City  in  legal  Meeting 
Assembled,  and  after  being  so  approved  shall  be  published  at  least  three 
Weeks  successively  in  some  public  News  Paper  in  or  nearest  said 
City  before  the  Same  shall  be  of  any  Validity,  And  all  the  Bye  Laws 
of  said  City  shall  at  any  Time  within  six  Months  after  they  are  made, 
be  liable  to  be  repealed  by  any  Superior  Court  holden  in  said  County 
of  New  London  if  by  such  Superior  Court  on  a hearing  adjudged  to  be 
unreasonable  or  unjust,  And  all  Grants  and  Leases  of  any  real  Estate 
belonging  to  said  City  signed  by  the  Mayor  of  said  City  and  Sealed 
with  the  City  Seal  and  approved  by  said  City  in  legal  Meeting  Assem- 
bled shall  be  good  and  effectual  in  Law  to  convey  the  Estate  intended 
to  be  conveyed  by  such  Grant  or  Lease  Provided  the  same  is  Recorded 
in  the  Records  of  the  Town  where  the  Lands  leased  or  granted  lies, 
And  said  City  shall  have  Power  to  appoint  Inspectors  of  every  kind  of 
Produce  of  the  United  States  brought  to  said  City  for  Sale  or  expor- 
tation, And  the  Vote  or  Choice  of  the  Major  Part  of  the  Freemen 
Present  at  any  legal  Meeting  of  said  City  shall  be  considered  in  all 
Cases  as  the  Vote  or  Choice  of  said  City,  and  whenever  the  Mayor  of 
said  City  or  any  other  officer  of  said  City  eligible  by  the  Freemen  thereof 
shall  resign  or  be  removed  by  Death  or  otherwise  another  Person  shall 
be  Chosen  in  his  place  by  said  City  and  if  an  annual  Officer  shall  con- 
tinue in  Office  till  the  expiration  of  the  Month  of  July  next  follow- 
ing unless  another  shall  be  sooner  Chosen  and  sworn  in  his  stead,  And 
the  Mayor  of  said  City  or  in  his  absence  the  Senior  Alderman,  present 
at  any  Meeting  of  said  City  or  at  any  Court  of  Common  Council  shall 
ex  Officio  be  Moderator  thereof  and  the  Meeting  of  said  City  may  from 
Time  to  Time  by  a Major  Vote  of  the  Freemen  present  be  Adjourned. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  the  first 
Meeting  of  said  City  shall  be  holden  at  the  Town  House  in  said  Norwich 
on  the  second  Tuesday  of  July  next  at  nine  of  the  Clock  in  the  forenoon 
for  the  Choice  of  Mayor  Alderman  Common  Council  and  Sheriffs  of  said 
City,  and  to  transact  such  other  Business  as  may  be  necessary,  which 
Meeting  may  be  from  Time  to  Time  adjourned  and  a Copy  of  this 
Paragraph  of  this  Act  Certifyed  under  the  Hand  of  the  Secretary  of 
this  State  and  published  on  the  Sign  Post  in  said  Town  of  Norwich  at 
least  three  Days  before  said  second  Tuesday  of  July  next  shall  be  a legal 
Warning  of  the  Freemen  of  said  City  to  attend  said  first  Meeting,  and 
the  annual  Officers  chosen  at  said  Meeting  shall  continue  in  Office  untill 
the  expiration  of  July  AD  1785  unless  others  are  sooner  Chosen  and 
qualified  in  their  Stead,  and  the  said  City  shall  at  such  Meeting  first 
Chuse  a Clerk  of  said  City,  who  shall  be  immediately  sworn  and  shall 
forthwith  make  a Record  of  his  being  Chosen  and  sworn  and  the  Record 
thus  made  by  him  in  such  Case  shall  be  good  and  effectual,  any  Thing  in 
this  Act  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding  & such  Records  may  be  made 
by  Clerks  hereafter  chosen  of  their  being  chosen  and  sworn  and  shall 


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be  good  and  effectual  any  Thing  in  this  Act  to  the  contrary  notwith- 
standing, and  said  City  shall  thereupon  proceed  to  Choose  a Mayor 
and  the  Other  Officers  of  said  City  eligible  by  the  Freemen  thereof, 
and  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  within  and  for  the  County  of  New  London 
living  and  Inhabiting  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  and  present  at  such 
first  Meeting,  shall  have  as  to  the  Election  of  the  Mayor  Aldermen 
Sheriffs  Common  Councilmen  and  Clerk  of  said  City,  the  same  Powers 
and  proceed  in  the  same  manner  as  the  Mayor  Aldermen  and  Sheriffs 
of  said  City  by  this  Act  are  to  have  and  proceed  in  at  the  future  Elections 
of  said  City,  And  the  Seignior  Justice  of  the  Peace  within  and  for 
the  County  of  New  London  living  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  present 
at  said  first  Meeting  shall  be  Moderator  thereof  untill  there  shall  be  a 
Mayor  or  Alderman  Chosen  and  qualified  according  to  this  Act  and  said 
City  shall  at  their  first  Meeting  appoint  a Time  and  Place  for  holding 
the  first  Court  of  Common  Council,  which  Court  shall  have  Power 
to  adjourn  from  Time  to  Time,  and  the  first  City  Court  of  said  City  shall 
be  holden  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  August  next  at  the  Town  House  in 
said  City,  and  the  City  Courts  of  said  City  may  be  holden  in  said  Town 
House  from  Time  to  Time  or  in  such  other  Place  in  said  City  as  said 
City  shall  Provide  and  Judge  proper,. 

Always  Provided  that  any  Thing  in  this  Act  notwithstanding  the 
Inhabitants  living  within  the  Limits  of  said  City  shall  to  all  Intents  and 
Purposes  be  and  remain  a Part  of  the  Town  of  Norwich, 

Provided  nevertheless  That  if  this  Act  or  any  of  the  Provisions 
therein  contained  shall  be  found  inconvenient  or  in  any  respect  inade- 
quate the  Same  on  Representation  of  the  City  or  otherwise  may  be 
altered  or  revoked  by  the  General  Assembly. 

Provided  nevertheless  that  the  Judges  of  said  City  Court  may  and 
they  are  hereby  authorized  to  hear  try  and  finally  determine  all  Causes 
brought  before  the  City  Courts  by  a Jury  of  six  Freemen  or  without  a 
Jury  where  neither  of  the  Parties  desire  to  have  a Cause  decided  by  a 
Jury  or  by  more  than  six  Jurors.  And  this  Act  shall  to  all  Intents  and 
purposes  be  a Public  Act. 

An  Act  to  enable  the  Cities  of  New  Haven  New  London,  Hartford  Middle- 
town  and  Norwich,  respectively  to  grant  the  Freedom  of  those  Cities 
to  Persons  living  without  the  Limits  of  said  Cities  — 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same , That  said  Cities 
respectively  shall  and  may  have  Power  to  grant  the  Freedom  of  those 
Cities  to  any  Person  or  Persons  living  without  the  Limits  of  said  Cities 
and  the  Person  to  whom  such  Freedom  is  granted  shall  upon  taking  the 
Oath  by  Law  required  have  Right  to  Vote  at  any  of  the  Elections  and 
in  any  City  Meetings  of  that  City  by  which  such  Freedom  is  granted. 

Provided  nevertheless , That  no  Person  shall  in  Virtue  of  such  Grant 
be  Considered  as  Entituled  to  the  Rights  of  a Free  Citizen  of  this  State 
or  as  acquiring  a Right  of  Inhabitancy  in  that  Town  within  whhich  the 
City  granting  such  Freedom  lays. 


374  public  records  May, 

Whereas  the  Circumscription  of  the  Seal  of  this  State  is  improper 
and  inapplicable  to  our  present  Constitution, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Secretary  be  and  he  is  hereby 
Impowered  and  directed  to  get  the  Same  altered  from  the  Words  as 
they  now  stand  to  the  following  Inscription  namely  sigil.  reip. 

CONNECTICUTENSIS.* 

Whereas  upon  the  Representation  of  two  of  the  Listers  of  the  Town 
of  Salisbury,  it  appears  to  this  Assembly  that  there  is  a mistake  made  in 
the  Grand  List  of  that  Town  for  the  Year  1780  of  the  Sum  of  £1787 
18  0,  the  Treasurer  sending  out  his  Warrant  that  Sum  too  small  and 
the  Rate  Bills  being  made  up  on  the  true  List  of  the  Town,  and  the 
Collectors  having  Collected  of  the  several  Inhabitants  these  several 
Taxes  so  made  up  which  Money  the  Collectors  have  in  their  Hands  so 
arising  on  said  £1787  18  0 which  Sum  they  ought  to  pay  into  the 
Treasury, 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  send  to  the 
Collectors  of  said  Tax  to  bring  in  the  Moneys  that  they  have  so  Col- 
lected and  arising  on  said  Sum  of  £1787  18  0 in  like  Money  as  was 
Collected  on  said  List  of  1780  after  the  Abatement  of  the  20th  part 
is  deducted,  and  give  the  State  Credit  for  such  Sums  so  paid  in  by  said 
Collectors  and  on  refusal  of  said  Collectors  Paying  said  Sums  so  aris- 
ing the  Treasurer  is  hereby  directed  to  send  out  his  Executions  for  said 
Sums  so  arising  against  said  Collectors. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Doctr  Jared  Potter  Gideon  Bucking- 
ham Esqr  & Col°  Samuel  Canfield  be  a Committee  to  repair  to  New 
Haven  and  examine  into  the  Circumstances  of  the  various  Sufferers 
from  the  British  Army  at  the  Time  of  their  Plundering  New  Haven  in 
July  1779,  and  Report  make  of  what  further  Abatements  of  Taxes  if 
any  at  all  ought  to  be  made  to  said  Sufferers,  which  Committee  shall 
be  at  the  expence  of  said  Sufferers.f 

Resolved  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  procure  thirteen  of  the  late 
revised  and  newly  published  Law  Books  and  also  thirteen  sets  of  the 
Laws  passed  at  the  Session  and  transmit  to  the  Governor  or  President 
of  each  State  in  the  Union  one  of  said  Books,  and  also  one  of  those 
Books  to  the  Governor  of  the  District  or  Territory  commonly  called 
State  of  Vermont. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  His  Excellency  the  late  Governor 
Trumbull  be  presented  with  one  of  the  new  revised  Lawbooks  lately 
compleated  under  his  Administration. 

* In  the  earlier  published  volumes  of  the  present  series  the  title  pages  have  borne  the  colony 
seal.  Now,  in  recognition  of  the  above  resolution  the  title  page  of  the  present  volume  carries  a 
reproduction  of  the  new  state  seal  as  given  on  the  title  page  of  the  collected  Laws  of  Connecticut, 
published  in  1784. 
t See  below,  p.  449. 


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Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  Treasurer  be  directed  to  prepare 
a State  of  the  Grants  and  payments  made  to  Governor  Trumbull  since 
May  1775  for  his  Yearly  Salary,  and  extrordinary  Services,  And  that 
the  Committee  of  Pay  Table,  be  directed  to  prepare  a State  of  the 
Accounts  between  this  State  and  Governor  Trumbull  respecting  Monies 
paid  and  other  Articles  by  him  advanced  for  the  Use  of  this  State  and  of 
the  Sums  of  Money  and  Orders  he  has  received  from  Time  to  Time 
towards  such  Payments  and  Advancements,  in  doing  of  which  they  are 
to  have  recourse  to  the  Journals  of  the  Council  of  Safety,  and  also  to 
receive  from  Governor  Trumbull  his  Account  in  the  premisses  and  the 
Same  lay  before  the  General  Assembly  in  October  next  in  Order  that 
they  may  be  enabled  to  do  what  what  is  Just  for  Governor  Trumbull 
therein. 

Whereas  the  General  Assembly  at  their  Session  in  May  1781  made 
Provision  for  Issuing  Securities  of  this  State  to  the  Citizens  thereof 
for  Ballances  due  to  them  for  Beef  and  other  Provisions  by  them  fur- 
nished to  the  then  late  Commissary  Wadsworth  for  the  Use  of  the 
United  States,*  which  Provision  hath  had  a reasonable  continuance 
and  as  it  is  necessary  to  Close  and  Settle  the  Public  Accounts. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  further  Continuance  of  said 
Provision  be  and  the  Same  is  hereby  discontinued  and  the  Committee  of 
Pay  Table  are  directed  not  to  make  any  further  drafts  on  the  Treasurer 
for  Payment  or  security  of  any  of  said  Ballances  due  from  the  said 
United  States. 

Whereas  the  multiplicity  of  Taxes  now  in  Collection  which  in  the 
Course  of  the  War  it  became  necessary  to  grant,  and  on  which  large 
Arrears  remain  due  would  render  it  extremely  burdensome  to  the  People 
if  not  Impracticable  to  pay  at  this  Time  new  Taxes  to  any  considerable 
amount,  and  as  in  the  Taxes  now  collecting  and  the  annual  December 
6d  tax  other  Sourses  of  revenue  to  that  purpose  appropriated,  there  is 
permanent  and  adequate  Provision  made  for  the  Interest  of  the  State 
Debts,  which  if  unembarrassed  by  new  requisitions  may  be  Collected  and 
paid  with  ease  and  punctuality  and  would  be  more  beneficial  to  the 
Public  Creditors  than  attempts  at  this  Time  to  discharge  the  principal  of 
their  Debts  farther  than  is  provided  for  by  the  Taxes  already  Collecting 
and  which  it  is  of  the  utmost  Importance  should  be  spedily  settled  up. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  suspend  Issuing  his  Warrants  for  any  Taxes  not  now  in 
Collection  except  the  Annual  Decembr  6d  Tax  for  Interest  and  such  as 
it  may  be  necessary  to  grant  for  the  support  of  Civil  Government  for  the 
Term  of  three  Years  from  the  Time  they  are  now  respectively  Issuable, 
and  that  the  Warrants  for  those  Taxes  respectively  shall  Issue  upon  the 
List  of  the  Year  next  antecedent  to  issuing  such  Warrants. 


* See  Conn.  State  Rees.,  Ill,  379-380. 


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And  it  is  hereby  further  Resolve d that  no  Collector  of  State  Taxes 
shall  be  Authorized  to  Collect  or  receive  from  any  Person  Interest 
accruing  on  any  of  said  Taxes  after  the  first  Day  of  Decembr  next  and 
that  any  Contract  or  security  for  said  Interest  accruing  after  that  Time 
shall  be  void. 

It  is  further  Resolved  that  any  State  Securities  due  before  the  first 
Day  of  March  1784,  and  for  specie  value  or  being  so  reduced  by  the 
Committee  of  the  Pay  Table  shall  be  receivable  by  the  Collectors  of 
State  Taxes  and  at  the  Treasury  in  all  Taxes  now  due  except  those 
specially  appropriated  for  sinking  the  State  Bills  for  payment  of  Interest 
and  the  Army  Notes  the  Support  of  Civil  Government  and  the  Use  of 
the  United  States,  And  that  any  of  the  Army  Notes  Issued  by  this  State 
and  due  before  the  first  of  July  1784,  shall  be  receivable  as  aforesaid  on 
either  of  the  Taxes  granted  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  or  Principal 
of  any  of  said  Notes  and  now  collecting  And  that  any  Person  holding 
any  of  the  Notes  or  Securities  now  due  as  aforesaid  may  have  the 
same  exchanged  at  the  Treasury  and  the  Treasurer  is  hereby  Authorized 
and  directed  so  often  as  there  shall  be  application  to  him  therefor  to  give 
in  exchange  for  the  Same  his  Certificates  of  smaller  denominations 
to  be  receivable  on  any  Tax  on  which  the  Note  or  security  for  which 
he  shall  Issue  them  in  exchange  is  by  this  Resolve  made  receivable, 

And  it  is  further  Resolved  that  the  Secretary  Cause  to  be  published 
in  all  the  News  Papers  in  this  State,  the  foregoing  Resolves  together 
with  a Resolve  of  the  Assembly  passed  in  May  1783  making  Treasurers 
Certificates  for  Interest  on  all  Debts  due  from  this  State  receivable  in 
the  hard  Money  Taxes  and  a Resolve  of  the  Present  Session  directing 
the  Treasurer  in  future  to  Issue  all  Certificates  for  Interest  in  small 
denominations.* 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  all  Securities  Issued  by  this  State 
for  Pay  or  depreciation  to  Officers  or  Soldiers  of  the  late  Army  and 
now  due  may  be  received  by  the  Collectors  of  Taxes  and  at  the  Treasury 
on  either  of  the  Taxes  indiscriminately  on  which  any  of  them,  have  been 
by  Law  receivable  heretofore, 

And  it  is  further  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of 
this  State  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  Issue  all  Certificates  for 
Interest  in  future  in  small  denominations  not  exceeding  forty  shillings. 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  a Tax  of  one  Penny  on  the  Pound 
on  the  Poles  and  Rateable  Estate  of  the  Inhabitants  of  this  State  on  the 
List  of  1783  be  and  is  hereby  granted  and  laid  payable  to  the  Treasurer 
of  the  State  at  or  before  the  first  Day  of  October  next  for  defraying 
the  necessary  Incident  Charges  of  Civil  Government,  and  the  Treasurer 
is  hereby  Ordered  to  Issue  out  his  Warrants  accordingly. 


See  above,  p.  119. 


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Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  Committee  of  the  Pay  Table  be 
and  they  are  hereby  directed  in  answer  to  the  Questions  Stated  to  this 
Assembly  in  their  representation  of  the  24th  of  this  Month  not  to  draw 
any  further  Orders  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  Payment  of  the 
Short  Levies  referred  to  in  said  Representation  but  that  they  Issue  to 
them  for  their  Pay  the  Continental  Securities  the  said  Committee  have 
received  or  shall  receive  Signed  by  the  Pay  Master  of  the  Late  Con- 
tinental Army  as  referred  to  in  said  Representation. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be 
directed  and  they  are  hereby  directed  to  Settle  and  adjust  those  Orders 
drawn  by  said  Committee  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  in  the  Year 
1780  for  Bills  ordered  by  Congress  to  be  Issued  from  the  Treasurer 
of  this  State  in  favour  of  Nehemiah  Hubbard  Deputy  Qm  General  and 
draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  what  they  shall  find  Justly  due. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Mr  Elisha  Abbe  of  Windham  to  Collect 
and  receive  all  Articles  of  Cloathing  Salt  Provisions  and  Stores  of  dif- 
ferent Sorts  belonging  to  this  State  in  the  County  of  Windham  which 
Nath1  Wales  Esqr  in  his  Life  Time  was  Authorized  to  do,  and  such  Stores 
as  now  remain  undisposed  of  to  Sell  and  dispose  of  to  the  best  advantage, 
receiving  in  Payment  therefor  either  State  Bills  or  Securities  of  this 
State  due  and  Payable  paying  the  Avails  thereof  to  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State  for  which  Service  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  on  the  Settlement 
of  his  Accounts  are  to  make  a reasonable  allowance  for  Trouble  and 
Expence. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  Impowered  and  directed  to  receive  of  Governor  Trumbull  all 
the  files  Records  and  Papers  belonging  to  the  Council  of  Safety  and 
remove  and  lodge  them  in  the  Office  of  the  Pay  Table  in  Hartford,  And 
the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  are  further  directed  to  prepare  an  Account 
of  the  Moneys  drawn  from  the  Treasury  by  Order  of  the  Council  of 
Safety  during  the  late  War  and  the  Purposes  to  which  such  Moneys  have 
been  applied  and  lay  the  Same  before  the  next  General  Assembly. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  and 
he  is  hereby  directed  to  draw  Orders  on  the  Sheriffs  and  Collectors  of 
Taxes  and  Agents  or  holders  of  any  Moneys  due  to  this  State  for  the 
Sum  of  two  hundred  Pounds  lawfull  Money  in  the  whole  payable  to  the 
Delegate  from  this  State  now  about  to  proceed  to  Congress  out  of  any 
Moneys  in  their  Hands,  excepting  only  such  Moneys  as  are  appropriated 
to  the  Use  of  the  United  States,  and  the  Receipt  of  such  Delegate  shall 
be  good  in  Settlement  for  such  Moneys  at  the  Pay  Table  and  Treasury. 

Whereas  it  has  been  represented  to  this  Assembly  that  there  is  a 
difficulty  attending  the  Sale  of  some  of  the  confiscated  Lands  in  the 


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County  of  Fairfield,  and  the  Grant  made  by  this  Assembly  of  one 
Thousand  Pounds  to  the  first  Society  in  Fairfield  and  the  West  Society 
in  said  Fairfield,  to  be  raised  out  of  the  said  confiscated  Lands  to  enable 
said  Societys  to  build  Meeting  Houses,  is  in  danger  of  being  defeated 
which  inconvenience  to  prevent — 

It  is  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Societies  if  they  see  Cause 
may  receive  Deeds  from  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  of  Confiscated 
Lands  in  said  County  in  satisfaction  of  said  Grant  at  the  Apprisal  of 
Col°  Philip  B Bradley  Col0  Samuel  Canfield  and  Abel  Hine  Esqr  and 
the  Treasurer  of  this  State  is  directed  to  execute  Deeds  to  said  Societies 
severally  in  proportion  to  their  several  Rights  in  said  Grant  on  receiving 
a Certificate  from  such  Apprizers  of  the  Value  of  such  Land  and  proper 
Descriptions  thereof. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Mr  Elisha  Pitkin  Jr  of  East  Hartford 
be  and  he  is  hereby  Authorized  and  appointed  to  receive  of  Mr  Chauncey 
Whittlesey  of  Midletown  all  the  Powder  in  his  Custody  being  the  prop- 
erty of  this  State  and  dispose  of  the  Same  to  the  best  advantage  of  the 
State  and  render  his  Account  thereof  to  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table 
who  are  directed  to  Liquidate  and  settle  the  same. 

Upon  the  Representation  of  the  Overseers  of  the  Prison  of  New 
Gate  that  after  the  said  Prison  was  consumed  by  Fire  there  was  Col- 
lected out  of  the  Ruins  thereof  a considerable  Quantity  of  Iron  which 
they  have  secured  for  the  Benefit  of  this  State  That  there  is  some 
Timber  lying  near  the  place  where  said  Prison  stood,  which  was  pro- 
vided for  a Yard  to  said  Prison,  and  that  they  have  in  their  Custody 
some  Cloathing  which  was  left  by  the  Prisoners  when  they  broke  said 
Prison  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Roger  Newberry  Esqr  be  and  he  is 
hereby  Authorized  and  directed  to  Sell  and  dispose  of  said  Iron  Timber 
and  Cloathing  and  all  other  Materials  now  remaining  that  were  made 
use  of  in  and  about  the  said  Prison  for  Money  or  State  Securities  now 
due  Settle  his  Account  with  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  and  after 
deducting  necessary  Charges  pay  the  residue  thereof  arising  from  said 
Sales  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Constables  and  informing  Officers 
in  the  Town  of  Colchester  be  and  they  are  respectively  Authorized  to 
execute  their  several  Offices  for  New  London  County  untill  the  first 
Day  of  January  next. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Secretary  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  immediately  to  prepare  and  furnish  his  Excellency  the  Governor 
with  an  Authenticated  Copy  of  an  Act  of  this  Assembly  past  at  the 
present  Session  Entituled  An  Act  to  enable  the  United  States  in  Con- 


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gress  Assembled  to  Levy  certain  Duties  and  Imports  on  certain  Goods 
and  Merchandizes  imported  into  this  State  &c.* 

Whereas  it  has  been  Represented  to  this  Assembly  that  there  is  a 
difficulty  attending  the  Sale  of  some  of  the  Confiscated  Lands  in  the 
County  of  Fairfield  And  the  Grant  made  by  this  Assembly  of  five 
hundred  Pounds  to  the  first  Society  in  the  Town  of  Norwalk  to  be 
received  out  of  the  said  Confiscated  Lands  to  enable  said  Society  to 
build  a Meeting  House  is  in  danger  of  being  defeated  which  incon- 
venience to  prevent — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Society  if  they  see  Cause  may 
receive  Deeds  from  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  of  Confiscated  Lands 
in  said  County  in  satisfaction  of  said  Grant  at  the  Apprisal  of  Col0  Philip 
B Bradley  Col°  Samuel  Canfield  and  Abel  Hine  Esqr  And  the  Treasurer 
of  this  State  is  directed  to  execute  Deeds  to  said  Society  on  receiving  Cer- 
tificates from  said  Apprizers  of  the  Value  of  such  Land  and  proper  Des- 
criptions thereof. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly , That  Col0  Samuel  Mott  Rufus  Lathrop 
and  Elias  Brown  Esqrs  be  and  they  are  appointed  a Committee  to  repair 
to  New  London  and  Groton  and  examine  into  the  Circumstances  of  the 
various  Sufferers  from  the  detachment  of  the  British  Army,  by  the 
burning  and  destruction  made  in  said  Towns  in  the  Month  of  Septem- 
ber 1781,  and  make  Report  of  what  further  Abatements  of  Taxes  if 
any,  ought  to  be  made  to  said  Sufferers,  said  Committee  to  be  at  the 
Expence  of  said  Sufferers.f 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  Col°  John  Chester  and  Cap1  Jona- 
than Bull  be  appointed  a Committee  to  procure  Copies  of  the  Acts  passed 
at  this  Assembly  as  soon  as  may  be  and  have  five  hundred  Copies  thereof 
printed  and  distributed  to  the  several  Towns  in  this  State  in  the  same 
proportion  as  the  new  revised  Law  Books  have  been  already  directed  to 
be  distributed,  and  said  Committee  are  to  take  such  other  Measures  for 
promulgating  such  of  said  Laws  as  they  shall  think  necessary  to  be 
known  before  said  Copies  can  be  distributed  in  such  way  and  manner 
as  they  shall  think  proper. 

Whereas  it  is  represented  to  this  Assembly  that  the  Inhabitants  of 
the  Town  of  Greenwich  in  Consequence  of  their  losses  during  the  late 
War  are  unable  to  pay  their  Taxes — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  such  of  the  Inhabitants  of  said 
Greenwich  as  the  Authority  and  Select  Men  of  said  Town  of  Greenwich 
shall  designate,  shall  be  and  they  are  hereby  abated  their  Lists  or  Taxes 
in  whole  or  in  part  for  the  Years  1779,  1780,  1781,  1782  and  1783. 


* See  above,  pp.  326-7. 
t See  below,  p.  449. 


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Whereas  it  is  represented  to  Assembly  that  some  of  the  Inhabitants 
of  the  Town  of  Stamford  are  by  reason  of  their  losses  during  the  late 
War  rendered  unable  to  pay  their  Taxes, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Col0  Samuel  Canfield  & Gen1  John 
Chandler  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Committee  to  repair  to 
said  Stamford  at  the  expence  of  the  said  Town,  and  abate  the  List  or 
Taxes  in  whole  or  in  part  of  such  of  the  Inhabitants  thereof  as  have 
suffered  Losses  in  consequence  of  the  late  War  by  Plundering  and 
burning  of  the  Enemy  for  such  Years  as  they  shall  think  Just  and 
right  and  Report  make. 

Whereas  it  is  Represented  to  this  Assembly  in  behalf  of  those  Per- 
sons in  the  Town  of  Fairfield  who  suffered  by  the  Burning  and  Plunder- 
ing of  the  Enemy  in  the  Month  of  July  1779  that  they  are  still  unable 
to  pay  their  State  Taxes  by  means  of  the  Losses  sustained  by  said 
Burning  and  Plundering,  that  the  Taxes  of  said  Sufferers  in  the  List 
for  the  Year  1782  & 1783  have  not  been  abated  and  still  be  against 
them  praying  for  relief — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  State  Taxes  of  those  of  said 
Sufferers  whose  Taxes  were  abated  on  their  Lists  for  the  Years  1778 
1779  1780  and  1781.  be  also  abated  on  their  Lists  for  the  Year  1782  & 
1783  and  the  Same  are  hereby  Abated  accordingly. 

Whereas  it  is  represented  to  this  Assembly  that  Solomon  Leet  and 
Daniel  Leet  both  of  Guilford  had  during  the  late  War  their  Houses  &c 
burned  by  the  Enemy,  and  are  thereby  rendered  unable  to  pay  their 
Taxes, 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Solomon  Leet 
and  Daniel  Leet  be  and  they  are  hereby  abated  all  their  State  Taxes  for 
the  Years  1782  and  1783. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  and  Impowered  to  settle  with  the  Soldiers  who 
served  in  the  Connecticut  Line  of  the  Continental  Army  and  had  not 
been  settled  with,  by  the  Same  Rules  and  Principles  said  Line  have  been 
settled  with  and  to  draw  Orders  in  like  manner  for  the  Ballances  that 
may  be  found  due  to  them  as  hath  been  done  for  said  Line. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Cap*  Samuel  Wm  Williams,  be  and 
hereby  is  appointed  a Committee  in  the  room  of  Col0  Elisha  Williams 
Deceasd  to  Collect  the  Money  due  for  the  Indian  Land  sold  at  Chatham 
and  to  pay  out  the  same  to  the  Proprietors,  and  to  have  the  same  Author- 
ity in  that  Case  as  said  Col0  Williams  Deceasd  had. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Oliver  Wolcott  Junr  be  appointed 
and  he  is  hereby  appointed  Commissioner  for  this  State  to  settle  and 
adjust  the  Account  of  this  State  against  the  United  States  with  the 


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381 


Commissioner  appointed  by  Congress  for  the  Settlement  of  Accounts 
in  this  State,  and  That  the  Honble  Oliver  Elsworth  Esqr  be  requested 
to  Assist  said  Wolcott  as  occasion  shall  require  in  the  management  of 
said  Business  and  that  said  Elsworth  & Wolcott  be  Impowered  in 
behalf  of  this  State  to  correspond  with  the  Delegates  of  this  State  in 
Congress  or  the  superintendant  of  Finance  or  others,  on  the  subject 
of  any  Obstacles  or  Difficulties  that  may  occur  in  effecting  said  Settle- 
ment and  that  they  Report  fully  to  this  Assembly  at  their  next  Meet- 
ing the  State  of  said  Settlement  what  special  Difficulties  if  any  have 
occurred  and  what  Measures  have  been  taken  to  obviate  such  Difficul- 
ties, and  the  effect  of  such  Measures. 

And  it  is  further  Resolved  that  said  Elsworth  and  said  Wolcott  shall 
each  have  three  Dollars  per  Day  for  each  Day  which  they  may  spend  in 
said  Business. 

Upon  the  Representation  of  David  Finley  Amos  Strong  and  others 
belonging  to  the  sixth  Company  of  Militia  and  twelfth  Regiment  in 
this  State  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  the  Choice  of  Eleazer  Carter 
to  be  Ensign  of  said  Company  is  Illegal,  in  that  some  legal  Voters  in 
said  Company  were  not  warned  nor  present  at  the  Time  when  said 
Choice  was  made  and  that  some  gave  in  more  than  one  Vote  at  one 
Time — Praying  that  said  Choice  of  said  Company  may  be  set  aside, 
and  the  Commission  granted  in  pursuance  thereof  vacated  as  per  Memo- 
rial or  Representation — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Doings  of  said  Company  in  their 
Choice  of  said  Carter  to  be  their  Ensign  is  Illegal,  And  the  Commis- 
sion granted  in  pursuance  thereof  is  vacated  and  the  Captain  of  said 
Company  is  hereby  Ordered  after  legal  Warning  to  all  legal  Voters 
therein  to  lead  them  to  the  Choice  of  an  Ensign  and  make  return  to 
this  or  the  next  Assembly  that  he  may  be  Commissioned  accordingly. 

Sylvanus  Griswold  of  Windsor  in  the  County  of  Hartford  being 
returned  to  this  Assembly  as  Chosen  to  be  Captain  of  the  8th  Company 
in  the  first  Regiment  of  Militia  in  this  State,  and  it  being  represented 
to  this  Assembly  by  Roger  Newberry  Esqr  Brigadier  General  of  the 
first  Brigade  that  the  said  Sylvanus  was  a vicious  Person  and  had  been 
Guilty  of  several  Acts  of  Gross  Lewdness  which  being  found  to  be 
true  by  a Committee  appointed  by  this  Assembly, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Sylvanus  be  refused  a 
Commission  as  Captain  as  aforesaid. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Captn  Seth  Pierce  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  in  the  Year  1780  pursuant  to  proper  Orders  he  peremptorily 
detatched  one  Elnathan  Beach  of  his  Company  who  was  a Minor  and  Son 
of  Edmund  Beach  of  Cornwall  to  perform  a Tour  of  Military  Duty  and 
duely  notified  him  thereof  who  by  the  Order  and  direction  of  his  said 
Father  absconded,  by  means  of  which  the  said  Cap1  Pierce  was  put  to 


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Cost  in  searching  after  apprehending  and  guarding  the  said  Elnathan 
which  has  been  duely  taxed  at  £5  12  6 L Money,  That  said  Minor 
has  no  Estate,  Praying  that  the  said  Edmund  might  be  holden  to  pay 
the  same,  and  the  said  Edmund  & Elnathan  having  been  duely  Notified 
to  appear  before  this  Assembly  to  Shew  reason  if  any  they  had  why 
Execution  should  not  Issue  against  them,  and  having  been  duely  called 
made  Default  of  Appearence  and  the  above  said  Facts  being  fully 
proved, 

Whereupon  Resolved  hy  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Edmund  Beach 
& Elnathan  Beach  pay  unto  the  said  Cap1  Seth  Pierce  of  said  Cornwall 
the  aforesaid  Sum  of  £5  12  6 LMoney  with  the  Cost  arisen  on  said 
Memorial  which  is  allowed  by  this  Assembly  to  be  £4  18  6 like  Money 
and  that  the  Secretary  Issue  Execution  for  the  same  accordingly. 

Exn  granted  June  11th  1784. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Gideon  Benjamin  of  East  Hartford  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  by  various  Misfortunes  he  is  reduced  in  his 
advanced  Age  and  become  unable  to  pay  all  his  Just  Debts  and  is 
exposed  to  Arrests  and  perpetual  Imprisonment  by  his  Creditors  and 
that  he  is  willing  to  resign  all  his  Estate  on  Oath  for  the  Benefit  of  his 
Creditors  and  praying  for  an  Act  of  Bankruptcy  to  be  passed  in  his 
favour,  which  Petition  this  Assembly  have  been  unable  to  hear  at  this 
Session — 

Resolved  that  said  Petition  be  Continued  and  that  the  Petitioner  be 
protected  from  any  Arrests  and  Imprisonment  untill  the  rising  of  the 
General  Assembly  in  October  next  on  account  of  any  Debt  contracted 
before  the  bringing  of  said  Petition,  and  that  said  Benjamin  be  disabled 
to  transfer  any  of  his  Estate  or  property  in  the  mean  Time.* 

Whereas  the  General  Assembly  in  October  1782  appointed  a Com- 
mittee to  enquire  into  the  particular  disabilities  of  those  Persons  who 
were  wounded  in  the  Attack  of  the  Enemy  at  New  London  and  Groton 
in  September  1781  and  who  remain  in  a Cripled  and  debilitated  Condi- 
tion, to  State  their  several  Cases  and  to  make  Report  thereof  &c,f  And 
Whereas  said  Committee  having  examined  stated  and  made  their  Report 
in  the  Premisses  and  also  given  it  as  their  Opinion  that  dverse  Persons 
in  said  Report  named  are  Objects  of  Public  Attention  and  ought  to  be 
allowed  the  following  several  Sums  to  their  Names  respectively  set  and 
affixed,  to  wit — To  Ensign  Charles  Eldridge  twelve  Pounds  per  Year 
as  a stipend  for  his  Services  and  Wounds,  John  Morgan  3d  seven  pound 
per  Year,  John  Starr  twelve  Pounds  a Year,  Ensign  Joseph  Woodmansee 
eight  Pounds  a Year,  Cap*  Solomon  Perkins  five  Pounds  a Year, 
Andrew  Gallop  three  Pounds  a Year,  Liut  Park  Avery  a Sum  of 
twenty  Pounds,  Serj*  Daniel  Eldridge  a Sum  of  ten  Pounds.  Ziba 
Woodworth  twelve  Pounds  a Year,  Serj*  Stephen  Hempsted  six  Pounds 

* See  below,  p.  401. 

t See  Conn.  State  Rees.,  IV,  323. 


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383 


a Year,  Edward  Stanton  eight  Pounds  a Year,  Jehiel  Judd  ten  Pounds  a 
Year  Sanford  Williams  nine  Pounds  a Year  William  Seymour  twelve 
Pounds  a Year  and  Daniel  Stanton  Junr  six  Pounds  a Year,  and  that 
said  Annual  Stipend  should  be  continued  during  Life  or  the  Continu- 
ance of  disability  &c  which  said  Report  of  said  Committee  being  accepted 
and  approved  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  aforesaid  several  Persons  shall 
be  allowed  and  paid  annually  the  aforesaid  several  Sums  out  of  the 
Public  Treasury  of  this  State  to  wit  the  said  Charles  Eldridge  the 
Sum  of  twelve  Pounds  the  said  John  Morgan  3d  seven  Pounds  the  said 
John  Starr  twelve  Pounds  the  said  Joseph  Woodmansee  eight  Pounds 
the  said  Solomon  Perkins  five  Pounds,  Andrew  Gallop  three  Pounds 
Ziba  Woodworth  twelve  Pounds  Stephen  Hempsted  six  Pounds  Edward 
Stanton  eight  Pounds  Jehiel  Judd  ten  Pounds  Sanford  Williams  nine 
Pounds  William  Seymour  twelve  Pounds  and  Daniel  Stanton  Jr  six 
Pounds  all  in  lawfull  Money  annually  from  and  after  the  6th  Day  of 
September  1781,  during  their  respective  Lives  or  the  continuance  of 
their  said  disabilities  and  that  the  said  Park  Avery  shall  also  receive 
the  said  Sum  of  Twenty  Pounds  and  the  said  Daniel  Eldridge  the  Sum 
of  ten  Pounds  lawfull  Money,  and  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  is  hereby 
Ordered  and  directed  to  pay  the  same  to  them  accordingly  or  to  their 
Order,  And  the  Secretary  as  Ordered  and  directed  to  furnish  the  Treas- 
urer with  a true  Copy  of  this  Resolve. 

Upon  the  Representation  of  David  Allen  of  East  Windsor  that  he 
was  Collector  of  the  State  Taxes  in  said  East  Windsor  on  the  List  of 
1779  and  1780,  and  that  by  reason  of  Lameness  he  has  been  unable  to 
compleat  the  Collection  of  said  Taxes,  and  praying  that  he  may  be 
Authorized  to  appoint  some  suitable  Person  to  finish  the  Collecting  said 
Taxes  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  David  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  is  hereby  granted  to  him  to  appoint  some  suitable  Person  who 
shall  be  approved  by  the  Select  Men  of  said  Town  to  finish  the  Col- 
lecting said  Taxes  at  the  expence  and  risque  of  the  said  David,  and  the 
Person  who  shall  be  appointed  as  aforesaid  shall  have  the  same  Power 
and  Authority  to  Collect  said  Taxes  as  the  said  David  hath  to  Collect 
the  Same. 

Provided  nevertheless  that  nothing  in  this  Resolve  shall  be  under- 
stood to  excuse  the  said  Town  from  being  accountable  for  said  Taxes. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Thomas  Darling  Junr  Surveyor  of  Lands 
in  and  for  the  County  of  New  Haven. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Seth  Sam1  Smith  Surveyor  of  Lands  in 
and  for  the  County  of  Fairfield. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Cap1  Elisha  Bostwick  of  New  Milford 
Surveyor  of  Lands  for  the  County  of  Litchfield. 


384  public  records  May, 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Nathaniel  Otis  of  Colchester  to  be  Sur- 
veyor of  Lands  in  and  for  the  County  of  New  London. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Willard  Child  of  Woodstock  and  Fred- 
erick Freeman  of  Mansfield  to  be  Surveyors  of  Land  for  the  County 
of  Windham. 


This  Assembly  do  appoint  Col0  Samuel  McLellan  Brigadier  General 
over  the  fifth  Brigade  of  Militia  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Major  Benajah  Leffingwell  Lieutenant 
Colonel  of  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Captain  Jabez  Fitch  to  be  Major  of  the 
ninth  Regiment  of  Militia  in  this  State  in  the  room  of  Major  John 
Davenport,  resigned. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Cap1  Moses  Seymour  of  Litchfield  to  be 
Major  of  the  fifth  Regiment  of  Horse  in  this  State  in  the  room  of  Major 
Bull  resigned. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Elijah  Sperry  to  be  Captain  of  the  16th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  second  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Moses  Atwater  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
16th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  second  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joel  Hine  to  be  Ensign  of  the  16th  Com- 
pany or  Trainband  in  the  second  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jesse  Sherman  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Darling  Junr  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Increase  Hewett  to  be  Captain  of 
a Matross  Company  in  the  Town  of  Pomfrett  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Miles  to  be  first  Lieutenant  of 
a Matross  Company  in  the  Town  of  Pomfrett  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joshua  Miles  to  be  2d  Lieut1  of  a Matross 
Company  in  the  Town  of  Pomfret  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Stephen  Hewett  to  be  Lieutenant  Fire- 
worker of  a Matross  Company  in  the  Town  of  Pomfrett  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Rockwell  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
11th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thaddeus  Husted  to  be  Captain  of  the 
second  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  third  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thaddeus  Sterling  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  second  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  third  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Lockwood  to  be  Cornett  of  the 
2d  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  third  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Strong  Comstock  to  be  Quarter  Master 
of  the  second  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  third  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in 
this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Peter  Eastman  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  second  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joel  Cooper  to  be  Ensign  of  the  12th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  second  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Stephen  Munson  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
17th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  second  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Diodate  Silliman  to  be  Captain  of  the 
15th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  fourth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jeremiah  Smith  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Hecock  to  be  Captain  of  the 
fifth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Porter  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
fifth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elisha  Stevens  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
fifth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Bunwell  to  be  Captain  of  the 
fifth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Luther  Bingham  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
fifth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Peck  to  be  Captain  of  the  7th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Baldwin  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Solomon  Morse  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Crocker  to  be  Captain  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  3d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joel  Morse  to  be  Captain  of  the  4th 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  first  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Charles  Hull  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
4th  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  first  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Davidson  to  be  Captain  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elihu  Yale  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Parker  to  be  Ensign  of  the  1st 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Alexander  Gordon  to  be  Captain  of 
the  8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Dain  Junr  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21st  Regiment  in  this  State. 


386  public  records  May, 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Curtiss  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Frederick  Witter  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Kellam  to  be  Ensign  of  the  1st 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ezekiel  Rude  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Victory  Sikes  Towsley  to  be  Captain  of 
the  14th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elias  Jackson  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
14th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joshua  Rathburn  Junr  to  be  Lieutenant 
of  the  6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Freedom  Chamberlin  to  be  Ensign  of 
the  6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Silvanus  Gibbs  to  be  Captain  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jehul  Pardy  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Amos  Barrows  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Eliphalet  Terry  to  be  Captain  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Eliakim  Benedict  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elihud  Taylor  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Rogers  to  be  Captain  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elijah  Hart  to  be  Captain  of  the  third 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  third  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Wood  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
third  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  third  Regiment  of  light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ezra  Dibble  to  be  Cornet  of  the  third 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  third  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Platt  Cook  Junr  to  be  Quarter 
Master  of  the  third  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  third  Regiment  of  Light 
Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Huiston  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
seventh  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Walter  Mallery  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Truman  Hurlburt  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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387 


This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Mallery  to  be  Ensign  of  the  fourth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Latham  Hull  to  be  Captain  of  the  fourth 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  second  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Smith  to  be  Cornett  of  the  fourth 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  second  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elisha  Swan  to  be  Quarter  Master  of  the 
fourth  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  second  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Dan  Beach  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  5th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathan  Burton  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
fifth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Bethuel  Hinman  to  be  Captain  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jehul  Franklin  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Hinman  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Colborn  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Chamberlain  to  be  Captain  of  th; 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Henry  Hedges  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jedidiah  Serge  to  be  Captain  of  the 
seventh  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Hubbard  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Eli  Barns  to  be  Ensign  of  the  7th  Com- 
pany or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Christopher  Morgan  to  be  Captain  of 
the  12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Morgan  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Peleg  Williams  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  of  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Richard  Hamlin  to  be  Captain  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Canfield  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Robert  Rand  to  be  Ensign  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Colt  Junr  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
2d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  third  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Stephen  Johnson  Junr  to  be  Ensign  of 
the  second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  third  Regiment  in  this  State 


388  public  records  May, 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Butler  Gilbert  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Seth  Doolittle  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Mason  Hobart  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  28th  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Oliver  King  to  be  Ensign  of  the  10th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Tappen  Ward  to  be  Captain  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Birdsey  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
eighth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benjamin  Ruggles  to  be  Captain  of  a 
Grenadier  Company  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elijah  Williams  to  be  Lieutenant  of  a 
Grenadier  Company  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  May  to  be  Ensign  of  a Grenadier 
Company  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Oliver  Hubbard  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathaniel  Miller  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Nichols  Junr  to  be  Captain  of 
the  seventh  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jacob  Dresser  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Perrin  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Chapman  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
13th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Mark  Stoddard  to  be  Captain  of  the 
16th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Giles  Capron  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
16th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  eighth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Isaac  Avery  to  be  Ensign  of  the  16th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Hoyt  to  be  Ensign  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jedidiah  Munn  Jnr  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  2d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Philemon  Trowbridge  to  be  Ensign  of 
the  2d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Asaph  Parmely  to  be  Ensign  of  the  11th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Guthrue  to  be  Captain  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Asa  Lay  to  be  Captain  of  the  fifth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  7th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Jedidiah  Chapman  Jur  to  be  Ensign  of 
the  fifth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  7th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joel  Deming  to  be  Ensign  of  the  13th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Augustus  Diggins  to  be  Captain  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Eliphalet  Collins  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathan  Ayer  to  be  Captain  of  the  fourth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  eighth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Andrew  Bartholomew  to  be  Captain  of 
the  fourth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ezra  Hinsdale  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Amos  Webster  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benjamin  Gibbs  Junr  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  1 1th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ebenezer  Seely  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
11th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Hale  to  be  Captain  of  the  4th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  fifth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Brigham  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  fifth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathan  Bristol  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Alexander  Stewart  to  be  Captain  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  eighth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Stanton  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  eighth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Boardman  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  eighth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jeremiah  Clements  Jur  to  be  Captain  of 
the  light  Infantry  Company  in  the  Town  of  Norwich. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Howland  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  light  Infantry  Company  in  the  Town  of  Norwich. 

This  Assembly  do  establish,  John  MClellan  Breed  to  be  Ensign 
of  the  light  Infantry  Company  in  the  Town  of  Norwich. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Timothy  Barber  to  be  Captain  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Friend  Thrall  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Edward  Gaylord  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elisha  Edgerton  to  be  Quarter  Master 
of  the  first  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  2d  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 


390  public  records  May, 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Oliver  Bradley  to  be  Ensign  of  the  8th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Caleb  Root  to  be  Captain  of  the  9th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Christopher  Crouch  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Amos  Hitchcock  to  be  Captain  of  the 
seventh  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Foot  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
seventh  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Reuben  Andruss  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Zechariah  Mather  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  ninth  Company  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elijah  Barber  to  be  Captain  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abijah  Wilson  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Levi  Thrall  to  be  Ensign  of  the  5th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Augustus  Haydon  to  be  Captain  cf  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Austin  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elizer  Talcott  Junr  to  be  Lieuten*  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  6th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Wells  to  be  Ensign  of  the  third 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  6th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elisha  Wilcox  to  be  Captain  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Sage  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Peter  Goodrich  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elijah  Starr  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Levi  Bostwick  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Paul  Hamlinton  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
fourth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Stevens  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Curtiss  to  be  Ensign  of  the  fifth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thadeus  Parmer  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21Bt  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abraham  Herrington  to  be  Ensign  of 
the  seventh  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  218t  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Jabez  Brewster  to  be  Captain  of  the 
fifth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Philip  Harvey  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Fitch  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elihu  Baldwin  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  28th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Asa  Todd  to  be  Ensign  of  the  7th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  28th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Seley  to  be  Captain  of  the 
ninth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  9th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Aaron  Comstock  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
ninth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  ninth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Ayres  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  ninth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Cornelius  Brunson  to  be  Captain  of  the 
4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Mallery  to  be  Ensign  of  the  4th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  13th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Buell  Junr  to  be  Captain  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Theodore  Lord  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Eleazer  Carter  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
sixth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jeremiah  Butler  to  be  Captain  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jacob  Clark  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Richard  Spelman  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
2d  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Theodore  Root  to  be  Captain  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abel  Lewiss  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
sixth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Enos  Ives  to  be  Ensign  of  the  sixth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Lee  to  be  Captain  of  the  10th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Lament  Peck  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jacob  Hungerford  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Aaron  Cook  to  be  Captain  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  first  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Sloan  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  first  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Pratt  to  be  Ensign  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  first  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Gallop  to  be  Captain  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Hodgkins  to  be  Captain  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abel  Holt  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benjamin  Griffin  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  North  to  be  Captain  of  the  fifth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Belding  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  fifth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Levi  Andruss  to  be  Ensign  of  the  fifth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Gates  to  be  Captain  of  the  8th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Robert  Anderson  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Amos  Randall  to  be  Ensign  of  the  8th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Eliphalet  Murdock  to  be  Captain  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  fifth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Stoddard  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  fifth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathan  Simons  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  5th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Tyler  Junr  to  be  Captain  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Plickox  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Noyes  Wadsworth  Jr  to  be  Ensign 
of  the  6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Haydon  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  26th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Gershom  Scofield  to  be  Captain  of  the 
11th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  9th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathaniel  Roberts  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Adams  to  be  Ensign  of  the  ninth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Caleb  Booth  to  be  Captain  of  the  fourth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Trumbull  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Morton  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Elias  West  to  be  Captain  of  the  sixth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Zerobabel  Wightman  to  be  Lieutenant 
of  the  sixth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathan  Bingham  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
sixth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Alexander  Cossett  to  be  Captain  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Noadiah  Holcomb  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Martin  Gozard  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
6th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ahijah  Taylor  to  be  Captain  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  9th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Gregory  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  9th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Matthew  Sherwood  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  9th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  Establish  Seril  Peck  to  be  Ensign  of  the  third 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Avery  to  be  Captain  of  the  10th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  eighth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Edward  Packer  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elisha  Niles  to  be  Ensign  of  the  10th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Burrall  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Hezekiah  Holcomb  Junr  to  be  Captain 
of  the  8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Clark  to  be  Ensign  of  the  8th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Frederick  Humphry  to  be  Captain  of 
the  13th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jedidiah  Norton  Jur  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  13th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Tillotson  to  be  Ensign  of  the  13th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Micah  Woodruff  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Thomson  to  be  Ensign  of 
the  8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Phineas  Andruss  to  be  Captain  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Stephen  Dummer  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  second  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benjamin  Granniss  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  2d  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Hurlburt  to  be  Captain  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  9th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jeremiah  Grummon  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  9th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Betts  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  9th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Heyden  to  be  Captain  of  the 
15th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Allyn  Heyden  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
15th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ezekiel  Scovil  to  be  Ensign  of  the  15th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Oliver  Phelps  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Williams  3d  to  be  Captain  of  fifth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elisha  Williams  Jun  to  be  Lieutenant 
of  the  fifth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Nathaniel  Eells  and  others  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1780  they  performed  a Tour  of  Duty  under 
the  command  of  Cap1  Elijah  Seymour  that  their  Wages  amounted  to 
£45  15  4,  that  said  Seymour  has  received  the  same  and  not  paid  them 
&c  Praying  Relei f &c 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  General  Comfort  Sage  and  William 
Noyes  Esqr  be  a Committee  to  examine  into  the  Matters  of  said  Memo- 
rial and  what  Security  said  Seymour  hath  given  to  the  Treasury  and 
Report  to  this  Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Nathaniel  Eells  and  others  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1780  they  performed  a Tour  of  Duty  under 
the  Command  of  Cap1  Elijah  Seymour  and  that  their  Wages  amounted 
to  £45  15  4,  which  said  Seymour  as  Pay  Master  of  the  Company 
received  and  has  never  paid  the  Same  but  is  insolvent  and  totally  unable 
to  pay  the  Same  Praying  this  Assembly  to  Order  the  Payment  thereof 
to  them  & c as  per  Memorial  on  File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  Impowered  and  Authorized  to  draw  on  the  Treasurer 
for  the  Sums  due  to  the  Memorialists  for  said  Military  Service  and  the 
Treasurer  is  directed  to  pay  the  Same  accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Silvanus  Phelps  of  Hebron  Shewing  that  in 
January  1772,  he  was  induced  to  give  Bond  to  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State  in  a Recog2  of  £150  L Money  for  the  appearence  of  his  Brother 
Jeremiah  Phelps  then  of  said  Hebron  before  the  then  next  Superior 
Court  to  be  holden  at  Hartford  in  March  1772,  to  answer  a Charge  laid 
against  him  on  Suspicion  of  Counterfeiting  Coins,  for  which  he  was 


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then  held  in  Prison,  and  also  with  a further  View  of  making  discov- 
eries of  such  Evil  practises,  that  immediately  upon  giving  sd  Bond  and 
the  enlargement  of  the  said  Jeremiah  he  was  Attached  and  Imprisoned 
in  Windham  County  Goal  by  one  Charles  Hinkley  and  others  upon 
Meme  Process,  and  there  held  and  detained  so  that  the  Memorialist 
could  not  have  him  before  said  Superior  Court,  though  he  moved  said 
Superior  Court  for  a special  Order  to  that  purpose  and  said  RecogK 
was  forfeited,  and  the  Memorialist  by  Act  of  Law  without  any  neglect 
of  his ; became  liable  to  pay  said  Sum,  the  said  Jeremiah  being  Insolvent, 
and  gone  out  of  the  County — That  the  Memorialist  has  been  Obliged  to 
pledge  almost  the  whole  of  his  real  Estate  Mortgagewise  for  the  Security 
of  said  Sum  and  he  is  now  sued  out  of  the  Possession  of  said  Estate 
&c  praying  for  relei  f &c  as  per  Memorial  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  the  Memorialist  securing  and 
paying  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  by  the  first  Day  of  Novembr 
next  the  Sum  of  thirty  Pounds  lawfull  Money  for  the  Use  of  this  State, 
that  the  Treasurer  thereupon  do  and  he  is  hereby  directed  and  Impowered 
to  make  execute  and  deliver  to  the  Memorialist  in  the  Name  and  behalf 
of  this  State  a Release  of  all  the  Right  Title  and  Interest  which  was  or 
is  vested  in  this  State  by  Virtue  of  said  Mortgage  Deed  given  as  afore- 
said and  said  Release  so  executed  and  Recorded  in  the  Public  Records  of 
said  Town  of  Hebron,  or  an  Attested  Copy  thereof  shall  be  sufficient 
Evidence  of  the  Memorialists  Title  to  said  Land  before  any  Court  of 
Record  in  this  State,  and  may  be  given  in  Evidence  accordingly. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  David  Bushnell  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  he  was  employed  and  directed  by  the  Governor  of  this  State  and 
Council  of  Safety  to  pursue  Measures  for  destroying  the  Enemies 
Shipping  and  Boats  during  the  War  and  employed  himself  in  that 
Business  with  some  degree  of  Success  from  the  23d  Day  of  April  1777 
to  the  second  Day  of  August  1779,  in  which  he  necessarily  expended 
large  Sums  of  his  own  property*  Praying  for  a compensation  for  his 
said  Service  and  Expences  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  allowed  the  Sum 
of  One  hundred  and  fifty  Pounds  lawfull  Money  as  a Reward  in  full 

* David  Bushnell  of  Saybrook  (now  Westbrook)  may  truly  be  called  the  father  of  the  sub- 
marine ship  and  the  submarine  torpedo.  While  an  undergraduate  at  Yale  he  demonstrated  the 
practicability  of  exploding  gunpowder  under  water,  and  upon  graduating  in  1775  built  a hand- 
propelled,  one-man  submarine  vessel,  the  Turtle.  It  carried  on  its  outside  a powder-filled  maga- 
zine, or  torpedo,  which  was  to  be  attached  by  a screw  device  to  the  hull  of  an  enemy  ship  and 
exploded  by  a clockwork  timer  after  the  submarine  had  made  its  escape.  Bushnell  was  too 
frail  to  operate  his  invention,  but  in  August  1776  Sergeant  Ezra  Lee  of  Lyme  made  an  attack 
in  the  Turtle  against  Lord  Howe’s  ship  Eagle  in  New  York  Harbor.  The  attempt,  failed  because 
Lee  was  unable  to  force  the  screw  into  the  hull  of  the  Eagle.  Later  Bushnell  made  attacks 
upon  the  British  ship  Cerberus  in  Long  Island  Sound  by  means  of  a floating  mine  towed  from  a 
whale  boat  and  upon  British  shipping  in  the  Delaware.  Damage  was  caused  in  each  case, 
though  not  to  the  intended  victims.  It  is  doubtless  to  these  latter  exploits  that  the  above 
memorial  refers.  Bushnell  did  not  pursue  his  experiments  further.  More  than  a century  passed 
before  the  submarine  warship  was  recognized  as  a regular  arm  of  the  leading  navies.  For  con- 
temporary accounts  of  Bushnell’s  invention  and  attempts  to  use  it  see  Transactions  of  the  Amer- 
ican Philosophical  Society,  IV  (1799),  303-312;  American  Journal  of  Science,  and  Arts,  II  (1820). 
94-100;  Conn.  Historical  Society  Collections,  II  (1870),  315-318.  See  also  Henry  L.  Abbot. 
The  Beginning  of  Modern  Submarine  Warfare,  under  Captain — Lieutenant  David  Bushnell, 
Sappers  and  Miners,  Army  of  the  Revolution  (1881). 


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for  the  whole  of  his  said  Services  and  expenditures,  and  that  the  Com- 
mittee of  Pay  Table  be  and  they  are  hereby  Impowered  and  directed 
to  draw  Orders  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  in  favour  of  the  Memo- 
rialist for  that  Sum  payable  out  of  the  twelve  penny  Tax. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Moses  Merrills  and  Other  Inhabitants  of 
the  Town  of  Farmington  Praying  to  be  transferred  from  the  Military 
Company  in  the  Parrish  of  Northington  to  the  Military  Company  in 
the  Parish  of  West  Division — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Tract  of  Land  laying  North  of 
the  East  and  West  Highway  that  runs  between  the  dwelling  House  of 
Stephen  Sedgwick  & Samuel  Stanley  and  South  of  a Parallel  Line 
drawn  West  from  the  North  West  Corner  of  the  Town  of  Hartford 
and  to  extend  one  Mile  West  from  Hartford  west  Line,  and  the  Inhab- 
itants thereon  residing  be  and  the  same  hereby  are  transferred  from  the 
Military  Company  in  the  Parish  of  Northington  in  said  Farmington 
to  the  Military  Company  in  the  Parish  of  West  Division  in  the  Town  of 
Hartford  any  Law  Usage  or  Custom  to  the  Contrary  notwithstanding. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Ebenezer  Kingsbury  of  Pomfret  in  the 
County  of  Windham,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1782 
he  was  Chosen  Collector  of  State  Taxes  for  said  Town,  and  that  in  June 
1783  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  Issued  out  sundry  Warrants  to  said 
Collector  on  the  Levy  1782  which  Warrants  contain  including  fourfolds 
the  Sum  of  £26951  9 1 Whereas  the  Levy  of  said  Town  contains  but 
£25913  0 7 by  which  means  said  Collector  is  Charged  in  said  Warrants 
£ 1038  8 6 over  the  Sum  of  the  Levy  which  said  Collector  hath  to  Collect 
Praying  for  releif  &c  As  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  examine  the  Returns  of  the  Listers  of  said  Pomfrett  for  said 
Year  and  if  he  shall  find  said  Town  or  Collector  to  be  over  charged  in 
said  Warrants  shall  give  said  Collector  Credit  for  the  Sum  or  Sums 
he  shall  find  to  be  over  Charged  against  him. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  Boardman  of  Weathersfield  Shew- 
ing to  this  Assembly  that  by  Misfortunes  and  Losses  he  is  reduced  in 
his  Circumstances  and  unable  to  Settle  his  Affairs  without  Assistance 
Praying  that  Commissioners  be  appointed  with  Authority  to  call  his 
Debtors  to  account,  and  also  to  make  Settlement  with  his  Creditors,  and 
that  his  Body  in  the  mean  Time  be  exempt  &c  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Mess”  John  Wright  and  Elisha 
Baxter  both  of  Weathersfield  be  appointed  and  they  are  hereby  appointed 
Commissioners  with  full  Powers  and  Authoritys  to  make  a Settlement 
of  said  Samuels  Book  Accounts  Bonds  and  Notes  due  to  him  and  to 
Adjust  the  Ballances  due  from  said  Samuel  to  his  Creditors  and  pay  out 
a Just  Dividend  of  such  Monies  of  said  Samuel  to  his  Creditors  in 
proportion  to  the  Just  demands  they  have  against  said  Samuel  And  the 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


397 


Person  of  said  Samuel  is  hereby  exempted  from  all  Arrests  or  Imprison- 
ment for  Debts  untill  said  Accounts  are  settled  by  said  Commissioners. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Joseph  Lane  Junr  John  Lane  Junr  Hozikiah 
Clark  Elisha  White  Giles  Parmely  Samuel  Cruttendon  Elias  Redfield 
Ezra  Porter  Hiel  Wilcox  Jail  Hart  and  Walter  Griswold  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  they  voluntarily  Inlisted  into  the  Continental  Army  for 
the  Term  of  six  Months  and  performed  their  Duty  therein  and  in  Con- 
sequence thereof  were  entituled  by  a Resolve  of  the  General  Assembly 
to  receive  the  Sum  of  thirty  shillings  each  for  furnishing  themselves  with 
Blankets  &c  which  they  have  never  received  &c  as  per  Memorial  on 
File— 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  do  call 
upon  Brigadier  General  Ward  and  Col°  William  Worthington,  in  whose 
Hand  the  said  Money  due  to  the  Memorialists  is  represented  as  resting 
to  account  for  the  Same  and  upon  receiving  the  Money  from  them  or 
either  of  them  to  pay  over  the  Same  with  Interest  since  the  Same  was 
due  to  the  Memorialists,  And  in  Case  the  said  Committee  of  Pay  Table 
shall  not  be  able  to  Collect  the  said  Sum  together  with  Interest  thereof 
from  said  Ward  or  Worthington,  that  they  the  said  Committee  prosecute 
said  Ward  or  Worthington  or  both  as  the  Case  may  require  in  the 
Name  of  this  State  for  the  recovery  of  said  Sums,  and  that  in  that 
Case  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  draw  on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State, 
for  the  Sums  that  they  shall  find  to  be  due  to  the  Memorialists 
respectively. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Reed  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
Peter  Gilchrist  of  Woodbury  was  indebted  to  him  in  the  Sum  of  Seventy 
nine  Pounds  seventeen  shillings  and  ten  pence  New  York  Money,  and 
that  said  Peter  sometime  during  the  War  died  and  his  Estate  represented 
Insolvent  and  Commissioners  appointed  who  have  made  their  Report 
and  the  same  accepted  and  their  Commission  Closed,  and  that  the 
Memorialist  had  no  knoledge  of  said  Peter8  Death  or  opportunity  to 
exhibit  his  Debt  before  said  Commissioners  Praying  this  Assembly  to 
Impower  and  direct  the  Judge  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Woodbury 
to  reappoint  said  Commissioners  &c  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Judge  of  Probate  for  the  Dis- 
trict of  Woodbury  be  and  he  is  hereby  Impowered  and  directed  to  reap- 
point the  Commissioners  on  the  Estate  of  the  said  Peter  Gilchrist,  in 
order  to  their  receiving  and  examining  the  Claim  of  the  Petitioner  as 
aforesaid. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Select  Men  of  Weathersfield  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  Jacob  Riley  the  Person  Chosen  by  said  Town  to 
Collect  the  State  Taxes  levied  on  the  List  given  in  in  the  year  1783 
is  sick  and  likely  to  be  unable  to  Collect  said  Taxes.  Praying  Liberty  if 
necessity  requires  through  inability  of  said  Jacob,  to  Chuse  another 


398 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


May, 


Collector  cloathed  with  the  same  Powers  and  entituled  to  the  same 
emoluments  as  if  Chosen  according  to  the  Law  of  this  State  as  per 
Memorial  on  File, 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  if  said  Jacob  Riley 
should  continue  Sick  and  unable  to  Collect  said  Taxes  or  should  soon 
Dye  and  no  legal  representative  of  said  Jacob  should  appear  to  Collect 
said  Taxes  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Weathersfield  be  and  they 
are  hereby  Authorized  and  Impowered  to  make  Choice  of  some  suit- 
able Person  to  Collect  said  Taxes  levied  on  the  List  given  in,  in  August 
1783,  and  said  Collector  shall  have  the  same  Powers  and  be  entituled 
to  the  Same  Emoluments  as  if  Chosen  at  the  Annual  Town  Meeting 
according  to  Law, 

Provided  that  nothing  in  this  Resolve  shall  be  Construed  to  excuse 
said  Town  from  their  Liability  for  the  neglect  and  failure  of  either 
of  said  Collectors. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Mary  Wooster  and  Thomas  Wooster- James 
Wadsworth  and  Joseph  Hopkins  Esqr  are  reappointed  a Committee  with 
the  same  Powers  Authorities  and  directions  given  them  by  the  General 
Assembly  in  May  1782  and  to  make  their  Report  to  the  General  Assem- 
bly in  October  next  to  which  Time  said  Memorial  is  hereby  Continued.* 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Norfolk  in 
the  County  of  Litchfield  and  State  of  Connecticut  Praying  this  Assembly 
to  grant  to  them  the  said  Inhabitants  Liberty  and  Authority  to  tax  them- 
selves in  such  Sum  or  Sums  as  they  shall  from  Time  to  Time  find 
necessary  for  making  and  mending  their  Highways  and  Chuse  Col- 
lector or  Collectors  and  Collect  the  Same  and  lay  out  and  dispose  of  the 
Money  when  Collected  for  the  purposes  aforesaid  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Town  of  Norfolk  have  Liberty 
and  Liberty  and  Authority  is  hereby  granted  to  the  Town  of  Norfolk, 
to  tax  and  Collect  of  themselves  such  Sum  or  Sums  from  Time  to 
Time  as  they  shall  find  necessary  in  the  same  way  and  manner  as  other 
Town  Rates  are  Collected,  and  when  Collected  to  be  laid  out  and  dis- 
posed of  for  repairing  the  Highways  in  said  Town  as  said  Town  shall 
from  Time  to  Time  agree  any  Law  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  and 
that  this  Grant  continue  in  force  during  the  Pleasure  of  the  General 
Assembly- 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Charles  Joseph  De  Berard  a Native  of 
France  now  resident  in  New  Haven  in  New  Haven  County,  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  Bartholomew  Gueben  late  of  said  Hartford 
Deceased,  made  his  last  Will  and  Testament  and  therein  appointed  the 
Memorialist  his  Executor,  That  the  Memorialist  exhibited  said  Will  to 
the  Court  of  Probate  for  Hartford  District  by  which  the  same  was 


•This  investigation  had  to  do  with  the  conduct  and  financial  accounts  of  David  Wooster, 
Esq.,  deceased,  former  naval  officer  of  the  port  of  New  Haven.  Conn.  State  Rees.,  TV,  196-197. 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


399 


disapproved,  and  having  moved  for  an  Appeal  thereon,  through  his 
ignorance  of  the  Forms  of  Law  in  this  State,  failed  of  entering  the 
Same  with  due  legal  formality  untill  the  Term  by  Law  allowed  was 
expired  Praying  for  Relief  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Liberty  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
granted  to  the  Memorialist,  at  any  Time  before  the  last  Tuesday  of 
August  next  to  enter  his  Appeal  in  said  Case  before  said  Court  of  Pro- 
bate he  procuring  sufficient  Bail  to  prosecute  the  same  as  the  Law  directs, 
before  the  next  Superior  Court  to  be  holden  at  Hartford  in  and  for 
Hartford  County,  and  to  enter  the  Copies  of  said  Appeal  in  the  Files 
of  said  Superior  Court  and  proceed  thereon  to  final  Tryal  of  said  Cause, 
And  that  said  Appeal  so  entered  shall  to  all  Intents  and  purposes  be 
equally  valid  and  legal  to  bring  forward  said  Cause  to  a final  determina- 
tion before  said  Superior  Court  as  though  the  same  had  been  entered 
within  the  Term  by  Law  prescribed. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Tabor  Pratt  of  Saybrook  Gamoliel  Brockway 
and  Gideon  Brockway  Junr  both  of  Lyme  representing  to  this  Assembly 
that  the  Ferry  over  Connecticut  River  from  Saybrook  to  Lyme  called 
Brockways  Ferry  is  inconvenient  for  public  accomodation,  and  a more 
suitable  Ferry  Place  may  be  had  at  a Place  about  three  Quarters  of  a 
Mile  below  said  Brockways  on  the  River  at  a Place  known  and  called  the 
Great  Meadows  in  Saybrook,  and  the  Sand  Banks  in  Lyme — Praying 
there  may  be  established  a Ferry  Place  at  said  last  mentioned  Places 
unto  said  Memorialists  &c  as  per  Memorial — 

Resolved  that  William  Hilhouse  William  Noyes  and  Elijah  Backus 
Esqrs  be  and  hereby  are  appointed  a Committee  to  repair  unto  said 
Brockways  Ferry  on  Connecticut  River,  and  also  to  the  place  proposed 
by  said  Memorialists  for  a Ferry  called  the  great  Meadows  in  Say- 
brook and  the  Sand  Banks  in  Lyme  at  the  Expence  of  the  Memorial- 
ists and  view  the  Same  and  Report  make  of  their  respective  Situation 
and  conveniency  for  a Ferry  with  their  Opinion  thereof  to  the  next 
General  Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of  Union  Shew- 
ing to  this  Assembly  that  one  Nathan  Abbott,  Collector  of  the  State  Tax 
on  the  List  brought  into  this  Assembly  in  October  1781  and  March  1782 
had  moved  out  of  this  State  and  left  said  Tax  altogether  uncollected 
and  unpaid,  and  that  said  Town  at  their  Annual  Town  Meeting  in 
December  1783,  had  Chosen  one  Abijah  Session  of  said  Town  to  Collect 
said  Tax  in  the  room  and  stead  of  said  Abbott  Praying  to  this  Assembly 
to  enable  the  said  Abijah  Sessions  to  Collect  the  said  Taxes  instead  of 
said  Abbott — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Abijah  Sessions  be  enabled 
and  full  power  is  hereby  given  to  the  said  Abijah  Sessions  to  take  the 
Warrants  directed  to  the  said  Abbott  given  out  on  said  List  and  Collect 
the  Taxes  therein  mentioned  to  all  intents  as  the  said  Abbott  might  have 


400  public  records  May, 

done  had  he  officiated  in  said  Office,  and  the  Town  of  Union  to  remain 
liable  in  case  of  defect  as  if  the  former  Collector  had  proceeded. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Pitkin  Esqr  Praying  for  the  exclusive 
privelege  of  manufacturing  Snuff  in  this  State  for  a limited  Time  free 
from  Assesments  and  Taxes  &c  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Sole  and  exclusive  Right  and 
privelege  of  manufacturing  all  and  every  kind  of  Snuffs  in  this  State 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  granted  to  the  said  William  Pitkin  Esqr  his 
Heirs  and  Assigns,  for  the  Term  of  fourteen  Years,  from  the  rising 
of  this  Assembly,  and  that  he  and  they  be  exempt  for  that  Term  from 
any  Taxes  or  Assesment  for  or  on  account  of  said  Business,  or  any 
Proffits  that  may  thence  arise. 

Provided  that  he  or  they  erect  and  establish  a snuff  Manufactory  in 
this  State  within  eighteen  Months  from  the  rising  of  this  Assembly 
and  continue  the  same  and  pursue  said  Business  till  said  Term  of 
fourteen  Years  shall  be  expired. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Treat  of  Milford  in  the  County  of 
New  Haven  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  sometime  in  the  Year  1781 
he  received  of  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  a States  Note  of  £295  9 10 
in  leu  of  and  in  exchange  for  other  Notes  of  Pryor  Date  Dated  first 
of  Febry  1781,  And  that  sometime  in  the  Month  of  May  1782  he 
delivered  said  Note  to  Mr  Solomon  Baldwin  in  Order  to  transmit  the 
Same  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  and  procure  the  Interest  thereon, 
and  that  said  Baldwin  living  in  an  exposed  Situation  lodged  said  Note 
with  others  at  the  House  of  Capt  Josiah  Buckingham  in  said  Milford, 
Judging  it  a Place  of  greater  safety  than  where  he  resided,  and  that 
in  the  Night  next  after  the  17th  of  Novembr  then  next  said  House  was 
plundered  by  a party  of  the  Refugees  from  Long  Island  and  among 
other  Things  said  Note  carried  of  as  per  Memorial  on  File, 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State  be  and  he  is  hereby  Authorized  and  directed  to  issue  to  the 
Memorialist  his  Note  of  the  same  Tenor  and  Date  of  the  one  lost  as 
aforesaid  taking  sufficient  surety  that  the  same  shall  be  delivered  up 
if  said  Lost  Note  shall  be  found. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Christopher  Manwaring  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly,  that  he  had  in  his  Hands  the  Sum  of  about  £59  0 0 State 
Bills  of  several  Emissions  previous  to  the  Year  1780,  And  by  Casualty 
was  prevented  from  bringing  them  in  agreable  to  Act  of  Assembly, 
Praying  for  relief  &c,  as  per  Memorial  on  File  Dated  15th  of  May  1784 — 
Resolved  by  this  Assembly . that  upon  the  Memorialist  delivering 
to  the  Treasurer  said  Bills  the  Treasurer  is  directed  to  pay  and  secure 
to  the  Memorialist  the  amount  of  said  Bills  in  the  same  way  and  man- 
ner as  if  the  same  had  been  brought  in  seasonably. 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


401 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Philip  Burr  Bradley  of  Ridgefield  in  the 
County  of  Fairfield  Shewing  to  this  Assembly,  that  as  Colonel  of  one 
of  the  Regiments  of  the  Continental  Army  raised  by  this  State  he  in 
the  Year  1777  Received  of  Governor  Trumbull  the  Sum  of  £252  3 9,  in 
Bills  of  the  United  States  and  belonging  to  said  States  for  the  purpose  of 
recruiting  said  Regiment  and  supplying  the  Same  with  fire  Arms, 
which  Money  the  Memorialist  expended  for  that  purpose  and  hath  since 
lodged  Vouchers,  thereof  with  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  and  by 
mistake  took  an  Order  drawn  in  his  favour  by  said  Committee,  on  the 
Treasurer  of  this  State  for  said  Sum,  and  on  discovering  said  Mistake, 
hath  applied  to  said  Committee  requesting  them  to  take  back  said  Order 
and  give  him  a Certificate  of  his  having  lodged  such  Vouchers  as 
aforesaid,  that  said  Committee  having  Doubts  of  the  propriety  of  such 
request  refuse  to  Comply  therewith,  Praying  for  relief  &c  as  per 
Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Committee  be  and  they  are 
hereby  Authorized  and  directed  to  receive  back  said  Order  and  give  the 
Memorialist  a Certificate  of  his  having  lodged  in  the  Pay  Table  Office 
a Voucher  for  said  Sum  of  two  hundred  fifty  two  Pounds  three  shillings 
and  nine  pence  and  Credit  the  Memorialist  with  said  Order  as  being 
returned. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Langford  Cartey  of  Colchester  shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  in  the  Month  of  March  1782  he  was  the  proper 
owner  of  an  Order  drawn  by  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  on  the 
Treasurer  of  this  State  in  favour  of  Norwich  Committee  of  Supplies 
for  the  Sum  of  £12  on  the  Tax  of  2/6  On  the  pound,  exclusive  of 
that  part,  payable  in  State  Bills,  and  that  he  delivered  said  Order  into 
the  Hands  of  Samuel  Hazard  of  Stonington,  to  purchase  Cattle  for  his 
Use,  and  that  the  Same  fell  into  the  Hands  of  a small  Child  and  was 
destroyed  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table  be  and  they  are  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  draw  an  Order 
upon  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  payable  out  of  the  Tax  of  2/6  to  the 
Memorialist,  for  the  same  Sum  contained  in  said  former  Order. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Select  Men  of  New  Milford  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  Partridge  Thatcher  of  said  New  Milford  Esqr 
is  reduced  to  a State  of  distraction,  That  he  is  considerably  involved  in 
Debt  and  is  possessed  of  a very  large  real  Estate,  much  more  than 
sufficient  to  discharge  all  his  Debts,  but  has  not  any  personal  Estate 
except  necessary  Household  Furniture  and  a number  of  Negroes,  who 
have  from  their  Infancy  been  always  assured  of  their  Freedom  by  the 
said  Thatcher,  to  Commence  at  the  Time  of  his  Death  that  he  is 
advanced  in  Life  and  has  no  Children,  that  his  Design  was  to  have 
paid  his  Debts  by  means  of  his  real  Estate  which  his  Wife  and  Friends 
are  now  desirous  to  have  done,  and  a Conservator  of  the  Person  and 


402  public  records  May, 

Estate  of  the  said  Thatcher  appointed  and  that  said  Negroes  be  exempted 
from  Sale  &c  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Samuel  Canfield  of  said  New  Mil- 
ford Esqr  be  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  a Conservator  of  the  person 
and  Estate  of  the  said  Thatcher  with  full  Powers  and  Authority  to  Sell 
and  dispose  of  so  much  of  his  real  Estate,  as  may  be  necessary  for  the 
purpose  of  discharging  his  Just  Debts  supporting  himself  and  Family 
and  other  necessary  and  reasonable  purposes  for  the  Benefit  of  him 
the  said  Thatcher,  and  his  Estate,  and  also  to  Settle  all  Accounts,  insti- 
tute pursue  or  defend  in  any  Suit  or  Action  either  in  Law  or  equity, 
respecting  the  said  Thatcher  or  his  property  and  to  do  and  transact  any 
other  Business  that  may  be  proper  and  reasonable  for  the  general  Benefit 
of  the  said  Thatcher  his  Family  and  Estate,  and  to  render  his  Account 
to  and  obey  such  Orders  and  directions  as  he  may  from  Time  to  Time 
receive  from  the  County  Court  in  and  for  the  County  of  Litchfield  which 
Orders  said  Court,  are  hereby  Authorized  to  give  as  Occasion  may 
require  and  also  to  liquidate  and  Settle  the  Accounts  of  the  said  Con- 
servator, or  to  discharge  him  or  appoint  any  other  Person  in  his  stead  if 
found  necessary  or  expedient;  And  that  all  the  Negroes  belonging 
to  said  Thatcher  be  and  they  are  hereby  exempted  and  freed  from  any 
kind  of  Sale  or  disposition  whatsoever  so  long  as  the  Estate  of  the  said 
Thacher  may  be  sufficient  for  the  discharge  of  his  Just  Debts  and 
Support  of  himself  and  Family. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of  Norwalk 
Shewing  that  the  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Fairfield  has  now  in  Hand 
an  Execution  to  Collect  a fine  from  said  Select  Men  for  the  neglect  of  a 
certain  Class  in  said  Town  for  not  raising  a State  Soldier  AD  1781, 
which  Class  by  Captivity  and  frequent  Depredations  of  the  Enemy  were 
rendered  unable  to  raise  said  State  Soldiers  and  therefore  Praying  a 
Release  from  said  fine,  and  that  the  said  Sheriff  may  be  directed  to  stop 
his  said  Execution, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Select  Men  be  and  hereby  are 
released  from  said  Fine  and  said  Sheriff  is  hereby  directed  to  stop  said 
Execution  the  said  Select  Men  paying  Costs. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Ebenezer  Avery  and  Edward  Latham  of 
Groton  Shewing  that  they  own  the  Land  on  which  Fort  Griswold  is 
Built  Praying  that  this  State  would  purchase  so  much  of  said  Land  as 
will  be  necessary  for  Public  Use  &c  as  per  Memorial  &c 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Ebenezer  Ledyard  Esqr  and  Col° 
Nathan  Gallop  be  and  they  are  hereby  fully  Authorized  and  Impowered 
in  behalf  of  this  State,  to  Report  to  the  General  Assembly  to  be  Con- 
vened in  October  next  what  quantity  of  Land  on  which  said  Fort  stands 
may  be  necessary  for  the  Use  of  this  State  and  for  what  Sum  the  Owner 
or  Owners  thereof  will  Sell  the  Same  together  with  their  Opinion  what 
said  Land  is  reasonably  worth.  And  that  the  Owner  or  Owners  of  said 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


403 


Land  be  enjoined  in  the  mean  Time  not  to  remove  or  Injure  any  of  the 
property  of  this  State  being  or  situated  on  said  Land,  And  the  said  Ebe- 
nezer  Ledyard  Esqr  is  hereby  also  appointed  and  Impowered  to  oversee 
and  take  Care  of  said  Land  and  all  the  Buildings  and  property  thereon 
and  therein  belonging  or  that  may  belong  to  this  State  untill  the  further 
Order  of  this  Assembly,  That  the  said  Ebenezer  Ledyard  Esqr  be 
directed  as  soon  as  it  can  be  done  to  take  an  Account  of  the  Buildings 
and  all  other  Property  annexed  to  or  lying  on  said  Land  belonging  to 
this  State  and  make  return  thereof  to  the  General  Assembly  in  October 
next. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Litchfield 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  they  were  by  the  General  Assembly  at 
their  Sessions  in  January  last  doomed  and  Ordered  to  be  set  in  the  List 
for  the  Last  Year  the  Sum  of  £1580,  and  ordered  the  Treasurer  to 
Issue  his  Warrants  accordingly,  and  that  they  had  no  Representation  in 
the  Assembly  nor  any  one  to  espouse  their  Cause  when  said  Dooming 
was  put  on,  and  said  Order  Issued,  and  praying  that  the  Listers  of 
said  Town  may  have  Liberty  to  take  back  the  Assesments  returned  to 
the  Assembly  in  January  last  and  make  a new  Assesment  of  such  Per- 
sons as  ought  by  Law  to  be  Assessed,  therefore 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Listers  of  said  Town  of  Litch- 
field have  Liberty  and  Liberty  is  hereby  granted  to  said  Listers  to  take 
back  said  Assesments  and  revise  the  Same  and  make  such  Additions  and 
Alterations  in  the  Same  as  shall  be  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  this  State 
and  return  the  Same  to  the  Secretary  of  this  State  by  the  first  Day  of 
July  next  and  that  said  Memorial  be  continued  untill  October  next. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Joshua  Elderkin  upon  which  a Committee 
appointed  to  enquire  after  and  examine  the  Facts  therein  Stated  &c  now 
Report  That  on  the  third  of  October  1781  said  Elderkin  purchased  at 
vendue  a certain  Confiscated  Estate  lying  in  Lebanon  containing  about 
one  hundred  and  forty  Acres  lately  belonging  to  one  Thomas  Fanning 
of  Long  Island  at  the  Price  of  twenty  two  pounds  ten  shillings  per 
Acre  amounting  to  £3155  12  6,  to  be  paid  in  Bills  of  this  State  or 
Orders  drawn  by  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  for  such  Bills  that  soon 
after  the  Purchase  of  said  Estate  by  said  Elderkin  the  Resolve  of  this 
Assembly  directing  the  Treasurer  not  to  receive  said  Orders  untill  liqui- 
dated and  reduced  to  Specie  value  laid  said  Elderkin  under  a disadvan- 
tage, that  said  Elderkin  at  the  Time  of  said  purchase  paid  £961  15  2 
in  said  Orders  in  part  of  said  purchase  on  the  Settlement  of  his  Acc*® 
with  the  Com6*  of  Pay  table  there  is  due  to  him  the  Sum  of  £463  13  5%. 
in  specie  for  his  Services  for  this  State,  And  that  the  specie  value  of  said 
Confiscated  Estate  at  the  Time  of  said  Purchase  was  £850  0 0 which 
with  the  Interest  thereon  amounts  to  the  Sum  of  £986  LMoney  &c 
as  per  Report  which  is  accepted  and  approved — 

And  thereupon  it  is  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of 


404 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


May, 


Pay  Table  Charge  said  Elderkin  with  the  Sum  of  £463  13  5*4  being 
the  Ballance  due  to  him  as  per  Settlement  with  said  Committee  as  so 
much  allowed  and  discounted  in  his  favour  toward  Payment  for  said 
Farm,  and  that  said  Elderkin  pay  or  Secure  with  Sufficient  Surety  to  the 
Treasurer  of  this  State,  the  further  Sum  of  £105  16  10^4  LMoney  pay- 
able in  a reasonable  Time  with  Interest  which  with  the  Payments  by  him 
made  is  the  full  value  of  said  Farm,  And  that  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table  settle  and  receive  such  Security  and  transmit  the  same  to  the 
Treasurer  taking  his  Receipt  and  draw  on  the  Treasurer  to  deliver  to 
said  Elderkin  the  Bond  executed  by  him  & Roger  Huntington  for  the 
residue  of  the  Purchase  Money  of  said  Farm  not  paid  at  the  Time  of 
executing  the  Deed  thereof  to  him. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Thomas  Mumford  Esqr  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1780  he  sold  a large  quantity  of  Rum  Pork 
& Beef  to  the  States  Commissary  for  the  Use  of  the  Army  and  at  the 
Prices  which  Congress  allowed  the  State  for  the  Same  for  which  he 
received  Payment  in  Bills  of  Credit  emitted  by  this  State  in  the  Year 
1780  at  their  nominal  value  as  being  equal  to  Silver  Money,  That  in  the 
Summer  of  the  Year  1781  he  furnished  Ralph  Pomeroy  Esqr  then 
Deputy  Quarter  Master  with  Tent  Cloth  to  a large  Amount  at  hard 
Money  Price  for  which  he  received  the  Treasurers  Notes  for  Seventeen 
hundred  pounds  lawfull  Money,  which  said  Note  and  Bills,  he  hath  now 
on  hand  That  in  the  Year  1782  he  purchased  a Quantity  of  Pork  and 
Beef  the  Property  of  this  State  to  the  value  of  three  Thousand  & five 
Hundred  Pounds,  all  which  he  hath  paid  in  hard  Money  and  Morriss’ 
Notes  excepting  a Ballance  of  about  £660,  Praying  for  Liberty  to  pay 
said  Ballance  in  said  Bills  received  by  him  as  aforesaid  or  in  Treasurers 
Notes  at  the  Rates  he  received  the  same  of  the  Public,  and  that  the  same 
may  be  settled  accordingly  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
the  same  is  hereby  Granted  to  him  to  pay  the  Ballance  due  from  him 
for  said  Pork  and  Beef  in  Bills  of  this  State  received  by  him  as  afore- 
said or  in  Treasurers  Notes  now  due  for  hard  Money,  and  at  the  same 
Rate  he  received  the  said  Bills  and  Notes  of  the  Public,  and  Capt  Jabez 
Perkins  the  Agent  to  this  State  is  hereby  directed  to  settle  the  Same  with 
the  Memorialist  accordingly  and  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  and 
Treasurer  are  hereby  directed  to  receive  and  allow  for  said  Bills  and 
Securities  in  the  Settlement  of  Accounts  with  said  Agent. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Oliver  Hanchett  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  in  the  Year  1778,  he  was  appointed  a Captain  in  Col0  Enos’  Regi- 
ment then  raising  for  the  defence  of  this  State  and  received  £300,  in 
Continental  Bills  to  pay  the  Bounties  of  his  Company,  that  soon  after 
he  was  of  the  number  of  the  Officers  who  were  discharged  and  on 
settlement  of  his  Accounts  with  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  there 
appears  to  be  a Ballance  of  £57  18  8 lawfull  Money  due  from  him  to 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


405 


the  State,  that  he  has  in  his  Possession  Orders  on  the  2/6  Tax  drawn 
by  Ralph  Pomeroy  Esqr  D Q M for  Rye  at  4/6  and  Indian  Corn  at 
3/6  per  Bushell  Praying  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  directed 
to  Settle  with  and  receive  of  the  Memorialist  said  Orders  in  discharge 
of  said  Debt  as  per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
hereby  are  directed  to  receive  of  the  Memorialist  said  Orders  on  the  2/6 
Tax  to  the  Amount  of  the  Ballance  due  from  the  Memorialist  in  dis- 
charge of  the  Debt  due  from  him  as  aforesaid. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Hozekiah  Huntington  of  Windham  Shew- 
ing to  this  Assembly  that  in  Consequence  of  the  encouragement  by  this 
State  offered  for  the  manufacturing  of  Fire  Arms  for  defence  in  the 
late  War,  he  engaged  in  said  Business  in  the  Year  1775,  and  pursued 
the  same  and  finished  and  compleated  three  hundred  and  forty  Stand 
of  Arms  which  were  inspected  and  approved  by  the  Committee  for 
that  purpose  appointed,  whereby  he  was  entituled  to  a Premium  of  five 
shillings  for  each  of  said  Stand  of  Arms,  that  he  has  received  a premium 
for  sixty  of  said  Guns  only,  that  for  the  residue  he  took  proper  Certif- 
icates of  the  Committee  appointed  to  Inspect  the  Same  to  enable  him  to 
draw  the  Premium  therefor  which  by  some  Accident  are  lost  Praying 
for  relief  &c  This  Assembly  do  appoint  the  Honble  William  Williams 
& Constant  Southworth  Esqrs  and  Capt  Jeremiah  Ripley  a Committee 
at  the  expence  of  the  Memorialist  to  examine  the  Facts  and  Accounts 
Stated  in  said  Memorial  and  report  make  with  their  Opinion  thereon  to 
the  next  General  Assembly.* 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Timothy  Baldwin  of  Guilford  in  New  Haven 
County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  July  1783  he  had  his  dwelling 
House  broken  open  and  robbed  of  £479  12  1 in  Orders  taken  in  on 
Rates  Praying  for  Relief  &c  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
ordered  and  directed  to  discharge  the  Memorialist  from  the  £258  19  1 
in  Orders  that  are  missing  taking  Care  to  stop  the  same  if  they  came 
into  the  Treasury. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Eli  Mygatt,  John  McLane  and  others  Shew- 
ing to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  capacity  of  Select  Men  of  the  Town 
of  Danbury  they  secured  and  Sold  for  the  Benefit  of  this  State  a con- 
siderable Part  of  the  Personal  Estate  of  David  Taylor  late  of  said 
Danbury  who  had  Joined  the  Enemy  of  the  United  States,  and  thereupon 
a Settlement  of  their  Accounts  with  the  Administrator  on  said  Estate 
agreable  to  a Resolve  of  the  General  Assembly  in  May  1780,  there 
remains  in  their  Hands  the  Sum  of  £49  0 5 lawfull  Money  due  to  this 
State  Praying  for  Liberty  to  pay  the  Same  in  Public  Securities  as  per 
Memorial, 


See  below,  p.  467. 


406 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


May, 


Resolved,  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialists  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  is  hereby  granted  them  to  pay  the  aforesaid  Sum  of  £49  0 5 
LMoney  in  Certificates  for  Interest  of  Money  loaned  to  this  State  and 
the  Treasurer  & Committee  of  Pay  Table  are  directed  to  receive  the  same 
accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  General  John  Douglas  Ebenezer  Pemberton 
William  Dixon  and  Elisha  Perkins  Esqre  Mr  Joseph  Eaton  and  Mr  Sam- 
uel Fox  and  others  Proprietors  of  the  new  School  in  Plainfield  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  they  have  at  great  expence  erected  three  valuable 
Buildings  in  Plainfield  in  the  County  of  Windham  for  the  Use  of  said 
School  and  for  the  Promotion  of  Learning  in  its  various  Branches  in 
said  Plainfield — Praying  that  they  may  be  established  and  made  a 
Body  Corporate  and  Politic  and  be  known  in  Law  as  per  Memorial  on 
File— 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Mr  Ebenezer  Pemberton  Gen1  John 
Douglas  Majr  Andrew  Backus  Elisha  Perkins  Esqr  Mr  William  Robin- 
son Mr  Samuel  Fox  Cap1  Joshua  Dunlap  Mr  Ebenezer  Eaton  and  M1 
Hozekiah  Spalding  all  of  Plainfield  and  such  other  Persons  as  the  Pro- 
prietors of  said  School  shall  elect  not  exceeding  thirteen  in  the  whole 
be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  constituted  and  declared  to  be  a Body 
Corporate  and  Politic  by  the  Name  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Accademick 
School  in  Plainfield  And  by  that  Name  they  and  their  Successors  in  said 
Corporation  shall  forever  be  Persons  known  and  capable  in  Law  to 
acquire  and  receive  by  all  lawfull  Ways  and  Means  and  to  hold  Occupy 
and  Possess  all  kinds  of  Estate  both  real  and  Personal  and  to  dispose  of 
the  Same  by  Deed  or  other  proper  Conveyance  for  the  Use  of  said 
School 

Provided  the  Rents  and  Profits  of  such  Estate  shall  not  exceed  £500 
0 0 LMoney  per  Annum  in  the  whole  at  any  Time  and  said  Corporation 
shall  by  the  Name  aforesaid  be  capable  in  Law  of  suing  or  being  Sued 
and  to  Plead  or  to  be  Impleaded  in  any  Court  of  Law  or  equity  as  a 
Body  Corporate  to  all  intents  and  Purposes  and  shall  from  Time  to 
Time  Oversee  Conduct,  Manage  and  direct  the  Affairs  and  Interest  of 
said  School,  and  make  and  establish  all  necessary  Orders  Laws  and  Regu- 
lations for  the  Government  thereof  and  to  alter  the  same  at  discretion, 

Provided  that  no  such  Laws  and  Regulations  shall  be  inconsistant 
with  the  Laws  of  this  State  nor  with  the  Rights  of  Yale  College,  And 
said  Corporation  may  and  shall  from  Time  to  Time  by  their  Major  Vote 
appoint  a Clerk  Treasurer  and  other  Officers  and  Instructors  proper 
for  conducting  the  Affairs  of  said  Corporation  and  for  the  Government 
of  said  School,  and  in  Case  of  the  Death  or  removal  of  any  number  of 
Members  of  said  Corporation  the  surviving  or  remaining  Members  may 
elect  others  to  supply  the  vacancies 

Provided  always  that  seven  of  said  Corporation  shall  be  resident 
Freeholders  in  Plainfield  and  no  Person  shall  act  as  a Member  of  said 
Corporation  untill  he  hath  taken  the  Oath  of  Fidelity  to  this  or  some 
one  of  the  United  States  And  any  seven  of  said  Corporation  shall  be  a 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


407 


Quorum  with  full  Power  to  transact  any  Business  proper  to  said 
Corporation  the  whole  being  Notified,  And  said  Corporation  may  have 
a Common  Seal  of  such  Devise  as  they  shall  adopt  and  may  alter  the 
Same  at  Pleasure  and  all  Officers  and  Persons  appointed  or  employed  in 
any  Office  or  Trust,  by  or  under  said  Corporation  shall  be  accountable  to 
their  Constituents  for  their  Doings  in  such  Office  and  may  be  super- 
ceded  or  displaced  at  discretion. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Huntington  and  the  rest  of  the 
Select  Men  of  the  Town  of  Lebanon  shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in 
1772  the  Select  Men  of  said  Town  gave  their  Security  by  Bond  to  the 
Treasurer  of  this  State  for  the  Sum  of  £296  6 2,  for  the  Arrears  of 
Taxes  then  due  from  Seth  Bartlett  a Collector  of  the  Public  Taxes  for 
said  Town,  that  there  is  now  due  on  said  Bond  £84  16  and  the 
Interest  thereof  which  said  Select  Men  have  not  been  able  to  obtain  out 
of  the  Estate  of  said  Bartlett,  That  Ozias  Coleman  a Collector  of  a 
Public  Tax  of  seven  Pence  Payable  May  1777  for  said  Town  is  in 
Arrears  for  said  Tax  the  Sum  of  £73  9 6^4  who  has  failed  in  his  Cir- 
cumstances and  gone  out  of  this  State  for  which  Sum  said  Town  is 
become  Liable  Praying  for  Liberty  to  pay  said  Bond  and  said  Arrear 
in  Securities  of  this  State — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  is  hereby  Granted  them  to  pay  in  any  Securities  of  this  State  or 
Pay  Table  Orders  which  have  been  Liquidated  and  reduced  to  hard 
Money  the  Principal  and  Interest  due  on  said  Taxes  computing  the 
Interest  on  said  Taxes  to  the  Time  of  the  Date  of  said  Securities  or 
Orders. 

Upon  the  Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Memorial  of  Silvanus 
Brown  of  Stamford  in  Fairfield  County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
the  said  Petitioner  is  Deceased  and  that  in  Consequence  of  his  the 
Petitioners  House  being  Plundered  by  the  Enemy  he  lost  in  Notes 
Public  Securities  and  Continental  Bills  to  the  Amount  of  £149  17  11, 
which  Sum  said  Committee  report  ought  to  be  abated  the  Petitioner  out 
of  the  Debt  due  from  the  said  Deceasd  to  this  State  and  that  he  ought  to 
be  allowed  to  pay  the  remainder  of  the  Judgment  obtained  against  him 
in  favour  of  this  State  in  any  Public  Securities,  which  Report  has  been 
read  and  accepted, 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  the  Administrator 
on  said  Deceasds  Estate  paying  the  legal  Cost  that  has  arisen  on  the 
Suit  in  favour  of  this  State  against  said  Deceasd  in  solid  Coin  and  the 
remainder  of  said  Judgment  in  any  public  Securities  now  due  against 
this  State  said  £149  17  11  shall  be  and  is  hereby  abated  to  the  sd 
Deceased. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Managers  of  Shatucket  Bridge  Lottery 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  a Mistake  hath  intervened  in  numbering 
one  thousand  of  the  Tickets  in  said  Lottery  which  were  Signed  by 


408  public  records  May, 

Christopher  Leffingwell  Esqr  one  of  said  Managers  Praying  that  said 
Mistake  may  be  corrected  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  in  computing  the  Numbers  of  said 
Tickets  Signed  by  the  said  Christopher  Leffingwell  Esqr  there  be 
deducted  one  thousand  from  the  Number  on  each  Tickett  so  as  to  make 
them  read  and  number  from  number  2001  to  number  3000,  inclusive  in 
numerical  Succession  agreably  to  the  true  intent  and  design  of  said 
Numbers  and  of  the  Managers  of  said  Lottery, 

And  it  is  further  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Time  limited 
for  the  drawing  of  said  Lottery  be  and  the  Same  is  hereby  extended 
so  that  said  Lottery  may  be  drawn  and  finished  at  any  Time  before 
the  first  Day  of  August  next  any  former  Resolve  to  the  contrary 
notwithstanding. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Jason  Rogers  shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
in  May  1781  Liberty  was  granted  to  said  Rogers  and  one  Ezra  Perry 
who  were  Administrators  the  said  Perry  in  Right  of  his  Wife  on  the 
Estate  of  Joseph  Booth  late  of  Woodbury  Deceasd  to  sell  so  much 
of  the  real  Estate  of  said  Deceasd  as  to  raise  the  Sum  of  £37  14  9 
IMoney,  since  which  the  said  Perry  with  his  Wife  have  absconded  not 
having  sold  said  Estate,  having  first  Embezzled  some  part  of  said 
Deceasds  Estate  and  leaving  no  Estate  of  their  own,  and  some  further 
Debts  having  since  appeared  against  said  Deceasds  Estate  Praying  for 
Releif  &c  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Probate 
in  and  for  the  District  of  Woodbury  be  and  he  is  hereby  Authorized 
and  Impowered  to  grant  Liberty  to  the  Memorialist  to  sell  so  much  of 
the  real  Estate  of  said  Deceasd  as  to  raise  the  Sum  aforesaid  together 
with  any  after  subsequent  Debts,  the  former  Grant  not  having  been 
executed. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Josiah  Brainerd  Jur  of  Haddam  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  on  the  Night  following  the  15th  of  February  last 
his  dwelling  House  was  consumed  by  fire  by  which  accident  he  lost  a 
Note  Issued  by  this  State  to  Daniel  Brewer  who  had  served  in  the 
Connecticut  Line  of  the  Continental  Army  which  Note  became  due  on 
the  first  of  June  1785,  the  Principal  of  said  Note  was  £4  4 4 and 
the  Interest  paid  untill  the  first  of  June  1782  Praying  that  the  Treasurer 
be  directed  to  Issue  another  Note  of  the  same  Tenor  and  Date  as  per 
Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  directed  and  he  is 
hereby  directed  to  Issue  another  Note  to  the  Memorialist  of  the  same 
Tenor  and  Date  taking  security  of  the  said  Memorialist  to  Indemnify 
this  State  in  case  said  Note  said  to  be  consumed  should  ever  appear. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  David  Young  of  Windham  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  about  the  first  of  May  1776  by  Order  of  the  Governor 
and  Council  of  Safety  he  was  employed  by  Col0  Jedidiah  Elderkin  and 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


409 


Nathaniel  Wales  Esqr  late  Deceasd  to  Guard  the  Magazine  of  Gun 
Powder  belonging  to  this  State  in  the  Town  of  Windham,  and  that 
at  his  own  expence  he  kept  and  Continued  a sufficient  Guard  over  said 
Magazine  from  the  Time  aforesaid  untill  October  1782  a few  Days 
excepted  that  he  has  never  received  any  Compensation  for  his  Trouble 
expence  and  Care  in  keeping  said  Guard  the  Time  aforesaid,  excepting 
what  has  been  paid  him  by  said  Elderkin  and  Wales  to  the  amount  of 
in  the  whole  of  the  Sum  of  £289  4 0 and  that  there  is  still  due  to 
him  a considerable  Ballance.  Praying  that  a Committee  be  appointed 
to  examine  and  State  his  Account  for  the  Service  aforesaid  &c  as  per 
Memorial — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Honble  William  Williams  Esqr 
Capt  Jeremiah  Ripley  and  Constant  Southworth  Esqr  be  and  hereby  are 
appointed  a Committee  at  the  expence  of  the  Memorialist  to  examine 
and  State  the  Accounts  of  said  Young  for  the  Services  aforesaid  particu- 
larly noticing  the  payments  made  by  said  Elderkin  and  Wales  respec- 
tively and  draw  or  State  the  Ballance  due  to  Said  Young,  and  Report 
make  to  the  next  Session  of  this  Assembly  that  due  Order  may  be  taken 
thereon.* 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  Union  Wharf  in  New 
Haven  Praying  that  this  Assembly  would  Enact  that  no  Vessell  shall 
in  future  be  Cleared  out  from  the  Harbour  of  New  Haven  by  the  Naval 
Officer  of  the  Port  of  New  Haven  untill  he  shall  receive  a Certificate 
in  Writing  from  the  Wharfinger  of  said  Wharf  that  the  Customary 
Wharfage  is  paid  or  that  none  is  due  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Naval  Officer  of  said  Port  of 
New  Haven  shall  not  in  future  Clear  out  any  Vessell  from  the  Harbour 
of  New  Haven  untill  he  shall  receive  a Certificate  in  Writing  from  the 
Wharfinger  of  said  Wharf  that  the  Customary  Wharfage  due  from  such 
Vessell  is  paid  or  that  none  is  due,  and  the  Wharfinger  of  said  Wharf 
shall  at  all  Times  on  Demand  made  by  any  Person  who  shall  have  paid 
the  Customary  Wharfage  due  from  his  Vessell,  or  from  whose  Vessell 
no  Wharfage  is  due  give  a Certificate  accordingly  without  fee  or 
reward  therefor. 

The  Sums  total  of  the  Additions  and  Fourfold  Assesments  of  the 
following  Towns  as  returned  to  this  Assembly  are  viz — 

Single  Additions  fourfold  Additions 


Bolton 

£258 

3 

0 

£114 

7 

0 

Farmington 

419 

2 

0 

2550 

12 

0 

New  Hartford 

82 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Mansfield 

91 

6 

6 

0 

0 

0 

Norwich 

245 

17 

1J4 

0 

0 

0 

Willington 

846 

0 

6 

7 

4 

0 

Hartland 

830 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

See  below,  p.  458. 


410 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


May, 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Zalmon  Read  of  Redding  Shewing  this 
Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1776,  he  received  of  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State  a Sum  of  Money  in  State  Bills  to  advance  as  a Bounty  to  such 
Soldiers  as  he  should  Inlist  into  the  Service  of  this  State,  and  that  about 
£200  of  said  Bills  he  did  not  use  for  that  purpose,  which  he  now  owes 
to  this  State.  Praying  this  Assembly  to  Grant  him  Liberty  to  pay  the 
Ballance  due  from  him  on  account  of  said  Bills  in  Pay  Table  Orders  or 
any  other  Securities  now  due  from  this  State  and  that  the  Treasurer 
be  directed  to  receive  the  Same  accordingly  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
the  Same  is  hereby  granted  him  on  his  paying  in  hard  Money  the  Cost 
that  has  already  arisen  on  a Suit  brought  against  him  for  said  Bills 
in  Officers  and  Court  fees  to  pay  the  Ballance  due  from  him  on  Account 
of  said  Bills  in  Pay  Table  Orders  Bills  of  this  State  or  any  other  Securi- 
ties against  this  State  now  due  they  being  first  Liquidated  where  there 
is  Occasion,  And  the  Treasurer  is  hereby  directed  to  receive  the  Same 
accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Ezra  Starr  Executor  of  the  Last  Will  and 
Testament  of  Daniel  Starr  late  of  Danbury  Deceasd,  Shewing  that  in 
1776  said  Daniel  received  £155  by  the  Hands  of  Col0  Thomas  Seymour 
to  defray  the  Expences  of  marching  his  Regiment  of  Horse  to  New 
York,  that  said  Daniel  soon  after  Died  and  his  Papers  &c  were  burnt 
that  no  regular  Account  can  be  Settled,  and  the  same  is  Charged  to  Your 
Memorialist  by  the  Pay  Table  Praying  a Committee  to  examine  and 
Report  &c  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Philip  B Bradley  & Thaddeus  Bene- 
dict Esqr  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Committee  to  examine  into 
all  the  Matters  set  forth  in  said  Memorial  and  to  Report  with  their 
Opinion  to  the  next  General  Assembly  all  at  the  Cost  of  the  Memorialist. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Benjamin  Northrop  of  Ridgefield  in  Fairfield 
County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  is  a Cripple  in  consequence  of 
his  Thigh  and  Knee  being  broken,  and  that  the  British  Troops  when 
they  passed  through  the  said  Town  of  Ridgefield  burned  and  entirely 
destroyed  his  dwelling  House  Barn  and  out  Houses  and  all  his  House- 
hold Furniture  and  that  he  is  unable  to  pay  his  Debts  and  Taxes  Pray- 
ing for  Abatement  of  his  Taxes  for  the  three  Last  Years  past  as  per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  is  hereby 
abated  all  his  Taxes  on  the  Lists  for  Years  1780  1781  and  1782. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Thaddeus  King  and  others  of  Suffield  Shew- 
ing that  the  sixth  Military  Company  or  Trainband  in  said  Suffield  in  the 
first  Regiment  is  numerous,  that  their  situation  and  Circumstances 
together  with  certain  uneasinesses  which  for  some  Time  have  and  still 
subsist  render  it  necessary  that  a division  should  be  made  of  said  Com- 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


411 


pany  &c  as  per  Memorial  &c  Whereupon  a Committee  hath  been 
appointed  to  inquire  &c  and  have  Reported  in  favour  of  said  Division 
which  Report  being  now  accepted  and  approved  &c 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  sixth  Military  Company  be 
and  the  same  are  hereby  divided  into  two  distinct  Military  Companies  or 
Trainbands  in  the  Manner  and  form  following  towit,  by  a Line  begin- 
ning at  the  Mouth  of  a Brook  called  deep  Brook  where  it  empties  into 
the  Great  River,  from  thence  Southwesterly  a streight  Line  to  a cross 
Road  or  Highway  on  the  South  Side  of  Edmund  Bements  Home  Lott, 
thence  about  the  Same  Course  across  another  Road  to  the  South  side  of 
Joseph  Fullers  House  lately  Zacheus  Hanchets  thence  Westerly  about 
the  same  Course  across  another  Road  upon  the  South  Side  of  Elijah 
Granger  and  Amos  Remington’s  Dwelling  Houses,  thence  Westwardly 
to  the  North  Side  of  Josiah  Sheldons  dwelling  House  upon  the  Wester- 
most  Road  in  the  first  Society  in  said  Suffield,  and  that  all  such  Male 
Persons  living  and  residing  North  of  the  aforesaid  Line  who  now  are 
or  hereafter  may  be  liable  by  Law  to  bear  Arms  shall  be  one  entire 
and  distinct  Military  Company  or  Trainband  with  all  the  Powers  and 
Priveleges  and  Subject  to  the  same  Rules  and  regulations  that  other 
Military  Companies  in  this  State  now  by  Law  have  or  are  Subjected  to, 
and  the  Commanding  Officer  of  said  first  Regiment  is  Impowered  and 
directed  to  lead  said  Company  North  of  said  Line  to  the  Choice  of 
their  Officers  giving  due  warning  and  Notice  thereof  and  to  make 
return  of  the  Same  to  this  or  the  next  General  Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Marcy  Whedon  of  the  City  of  New  York 
shewing  that  antecedent  to  the  Month  of  January  1778,  she  received 
Bills  emitted  by  this  State  from  different  Persons  to  the  amount  of 
£42  1 0 Lawfull  Money  but  by  reason  of  the  Enemy  within  the  British 
Lines,  she  was  prevented  from  knowing  of  the  Act  of  this  State 
requiring  such  Bills  to  be  brought  into  the  Treasury  of  the  State 
Praying  that  said  Bills  may  be  now  received  &c  as  per  Memorial  on 
File— 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  do  receive 
said  Bills  and  having  liquidated  by  the  Scale  of  Depreciation  the  value 
of  said  Bills  on  the  first  Day  of  June  1778  do  execute  in  behalf  of  this 
State  to  said  Marcy  a Note  on  Interest  bearing  Date  the  first  Day  of 
February  1781,  for  the  amount  of  said  Bills  as  liquidated  as  aforesaid 
and  the  Interest  thereof  from  the  first  Day  of  said  June  to  said  first  Day 
of  said  February. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Amos  Hubbell  of  Fairfield  in  the  County  of 
Fairfield  and  Eunice  Hubbell  of  Stratford  in  the  County  of  Fairfield 
as  she  is  Administratrix  of  the  Estate  of  Abraham  Hubbell  late  of  said 
Stratford  Deceasd  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  Life  Time  of 
said  Abraham,  the  said  Abraham  and  Amos  being  Merchants  in  Com- 
pany did  pay  for  in  equal  proportion  a certain  Peice  of  Land  lying  in 


412 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


May, 


Stratfield  Parish  in  said  Stratford  at  New  Field  Harbour  so  called  near 
Capt  Stephen  Burroughs  Store  on  the  North  Side  of  the  Highway  that 
runs  from  the  dwelling  House  where  Samuel  Wakely  lately  lived  to 
said  Harbour,  and  is  bounded  Southerly  on  the  Highway  and  to  run 
sixty  feet  Northward  to  the  North  Side  of  the  Store  which  belonged 
to  said  Amos  and  Abraham  on  the  West  to  a Stake  in  the  Marsh  ten 
feet  from  the  Northwest  Corner  of  said  Store  and  to  run  a Streight 
Line  from  that  Stake  towards  Capt  James  Haits  Kitchen  Chimney, 
and  on  the  East  Side  by  the  Channel!,  which  Land  belonged  to  Elizabeth 
Morriss  Wife  of  Daniel  Morriss  which  Land  was  to  have  been  conveyed 
to  said  Amos  and  Abraham  jointly  but  by  Mistake  said  Land  was  con- 
veyed to  said  Abraham  alone,  and  that  said  Abraham  afterwards  in  his 
Life  Time  agreed  to  convey  the  one  half  thereof  to  the  said  Amos,  but 
died  without  ever  conveying  the  same  Praying  that  the  said  Eunice  may 
be  Authorized  and  Impowered  to  convey  the  one  half  of  said  Land 
and  of  the  Buildings  which  have  been  thereon  erected  to  the  said  Amos 
who  has  paid  half  the  Cost  of  Building  the  same  as  per  Memorial  on 
File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Eunice  be  and  she  is  hereby 
Authorized  and  Impowered  to  execute  according  to  Law  a good  and 
Sufficient  Deed,  therein  and  thereby  Conveying  to  the  said  Amos  the 
one  half  of  the  said  Land  and  of  the  Buildings  thereon  in  as  full  and 
ample  manner  as  the  said  Abraham  might  do  if  he  was  in  Life. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Hezekiah  Huntington  of  Windham*  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  in  consequence  of  the  encouragement  by  this  State 
offered  for  the  manufacturing  fire  Arms  for  defence  in  the  late  war,  he 
engaged  in  said  Business  in  the  Year  1775,  and  persued  the  Same  and 
finished  and  compleated  three  hundred  and  forty  Stands  of  Arms  which 
were  Inspected  and  approved  by  the  Committee  for  that  purpose 
appointed  whereby  he  was  Entituled  to  a Premium  of  five  shillings 
for  each  of  said  Stand  of  Arms,  that  he  has  received  a Premium  for 
sixty  of  said  Guns  only  that  for  the  residue  he  took  proper  Certificates 
of  the  Committee  appointed  to  Inspect  the  Same  to  enable  him  to  draw 
the  Premium  therefor  which  by  some  accident  are  lost  Praying  for 
Releif  &c,  This  Assembly  do  appoint  the  Honble  William  Williams  and 
Constant  Southworth  Esqr  and  Capt  Jeremiah  Ripley  a Committee  at 
the  expence  of  the  Memorialist  to  examine  the  Facts  and  Accounts 
Stated  in  said  Memorial  and  Report  make  with  their  Opinion  thereon 
to  the  next  General  Assembly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Wolcott  Burnham  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  he  received  of  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  two  Notes  in  payment 
for  Services  in  the  Continental  Army  for  the  Sum  of  £12  7 3J4  each 
N°  9623  & 9624  which  said  Notes  being  taken  out  of  the  Pocket  of  the 


* This  entry  is  a repetition  of  that  on  p.  405  above. 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


413 


Memorialist  by  means  unknown  and  wholly  destroyed  by  which  means 
the  Memorialist  hath  lost  said  Notes  and  Praying  for  Releif  as  per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  execute  the  Memorialist  two  Notes  of  the  same  Tenor  and 
Date  as  abovementioned  Provided  the  Memorialist  lodge  with  the 
Treasurer  Sufficient  Security  to  indemnify  if  said  Notes  at  any  Time 
hereafter  should  be  produced  or  any  Challenge  made  on  any  part  of  the 
same. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Phineas  Elmore  of  the  Borough  of  Eliza- 
beth in  the  State  of  New  Jersey  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  had 
and  now  hath  on  hand  £38  Bills  emitted  by  the  Authority  of  this  State 
before  and  in  the  Year  1775  of  the  Denomination  of  40/  20/  & 10/. 
Praying  this  Assembly  to  Order  and  direct  the  Treasurer  of  this  State 
to  give  and  execute  to  the  Memorialist  a Note  for  said  Bills  according 
to  the  Rule  given  by  the  Act  requiring  the  Same  to  be  returned  into  the 
Treasury  of  this  State, 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State  give  and  execute  to  the  said  Phineas  Elmore  his  Note  for  said 
Bills  receiving  the  Same,  in  the  Same  Way  and  manner  as  by  Act  of 
Assembly  was  heretofore  provided  respecting  the  Stopping  said  Bills 
from  circulation  And  the  Treasurer  shall  estimate  the  value  of  said 
Bills  as  though  they  had  been  delivered  at  the  last  Period  Provided  by 
said  Act  for  receiving  them  in. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Norwalk  who 
had  their  Buildings  and  other  Property  burnt  up  and  destroyed  on  the 
11th  Day  of  July  1779  by  the  Enemy  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in 
Consequence  of  said  Misfortune  they  are  rendered  unable  to  pay  their 
State  Taxes  laid  on  the  List  1781,  1782  and  1783  Praying  they  may  be 
discharged  from  their  said  State  Taxes  that  have  or  shall  be  laid  on  said 
Lists  as  per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  several  Persons  hereafter  named 
being  principal  Sufferers  in  said  Norwalk  on  said  11th  July  have  the 
whole  of  their  Taxes  that  have  or  shall  be  laid  on  the  Lists  of  the 
Years  1781,  1782,  and  1783  Abated  and  the  same  are  hereby  abated 
accordingly  viz — 

Thomas  Fitch 
Peter  Quintard 
John  Betts 
Peter  Betts 
Enoch  Benedict 
Thadeus  Betts 
Thomas  Betts 


Abraham  Benedict 
Lemuel  Brooks 
Thomas  Benedict 
Nathaniel  Benedict  Jr 
John  Benedict 
Nathaniel  Benedict 
Richard  Camp 


John  Cannon 
David  Comstock 
James  Crowley 
Thomas  Darrow 
John  & Daniel  Eversley 
Timothy  Fitch 
Samuel  Fairchild 


414 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


May, 


Dan  Finch 
Rebecca  Fitch 
Haynes  Fitch 
James  Fitch  Jur 
Thomas  Gruman 
John  Gregory 
Ebenezer  Gregory  Ju 
Daniel  Hyat 
Hezh  Hanford 
Daniel  Hanford 
Hannah  Hanford 
Asa  Hoyt 
Hez  Hanford  Jur 
Daniel  Jackson 
John  Kellogg 
Nathan  Mallery 
Samuel  Marvin 
John  Rich 
Nathan  Hoyt 
Josiah  Raymond 
Simeon  Raymond 


Eliakim  Raymond 
Nath  Raymond  Jur 
Hezh  Raymond 
Col0  Stephen  S*  John 
Uriah  Raymond 
William  Sl  John 
Isaac  Scudder 
John  S*  John 
Jabez  Raymond 
Uriah  Smith 
Jabez  Saunders 
John  Seymour 
Noah  Smith 
William  Seymour 
Daniel  Smith 
James  Seymour 
John  Seymour  Jur 
Anna  Seymour 
John  Saunders 
Josiah  Thacher  Jr 
Josiah  Thacher  Decd 


Joseph  Whitney 
Ebenezer  Whitney 
Lois  Whitney 
Edward  Wentworth 
Susanna  Fitch 
Eliakim  Smith 
Nehemiah  S*  John 
Robert  Waters 
Ezra  Picket 
Abraham  Gregory 
Fountain  Smith 
John  Hoyt 
Matthew  Keeler 
John  Lockwood  2d 
Hezh  Lockwood 
Eliphalet  Lockwood 
John  Lockwood  3d 
Job  Bartram 
Nathan  Beers 
James  Smith 
Jedidiah  Brown 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Jacob  Potter  of  Watertown  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1771  he  was  indebted  to  Charles  McEvers 
for  a Tract  of  Land  of  which  he  had  received  no  Deed  that  said  McEvers 
Estate  being  Confiscated  to  this  State  Your  Honors  Ordered  a Deed  to 
be  given  to  him  and  gave  him  Day  of  Payment  since  which  Time  he 
with  his  Bondsman  has  been  Sued  and  Judgment  and  Execution 
Obtained  for  said  Debt,  amounting  to  between  Seventy  and  eighty 
Pounds,  that  by  reason  of  his  not  being  able  sooner  to  obtain  a Deed  and 
other  Misfortunes  he  is  wholly  unable  to  pay  up  said  Judgment  otherwise 
than  by  his  real  Estate  or  Publick  Securities  Praying  for  Releif  &c  as 
per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Administrator  on  said  McEvers 
Estate  be  and  he  is  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  receive  of  the  Memo- 
rialist the  Amount  of  said  Judgment  and  Execution  exclusive  of  the 
legal  Cost  arising  on  said  Suit  in  any  public  Securities  against  this  State 
for  lawfull  Money  which  have  or  shall  become  due  and  Payable  at  any 
Time  before  the  second  Day  of  June  next  and  thereupon  cancel  and  dis- 
charge the  same  Provided  he  pay  the  Same  within  three  Months  from 
the  rising  of  this  Assembly,  and  that  upon  the  Memorialist  Paying  or 
tendering  to  said  Administrator  or  either  persons  holding  said  Execution 
the  Contents  thereof  exclusive  of  said  Cost  in  such  Public  Securities 
as  aforesaid  at  any  Time  within  the  abovementioned  Term  and  pay  the 
Cost  in  Specie  he  shall  thereupon  be  forever  discharged  from  said 
Judgment  and  Execution. 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


415 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Stephen  Barns  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  he  advanced  for  Use  of  the  State  to  Nehemiah  Beardsley  as  per 
his  Receipt  £3  18  6 in  the  Year  1782  being  for  expence  of  Beef  Cattle 
then  Collecting  on  the  Taxes  of  this  State  for  the  Use  of  the  Army  for 
which  he  has  had  no  allowance  Praying  for  an  allowance  for  the  Same 
&c  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Granted  and  Ordered  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  the 
Pay  Table  draw  on  the  Treasurer  in  favour  of  the  Memorialist  for  the 
Sum  of  £3  18  6 upon  his  Receipt  as  aforesaid,  Payable  out  of  any 
Unappropriated  Monies  of  this  State. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Roger  Gibson  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
That  on  the  6th  of  September  1781,  his  House  Buildings  and  almost  the 
whole  of  his  personal  Property  in  New  London  was  burnt  by  the  Enemy 
and  he  reduced  to  great  Poverty  and  Distress,  and  that  at  this  Time  a 
Committee  was  sent  to  make  such  Abatements  of  Taxes  of  the  Sufferers 
as  they  found  necessary  he  was  Sick  &c  and  not  able  to  attend  and  was 
not  Considered  Praying  an  Abatement  of  all  his  Taxes  in  those  Years 
wherein  Abatements  were  granted  to  the  other  Sufferers  as  per  Memo- 
rial on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Rates  and  Taxes  of  the  Memo- 
rialist be  and  they  are  hereby  abated  in  all  those  Years  wherein  the  other 
Sufferers  in  New  London  have  been  Abated. 

Upon  the  Report  of  Committee  on  the  Memorial  of  Solomon  Bald- 
win Shewing  that  he  was  Collector  of  State  Taxes  for  the  Town  of 
Milford  and  was  Plundered  of  sundry  Notes  Orders  and  Bills  of  Credit 
as  per  Report  on  File  &c 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  further  Consideration  of  said 
Report  be  referred  to  the  General  Assembly  in  October  next  and  that  in 
the  mean  Time  the  Treasurer  stay  Execution  against  said  Baldwin 
and  said  Committee  are  Authorized  and  appointed  to  make  such  further 
Examination  and  enquiry  as  shall  be  necessary  and  Report  to  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  in  October  next.* 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Aaron  Payne  of  New  Milford  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  on  the  19th  Day  of  August  1779  he  removed  with 
his  Family  from  New  Fairfield  to  Kent  and  from  thence  on  the  22d  Day 
of  the  same  Month  to  said  New  Milford,  that  by  advice  he  carried  in 
his  List  in  said  Town  of  Kent  that  afterwards  he  was  four  folded  for 
the  same  Estate  by  the  Listers  of  said  New  Fairfield  and  also  Assessed 
£1000,  as  an  Ingressor  Praying  for  releif,  On  which  Petition  a Com- 
mittee have  been  appointedf  who  have  Reported  the  Facts  with  their 
Opinion  thereon  that  the  Petitioner  ought  to  be  Abated  the  whole  of 
his  Taxes  arising  on  his  List  in  said  Kent  the  amount  of  which  was 


* See  above,  pp.  149  , 286.  The  case  was  not  acted  upon  at  the  session  of  October,  1784. 
t See  above,  p.  303. 


416 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


May, 


£182.  And  that  the  whole  of  his  Taxes  arising  on  said  £1000, 
Assesment  and  also  three  Quarters  of  said  fourfold  Assesment  in  said 
New  Fairfield  the  amount  of  which  is  £698,  ought  to  be  Abated  and 
that  his  Single  List  ought  to  stand  at  the  Sum  of  £174  10  0 only 
which  Report  in  January  last  was  accepted. 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  all  the  Taxes  of  every 
kind  of  the  Petitioner  arising  on  his  aforesaid  List,  given  in  to  the 
Listers  of  said  Kent  in  the  Year  1779,  And  also  all  the  Taxes  of  every 
kind  arising  on  said  £1000,  Assesment  and  alson  on  three  Quarters  of 
said  fourfold  Assesment  be  and  the  Same  are  hereby  Abated  and  that 
the  amount  of  the  Petitioners  List  for  the  Year  aforesaid  stand  at  the 
Sum  of  £174  10  0 as  Part  of  the  Grand  List  of  said  New  Fairfield. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Joshua  Huntington  Dudley  Woodbridge, 
Joseph  Howland  Thomas  Mumford  William  Coit  Thomas  Coit  Chris- 
topher Leffingwell  Joseph  Williams  Elihu  Marvin  John  McBreed,  Jabez 
Perkins  Levi  Huntington  Andrew  Perkins  Jabez  Perkins  Junr  Nath1 
Backus  and  Thomas  Fanning — Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  it  would 
greatly  accomodate  the  Trade  and  Navigation  of  Norwich  and  Parts 
adjacent  to  have  Wharves  and  Stores  erected  on  the  Western  Shore  of 
the  River  Thames  (so  called)  on  Land  belonging  to  the  Mohegan  Tribe 
of  Indians  near  the  Barr  or  Shoal  in  said  River  about  three  Miles  below 
the  Landing  Place  Praying  for  Liberty  to  purchase  the  same  of  the 
Indians,  under  such  restrictions  as  shall  be  deemed  best  and  most  con- 
venient as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Richard  Law  William  Williams  & 
William  Hilhouse  Esqrs  and  Mr  James  Haughton  or  any  three  of  them 
be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Committee  with  full  Power  and 
Authority  to  agree  with  the  Memorialists  on  the  Boundaries  and  Quan- 
tity of  Land  necessary  for  the  purposes  aforesaid  and  with  the  consent 
of  the  Major  Part  of  said  Tribe  or  their  Council  to  Sell  and  dispose 
thereof  by  Deed  or  Lease  under  such  Restrictions  and  on  such  Condi- 
tions and  Considerations  as  shall  be  agreed  on  by  said  Committee  and 
to  make  & execute  a Proper  Deed  or  conveyance  thereof  to  the  Memo- 
rialists and  that  the  Overseers  of  said  Indian  Tribe  be  and  they  are 
hereby  directed  to  receive  Security  on  Payment  therefor  for  the  Use 
and  Benefit  of  said  Tribe. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Esther  Hill  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
her  Husband  William  Hill  was  a Soldier  in  the  Connecticut  Line  Con- 
tinental Army  in  Col0  Philip  B Bradleys  Regiment  for  three  Years, 
which  Time  he  faithfully  served  and  was  then  discharged  soon  after 
he  went  of  and  has  not  been  heard  of  since,  and  left  the  Memorialist 
under  needy  and  distressed  Circumstances,  And  there  appearing  a 
Ballance  on  the  Pay  Table  Books  of  £51  14  1 due  to  the  said  William 
for  his  Services  aforesaid  Praying  for  relief  &c  as  per  Memorial  on 
File— 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


417 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  Cer- 
tify the  Treasurer  the  Sum  due  to  said  William  Hill  for  his  Wages  as 
aforesaid,  And  that  the  Treasurer  Issue  his  Notes  Payable  to  the  Select 
Men  of  Norwalk  to  be  Improved  for  the  Use  and  benefit  of  the  said 
Esther  Hill  and  paying  the  Just  Debts  due  from  said  William  Hill 
if  any  there  be. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Mary  Babcock  of  Danbury  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  she  is  Administratrix  on  the  Estate  of  Christopher  A 
Babcock  late  of  said  Danbury  Deceasd  and  that  the  said  Christopher 
A Babcock  acted  as  a Surgeons  Mate  in  the  Service  of  the  United 
States  from  the  second  Day  of  Septembr  1776  to  the  second  Day  of 
Novembr  1780  when  he  dyed  in  said  Service,  and  that  he  never  received 
but  part  of  his  stipulated  Wages  for  said  Service  and  that  in  Con- 
tinental Bills,  at  their  nominal  value,  Praying  this  Assembly  to  allow 
her  as  Administratrix  on  said  Estate  the  residue  of  said  Wages  and  the 
depreciation  of  what  the  said  Babcock  has  received  in  Continental  Money 
as  aforesaid  as  per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be 
Impowered  and  Ordered  and  they  are  hereby  Ordered  and  Impowered 
to  adjust  the  Accounts  of  the  said  Babcock  allowing  the  depreciation  of 
his  Wages  by  the  same  Rules  and  Regulations  as  they  have  done  to 
other  Officers  of  the  Army  and  draw  Orders  on  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State  for  Securities  in  favour  of  the  Memorialist  as  Administrix 
aforesaid  for  the  Ballance  so  found  due  of  the  same  Tenor  and  kind 
as  he  has  given  to  other  Officers  of  the  Army  for  depreciation  and 
the  Treasurer  is  likewise  Authorized  and  directed  to  Issue  Securities 
accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Richard  Hubbell  Junr  of  Fairfield  in  the 
County  of  Fairfield  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  for  a number  of 
Years  next  before  the  Year  1783  he  was  and  still  is  Collector  of  the 
State  Taxes  in  said  Fairfield,  and  that  after  his  utmost  Exertions 
hath  not  been  able  to  Collect  the  whole  thereof  but  there  still  remains 
a considerable  part  thereof  uncollected  and  that  by  means  of  Infermity 
of  Body  he  is  unable  to  Collect  the  Same  Praying  that  he  may  be 
Impowered  to  Depute  and  appoint  some  suitable  Person  to  Collect 
said  Taxes  in  the  room  and  Stead  of  the  Memorialist, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  be  and  he  is  hereby 
Authorized  and  Impowered  to  appoint  and  depute  Some  suitable  Person 
in  his  Stead  to  Collect  said  Taxes  which  Person  so  appointed  shall  have 
the  Same  Power  and  Authority  to  Collect  said  Taxes  that  remain  uncol- 
lected as  the  Memorialist  by  Law  now  has 

Provided  the  Person  or  Persons  who  may  be  appointed  pursuant  to 
this  Resolve  give  Bond  to  the  acceptance  of  the  Select  Men  of  said 
Fairfield  to  Indemnify  said  Town  in  the  Premisses,  And  that  said  Town 
of  Fairfield  and  the  Memorialist  be  and  remain  responsible  to  this  State 


418  public  records  May, 

for  said  Taxes  in  the  same  manner  as  though  this  Resolve  had  not  been 
passed. 

On  the  Memorial  of  Elizabeth  Twedy  Adminis*  on  the  Estate  of 
William  Tweedy  late  of  New  Port  Deceasd  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  the  said  William  was  in  his  Life  Time,  possessd  of  a Sum  in  the  Bills 
of  Credit  of  this  State  which  were  called  out  of  Circulation  said  Sum 
amounting  to  £68  17  0,  that  at  the  Time  of  calling  said  Bills  out  of 
Circulation  the  said  William  being  in  said  New  Port  therein  possession 
of  the  Enemy,  had  it  not  in  his  Power  to  bring  in  said  Bills  and  pray- 
ing that  the  Treasurer  may  be  Authorized  and  directed  to  receive  said 
Bills  and  to  give  her  a Note  for  thim  and  the  Interest  as  per  Memorial 
on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  hereby  is 
authorized  to  receive  said  Bills  from  the  said  Elizabeth  and  to  give  her 
a Note  for  the  Same  with  the  Interest  in  the  same  manner  as  if  said 
Bills  had  been  brought  in  on  the  last  Day  of  the  Period  within  which 
the  said  Bills  were  by  Act  of  Assembly  Ordered  to  be  brought  in. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Experience  Storrs  Judith  Huntington  and 
Jabez  Clark  Administrators  on  the  Estate  of  Jabez  Huntington  Esqr  late 
of  Windham  Deceasd  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1776 
the  said  Huntington  by  Order  of  Assembly  received  of  the  Treasurer 
of  this  State  four  hundred  Pounds  and  therewith  purchased  ninety  nine 
good  Fire  Arms  and  Accoutrements  for  which  said  Administrators  have 
in  their  Hands  proper  Vouchers,  That  said  Arms  were  by  said  Hunting- 
ton  Issued  out  from  Time  to  Time  as  occasion  required  to  divers  Military 
Officers,  that  forty  six  of  said  Arms  were  returned  to  said  Huntington 
and  were  in  his  possession  at  the  Time  of  his  Death  and  that  the 
Memorialists  are  possessed  of  Military  Officers  Receipts  for  forty 
seven  of  said  Arms  that  have  not  been  returned,  that  the  other  six  being 
the  residue  of  said  ninety  nine  fire  Arms,  they  are  unable  to  account 
for  in  any  other  manner  than  the  highest  probability,  that  on  some 
sudden  emergency  said  six  Arms  were  taken  by  some  Persons  without 
giving  any  Receipt  therefor,  Praying  this  Assembly  that  some  suitable 
person  be  appointed  to  receive  said  forty  six  fire  Arms  now  in  their 
Hands,  and  to  direct  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  to  receive  said 
Receipts  for  said  forty  seven  Arms  as  good  Accounting  and  not 
Charge  said  Huntingtons  Estate  with  said  six  Arms  for  which  no 
receipts  can  be  produced 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Elisha  Abbe  of  Windham  to  receive  said 
forty  six  fire  Arms  of  the  Memorialist  and  on  the  Memorialists  lodging 
his  receipt  therefor  and  said  Receipts  for  said  forty  seven  Arms  with 
the  Committee  of  Pay  Table,  they  are  hereby  directed  to  receive  the 
Same  as  good  Accounting  for  and  on  Account  of  said  Money  by  said 
Huntington  Received  as  aforesaid,  and  not  Charge  said  Estate  of  said 
Deceasd  with  said  Six  Arms  for  which  no  Receipts  can  be  produced. 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


419 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  Hull,  Daniel  Holbrook,  John  Hum- 
phry s and  Joseph  Riggs  Junr  all  of  Derby  shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
the  Tickets  in  Derby  Lottery,  are  not  Sold  agreeable  to  their  expecta- 
tion, and  thereby  not  expedient  to  draw  said  Lottery  at  the  Time  pro- 
posed, and  that  the  Time  limited  to  said  Town  for  drawing  said 
Lottery  expires  on  the  first  Day  of  June  next  Praying  that  the  Time 
Limited  to  said  Town  be  postponed  untill  the  first  Day  of  March  next 
as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Time  limited  to  said  Town  of 
Derby  for  drawing  said  Lottery  be  and  it  is  hereby  postponed  untill  the 
first  Day  of  March  next  and  all  Powers  rested  in  the  Committee  or 
Managers  of  said  Lottery  are  hereby  continued  accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Barnabas  Munson  of  Watertown  in  said 
State  Guardian  of  the  Persons  and  Estates  of  Jubal  Munson  and  John 
Munson  Children  and  Heirs  of  John  Munson  and  Mary  Munson  late  of 
Southington  Deceased,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  was  neces- 
sitated to  put  out  the  said  Children  to  be  nursed  and  boarded  immediately 
after  the  Death  of  their  Parents  the  One  being  but  about  twelve  Weeks 
old,  and  the  other  about  two  Years  old  at  that  Time,  that  the  expence 
of  supporting  the  Youngest  250  Weeks  at  five  shillings  per  Week, 
and  the  other  untill  he  arrived  to  five  Years  of  Age  being  152  Weeks 
at  3/6  per  Week,  amounted  to  £89  2 0 LMoney,  That  the  Inventory 
of  the  Estate  deducting  Debts  Charges  and  for  lost  Estate  amounted 
to  £81  10  0 LMoney  only,  And  Praying  for  Liberty  to  Sell  the  whole  of 
the  real  Estate  of  the  said  Minors  amounting  to  £61  10  0 to  enable 
him  to  pay  and  satisfy  the  said  Expence  as  far  as  the  Avails  thereof 
might  extend  as  per  Memorial  on  File  Dated  the  5th  Day  of  May  1783 
may  fully  appear — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  and  Authority  are  hereby  Granted  to  him  to  Sell  the  whole  of 
the  real  Estate  of  the  said  Minors  at  Public  Auction  and  to  appropriate 
the  Avails  thereof  to  defray  the  Expence  incurred  for  their  Support 
as  aforesaid,  and  to  execute  an  Instrument  or  Instruments  sufficient  in 
the  Law  to  secure  the  Title  in  the  Purchaser  or  Purchasers. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  Hutton  and  David  Webb  of  Stam- 
ford in  Fairfield  County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  they  supplied 
the  Troops  under  the  command  of  General  David  Wooster  in  the  Fall  of 
the  Year  1776,  with  seven  hundred  and  twelve  Pounds  of  Lead  Pray- 
ing for  Pay  for  the  Same  as  per  Memorial  on  File  — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  the  Pay  Table  be 
and  they  are  hereby  directed  to  Liquidate  the  Accounts  of  the  Memo- 
rialists respecting  the  aforesaid  Lead  and  draw  Orders  in  favour  of  the 
Memorialists  on  the  Treasurer  for  what  they  shall  find  to  be  Justly  due 
to  the  Memorialists  therefor  and  Charge  the  same  to  the  United  States. 


420 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


May, 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Welton  and  Eleazer  Prindle  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  they  have  given  Bonds  for  the  faithfull  Per- 
formance of  the  Office  of  Deputy  Sheriff  by  Abraham  Hickox  and  that 
said  Hickox  Estate  has  been  confiscated  and  that  they  can  not  ascertain 
what  Sum  is  due  to  them  from  said  Estate  for  their  Indemnity  untill 
they  can  know  what  Claims  are  against  the  Sheriff  for  the  neglect  of 
said  Hickox  Praying  that  a Time  may  be  Limited  &c  as  per  Memorial — 
Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Sheriff  of  New  Haven  County 
shall  not  be  answerable  for  or  on  Account  of  any  neglect  or  miscon- 
duct of  said  Decd  Hickox  in  the  Office  of  Deputy  Sheriff  unless  there 
be  a Suit  commenced  therefor  before  the  first  Day  of  December  next 
and  no  Suit  shall  be  maintained  for  any  such  neglect  or  misconduct 
unless  commenced  by  said  Day, 

Provided  nevertheless  that  this  Act  shall  not  operate  as  a Bar  to  any 
such  Action  unless  said  Wilton  and  Prindle  cause  this  Act  to  be  printed 
in  one  of  the  Public  News  Papers  of  the  City  of  New  Haven  and  one 
other  Public  Newspaper  of  this  State  not  published  in  said  City  at  least 
three  successive  Weeks  before  the  first  of  July  next, 

Provided  also  that  this  Act  shall  not  operate  to  Barr  any  Suit  in 
favour  of  any  Persons  that  shall  be  legally  incapacitated  or  shall  be 
beyond  Sea  during  the  Time  aforesaid,  but  such  Person  or  Persons  may 
bring  their  Suit  notwithstanding  any  Time  within  three  Months  after 
their  return  or  after  their  incapacity  shall  be  removed. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Reuben  Lum  of  Derby  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  was  possessed  of  a State  Note  dated  January  1st  1780 
payable  June  1st  1782  and  numbered  7523  and  for  the  Sum  of  £12  11  3 
LMoney  and  the  Interest  for  one  Year  being  indorsed  thereon  which 
Note  was  given  to  Joseph  Smith  of  Derby  for  Service  in  the  Connecti- 
cut Line  of  the  Continental  Army  and  that  on  or  about  the  30th  Day 
of  December  1782  he  the  said  Lum  was  at  the  House  of  Mr  Jonathan 
Downs  in  New  Milford  where  he  left  his  Pocket  Book  in  which  said 
Note  was  contained  and  afterwards  found  his  said  Pocket  Book  near 
the  Door  of  the  House  of  said  Downs  and  some  of  the  Papers  that  was 
in  said  Book  torn  and  Chewed  in  Peices  by  the  Hogs  which  was  by  said 
Downs  Dore,  but  could  not  then  or  ever  since  find  any  thing  of  said 
Note  but  supposes  it  to  be  entirely  destroyed  by  said  Hogs,  Praying  that 
the  Treasurer  be  directed  to  Issue  a new  Note  of  the  same  Tenor  and 
Date  of  the  Note  aforesaid  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  and  he 
is  hereby  Authorized  and  directed  to  Issue  a new  Note  of  the  same 
Tenor  and  Date  of  the  Note  aforesaid  the  said  Lum  first  giving  suf- 
ficient security  to  said  Treasurer  to  indemnity  this  State  in  Case  the 
said  first  Note  should  be  found. 

Upon  the  Memorial  and  Petition  of  Isaac  Bird  of  Salisbury  in 
Litchfield  County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  some  Time  in  the 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


421 


Month  of  April  1783  he  took  and  killed  a full  grown  Wolf  within  the 
Township  of  said  Salisbury,  and  some  Time  in  the  Month  of  March 
1784,  he  took  and  killed  one  other  full  grown  Wolf  within  the  Town- 
ship of  Salisbury  aforesaid  and  praying  for  a Proper  Sum  as  a reward 
for  his  Trouble  and  an  encouragement  to  his  future  Endeavours  to 
destroy  so  viscious  an  Animal  as  per  Memorial  on  File, 

Wherefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Sum  of  four  pounds 
LMoney  be  granted  to  the  said  Isaac  Bird  on  each  of  the  aforesaid 
Wolves  taken  and  killed  and  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  is  directed 
to  pay  the  Same  out  of  the  State  Tax  of  of  one  shilling  on  the  Pound 
Granted  in  May  1783  on  the  List  1782. 

On  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  Wilcox  of  Cornwall  and  Joel  Howe 
of  Canaan  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  on  the  first  Day  of  Instant 
May  they  killed  and  destroyed  a full  grown  Wolf  Pray  a Bounty  &c  as 
per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Sum  of  four  Pounds  lawfull 
Money  be  granted  the  said  Samuel  Wilcox  and  Joel  Howe  in  abatement 
of  the  said  Petitioners  State  Taxes  which  are  now  become  due  and  the 
Treasurer  is  to  give  Order  accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Cap1  Daniel  Bouton  of  Stamford,  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  on  the  30th  of  May  1781  he  received  a Wound  in 
his  Shoulder  by  a Grape  Shot  from  the  Enemy  whereby  he  has  lost  the 
Use  of  his  Arm  and  rendered  unable  to  Labour  to  Support  himself 
and  Family  Praying  for  Releif  &c  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorial1  have  all  his  Con- 
tinental and  State  Taxes  abated  that  have  been  laid  on  the  Lists  for  the 
Years  1781,  1782  & 1783,  and  that  said  Memorialist  receive  out  of  the 
Treasury  of  this  State  twenty  Pounds  per  Annum  for  three  successive 
Years  from  this  Time,  and  that  he  have  his  State  and  Continental  Taxes 
that  have  or  shall  be  laid  on  the  Lists  1784  1785  & 1786  Abated  and  the 
same  is  hereby  Abated  accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  East  Windsor 
on  File  dated  29th  Day  of  April  1784 — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Town  Clerk  for  said  Town  forth- 
with Certify  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  the  Names  of  the  Select  Men 
of  said  Town,  and  the  same  do  from  Year  to  Year  when  new  Select 
Men  shall  be  Chosen  during  the  Pleasure  of  the  General  Assembly,  and 
when  any  Tax  shall  be  laid  by  this  or  any  future  Assembly,  the  said 
Treasurer  shall  Certify  the  same  to  the  Select  Men  of  said  Town 
together  with  the  Sum  total  of  the  List  of  said  Town,  and  what  Sums 
said  Town  shall  Pay  and  the  Rate  per  Pound  of  such  List  and  Charge 
the  Same  to  said  Town  And  upon  the  said  Select  Men  having  said  List 
and  Tax  Certifyed  to  them  as  aforesaid  they  shall  proceed  to  appoint  a 
Collector  or  Collectors  to  Collect  the  same  and  shall  prepose  a Rate  Bill 


422 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


May, 


or  Bills  for  said  Tax  and  procure  Warrants  for  the  said  Collectors, 
Signed  by  an  Assistant  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  directed  to  said  Collectors 
in  manner  and  form  as  Warrants  to  other  Collectors  are  and  the  sd  Col- 
lector or  Collectors  shall  have  the  same  Powers  to  execute  sd  Warrants 
as  other  Collectors  by  Law  have  to  execute  Warrants  directed  to  them 
and  the  said  Collector  shall  be  accountable  to  the  Select  Men  of  said 
Town  for  the  Time  being,*  and  the  said  Select  Men  or  either  of  them 
shall  be  Accountable  for  said  Taxes  To  said  Treasurer  and  in  Case  the 
Select  Men  shall  not  pay  said  Taxes  to  said  Treasurer  by  the  Time  that 
shall  be  Limited  for  paying  the  same  their  Persons  and  Estates  shall  be 
liable  to  Execution  for  said  Taxes,  and  said  Treasurer  shall  Issue  his 
Executions  against  them  therefor  to  Collect  the  said  Taxes  of  the  said 
Select  Men  and  said  Town  shall  be  ultimately  liable  for  said  Taxes  and 
to  pay  said  Select  Men  what  they  shall  Suffer  without  their  fault  in 
the  Matters  aforesaid,  And  if  such  Collector  or  Collectors  upon  their 
being  appointed  as  aforesaid  shall  refuse  to  execute  their  said  Office 
they  or  either  of  them  so  refusing  shall  be  liable  to  the  same  Fines  and 
Penalties  as  other  Collectors  by  Law  are  who  refuse  to  execute  their 
Offices,  and  if  said  Collector  or  Collectors  shall  undertake  to  Collect  said 
Taxes  they  shall  severally  render  their  Account  thereof  and  pay  and  settle 
the  same  with  said  Select  Men  when  thereto  required  And  if  such  Collec- 
tor or  Collectors  shall  refuse  to  render  his  Account  as  aforesaid,  upon 
Complaint  made  to  an  Assistant  or  Justice  of  the  Peace,  such  Assistant  or 
Justice  of  the  Peace  shall  Issue  his  Warrant  directed  to  the  Sheriff 
his  Deputy  or  Constable  them  commanding  to  Levy  and  Collect  of  such 
negligent  Collector  or  Collectors  the  Sum  Total  of  his  or  their  Rate  Bill, 
or  such  Part  thereof,  as  shall  then  remain  unaccounted  for  and  pay 
the  same  to  said  Select  Men, 

Always  Provided  that  said  Taxes  be  Subjected  to  the  Same  Abate- 
ment as  other  Taxes  laid  by  the  General  Assembly,  and  the  Select  Men 
have  the  Same  allowances  for  Collecting  and  paying  said  Taxes  as  the 
Collectors  of  State  Taxes  have. 

And  that  said  Collectors  before  they  pay  over  to  such  Select  Men 
any  public  Securities  they  shall  receive  on  said  Taxes  shall  make  out  a 
List  or  Lists  of  the  Same  and  the  Rates  at  which  they  received  them  and 
the  same  make  Oath  to  before  some  Assistant  or  or  Justice  of  the  Peace 
which  List  or  Lists  being  brott  in  to  the  Treasurer  with  the  Securities 
therein  entered  shall  ascertain  the  Rates  at  which  he  shall  receive  the 
Same.  j % 

Upon  the  Petition  of  John  Alden  of  Lebanon  in  Windham  County 
preferred  to  this  Assembly  in  January  last,f  shewing  that  by  various 
misfortunes  in  Trade  and  by  the  Operation  of  the  late  War  he  is  much 
reduced  and  rendered  unable  to  pay  his  Just  Debts,  great  part  of  which 

* In  the  margin  of  the  MS.  at  this  point,  preceded  by  an  index  hand  and  an  asterisk,  is 
written:  “Insert  the  last  Paragraph  of  the  Bill  at  the  Asterism.”  The  reference  is  to  the 
paragraph  below  beginning:  “And  that  said  Collectors  before  they  pay  over  . . .”  where 
another  index  hand  appears  in  the  margin  of  the  MS. 

t See  above,  p.  302.  No  action  is  reported  on  this  case  in  October,  1784. 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


423 


are  Company  Debts  due  from  the  late  Company  of  John  and  Judah 
Alden,  which  said  Judah  ended  his  Life  bravely  contending  for  the 
Safety  of  his  Country,  without  leaving  any  Estate  whereby  the  whole  of 
said  Debts  devolve  upon  the  Memorialist,  and  that  he  is  Imprisoned  on 
an  Execution  in  favour  of  Clark  & Nightingale  of  Providence  in  the 
State  of  Rhode  Island  That  he  is  willing  to  deliver  on  Oath  all  his  Estate 
and  property  for  the  Benefit  of  his  Creditors,  that  he  Labours  under 
great  Bodily  Infirmity  which  must  greatly  endanger  his  Life  if  continued 
long  in  Prison,  which  Petition  was  continued  to  this  Time,  and  the 
Memorialist  Ordered  to  be  Liberated  on  his  procuring  sufficient  Surety 
for  his  return  to  Prison  at  the  rising  of  this  Assembly  in  Case  this 
Assembly  should  not  otherwise  Order  and  direct,  and  this  Assembly 
being  at  this  Time  unable  fully  to  hear  and  attend  to  said  Petition — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Petition  be  Continued  to  the 
General  Assembly  to  be  holden  in  October  next  and  that  said  John  Alden 
be  further  Liberated  from  any  Imprisonment  on  said  Execution  untill 
the  rising  of  the  Assembly  in  October  next  upon  his  procuring  Sufficient 
Bond  for  his  Return  to  Prison  on  said  Execution 

Provided  his  Petition  shall  not  then  be  granted  or  the  Assembly  shall 
not  otherwise  Order  and  the  Keeper  of  the  prison  in  Windham  is 
required  to  conform  to  this  Resolve  and  the  said  John  is  also  hereby 
protected  from  Arrests  and  Imprisonment  for  any  Debt  contracted 
Previous  to  the  Date  of  said  Petition  untill  the  rising  of  said  Assembly 
in  October  next. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Danielson  and  Obadiah  Clough 
Agents  for  the  Town  of  Killingley,  Shewing  that  Ebenezer  Green  of  sd 
Killingley  in  May  1777  since  Deceasd  paid  fifty  Pounds  lawfull  Money 
to  the  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of  Killingley  which  he  owed  to  Abijah 
Willard  Levi  Willard  and  Samuel  Ward  on  a Note  to  them  Jointly,  that 
said  Select  Men  paid  the  same  into  the  Treasury  agreeable  to  the  Statute 
respecting  Inimical  Persons,  the  said  Willard  having  Joined  the  Enemy 
and  the  said  Ward  being  then  reputed  Inimical,  which  since  proves  to 
be  a Mistake,  that  said  Ward  before  the  Adjourned  Superior  Court  at 
Windham  in  December  last  Recovered  a Judgment  and  Execution 
against  Mary  Green  Executrix  of  said  Ebenezer  for  said  fifty  Pounds 
and  the  Interest  and  Cost,  and  for  which  the  said  Town  of  Killingley 
are  become  liable  to  said  Mary,  Praying  for  Releif  in  the  Premisses  as 
per  Memorial — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Execution  against  said  Mary  and 
all  proceedings  in  the  Law  thereupon  be  and  the  Same  are  hereby 
Stayed  and  Suspended  untill  the  rising  of  the  General  Assembly  in 
October  next  and  said  Agents  are  hereby  directed  to  Cite  said  Ward  or 
his  Attorney  in  this  State  to  appear  before  the  General  Assembly  in 
October  next  to  Shew  Reason  if  any  he  hath  why  the  prayer  of  said 
Memorial  should  not  be  Granted.* 

* In  October  the  case  was  postponed  to  May,  1785.  See  below,  p.  477. 


424 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


May, 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Philip  Nichols  of  Stratford  in  the  County 
of  Fairfield  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  at  the  Superior  Court  holden 
at  Danbury  in  said  County  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  August  1781,  he 
was  convicted  of  signing  a certain  Paper  purporting  that  he  would 
take  up  Arms  under  certain  Circumstances  in  favour  of  the  King  of 
Great  Britain,  and  that  by  said  Superior  Court  he  was  sentenced  to  pay 
a fine  of  £150  and  Cost  of  Presecution  Praying  that  this  Assembly 
would  remit  said  fine  &c  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  fine  be  remitted  and  the  same  is 
hereby  remitted  to  said  Nichols,  and  he  exempted  from  the  Payment 
thereof  on  his  paying  the  Cost  on  said  Prosecution  and  the  Cost  on  the 
Execution  issued  on  said  Judgment. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Packwood  of  N.  London  Preferred 
to  this  Assembly  in  January  1783.  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the 
Year  1776  Nathaniel  Shaw  Esqr  Agent  of  this  State  employed  him  in 
behalf  of  the  State  to  procure  Powder  and  other  Military  Stores  for 
the  Use  of  the  State  and  at  great  Hazard  & Expence  executed  said  Trust 
and  that  his  Accounts  were  unadjusted  and  considerable  Sums  due  to 
him  Praying  a Committee  to  adjust  his  Accounts  and  that  the  Bal- 
lance  may  be  paid  &c  on  which  Memorial  Jabez  Perkins  Esqr  & Capt 
John  Deshon  were  appointed  a Committee  to  examine  said  Accounts 
and  Report  the  Ballance  due  &c*  which  Committee  have  Reported  that 
there  is  Justly  due  to  the  Memorialist  to  Ballance  said  Accounts  the 
Sum  of  £380  9 1 y2  As  per  Memorial  and  Report  on  File  which  Report 
is  accepted 

And  it  is  thereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be 
and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  execute  a Note  to  the  Memorialist  for  the 
said  Sum  of  £380  9 1 payable  in  three  Years  and  on  Interest  pay- 
able Annually  untill  the  said  Principal  Sum  shall  be  paid  which  Note 
shall  bear  Date  the  20th  of  March  1783. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Reuben  Stone  of  Guilford  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  on  the  first  Day  of  March  1782,  Bille  Stone  of  Guilford 
then  a Soldier  in  the  State  Guards  in  said  Guilford,  was  wounded  by  a 
Party  of  the  Enemy  who  Landed  at  Guilford  and  was  brought  to  the 
House  of  the  Memorialist  where  he  remained  for  the  Term  of  eight 
Weeks  and  was  provided  with  Board  Nursing  and  Surgeons  attendance 
in  the  whole  amounting  to  five  Pounds  fifteen  Shillings  lawfull  Money 
Praying  for  releif  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  Authorized  and  directed  to  draw  an  Order  on  the 
Treasurer  for  the  Sum  of  five  Pounds  fifteen  shillings  LMoney  in 
favour  of  Reuben  Stone  and  Charge  the  Same  to  this  State. 


* See  above,  p.  38. 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


425 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Town  of  Stafford  by  their  Agents  Shew- 
ing to  this  Assembly  that  the  Town  of  Stafford  in  the  Year  1781  were 
then  called  upon  to  raise  six  Soldiers  for  the  Defence  of  the  Western 
Frontiers  of  this  State  and  that  by  reason  of  the  Difficulty  of  the  Times 
and  the  large  number  of  Soldiers  they  then  had  in  Service  which  then 
amounted  in  the  whole  to  fifty  seven  which  was  then  ten  more  than 
their  Quota8  by  all  requisitions  then  before  made,  and  that  by  the 
failure  of  raising  said  six  Men  the  Town  of  Stafford  by  a Resolve  of  the 
Honble  General  Assembly  was  subjected  to  pay  as  a Penalty  to  the 
State  ninety  Pounds  Money  for  which  said  Penalty  Execution  was 
granted  out  and  a Distress  on  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Stafford  notwith- 
standing their  having  ten  Soldiers  more  in  Service  than  their  equal 
Quota  by  w’hich  means  the  said  Town  of  Stafford  is  greatly  distressed 
and  Praying  for  relief  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialists  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  is  hereby  given  to  the  Memorialists  to  pay  said  Execution  in  any 
State  Securities  that  are  now  due  and  Payable. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  Forbes  Esqr  Col°  Henry  Livingston 
and  Nathan  Hale  Esqr  in  behalf  of  themselves  and  the  rest  of  the 
Proprietors  of  the  Iron  Oar  Bed  in  Salisbury  in  the  County  of  Litchfield, 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  the  Oar  in  said  Bed  is  much  wasted, 
and  the  increase  thereof  prevented  by  the  Irregular  Methods  made  use 
of  by  Individuals  to  raise  the  Oar  who  are  not  under  the  Controwl  or 
direction  of  the  Proprietors,  and  that  Persons  not  Proprietors  raise  Oar 
with  Impunity  and  without  Controul,  being  Tenants  in  Common  the 
mode  of  regulating  the  raising  the  Oar,  and  preventing  Trespasses  as 
also  each  Proprietor  receiving  his  equal  Proportion  of  the  Oar  is  not 
practicable  in  the  Ordinary  Course  of  Law  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Whereupon  it  is  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Proprietors  of 
the  Oar  Bed  in  Salisbury  in  the  County  of  Litchfield  and  those  who 
shall  hereafter  become  Proprietors  in  said  Bed  of  Oar  be  and  hereby 
are  Incorporated  by  the  Name  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  Oar  bed  in 
Salisbury,  with  full  Power  and  Authority  at  their  Meeting  to  be  holden 
at  said  Salisbury  annually  on  the  first  TuesDay  of  April,  with  Power 
of  Adjourning  the  same  by  the  Major  Part  of  the  Voters  then  present 
to  be  computed  as  hereafter  directed  to  adopt  Ordain  and  make  such 
Rules  Regulations  and  By  Laws  as  they  shall  Judge  reasonable  and 
Right  for  employing  Miners  to  raise  said  Oar,  and  promote  the 
Increase  thereof  to  appoint  a Committee  or  Agent  to  order  direct  and 
superintend  the  Same  according  to  such  Rules  and  Orders  as  he  or 
they  shall  receive  from  the  Proprietors  in  this  said  Annual  Meeting,  And 
that  such  Committee  or  Agent  shall  and  hereby  are  vested  with  full 
Power  and  Authority  in  his  or  their  Name  for  and  in  behalf  of  the 
Proprietors  of  said  Oar  bed  to  sue  and  prosecute  to  final  Judgment  and 
Execution  any  Person  or  Persons  whether  Proprietors  or  others,  who 
shall  without  his  or  their  consent  dig  or  raise  any  Oar  in  said  Bed  con- 


426 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


May, 


trary  to  the  Rules  or  Laws  so  adopted  by  said  Proprietors  or  shall  in 
any  wise  trespass  upon  the  said  Common  Interest  of  the  Proprietors  the 
Avails  whereof  they  or  he  shall  hold  for  the  Use  and  benefit  of  the 
Common  Interest,  and  all  Cost  and  expence  attending  the  Same  shall 
be  by  such  Committee  or  Agent  paid  out  of  the  Common  Treasury  of 
said  Proprietors  and  that  Debts  contracted  by  any  Person  or  Persons 
with  said  Committee  or  Agent  whether  Proprietors  or  others  may  be 
sued  for  and  recovered  in  the  manner  and  form  aforesaid,  as  also  that 
all  Debts  or  Contracts  made  to  and  for  the  Use  of  said  Proprietors  by 
such  Committee  or  Agent  according  to  the  Votes  and  Orders  of  the 
Proprietors  shall  and  may  be  recovered  against  said  Proprietors  by  any 
Person  or  Persons  to  whom  the  Same  shall  be  due  by  an  Action 
brought  against  such  Committee  or  Agent  who  may  pay  the  Same  out 
of  the  Common  Treasury,  And  said  Proprietors  or  the  Major  Part 
at  their  Annual  Meeting  shall  Chuse  a Moderator  and  Clerk  who  shall 
record  all  such  Rules  Orders  and  By  Laws  as  shall  by  them  be  made 
and  Ordained,  and  the  same  shall  be  binding  and  obligatory  on  the  whole, 

And  it  is  further  Resolved  that  the  Votes  of  the  Proprietors  in 
their  Meetings  aforesaid  shall  be  counted  or  reckoned  according  to  the 
Share  or  Interest  he  hath  in  the  said  Oar  bed,  And  said  Proprietors  at 
their  Meeting  aforesaid  by  their  Major  Votes  Computed  as  aforesaid 
be  and  hereby  are  Impowered  to  make  and  ordain  all  and  every  such 
Rules  Ordinances  and  By  Laws  concerning  their  Common  Interest  and 
the  Management  of  the  same  that  they  shall  Judge  necessary  so  as  the 
same  be  not  repugnant  to  the  General  Laws  of  this  State. 

And  it  is  further  Resolved  that  the  first  Meeting  of  the  sd  Proprietors 
shall  be  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  Septembr  1784  for  the  purpose  men- 
tioned in  the  foregoing  Resolve  which  shall  be  warned  by  an  Adver- 
tisement inserted  in  the  Public  News  Papers  by  the  said  Samuel  Forbs 
Esqr  Col°  Henry  Livingston  & Nathan  Hale  Esqr  to  continue  in  force 
during  the  Pleasure  of  this  Assembly. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Thomas  Peck,  shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
in  January  1783,  one  Comfort  Joy  an  Inhabitant  in  the  State  of  Ver- 
mont was  Convicted  before  the  Honble  Superior  Court  then  held  at 
Hartford  by  Adjournment  for  putting  off  Counterfeit  Pay  Table  Orders, 
whereupon  the  said  Joy  was  sentenced  to  pay  thirty  pounds  as  a fine 
and  Cost,  and  he  having  no  Estate  was  then  Committed  to  Goal,  and 
by  his  Importunity  the  Memorialist  was  induced  to  give  his  Bond  for 
the  same  which  in  the  whole  amounted  to  about  forty  six  Pounds,  the 
said  Joy  then  pretending  that  he  had  an  Interest  in  Lands  in  Vermont 
State  to  secure  the  same,  and  the  Memorialist  then  took  Security  from 
said  Joy  of  said  Lands  which  in  fact  was  a pretention  only  whereby  the 
Memorialist  is  now  holden  to  pay  said  Fine  and  Cost  out  of  his  own 
Estate  and  praying  for  Relei f as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  is  hereby  given  to  the  Memorialist  to  pay  and  discharge 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


427 


said  Bond  by  paying  the  Cost  in  hard  Money  and  the  fine  as  aforesaid 
in  any  Public  Securities  of  this  State  which  are  now  due  and  for  specie 
value. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Jedidiah  and  William  Smith  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1782  they  received  of  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State  four  Treasurers  Notes  for  their  Services  in  the  Continental  Army 
two  containing  £13  7 8}4  each  N°  3105  & 3106  and  one  contain- 
ing £11  6 0 y2  and  the  other  £9  9 0 N°  1906  & 1907  all  payable  in 
the  Years  1787  & 1788,  which  said  Notes  being  stolen  out  of  the 
possession  of  the  Memorialists  and  by  them  since  cannot  be  obtained  and 
praying  to  this  Assembly  for  releif  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  Grant  to  the  said  Jedidiah  Smith  & William  Smith  four  sev- 
eral Notes  of  the  same  Tenor  and  Date  as  the  above  mentioned  they 
procuring  and  lodging  with  the  Treasurer  sufficient  Bonds  to  Indemnify 
Provided  the  former  should  at  any  Time  hereafter  be  exhibited. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Cap1  Peter  Perrit  in  behalf  of  himself  Lieu1 
Joseph  Hull  and  the  NonCommissioned  Officers  and  Matrosses  of  his 
Company  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  they  were  taken  Prisoners  of 
War  the  16th  of  Novembr  1776  while  in  Continental  Service  and  so 
continued  till  duely  exchanged,  that  Your  Memorialists  received  no  Pay 
from  the  said  16th  Day  of  Novembr  to  the  7th  Day  of  January  AD  1777 
and  that  the  said  Perrit  and  Hull  have  received  no  depreciation  of 
their  Pay  from  the  said  16th  Novembr  1776  to  the  22d  Day  of  Septembr 
1778,  and  that  by  a particular  resolution  of  Congress  of  the  United 
States  of  the  6th  Day  of  May  1784,  the  Memorialists  are  recommended  to 
this  State  to  be  settled  with  for  the  depreciation  of  their  pay  according 
to  the  several  Ranks  from  the  16th  Day  of  Novembr  1776  to  the  22d 
Day  of  September  1778  and  that  the  noncommissioned  Officers  and  Men 
be  paid  from  the  16th  Day  of  Novembr  1776  to  the  7th  Day  of  January 
1777  and  that  the  same  be  Charged  to  the  Account  of  the  United  States. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  Settle  and  adjust  the  Accounts  of  the  said 
Perrit,  Hull  and  the  nonCommissioned  Officers  and  Matrosses  of  said 
Company  from  the  said  16th  Day  of  Novembr  1776  to  the  7th  Day  of 
January  1777  and  also  Liquidate  and  adjust  the  Accounts  of  the  said 
Hull  and  Perrit  for  Depreciation  of  their  Pay  according  to  their  respec- 
tive Ranks  up  to  the  22d  Day  of  September  AD  1778  agreeable  to  the 
recommendation  of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  of  the  6th  Day  of 
May  1784  and  draw  upon  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  the  respective 
Ballances  found  due  to  the  Memorialists  in  pursuance  of  the  Rules 
heretofore  adopted  for  the  Settling  of  the  Accounts  of  the  Line  of 
the  Army  of  this  State  and  Charge  the  Same  to  the  Account  of  the 
United  States. 


428 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


May, 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Abner  Pryor  of  Windsor  late  a Captain  in 
the  fifth  Connecticut  Regiment,  representing  that  in  the  Year  1777  he 
received  three  hundred  pair  of  Shoes  of  Benjamin  Payne  Esqr  to  for- 
ward to  said  Army  and  gave  his  Receipt  for  the  Same  that  he  forwarded 
the  Same  to  said  Regiment,  and  when  they  arrived  he  was  Absent  on 
Duty  and  they  were  in  his  necessary  absence  delivered  by  Order  of  the 
commanding  Officer  of  said  Regiment  distributed  to  the  Soldiers  then 
Barefoot  and  in  distress  without  taking  proper  Vouchers  & c Praying 
that  he  may  not  stand  Accountable  for  said  Shoes  but  that  he  may  be 
Credited  for  said  Shoes  &c  as  per  Memorial  on  File  Dated  the  8th  Day 
of  October  1783 — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  the  Pay  Table 
Credit  the  said  Abner  in  full  for  said  Shoes  and  settle  his  Account 
accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  David  Humphry  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  in  the  Year  1781,  he  was  Charged  with  three  Months  Pay  and  sub- 
sistence as  having  been  made  to  him  by  this  State  for  which  this  State 
have  Credit  in  their  Settlement  with  the  United  States,  whereas  in  fact 
the  Memorialist  on  account  of  his  appointment  to  attend  his  Excellency 
the  Commander  in  Chief  was  absent  from  the  Connecticut  Line  and 
never  did  receive  more  than  two  Months  Pay  and  Subsistence  Praying 
that  said  Mistake  may  be  rectifyed  &c  As  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  Liquidate  and  Settle  the  Account  of  the 
Memorialist  agreeable  to  the  directions  which  have  been  given  them  to 
Settle  with  the  late  Connecticut  Line  of  the  Army  and  draw  Orders  in 
the  Treasurer  for  what  they  shall  find  due  thereon. 

This  Assembly  Grant  to  his  Excellency  Governor  Griswold  One 
Hundred  and  fifty  Pounds  for  the  first  half  Year  Salary  for  the  cur- 
rent Year. 

This  Assembly  Grant  to  His  Honor  Lieut  Governor  Huntington  the 
Sum  of  Fifty  Pounds  for  the  first  half  Year  Salary  the  current  Year. 

This  Assembly  Grant  to  John  Lawrence  Esqr  Treasurer  the  Sum  of 
two  hundred  Pounds  as  and  for  his  Salary  for  the  Year  past. 

This  Assembly  Grants  to  George  Wyllys  Esqr  Secretary  the  Sum 
of  Twenty  Pounds  as  and  for  his  Salary  the  Year  past  and  direct  the 
T reasurer  to  pay  the  same  accordingly. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  all  Petitions  in  Error  now  depending 
before  this  Assembly  be  referred  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  Errors  and 
said  Court  are  Impowered  to  hear  try  and  determine  the  Same,  And  all 
Petitions  between  Party  and  Party  depending  in  this  Assembly  and  the 


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Protections  and  Injunctions  thereon  which  came  by  Continuance  to  this 
Assembly  be  and  they  are  hereby  Continued  to  the  General  Assembly 
to  be  held  in  October  next. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Wells  of  Glastonbury  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  by  inevitable  loss  and  Misfortunes  he  is  reduced  in  Cir- 
cumstances so  that  he  is  Obliged  to  confine  himself,  in  his  own  House 
for  fear  of  Arrests  and  Imprisonment  by  his  Creditors  Praying  that  his 
Body  might  be  exempted  from  Arrest  or  Imprisonment  untill  the  rising 
of  the  General  Assembly  in  October  next  to  have  an  Opportunity  to 
settle  with  his  Creditors  &c  as  per  Memorial  on  File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Body  of  said  John  Wells  be  and 
it  is  hereby  exempted  from  any  and  all  Arrests  on  mesne  process  or 
Execution  for  Debt  untill  the  rising  of  the  General  Assembly  in  October 
next  and  all  Officers  are  to  take  Notice  hereof  and  that  the  Consideration 
of  said  Memorial  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  referred  to  the  General 
Assembly  in  October  next  and  that  the  Memorialist  make  no  Sale  of  his 
Estate  in  the  mean  Time.* 

This  Assembly,  was  adjourned,  (by  usual  Proclamation)  until  the 
Governor,  or  in  his  Absence  The  Lieutenant  Governor,  shall  see 
Cause,  to  call  it,  to  meet  again. 

Teste,  George  Wyllys,  Secret7 


See  below,  p.  478. 


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PUBLIC  RECORDS 


October, 


STATE  OF  CONNECTICUT 


At  a General  Assembly  of  the  State  of,  Connecticut  holden  at 
New  Haven  in  said  State  on  the  second  Thursday  of  October 
Anno  DoMni  1784 — 


Present 

His  Excellency  Matthew  Griswold  Esqr  Governor 
The  Honorable  Samuel  Huntington  Esqr  Lieu 1 Governor. 
Jabez  Hamlin  Esqr 

William  Pitkin  Esqr 

Roger  Sherman  Esqr 

Joseph  Spencer  Esqr 

Richard  Law  Esqr 

William  Williams  Esqr  ?■  Assistants. 

Oliver  Elsworth  Esqr 

Andrew  Adams  Esqr 

Benjamin  Huntington  Esqr 
Joseph  Platt  Cook  Esqr 

Stephen  Mix  Mitchell  Esqr 


Representatives  or  Deputies  of  the  Freemen  of  the  several  Towns 
who  attended  the  Assembly  are  as  follow  viz — 

Col°  Thomas  Seymour,  Mr  Nathan  H Whiting,  for  Hartford 
Gen1  Samuel  H Parsons,  Gen  Comfort  Sage,  for  Midletown 
Mr  Elisha  Pitkin,  Cap1  George  Pitkin,  for  E Hartford 
Cap1  Daniel  Humphry,  Cap1  Jona  Pettibone,  for  Symsbury 
Cap1  John  Curtiss,  Majr  Asa  Bray,  for  Southington 
Mp  Samuel  Carver,  Mr  David  Taylor  Junr,  for  Bolton 
Col°  Nath1  Terry,  Mr  Joseph  Kingsbury,  for  Enfield 
Col0  Solomon  Wells,  Cap1  Ichabod  Hinkley,  for  Tolland 
Mr  Ebenezer  Colburn,  Mr  Jesse  Cady,  for  Stafford 
Cap1  Cornelius  Higgins,  Cap1  Edmund  Porter,  for  Haddam 
Mr  Moses  Holmes,  Cap1  Joseph  Crocker,  for  Willington 
Col0  John  Chester,  Cap1  John  Wright,  for  Weathersfield 
Mr  John  Treadwell,  Col0  Noadiah  Hooker,  for  Farmington 
Col°  Joel  Jones,  Mr  Noziah  Bliss,  for  Hebron 
Cap1  Abraham  Granger,  Mr  Ebenezer  Harman,  for  Suffield 
Mr  Ebenezer  White,  Cap1  James  Bill,  for  Chatham 
Gen1  Roger  Newberry,  Mr  Aaron  Phelps,  for  Windsor 
Mr  Gideon  Hale,  Mr  Phillip  Selew,  for  Glastonbury 
Mr  Joseph  Allyn,  Mr  Matthew  Hyde,  for  East  Windsor 
Mr  Joshua  Pomeroy,  Majr  Abiel  Pease,  for  Somers 
Col°  Dyer  Throop,  Col°  Jabez  Chapman,  for  East  Hadam 
Mr  Pierpoint  Edwards,  Mr  James  Hilhouse,  for  New  Haven 
Gen1  James  Wadsworth,  Cap1  Simeon  Parsons,  for  Durham 
Col°  Street  Plall,  Cap1  Samuel  Street,  for  Wallingford 
Cap1  Thomas  Clark,  Cap1  Daniel  Holbrook,  for  Derby 


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Mr  Joseph  Hopkins,  Capt  John  Wilton,  for  Waterbury 

Mr  Samuel  Beach,  Mr  John  Peck,  for  Cheshire 

Mr  John  Burgis,  Gen1  Andrew  Ward,  for  Guilford 

Mr  Gideon  Buckingham,  Mr  Samuel  Treat,  for  Milford 

Col°  Edward  Russell,  Mr  Jonah  Clark,  for  Branford 

Mr  Thomas  Darling,  Mr  Timothy  Ball,  for  Woodbridge 

Majr  William  Hilhouse,  Mr  Joshua  Coit,  for  New  London 

Cap1  Elisha  Lathrop,  Col0  Christopher  Leffingwell,  for  Norwich 

Majr  Charles  Phelps,  Capt  William  Williams,  for  Stonington 

Mr  Hozekiah  Lane,  Capt  Samuel  Crane,  for  Killingworth 

Majr  William  Hart,  Col°  John  Ely,  for  Saybrook 

Mr  Thomas  Niles,  Col0  Nathan  Gallop,  for  Groton 

Cap1  Peter  Bulkley,  Mr  John  Watrous,  for  Colchester 

Col0  Samuel  Mott,  Capt  Alexander  Stewart,  for  Preston 

Mr  William  Noyes,  Mr  Ezra  Selden,  for  Lyme 

Mr  Jonathan  Sturges,  Mr  Thaddeus  Burr,  for  Fairfield 

Majr  Ezra  Starr,  Col°  Eli  Mygatt,  for  Danbury 

Col0  Stephen  S1  John,  Mr  Samuel  C Sy Hyman,  for  Norwalk 

Mr  Lemuel  Sanford,  Mr  William  Herron,  for  Reading 

Majr  John  Davenport,  Mr  Charles  Weed,  for  Stamford 

Mr  John  Beach,  Mr  Henry  Glover,  for  Newtown 

Col°  Philip  B Bradley,  Capt  David  Olmstead,  for  Ridgfield 

Mr  John  Blackleach,  Mr  Elisha  Mills,  for  Stratford 

Mr  Stephen  Barns,  Col0  Nehemiah  Beardsley,  for  New  Fairfield 

Col°  Eliphalet  Dyer,  Col0  Jedidiah  Elderkin,  for  Windham 

Mr  Eliashib  Adams,  Mr  Gideon  Wells,  for  Canterbury 

Mr  Joseph  Shipard,  Cap1  Joshua  Dunlap,  for  Plainfield 

Col0  James  Gordon,  Capt  Moses  Campbell,  for  Volintown 

Mr  Benjamin  Chaplin,  Mr  Nathaniel  Atwood,  for  Mansfield 

Cap1  Jason  Phips,  Mr  Sampson  Howe,  for  Killingley 

Capt  Nehemiah  Lyon,  Mr  Jedidiah  Morse,  for  Woodstock 

Capt  Solomon  Wales, for  Union 

Mr  Stephen  Williams,  Mr  Edward  Ruggles,  for  Pomfrett 

Mr  Elkanah  Tisdale,  Col°  Jeremiah  Mason,  for  Lebanon 

Cap1  Simeon  Smith,  Mr  Isaac  Perkins,  for  Ashford 

Col0  Thomas  Brown,  Mr  Caleb  Stanley  Ju,  for  Coventry 

Mr  Isaac  Baldwin  Jur,  Mr  Ebenezer  Marsh,  for  Litchfield 

Capt  Lemuel  Kingsbury,  Mr  Nathan  Hale,  for  Canaan 

Col0  Aaron  Austin,  Mr  Josiah  More,  for  New  Hartford 

Mr  John  Whittlesey,  Mr  Daniel  N Brinsmade,  for  Washington 

Majr  Giles  Pettibone,  Mr  Dudley  Humphry,  for  Norfolk 

Col°  Samuel  Canfield,  Mr  Abel  Hine,  for  New  Milford 

Mr  Daniel  Miles,  Cap1  Elisha  Sill,  for  Goshen 

Cap1  Samuel  Hecox,  Majr  David  Smith,  for  Watertown 

Col0  John  Sedgwick,  Mr  Andrew  Youngs,  for  Cornwall 

Mr  Nath1  Berry,  Mr  Nathan  Eliott,  for  Kent 

Majr  Uriel  Holmes,  Cap1  Eleazer  Ensign,  for  Hartland 


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October, 


Mr  John  Canfield,  Cap1  Simeon  Smith,  for  Sharon 
Cap1  Josiah  Phelps,  Mr  Mark  Prindle,  for  Harwington 
Col0  Joshua  Porter,  Mr  Hezh  Fitch,  for  Salisbury 
Col0  Increase  Mosely,  Mr  Hozh  Thompson,  for  Woodbury 
Mr  Noah  North,  Cap1  Jabez  Gillett,  for  Torrington 

James  Wadsworth  Esqr  Speaker  Of  the  House  of 

James  Hilhouse  Esqr  Clerk  Representatives 


An  Act  for  levying  and  collecting  Duties  on  the  Importation  of  certain 
Articles  and  for  appropriating  the  same. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same,  that  from  and 
after  the  first  Day  of  January  next  there  shall  be  paid  on  the  following 
Articles,  imported  or  brought  into  this  State  by  Land  or  Water  not  the 
Manufacture  of  any  of  the  United  States  viz  on  the  following  Articles 
in  additions  to  the  Duties  heretofore  laid  viz  on  all  wrought  Silk,  Gauze 
Musslin  Cambrick  Lawn  Chintz  Lace  and  Linens  a Duty  of  two  per  Cent 
ad  valorem  at  the  Time  and  Place  of  Importation  said  value  to  be  ascer- 
tained and  said  Duty  to  be  collected  in  the  same  manner  and  under  the 
same  Regulations  forfeitures  and  Disabilities  as  are  Provided  in  and  by 
a Law  of  this  State  Entitled  An  Act  for  levying  and  Collecting  a Duty 
on  certain  Articles  of  Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize  Imported  into  this 
State  by  Land  or  Water  on  each  Beaver  and  Beaveret  Hat  six  shillings, 
on  each  Castor  Hat  three  shillings,  on  each  Felt  Hat  one  shilling;  on 
each  pair  of  Mens  or  Womens  Shoes  one  shilling,  on  each  pair  of 
Boots  six  shillings,  on  each  pound  of  tanned  Leather  three  Pence  on 
each  Saddle  ten  shillings,  on  all  Cheese  not  the  Manufacture  of  any  of 
the  United  States  four  Pence  per  Pound  on  each  Pound  of  Sugar  other 
than  brown  Sugar  whether  the  Produce  or  manufacture  of  the  United 
States  or  not  imported  into  this  State  threepence  to  be  Collected  in  the 
same  manner  and  under  the  same  Regulations  forfeitures  Penalties  and 
Disabilities  as  the  Duties  of  two  per  Cent  on  the  Articles  before  enumer- 
ated in  this  Act. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid , That  a Duty 
of  three  pence  per  Gallon  be  laid  and  collected  on  all  Wines,  and  on  all 
Brandy  Geneva,  and  other  distilled  spirituous  Liquors  except  Rum, 
which  shall  be  Imported  into  this  State  by  Land  or  Water  and  a Duty 
of  three  Pence  per  Gallon  on  all  Beer,  not  made  in  the  United  States  to 
be  Collected  in  the  Same  manner  and  under  the  same  Regulations  For- 
feitures and  Penalties  as  the  Duty  on  Rum  by  Virtue  of  a Law  of  this 
State  Intitled  An  Act  for  laying  and  collecting  Duties  on  the  Importa- 
tion of  Rum. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  That  the  Monies  arising  on  the  Duties 
aforesaid  be  and  they  are  hereby  appropriated  for  Paying  this  States 
Quota  of  the  Interest  of  the  Debt  of  the  United  States  agreeably  to  the 
Requisitions  of  Congress  and  the  same  may  be  paid  in  Money  or  Cer- 


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tificates  for  said  Interest  to  be  Issued  from  the  Loan  Office  in  this  State 
pursuant  to  a Resolution  of  Congress  of  the  28th  of  April  1784.* 

And  be  it  further  Enacted , That  there  shall  be  a further  Duty  of  one 
penny  per  Gallon  on  all  Rum  Imported  into  this  State  in  addition  to  the 
Duty  of  two  Pence  on  the  Gallon  granted  by  the  aforesaid  Act,  Entitled 
An  Act  for  laying  and  Collecting  Duties  on  the  Importation  of  Rum. 
and  shall  be  collected  in  the  Same  manner  as  in  said  Act  is  provided  And 
that  two  thirds  of  both  the  said  Duties  on  Rum  may  be  paid  in  the 
aforesaid  Certificates  for  Interest  or  lawfull  Money  and  the  other  third 
shall  be  paid  in  Money  and  is  hereby  appropriated  for  the  Support  of 
Civil  Government  in  this  State,  This  Act  to  commence  on  the  first  Day 
of  January  next  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  that  Time. 

An  Act  in  addition  to  an  Act  intitled  an  Act  for  encouraging  and  promot- 
ing the  Commerce  of  this  State.f 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same , That  all  Bar- 
rells  used  for  the  Packing  of  Beef  or  Pork  containing  twenty  eight 
Gallons  and  two  hundred  Weight  and  every  Barrell  used  for  packing 
of  Fish  and  containing  twenty  eight  Gallons  shall  be  deemed  to  be 
Merchantable  and  of  full  Assize,  any  Law  Usage  or  Custom  to  the  con- 
trary notwithstanding.  That  all  Barrelled  or  Salted  Fish  for  Sale  except 
such  as  are  split  shall  be  packed  and  put  up  edgewise;  and  whosoever 
shall  Sell  or  Ship  for  Sale  any  such  Barrelled  or  Salted  Fish  otherwise 
packed  excepting  as  aforesaid  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  the  [mV]  Sum  of 
twelve  shillings  for  every  such  Barrell  of  salted  Fish  and  so  in  propor- 
tion when  the  Same  are  Salted  or  Packed  in  greater  or  lesser  Casks  to  be 
recovered  by  any  one  who  shall  Sue  for  the  same.  That  the  dimensions 
of  the  several  Sorts  and  kinds  of  Lumber  for  exportation  hereafter 
mentioned  shall  be  as  follows  viz,  All  White  Oak  Pipe  Staves  four  feet 
eight  Inches  long  and  three  Inches  and  a half  in  Width,  White  Oak 
Hogshead  Staves  three  and  half  feet  long  and  three  and  half  Inches 
in  Width,  White  Oak  Barrell  Staves  two  and  half  feet  Long  and  three 
and  half  Inches  wide,  White  Oak  Hogshead  Heading  two  and  half  feet 
long  and  six  Inches  Wide  and  all  free  from  sap ; all  White  Oak  Barrell 
Staves  to  be  used  within  this  State,  shall  be  two  feet  and  four  Inches 
long  and  three  Inches  and  an  half  wide  all  Black  and  Red  Oak  Hogs- 
head Staves  shall  be  three  and  half  feet  long  and  three  and  half  Inches 
Wide,  all  French  Sugar  Hogshead  Staves  shall  be  four  feet  and  seven 
Inches  long,  and  three  and  half  Inches  wide,  all  Staves  and  heading 
shall  be  three  Quarters  of  an  Inch  thick  in  the  thinnest  part.  That  all 
Cedar  and  Pine  Shingles  shall  be  one  foot  and  six  Inches  long  four 
Inches  Wide  and  half  an  Inch  in  thickness  at  the  Butt  that  no  Pine 
Boards  shall  be  deemed  Merchantable  unless  the  same  are  an  Inch  thick. 
And  if  any  Person  or  Persons  whatsoever  shall  after  the  first  Day  of 

* Under  the  terms  of  the  resolution  referred  to,  three  quarters  of  the  amount  due  from  each 
state  should  be  paid  in  hard  money  and  the  remainder  in  loan  office  certificates  of  interest  due. 
Jovr.  Covt.  Cong.,  XXVI,  312-313. 

f See  above,  p.  325. 


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October, 


March  next  ship  or  take  on  Board  any  Vessell  within  this  State  any 
quantity  or  Parcell  of  the  aforementioned  sorts  of  Lumber  for  exporta- 
tion which  are  not  of  the  dimentions  and  discription  aforesaid  the 
said  Lumber  so  Shipped  or  taken  on  Board  as  aforesaid  contrary 
to  this  Act  or  the  value  thereof  shall  be  forfeited  by  the  Person  or 
Persons  who  Ships  or  takes  the  same  on  Board  as  aforesaid  one  half 
thereof  to  the  Prosecutor  and  the  other  half  to  the  Treasury  of  this 
State  and  the  Same  may  be  seized  and  proceeded  with  in  the  same  Way 
and  manner  as  is  provided  in  One  Statute  of  this  State  made  for  Levy- 
ing and  Collecting  a Duty  on  the  exportation  of  Timber  &c 

And  Be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  every 
Cask  of  Tobacco  that  shall  be  hereafter  Packed  and  offered  for  Sale 
within  this  State  shall  be  branded  with  the  Packers  Name,  and  the  Name 
of  the  Town  where  such  Tobacco  shall  be  packed  at  full  length,  and  who- 
soever shall  sell  or  expose  to  Sale  any  Cask  or  Casks  of  Tobacco  not 
branded  as  aforesaid  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a Penalty  of  forty  shillings 
for  each  and  every  such  Cask  of  Tobacco  to  be  recovered  by  any  one 
who  shall  sue  for  the  same.  That  every  Barrell  or  Cask  of  Pot  or  Pearl 
Ashes  offered  or  exposed  for  Sale  within  this  State,  shall  be  Inspected 
and  Branded  with  the  Makers  and  Inspectors  Names,  and  the  Name  of 
the  Town  where  made  all  at  full  length  and  with  a Mark  or  Figure 
expressing  the  Degree  of  the  Quality  of  such  Pot  or  Pearl  Ashes,  and 
whosoever  shall  offer  or  expose  for  Sale  any  Barrell  or  Barrells  or  other 
Cask  or  Casks  of  Pot  or  Pearl  Ashes  within  this  State  not  Inspected 
and  branded  as  aforesaid  shall  forfeit  and  Pay  for  every  such  Barrell  or 
Cask  the  Sum  of  forty  shillings  to  be  recovered  by  any  one  who  shall 
Sue  for  the  Same,  That  no  Barrell  or  other  Cask  or  Quantity  of  flour 
shall  be  exported  out  of  this  State  in  any  Vessell  whatever,  unless  the 
same  shall  have  been  first  duely  Inspected,  and  Branded  with  the  Inspec- 
tors Name,  and  the  Name  of  the  State  at  full  length,  and  with  a Mark 
expressing  the  Degree  of  the  Quality  of  such  Flour  and  a Certificate 
thereof  obtained  from  such  Inspector  and  produced  to  the  Naval  Officer 
of  that  port  in  this  State  when  such  Vessell  shall  be  Cleared  out,  And  if 
any  Person  or  Persons  whatsoever  shall  Ship  or  export  any  Flour  con- 
trary to  this  Act  shall  forfeit  the  Same,  or  the  value  thereof  the  one  half 
to  the  Prosecutor  and  the  other  half  to  the  Treasury  of  this  State,  and 
the  same  may  be  seized  and  proceeded  with  in  the  Same  way  and  manner 
as  is  provided  in  the  aforementioned  Statute  made  for  laying  and  Col- 
lecting a Duty  on  the  exportation  of  Timber  &c.  That  the  several 
Towns  in  this  State  from  which  Pot  or  Pearl  Ashes  shall  be  exported 
and  all  Towns  where  Flour  or  Tobacco  shall  be  Packed  or  Barrelled, 
are  Impowered  and  directed  at  their  Annual  or  any  other  Legal  Meeting 
to  Choose  Inspectors  and  Branders  for  the  Purposes  mentioned  in  this 
Act  who  shall  be  sworn  to  a faithfull  Discharge  of  their  several  Offices 
mutatis  mutandis  as  is  by  Law  prescribed  for  Surveyors  of  Highways 
Leather  Sealers  &c.  And  that  said  Inspectors  and  Branders  shall  be 
entitled  to  the  following  fee  or  reward  for  their  Services  viz,  For 


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Inspecting  Branding  and  Heading  up  every  Cask  of  Pot  and  Pearl 
Ashes  the  Sum  of  one  shilling,  for  inspecting  and  Branding  every  Cask 
of  Flour  and  giving  a Certificate  thereof  the  Sum  of  three  Pence,  for 
Inspecting  Heading  and  Branding  every  Barrell  of  Fish  the  Sum  of 
six  pence  for  Inspecting  and  branding  Tobacco  as  is  already  by  Law 
provided. 

An  Act  in  addition  to  an  Act  intitled  an  Act  to  enable  the  United  States 
in  Congress  Assembled  to  Levy  certain  Duties  and  Imposts  on  certain 
Goods  and  Merchandizes  imported  into  this  State  to  be  applied  in  pay- 
ment of  the  Debts  of  the  United  States  contracted  for  the  supporting 
the  late  War  in  compliance  with  a resolution  of  Congress  of  the  18fb  of 
April  1783.* 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same , That  the  United 
States  in  Congress  Assembled  be  and  they  are  hereby  fully  Impowered 
and  Authorized  to  Levy  for  the  Use  of  the  United  States  aforesaid  the 
Duties  mentioned  in  said  Act  on  all  Goods  Imported  into  this  State  from 
any  foreign  Port  Island  or  Plantation  not  within  the  United  States 
under  the  Limitations  and  Provisions  of  said  Act  when  Congress  shall 
have  published  an  Ordinance  for  Collecting  said  Duties,  in  Consequence 
of  twelve  of  the  United  States  having  passed  Acts  Simular  to  said  Act 
and  the  Provisions  of  this  Act. 

Provided  nevertheless  that  the  United  States  in  Congress  Assembled 
shall  annually  require  of  the  State  which  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  pass 
Acts  similar  to  the  aforesaid  Act  or  to  this  Act  the  payment  of  such 
Sums  as  shall  become  their  Just  proportion  from  Year  to  Year  of  the 
principal  or  Interest  of  the  Debt  of  the  United  States  required  to  be  paid 
within  such  Years,  and  that  the  Proportion  assigned  to  such  State  shall 
be  made  upon  the  Ability  of  such  State  in  the  Year  wherein  the  requisi- 
tion shall  be  made. 

An  Act  in  Addition  to  and  in  alteration  of  a Law  of  this  State  intitled  an 
Act  for  levying  and  Collecting  a Duty  on  certain  Articles  of  Goods 
Wares  and  Merchandize  Imported  into  this  State  by  Land  or  Water.f 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  a'nd  by  the  Authority  of  the  same , That  the  Master 
of  every  Ship  Vessell  or  Boat  shall  in  the  Manifest  by  him  to  be 
exhibited  according  to  the  direction  of  said  former  Act,  specify  every 
Bail  Package  Cask  Trunk  or  Chest  containing  any  Articles  of  Goods 
Wares  and  Merchandize,  and  also  the  Marks  and  numbers  of  such  Bale 
Package  Cask  Trunk  and  Chest  shipped  or  taken  on  Board  his  Ship 
Vessell  or  Boat  at  the  Port  Ports  or  Places  from  which  he  came,  and 
also  specify  the  kind  Quantity  and  Quality  of  every  Particular  Article 
of  Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize  in  each  and  every  such  Bale  Package 
Cask  Trunk  and  Chest  and  also  the  kind  Quantity  and  Quality  of  every 
other  Article  of  Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize  by  him  taken  on  Board 


* See  above,  p.  326. 
t See  above,  p.  328. 


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his  Ship  Vessell  or  Boat  at  the  Port  Ports  or  Places  from  which  he 
came,  and  shall  before  the  Naval  Officer  or  Collector  to  whom  such 
Manifest  is  exhibited  take  the  following  Oath  instead  of  the  Oath  Pro- 
vided by  said  Act  to  be  taken  by  the  Master  of  a Ship  Vessell  or  Boat 
viz  [“]  You  swear  by  the  Name  of  the  everliving  God  that  the  Manifest 
You  have  now  exhibited  contains  a true  and  perfect  Account  of  every 
Bale  Package  Cask  Chest  and  Trunk  by  You  taken  on  Board  Your 
Ship  or  Vessell  at  the  Port  Ports  or  Places  from  which  You  came  and 
also  a true  and  perfect  Account  of  each  Particular  Article  of  Goods 
Wares  and  Merchandize  by  You  taken  on  Board  Your  Ship  or  Vessell 
at  the  Port  Ports  or  Places  from  which  You  came,  and  of  which  Bales 
Packages  Casks  Trunks  Chests  or  Goods  You  are  by  Law  directed 
to  make  a Manifest,  And  that  the  Bales  Packages  Casks  Chests  and 
Trunks  specified  in  said  Manifest,  did  not  at  the  Time  they  were 
Shipped  or  taken  on  Board  Your  Ship  or  Vessell  nor  do  they  now  con- 
tain any  other  Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize  than  what  You  have 
specified  in  Your  Manifest,  And  that  no  Article  whatever  hath  been 
unladed  from  Your  Vessell.  So  help  You  God. [”] 

Provided  nevertheless  that  if  at  the  Time  of  exhibiting  such  Manifest 
the  Owner  of  such  Bale  Package  Cask  Chest  or  Trunk  or  any  other 
credible  Person  in  behalf  of  such  owner  shall  appear  and  exhibit  an 
Invoice  expressing  the  Kind  Quantity  and  Quality  of  each  and  every 
Article  of  Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize  contained  in  any  such  Bale 
Package  Cask  Chest  or  Trunk  and  shall  before  the  Proper  Naval  Officer 
or  Collector  make  Oath  that  the  Invoice  by  him  exhibited  is  a true 
and  perfect  Inventory  of  every  Article  of  Goods  Wares  and  Mer- 
chandize that  was  packed  or  contained  therein  at  the  Time  such  Bale 
Package  Cask  Chest  or  Trunk  was  shipped  on  Board  the  Ship  Vessell 
or  Boat  in  which  Imported,  and  at  the  Time  of  exhibiting  said  Invoice 
the  Master  shall  not  be  obliged  to  Insert  an  Account  of  such  Bale  Pack- 
age Cask  Chest  or  Trunk  in  the  Manifest  by  him  exhibited.  And  it 
shall  be  lawfull  for  the  Master  of  every  Vessell  Ship  or  Boat  within 
twenty  four  Hours  after  ariving  at  his  Port  of  Delivery  in  this  State 
to  open  for  the  Purpose  of  making  a Manifest  according  to  the  Order 
of  this  Act  every  Bale  Package  Cask  Chest  and  Trunk  of  which  he 
is  by  Law  to  make  a Manifest  unless  the  Owner  thereof  or  some  other 
Person  in  his  behalf  shall  appear  and  exhibit  an  Invoice  thereof,  accord- 
ing to  the  Terms  of  this  Proviso,  and  pay  and  secure  to  be  paid  the 
Duties  accordingly. 

And  he  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  if  in  any 
Case  the  Provisions  of  this  Act  with  respect  to  exhibiting  a Manifest 
and  making  Oath  thereto  shall  not  be  complied  with,  all  the  Forfeitures 
and  Penalties  of  said  former  Act  shall  by  such  neglect  be  incurred, 
which  Forfeitures  and  Penalties  may  be  prosecuted  for  and  recovered 
and  disposed  in  the  Same  manner  and  to  the  same  Uses  and  Persons  as 
the  forfeitures  and  Penalties  in  simular  Cases,  are  by  said  former  Act 
to  be  prosecuted  for  and  disposed  of. 


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437 


And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  in  all  Cases  where  a Duty  of  five  per 
Cent  ad  valorem  by  the  said  former  Act  is  to  be  paid,  the  Rule  for  ascer- 
taining the  Value  of  the  Goods  at  the  Time  and  Place  of  Importation 
shall  be  the  Same  as  is  Provided  in  said  former  Act,  in  case  of  Goods 
Imported  in  a Ship  Vessell  or  Boat  of  the  burthen  of  thirty  five  Tons  or 
more,  And  the  Person  who  exhibits  an  Invoice  according  to  the  Provi- 
sions of  the  said  former  Act  shall  instead  of  the  Oath  therein  Provided 
make  Oath  before  the  Naval  Officer  or  Collector  to  whom  the  Invoice 
is  exhibited  that  the  Invoice  or  Invoices  by  him  exhibited  are  the  true 
Invoice  or  Invoices  of  the  Articles  therein  enumerated  and  specified 
and  that  the  Prices  therein  Stated  are  the  Prices  at  which  those  respec- 
tive Articles  were  bonafide  bought  by  him  And  that  the  Invoice  or 
Invoices  by  him  exhibited  do  contain  a full  and  perfect  Account  of 
every  Article  of  Goods  Wares  and  Merchandize  by  him  shipped  on 
Board  of  or  Imported  directly  or  indirectly  in  the  Ship  Vessell  or  Boat 
in  which  the  Articles  specified  in  the  Invoice  by  him  exhibited  were 
imported. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  if  any  Person  whatever  having  taken 
either  of  the  Oaths  Provided  by  this  Act  to  be  taken  shall  falsify  the 
Truth  in  any  of  the  Matters  to  which  the  Oath  he  has  taken  relates, 
he  shall  on  conviction  thereof  suffer  the  Pains  Penalties  and  Disabilities 
of  wilfull  Perjury. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  all  Vessells  and  Boats  under  the 
Burthen  of  thirty  five  Tons  and  their  Tackle  Apparel  Furniture  or  Cargo 
seized  by  Virtue  of  said  former  Act  shall  and  may  be  Libelled  before 
the  same  Court  and  be  proceeded  with  in  the  Same  manner  as  by  said 
former  Act  is  provided  in  Case  of  Vessells  under  the  Burthen  of  twenty 
five  Tons. 

An  Act  in  addition  to  an  Act  entitled,  An  Act  for  the  regulation  of 
Navigation.* 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled,  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same,  That  in  future 
every  Vessell  of  the  Burthen  of  fifteen  Tons  and  upwards  that  shall  be 
or  has  been  Built  in  this  State,  or  whose  Owners  or  any  part  of  them 
shall  belong  to  or  reside  within  this  State,  whose  Owner  or  Master 
shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  take  out  a Register  from  this  State,  as  is 
directed  by  said  Act  said  Vessell  shall  be  liable  to  be  seized  and  for- 
feited to  Use  of  this  State,  And  it  shall  be  the  Duty  of  the  Naval  Officer 
to  Seize  and  prosecute  the  same  as  aforesaid. 

An  Act  in  addition  to  an  Act  entitled,  an  Act  for  the  Regulation  of 
Navigation. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same  that  there 
shall  be  kept  at  the  Port  of  Norwich  one  Naval  Officer  who  shall 


See  above,  pp.  254-0. 


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October, 


be  nominated  and  deputed  in  the  Same  Way  and  manner  and  be 
subject  to  the  same  Rules  and  Regulations  that  other  Naval  Officers 
in  this  State  by  Law  are,  That  for  the  future  the  several  Naval 
Officers  in  this  State  that  are  or  may  hereafter  be  appointed,  shall 
once  in  six  Months  render  their  several  particular  Accounts  to  the 
Treasurer  of  this  State  of  all  the  Monies  and  Certificates  for  Inter- 
est which  they  may  or  shall  receive  for  any  Duties  or  Imposts  for 
the  Use  and  Benefit  of  this  State,  and  pay  and  deliver  the  Same  to 
the  said  Treasurer  taking  his  Receipt  therefor,  and  on  failure  thereof, 
he  or  they  shall  upon  Complaint  and  Proof  made  to  his  Excellency 
the  Governor  be  ex  officio  dismissed  from  his  or  their  Office  and  another 
appointed  in  his  or  their  room  and  stead,  And  it  shall  be  the  Duty  of 
said  Treasurer  to  make  Complaint  to  his  Excellency  the  Governor 
of  all  such  Failures  and  Neglects. 

An  Act  in  further  addition  to  and  alteration  of  an  Act  intitled  an  Act 
for  the  better  establishing  and  confirmation  of  the  Titles  of  Land  &c 
made  and  passed  on  October  1723.* 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same,  That  where 
any  Warrant  shall  be  obtained  from  an  Assistant  or  Justice  of  the 
Peace  pursuant  to  the  directions  of  said  Act  for  calling  a Meeting  of  the 
Proprietors  of  such  common  or  undivided  Lands  the  same  instead  of  the 
mode  directed  by  said  Act  shall  be  published  by  inserting  in  some  public 
Newspapers  in  or  nearest  the  Town  where  such  Lands  are  situate  four 
Weeks  successively  and  also  by  posting  on  the  Public  Sign  Post  in  such 
Town  at  least  twenty  Days  before  the  Day  appointed  for  such  Meeting; 
which  shall  be  a sufficient  warning  and  Notice  for  holding  the  same 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  that  the  Method  provided  by  this  and  the 
aforesaid  Act  may  be  had  and  taken  for  the  obtaining  and  calling  such 
Proprietors  Meeting  any  difficulty  or  Impediment  which  may  have 
taken  Place  by  means  or  in  consequence  of  any  such  Proprietors  having 
adopted  agreeable  to  the  Liberty  of  said  Act  any  other  or  different  Mode 
of  calling  such  Meetings  notwithstanding. 

An  Act  in  alteration  of  an  Act  intitled  an  Act  for  the  direction  of  Listers 
in  their  Office  and  Duty.f 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Same,  That  all  Swine 
shall  hereafter  be  exempted  out  of  the  List  of  Rateable  Estate. 

An  Act  in  addition  to  a Law  Entitled,  An  Act  for  stating  Limiting  and 
naming  the  Counties  in  this  State. 

Whereas  in  the  late  Revision  of  the  Laws  of  this  State  the  Town 
of  Washington  was  omitted  to  be  entered  in  the  Lists  of  Towns  for 


* Rw>  Conn.  Cnl.  Rerx.,  1717-17*5.  d.  474. 
t Passed  in  May,  1779.  Conn.  State  Rees.,  II.  256-263. 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


439 


the  County  of  Litchfield,  when  it  ought  to  have  been  inserted  in  said  List 
next  after  the  Town  of  Norfolk.* 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Governor  Council  and  Representatives  in  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same  That  the  Town 
of  Washington  be  included  in  and  be  a part  of  the  County  of  Litchfield. 

Whereas  the  Right  Honble  the  Marquis  De  La  Fayette  Mareschal 
De  Camp  of  the  Armies  of  the  King  of  France  and  Major  General  in 
the  late  Army  of  the  United  States  of  America  in  their  late  War  with 
the  King  of  Great  Britain  has  exhibited  his  disinterested  Attachment  to 
the  Liberties  of  Mankind  in  a very  illustrious  and  disinterested  manner — 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Marquis  De  La  Fay- 
ette, and  his  Son  George  Washington  Esqr  be  and  they  are  hereby 
declared  free  Citizens  of  this  State  to  all  Intents  constructions  and  pur- 
poses whatsoever.  And  the  Secretary  of  the  State  is  hereby  Ordered  to 
present  a Copy  of  this  Resolve  under  the  Seal  of  this  State  to  the 
Marquis  De  La  Fayette  and  request  his  acceptance  thereof. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Richard  Wait  Junr  Esqr  Lieutenant 
Colonel  of  the  3d  Regiment  of  Militia  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Richard  Deshon  Esqr  Major  of  the  third 
Regiment  of  Militia  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Majr  Miles  Beach  to  be  Lieutenant  Colonel 
of  the  17th  Regiment  in  the  sixth  Brigade  of  Militia  in  this  State  in  the 
room  of  Lieu1  Col0  John  Strong  resigned. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Cap1  Abner  Willson  to  be  Major  of  the 
17th  Regiment  of  Militia  in  this  State  in  the  room  of  Majr  Miles  Beach 
promoted. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Elihu  Marvin  Major  of  the  20th  Regiment. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Azariah  Hyde  to  be  Captain  of  the 
seventh  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Amos  Armstrong  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  seventh  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Crawford  to  be  Lieutenant  of  a 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abel  Johnson  to  be  Captain  of  the  third 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elisha  Johnson  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathaniel  Fenton  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 


Acts  and  Laws  of  Connecticut  (1784),  p.  27. 


440  public  records  October, 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonathan  Bullolph  to  be  Captain  of  the 
11th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benajah  Holcomb  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
11th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Noah  Cooley  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
11th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  18th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Hickcox  to  be  Captain  of  the  sixth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Noyes  Wadsworth  Junr  to  be 
Lieutenant  of  the  sixth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in 
this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Simeon  Coe  to  be  Ensign  of  the  sixth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Seth  Miller  to  be  Ensign  of  the  eighth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Nathaniel  Cogswell  to  be  Captain  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Delano  Pierce  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21Bt  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ward  Woodward  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Armstrong  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Enoch  Pierson  to  be  Captain  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Isaiah  Everit  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Sluman  Abel  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  14th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Johnson  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jabez  Parson  to  be  Captain  of  the 
eighth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Baldwin  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
fourth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Zephaniah  Pratt  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
fourth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  7th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Peleg  Williams  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Avery  Morgan  to  be  Ensign  of 
the  12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  8th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joshua  Perkins  to  be  Capt  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Henry  Farnham  Junr  to  be  Lieuten1  of 
the  10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Levi  Perkins  to  be  Ensign  of  the  10th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


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441 


This  Assembly  do  establish  Simeon  Goodell  to  be  Lieut  of  the 
11th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ira  Green  to  be  Ensign  of  the  11th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Parmely  to  be  Captain  of  the 
seventh  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  7th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abraham  Pierson  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  7th  Company  or  T rainband  in  the  7th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Griswold  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
7th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  7th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Lewiss  Kilborn  to  be  Ensign  of  the  1st 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joel  Dunbar  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Asa  Darrow  to  be  Ensign  of  the  third 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Jonah  Root  to  be  Ensign  of  the  sixth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Hobart  McCall  to  be  Ensign  of  the  10th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Seth  Doolittle  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
fifth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Clement  Bishop  to  be  Captain  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  third  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Bishop  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
ninth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  third  Regiment  in  sd  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joshua  Douglas  to  be  Ensign  of  the  9th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  third  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Lucius  Tuttle  to  be  Captain  of  the  4th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Andrew  Hull  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Benham  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thomas  Langsell  Thomas  to  be  Lieu1 
Fire  Worker  of  a Matross  Company  in  the  20th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Stephen  Hall  Junr  to  be  Quarter  Master 
of  the  4th  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  4th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Theodore  Parmely  Captain  of  the  4th 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  5th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Levy  Stone  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  \ 
fourth  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  5th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Benjamin  Hanks  to  be  Cornet  of  the 
fourth  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  5th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 


442 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


October, 


This  Assembly  do  establish  Josiah  Butler  to  be  Quarter  Master  of 
the  fourth  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  5th  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Zachariah  Lewis  to  be  Captain  of  the 
first  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  third  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Judson  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
first  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  third  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Isaac  Wells  to  be  Cornet  of  the  first 
Troop  of  Horse  in  the  third  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Curtiss  Tomlinson  to  be  Quarter  Mas- 
ter of  the  first  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  third  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in 
this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Mason  Hobart  to  be  Captain  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Russell  2d  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
second  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Penuel  Child  to  be  Ensign  of  a Company 
or  Trainband  in  the  22d  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Timothy  Pratt  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  7tn  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Giles  Blague  to  be  Ensign  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  7th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abraham  Gridley  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Stephen  Cole  to  be  Ensign  of  the  third 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  15th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish,  Isaac  Miles  to  be  Ensign  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  17th  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Stephen  Clark  to  be  Captain  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21st  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Asa  Phillips  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  218t  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Seers  Harriss  to  be  Ensign  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  21st  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Solomon  Dunham  to  be  Captain  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  sixth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Beckley  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  6th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Kelcey  to  be  Ensign  of  the  8th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  6th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elnathan  Gregory  to  be  Captain  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Daniel  Hoyt  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Amos  Hoyt  to  be  Ensign  of  the  first 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  said  State. 


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This  Assembly  do  establish,  Justus  Barnum  to  be  Captain  of  the 
4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Burr  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  15th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Ephraim  French  to  be  Ensign  of  the  15th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Abraham  Granger  Jr  to  be  Captain  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  1st  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Thaddeus  King  to  be  Lieutent  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  1st  Regiment  in  said  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Stephen  Remington  Jr  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
12th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  1st  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Epaphroditus  Champion  to  be  Captain  of 
the  first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Gamaliel  Tracy  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
first  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Robert  McCune  to  be  Ensign  of  the  4th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  29th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elijah  House  to  be  Captain  of  the  7th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  12th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Chapman  to  be  Captain  of 
the  third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Asahel  Brainerd  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Aner  Bradley  to  be  Captain  of  the  4th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  26th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Buckingham  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
4th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  26th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Lemmy  Thrall  to  be  Captain  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Oliver  King  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Alexander  McLean  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  19th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Andrew  Hill  to  be  Captain  of  the 
16th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Simeon  Munger  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
16th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Jarviss  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
16th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Samuel  Merriam  to  be  Captain  of  the 
eighth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Oliver  Bradley  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Lemuel  Bradley  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
8th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  10th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  James  Benham  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
9th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  25th  Regiment  in  this  State. 


444  public  records  October, 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Elijah  Starr  to  be  Captain  of  the  10th 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Levi  Bostwick  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Henry  Nearing  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
10th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  16th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Isaac  Bartholomew  to  be  Quarter  Master 
of  the  4th  Troop  of  Horse  in  the  first  Regiment  of  Light  Horse  in  this 
State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  David  Buckingham  to  be  Lieutenant 
of  the  fourth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Theophilus  Ransom  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
fourth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  27th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  William  Pierce  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Roland  Leavins  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
third  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  11th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Joab  Griswold  to  be  Captain  of  the  eighth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  first  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Nathaniel  Griswold  to  be  Lieutenant  of 
the  eighth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  first  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Peter  Sanford  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the 
ninth  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  fourth  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  John  Daviss  to  be  Ensign  of  the  ninth 
Company  or  Trainband  in  the  4th  Regiment  in  this  State. 

This  Assembly  do  establish  Joseph  Doolittle  to  be  Ensign  of  the 
5th  Company  or  Trainband  in  the  23d  Regiment  in  sd  State. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  William  Samuel  Johnson  Esqr  a Delegate 
to  Represent  this  State  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  for  the 
Term  of  one  Year  from  the  first  Monday  of  Novembr  1784  in  the 
Room  of  Charles  Church  Chandler  Esqr  resigned. 

Whereas  the  General  Assembly  of  this  State  held  by  Adjournment 
at  New  Haven  on  the  8th  Day  of  January  last  passed  an  Act  Entituled 
an  Act  Impowering  the  Delegates  of  this  State  to  make  a Cession  of 
unlocated  Lands  in  the  Western  part  of  the  State  to  the  United  States 
for  their  common  benefit,*  and  in  and  by  said  Act  Authorized  Roger 
Sherman  and  James  Wadsworth  Esq”  in  the  name  and  behalf  of  this 
State  to  make  and  execute  under  their  Hands  and  Seals  an  ample  Deed 
of  release  and  Cession  of  Territory  and  land  belonging  to  and  claimed 
by  this  State  described  in  said  Act, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Delegates  of  this  State  in  the 
Congress  of  the  United  States  for  the  Time  being  or  any  two  of  them 
shall  have  full  Power  and  Authority  and  they  are  hereby  Authorized 
and  Impowered  in  the  Name  and  behalf  of  this  State  to  make  execute 


* See  above,  pp.  277-8. 


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and  deliver  to  the  United  States  in  Congress  Assembled  a Deed  of 
Release  and  Cession  of  the  Territory  Described  in  said  Act  and  ordered 
to  be  ceeded  to  the  United  States  by  said  Act  in  manner  and  form  therein 
mentioned. 

This  Assembly  do  approve  of  the  Measures  taken  by  His  Excellency 
the  Governor  in  Compliance  with  the  requisition  of  Congress  of  the 
third  of  June  last  for  furnishing  one  hundred  and  sixty  five  NonCom- 
mission  Officers  and  Privates  with  proper  Commission  Officers  from  the 
Militia  in  this  State  to  take  Possession  of  the  Posts  on  the  Western 
Frontiers  of  the  United  States  &c.  And  Major  Wylllys  appointed 
by  His  Excellency  to  command  said  Men  is  hereby  Ordered  to  compleat 
the  Inlistment  if  not  already  done  on  the  encouragement  Given  by  the 
United  States  in  Congress  and  make  return  thereof  to  this  Assembly 
as  soon  as  possible. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  His  Excellency  the  Governor  be 
and  he  is  hereby  requested  and  Impowered  to  proceed  in  forwarding  the 
raising  the  Troops  to  be  raised  in  pursuance  of  the  requisition  of  Con- 
gress of  the  third  of  June  last  to  Nominate  appoint  and  Commissionate 
the  Officers  requisite  for  that  purpose  and  to  fill  up  such  Vacancies  as 
have  or  may  happen  in  the  Line  of  Officers  appointed  in  said  Service 
and  to  do  every  needfull  and  requisite  for  the  furtherance  of  said 
Service. 

Whereas  by  Means  of  the  Inaccuracy  attending  several  of  the 
Returns  of  the  Lists  to  this  Assembly,  and  a total  neglect  on  the  part 
of  some  Towns  of  returning  their  Lists  it  is  found  expedient  to  refer 
the  further  Consideration  of  the  Subject  to  the  next  Meeting  of  the 
General  Assembly. 

Therefore  Resolved  that  the  several  Towns  in  this  State  who  have 
not  hitherto  returned  their  Lists  or  have  returned  them  without  specify- 
ing therein  the  number  of  Houses  in  such  respective  Towns  or  without 
enumerating  the  Names  and  occupations  of  the  several  Persons  liable 
by  Law  to  Assesments,  or  are  in  any  other  respect  defective,  be  and  they 
are  hereby  directed  and  enjoined  to  return  their  respective  Lists  to  the 
next  Meeting  of  the  General  Assembly  according  to  the  directions  of 
the  Law  in  such  Case  Provided  upon  Penalty  of  incurring  such  Doom 
as  the  said  Assembly  shall  inflict.  And  the  Secretary  is  directed  to 
Cause  this  Resolve  to  be  published  in  the  several  News  Papers  in  this 
State. 

Whereas  it  appears  to  this  Assembly  in  the  revision  of  the  Militia 
Laws  of  this  State  there  is  a derangement  of  the  25th  26th  & 27th 
Regiments* — 

* T1?  difficulty  appears  to  have  arisen  from  the  fact  that  in  the  militia  act  of  May,  1782. 
the  militia  of  Westmoreland  (now  lost  to  Pennsylvania)  were  designated  as  the  Twenty-Fourth 
Regiment.  Conn.  State  Rees.,  IV,  140. 


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Therefore  Resolved  that  all  Officers  holding  Commissions  dated 
before  the  first  of  July  1784  in  the  26th  Regiment  shall  take  rank  in 
the  25th  Regiment,  all  Officers  holding  Commissions  in  the  27th  Regi- 
ment shall  take  Rank  in  the  26th  and  all  Officers  holding  Commissions  in 
the  28th  Regiment  shall  take  rank  in  the  27th  Regiment,  and  the  said 
Commissions  shall  be  as  effectual  as  though  no  such  derangement  had 
ever  taken  Place.  And  it  shall  be  the  Duty  of  the  Secretary  to  trans- 
mit a Copy  of  this  Resolve  to  the  Commanders  of  the  aforesaid  Regi- 
ments whose  Duty  it  shall  be  to  transmit  a Copy  of  the  Same  to  the 
Commanders  of  the  several  Companies,  and  all  Persons  concerned  are 
to  govern  themselves  accordingly. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Thomas  Seymour  and  Dyar  Throop 
Esqrs  to  be  Justices  of  Quorum  in  and  for  the  County  of  Hartford 
untill  the  first  Day  of  June  next. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Samuel  Shipman  and  William  Lynde 
both  of  Saybrook  in  the  County  of  New  London  to  be  Justices  of  Peace 
in  and  for  said  County — untill  the  first  Day  of  June  next. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly , That  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  and 
he  is  hereby  directed  to  furnish  the  Civil  Authority  and  Select  Men  of 
the  several  Towns  in  this  State  with  an  exact  State  of  his  Accounts  with 
each  Collector  of  State  Taxes  of  the  respective  Towns  in  this  State 
by  the  first  Day  of  Decembr  next,  who  shall  immediately  after  their 
receiving  such  Accounts  notify  by  proper  Warrant  or  otherwise  each 
Collector  of  such  State  Taxes  of  their  respective  Towns  to  appear  before 
them  at  such  Time  and  Place  as  shall  be  specified  and  appointed  and  to 
bring  with  him  his  Rate  Bills  in  Order  to  be  examined  by  such  Civil 
Authority  and  Select  Men  and  each  Collector  that  appears  before  them, 
shall  exhibit  his  said  Rate  Bill  and  shall  answer  all  such  Interrogatories 
as  shall  by  such  Civil  Authority  and  Select  Men  be  put  to  him  respecting 
his  Rate  Bills  and  relative  to  his  Business  as  Collector,  And  the  said 
Civil  Authority  and  Select  Men  shall  also  have  Power  to  convene  before 
them  or  otherwise  inquire  into  the  Circumstances  of  any  Person  from 
whom  by  the  examination  of  the  Rate  Bills  and  of  the  Collectors  it 
shall  appear  that  there  [are]  any  Rates  due  and  thereupon  make  out 
a List  of  the  Names  of  such  Person  or  Persons  in  their  respective  Towns 
which  have  or  shall  be  abated  their  Rates,  with  the  Sums  annexed 
thereto,  and  for  which  said  Towns  are  or  shall  be  Accountable  and  Cer- 
tify the  same  to  said  Collector  under  the  Hand  of  such  Civil  Authority 
and  Select  Men. 

And  it  is  further  Resolved  that  every  Collector  of  State  Taxes  who 
shall  Settle  and  pay  to  said  Treasurer  the  Taxes  now  due  upon  the  sev- 
eral Bills  in  his  Hands  by  the  first  Day  of  May  next  shall  not  be 
Liable  or  accountable  for  the  Interest  thereon,  between  the  first  Day  of 
Decembr  next,  and  said  first  Day  of  May  next  any  Law  Usage  or  Cus- 


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tom  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  And  the  Secretary  is  hereby 
directed  to  publish  this  Resolve  in  the  several  News  Papers  in  this  State. 

Whereas  the  Taxes  Granted  by  this  Assembly  in  May  last  so  far  as 
the  same  respect  the  Towns  of  Hartford  and  East  Hartford  are  laid 
upon  their  List  before  a division  of  said  Town  of  Hartford  took  Place,* 
which  prevents  the  Collection  of  the  Taxes  on  the  Inhabitants  of  said 
Town  of  East  Hartford  for  remedy  whereof, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of  East 
Hartford  do  and  they  are  hereby  Impowered  and  directed  forthwith  to 
Choose  and  appoint  one  or  more  Constables  or  Collectors  to  Collect  the 
sd  Taxes  laid  upon  the  Inhabitants  of  said  East  Hartford  arising  on 
their  Lists  of  that  Year  whereon  said  Taxes  are  laid,  and  to  make  out 
and  deliver  a Rate  Bill  or  Rate  Bills  to  said  Collector  or  Collectors  who 
shall  be  Liable  and  accountable  in  the  same  manner  as  other  Constables 
and  Collectors  of  State  Taxes  by  Law  are  and  said  Town  of  East 
Hartford  shall  also  be  accountable  for  said  Taxes  and  answerable  for 
said  Collectors  as  other  Towns  in  this  State  by  Law  are,  and  said  Select 
Men  shall  Certify  the  Treasurer  of  the  Choice  or  appointment  of  such 
Collector  or  Collectors  and  the  Treasurer  shall  direct  his  Warrant  to 
said  Collector  or  Collectors  for  the  Collecting  the  aforesaid  Taxes  of  said 
Inhabitants  accordingly. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  several  Naval  Officers  in  this 
State  be  and  they  are  hereby  directed  to  make  Report  to  this  Assembly 
of  the  several  Sums  by  them  respectively  Collected  on  the  State  Impost 
either  in  Money  Certificates  or  Obligations,  and  also  of  the  amount  of  all 
Monies  received  and  Securities  taken  on  account  of  the  two  pence  per 
Gallon  Duty  on  the  Importation  of  Rum,  by  the  28th  Day  of  October 
ins1,  and  the  Secretary  is  hereby  directed  forthwith  to  transmit  a Copy 
of  this  Resolve  to  the  several  Naval  Officers  in  this  State. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  the  Pay  Table  be 
and  they  are  hereby  directed  to  allow  and  pass  to  the  Credit  of  Jabez 
Perkins  Esqr  Account  the  Sum  of  Seventy  seven  Pounds  ten  shillings 
by  him  supplied  to  Mr  Guy  Richards  Commissary  at  the  Port  of  New 
London  in  Decembr  last  for  which  said  Perkins  had  not  any  express 
Order,  And  that  Commissary  Richards  receipt  therefor  shall  be  a suf- 
ficient Voucher  to  the  Pay  Table  for  allowing  the  Same. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  Committee  appointed  to  receive 
and  make  up  the  Lists  of  the  several  Towns  as  returned  to  this  Assembly 
be  and  they  are  hereby  Authorized  and  directed  to  reduct  the  Sums 
raised  by  the  Swine  out  of  the  List  of  the  Several  Towns  and  make  up 
the  Grand  List  accordingly,  And  the  Listers  of  the  Several  Towns  in 

* The  separation  of  East  Hartford  from  Hartford  was  authorized  by  the  Assembly  at  its 
session  in  October,  1783.  See  above,  p.  221. 


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this  State  are  also  hereby  Authorized  and  directed  to  Reduct  the  Sums 
raised  by  the  Swine  on  the  Lists  of  the  several  Individuals  in  their 
respective  Towns,  and  make  up  their  Lists  accordingly  any  Law  Usage 
or  Custom  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  And  the  Secretary  is  hereby 
directed  to  cause  this  Resolve  to  be  published  in  the  Several  News 
Papers  in  this  State. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  Mr  Oliver  Wolcott  of  Hartford  be 
and  he  is  hereby  Authorized  and  appointed  to  liquidate  and  Settle  all 
Accounts  which  yet  remains  unsettled  between  this  State  & Samuel  Eliott 
Esqr  late  of  Boston  Deceasd  and  to  receive  such  Ballance  as  may  be 
due  to  this  State  in  the  Premisses  and  to  do  and  transact  whatever  may 
be  necessary  for  the  above  purpose  and  Report  make. 

Whereas  it  is  Represented  that  the  Naval  Officers  and  Collectors  of 
Imposts  and  Duties  within  this  State  suppose  it  to  be  warrantable  by 
Law  for  them  to  exact  a Duty  upon  old  Copper  and  old  Scrap  & Junk 
Iron  so  called  brot1  in  to  this  State  from  any  of  the  United  States  under 
the  Idea  of  its  not  appearing  to  be  the  Manafacture  of  any  of  said 
States  which  was  not  intended, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Naval  Officers  and  Collectors 
shall  not  exact  any  Impost  or  Duty  upon  Old  Copper  and  old  Scrap  and 
Junk  Iron  Imported  into  this  State  from  any  of  the  United  States,  any 
Law  Usage  or  Custom  to  the  Contrary  notwithstanding. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  four  of  the  Cannon  at  Fort  Gris- 
wold in  Groton  be  kept  mounted  on  Carriages  and  fit  for  Use  in  one  of 
the  Batteries  in  Groton,  and  that  the  other  Cannon  Shott  Shells  and 
Implements  of  every  kind  belonging  to  Cannon  and  the  Powder  belong- 
ing to  this  State  in  New  London  and  Groton  be  secured  in  Fort  Gris- 
wold and  there  safely  kept  under  the  Care  of  such  Officers  as  this 
Assembly  or  the  Cap1  General  shall  appoint.  And  that  three  Cannon 
with  their  Carriages  and  Apparatus  be  continued  at  Hartford  in  the 
Care  of  the  commanding  Officer  of  the  Matross  Company  in  that  City 
for  the  Time  being,  That  three  Cannon  with  their  Carriages  and  Appara- 
tus be  continued  at  New  Haven  under  the  Care  of  the  Commanding 
Officer  of  the  Governors  Guards  in  that  City,  And  that  one  Cannon  with 
its  Carriage  and  Apparatus  be  left  in  the  Care  of  the  Commanding 
Officer  of  each  Matross  Company  in  this  State  for  the  Time  being,  And 
that  the  Quarter  Master  General  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  forthwith 
to  Cause  all  the  other  Cannon  Carriages  Shot  Shells  Muskets  Bayonets 
Cartouch  Boxes  Powder  Ball  Lead  Salt  Petre,  and  all  Irons  and  valuable 
Parts  of  Damaged  Carriages  to  be  secured  and  safely  kept  and  make  a 
true  return  thereof  together  with  an  Account  of  the  Gates  and  Platform 
at  Fort  Griswold  and  of  all  Buildings  the  Property  of  this  State  erected 
for  Stores  or  other  Purposes  of  the  late  War  to  his  Excellency  the  Gov- 
ernor to  be  laid  before  the  next  Assembly,  And  the  said  Quarter  Master 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


449 


General  is  hereby  Impowered  and  directed  as  Agent  for  and  in  behalf 
of  this  State  to  sue  and  Prosecute  to  final  Judgment  all  Persons  who 
have  or  shall  have  by  any  Way  or  means  gotten  any  of  the  aforesaid 
Property  of  this  State  into  their  Possession  and  shall  not  deliver  the 
Same  to  said  Quarter  Master  or  his  Order  on  Demand,  And  all  Persons 
who  have  disposed  of  any  of  the  aforesaid  Articles  belonging  to  this 
State  and  have  not  accounted  therefor,  are  hereby  directed  to  account 
for  the  same  to  said  Quarter  Master  General  as  Agent  to  this  State  for 
that  purpose  and  who  shall  be  accountable  to  this  State  for  his  Doings  in 
the  Business  aforesaid  and  shall  be  allowed  a reasonable  reward  for  his 
Time  and  expences  in  said  Services. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly , That  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  pay  to  the  Honb1  William  Sam1  Johnson  Esqr  one  of  the 
Delegates  of  this  State  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  the  Sum  of 
two  Hundred  Pounds  lawfull  Money  for  his  Expences  &c  in  attending 
Congress  he  to  be  accountable. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  Pay  to  the  Honble  Joseph  Platt  Cook  Esqr  one  of  the  Dele- 
gates of  this  State  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  the  Sum  of  two 
hundred  Pounds  lawfull  Money  for  his  expence  &c  in  attending  Con- 
gress he  to  be  accountable. 

On  the  Report  of  a Committee  appointed  by  this  Assembly  in  May 
last  and  this  Assembly  to  enquire  into  the  Circumstances  of  the  Suf- 
ferers at  New  Haven  by  the  Enemy  on  the  5th  of  July  1779  and  Report 
what  further  Abatements  if  any,  ought  to  be  made  on  the  Taxes  of 
said  Sufferers*  which  Report  is  accepted  and  lodged  on  File  — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly , That  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby 
Authorized  and  directed  to  allow  as  abated  by  said  Committee  of  the 
List  of  the  Poles  and  rateable  Estate  of  the  said  Town  of  New  Haven  for 
the  1781  the  Sum  of  £819  0 0 of  the  List  of  the  Poles  and  rateable 
Estate  of  said  Town  for  the  Year  1782,  the  Sum  of  £843,  And  in  the 
List  of  the  Poles  and  Rateable  Estate  of  said  Town  for  the  Year  1783 
the  Sum  of  £747  And  the  Select  Men  of  said  Town  are  directed  to 
apply  the  Same  to  the  Credit  of  said  Several  Sufferers  according  to 
the  Sums  they  are  respectively  Abated  in  said  Report. 

On  the  Report  of  a Committee  appointed  by  this  Assembly  in  May 
last  to  enquire  into  the  Circumstances  of  the  Sufferers  at  New  London 
and  Groton  by  the  Enemy  in  Septembr  1781,  and  Report  what  further 
Abatements  ought  to  be  made  of  their  Taxes  &c  which  Report  is 
accepted  and  on  Filef — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  hereby  is 


* See  above,  p.  374. 
t See  above,  p.  379. 


450 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


October, 


Authorized  and  directed  on  settlement  of  the  Taxes  with  said  Town  of 
Groton  to  allow  to  them  as  abated  by  said  Committee  the  following  Sums 
on  the  following  Taxes  viz  on  the  penny  Tax  payable  in  March  1783  the 
Sum  of  £8  1 9 on  the  2d  Tax  payable  in  March  1783  the  Sum  of  £ 16  9 9 
on  the  shilling  Tax  payable  in  April  1783  the  Sum  of  £34  8 10  on  the 
two  penny  Tax  payable  in  August  1783  the  Sum  of  £16  12  9,  on  the 
6d  Tax  payable  in  December  1783  the  Sum  of  £47  2 9 on  the  7d  Tax 
Payable  in  State  Bills  in  January  1784  the  Sum  of  £32  19  2 and  on  the 
8d  Tax  payable  in  March  1784  the  Sum  of  £45  4 2. 

On  the  Report  of  a Committee  appointed  by  this  Assembly  in 
May  last  to  enquire  into  the  Circumstances  of  the  Sufferers  at  New 
London  and  Groton  by  the  Enemy  in  Septembr  1781,  and  Report 
what  further  Abatements  if  any  ought  to  be  made  in  the  Taxes  of  said 
Sufferers  which  Report  is  accepted  and  lodged  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  hereby  is 
Authorized  and  directed  to  allow  as  abated  by  said  Committee  to  the 
Town  of  New  London  the  following  Sums  on  the  following  Taxes  viz 
on  the  ld  Tax  payable  in  March  1783,  the  Sum  of  £7  11  9^4  on  the  2d 
Tax  payable  at  the  Same  Time  the  Sum  of  £15  5 0^4  on  the  12d 
Tax  payable  in  April  1783  the  Sum  of  £33  0 4 y2  on  the  2d  Tax  payable 
in  August  1783  the  Sum  of  £14  0 2*4  on  the  6d  Tax  payable  in 
Decembr  1783  the  Sum  of  £48  16  7 *4  on  the  7d  Tax  State  Bills  payable 
the  first  January  1784  the  Sum  of  £25  5 3 and  on  the  8d  Tax  payable 
in  March  1784  the  Sum  of  £48  1 6. 

Whereas  there  are  several  Dwelling  Houses  and  some  Lands  lying 
in  the  Town  of  Branford  a part  of  which  have  been  confiscated  to  this 
State  as  the  Estate  of  William  Bayard  and  others  and  the  residue 
belongs  to  sundry  Merchants  in  Europe  New  York  &c  the  proportion 
of  which  cannot  now  be  known  and  sundry  Persons  have  entered  into 
the  possession  of  said  Houses  and  Lands  without  paying  any  Rent  for 
the  Same  or  keping  the  same  in  repair  by  means  of  which  said  Buildings 
are  now  much  out  of  repair  and  some  become  absolutely  ruinous — 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Judge  of  the  Court 
of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Guilford  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to 
give  the  necessary  Orders  for  the  Leasing  out  of  said  Lands  and  Build- 
ings and  also  for  making  necessary  repairs  to  the  same  out  of  the  Rents 
thereof  or  otherwise  according  to  his  best  discretion. 

Whereas  the  General  Assembly  in  May  1781,  appointed  John  Peck 
Esqr  to  purchase  Horses  for  this  State  and  directed  the  Treasurer  to 
Issue  Blank  Notes  to  said  Peck  for  that  purpose  restricting  said  Peck 
not  to  give  more  than  thirty  Pounds  for  any  one  Horse,*  That  said 
Peck  purchased  two  Horses  of  one  Man  in  two  Instances  at  the  Price 
of  £30  each,  and  included  the  price  of  both  Horses  in  one  Note  which 

* See  Conn.  State  Rees.,  Ill,  381-382. 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


451 


made  two  Notes  of  £60  each  the  Interest  of  which  the  Treasurer 
thinks  himself  unauthorized  to  pay — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  said  Notes  being  produced  to 
the  Treasurer  with  a Certificate  thereon  from  said  Peck  and  the  Com- 
mittee of  Pay  Table  that  they  include  the  Purchase  Money  of  two 
Horses,  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  put  them 
upon  the  Same  footing  with  the  Notes  Issued  for  the  same  purpose  for 
£30  or  under. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  List  of  Assesments  for  the  Year 
1783  now  returned  by  the  Listers  for  the  Town  of  Litchfield  pursuant 
to  Order  from  this  Assembly  in  May  last  be  by  the  Secretary  received 
and  the  amount  thereof  being  £1037  10  0 exclusive  of  the  Assesment 
of  Isaac  Baldwin  Clerk  of  Litchfield  County  Court  Certified  to  the 
Treasurer  who  is  directed  to  conform  himself  thereto  in  Issuing  his 
Warrants  for  the  Collecting  of  Taxes  Levied  on  the  List  for  the  Year 
1783,  and  that  the  Town  of  Litchfield  be  and  hereby  are  released 
from  the  Doom  layed  upon  them  by  this  Assembly  in  January  last.* 

Provided  nevertheless  that  the  several  Persons  named  in  said  List 
have  Liberty  to  apply  to  the  Civil  Authority  and  Select  Men  in  said 
Litchfield  for  Abatement  of  their  Assesments  at  any  Time  within  six 
Months  from  the  rising  of  this  Assembly,  And  the  said  Civil  Authority 
and  Select  Men  are  hereby  Authorized  and  Impowered  to  hear  and 
consider  the  Same  and  Grant  Releif  in  the  same  manner  as  is  by  Law 
Provided  any  Lapse  of  Time  on  this  Resolve  notwithstanding. 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Samuel  C Syllyman  be  and  he  is 
hereby  appointed  one  of  the  Committee  for  making  Abatement  of  Taxes 
to  the  Sufferers  in  the  Town  of  New  Haven  in  the  room  of  Gideon 
Buckingham  Esqr  appointed  by  the  General  Assembly  in  May  last. 

Whereas  the  Secretary  of  this  State  has  in  pursuance  of  the  Resolve 
of  this  Assembly  of  May  last  procured  a Seal  as  therein  directedf 
which  is  approved  of  by  this  Assembly, 

Wherefore  Resolved  that  the  said  Seal  be  lodged  with  the  Secretary 
and  shall  be  by  him  used  as  the  Seal  of  this  State  as  the  Law  directs. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Cap1  Ephraim  Lyon  Surveyor  of  Lands 
within  and  for  the  County  of  Windham. 

This  Assembly  do  appoint  Robert  Lawson  Surveyor  of  Lands  within 
and  for  the  County  of  Windham. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Talmage  Hall  and  Jacob  Brown  Shewing 
that  they  have  at  great  expence  furnished  themselves  with  Stage  Wag- 


* See  above,  p.  283. 
t See  above,  p.  374. 


452 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


October, 


gons  & Horses  for  carrying  Travellers  with  their  Baggage  and  Effects 
from  the  City  of  Hartford  to  Byram  River  Praying  for  an  exclusive 
Right  to  carry  passengers  &c  as  per  Memorial  &c 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialists  shall  have  and 
Licence  is  hereby  Granted  to  them  to  erect  set  up  and  drive  all  necessary 
Stage  Waggons  or  Carriages  and  to  carry  Travellers  therein  with 
their  Baggage  and  Effects  from  the  City  of  Hartford  to  Byram  River 
in  this  State  during  the  Pleasure  of  this  Assembly  and  that  in  the  mean 
Time  no  other  Person  or  Persons  whatsoever  shall  presume  to  erect  set 
up  or  drive  any  Stage  Waggon  Waggons  or  other  Carriage  for  any  of 
the  Purposes  aforesaid  on  the  Same  Roads  without  the  special  Licence 
of  this  Assembly  upon  pain  of  forfeiting  all  such  Waggon  Waggons 
or  Carriage  and  the  Horse  or  Horses  used  therein  or  double  the  value 
thereof  to  any  one  who  shall  sue  for  or  recover  the  Same. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Jonathan  Coe  of  Greenwich  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly,  That  his  Father  at  his  Death  left  an  Estate  in  Lands  in  Green- 
wich Intestate,  and  that  he  left  five  Children  to  whom  said  Land 
descended,  that  the  eldest  Son  Andrew  Coe  sold  the  whole  of  said 
Land  which  by  sundry  mein  Conveyances  came  to  Joseph  Galpin  whose 
Estate  was  confiscated  in  the  late  War  and  by  this  State  Sold  to  Samuel 
Holden  Parsons  including  the  Lands  descended  to  the  Heirs  of  his 
Father  and  Sold  by  his  Brother  Andrew  and  that  no  compensation  has 
been  made  to  the  Heirs  of  his  said  Father  &c,  and  that  he  is  willing  to 
quiet  the  Title  of  said  Parsons,  upon  receiving  such  compensation  as 
this  Assembly  shall  find  Just  as  per  Memorial  on  File.  On  which 
Memorial  Jonathan  Sturges  John  Canfield  & Jedidiah  Elderkin  Esq” 
were  appointed  a Committee  to  enquire  into  the  Matters  alledged  in  this 
Memorial  and  Report  to  this  Assembly  who  have  Reported,  That  John 
Coe  died  intestate  and  Seized  in  fee  of  thirty  three  Acres  of  Land  in 
Greenwich  having  a Widow  and  five  Children,  that  Andrew  Coe  eldest 
Son  of  said  John  Sold  the  whole  of  said  Land  to  one  Haviland,  who 
Sold  the  same  to  Joseph  Galpin  who  forfeited  his  Estate  in  the  course 
of  the  late  War,  and  the  same  hath  been  sold  to  Samuel  Holden  Par- 
sons by  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  with  Covenant  of  Warranty,  that 
said  Parsons  and  those  under  whom  he  holds  have  been  in  possession 
of  said  Lands  about  thirty  Years,  but  Infancy  and  Coverture  in  some 
of  the  Heirs  of  said  John  hath  prevented  the  purchasers  under  said 
Andrew  acquiring  a Title  by  possession  and  that  the  Memorialist  hath 
a Right  to  one  sixth  part  of  the  thirty  three  Acres  and  that  he  ought 
to  be  paid  the  Sum  of  thirty  three  Pounds  on  his  Quieting  the  Title  to 
said  sixth  in  said  Parsons  which  Report  is  accepted 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  the  Pay  Table 
be  and  they  are  hereby  directed  to  draw  an  Order  on  the  Treasury  to 
pay  the  Memorialist  the  Sum  of  thirty  three  Pounds  out  of  any  unap- 
propriated Monies  in  the  Treasury  upon  the  Memorialists  quieting  the 
Title  of  said  Sixth  part  of  said  Lands  in  said  Parsons. 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


453 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Abigail  Belden  and  Ezekiel  Porter  Belden, 
Administrators  on  the  Estate  of  Col0  Thomas  Belden  late  of  Weathers- 
field  Deceasd,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1776  said 
Thomas  was  Lieu*  Colonel  of  a Regiment  of  Militia  in  this  State  and 
received  from  this  State  by  the  Hands  of  Ezekiel  Williams  Esqr  £500, 
Continental  Money  to  deliver  out  to  the  Troops  then  ordered  to  march 
on  a Tour  of  Duty,  and  that  he  proceeded  on  said  Business  and  delivered 
out  the  whole  of  said  Money  except  the  Sum  of  £91  4 0 which  Money 
was  soon  offered  to  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  who  would  not  receive 
said  Money  as  no  Receipt  of  said  Deceasd  was  in  their  Hands  on  any 
Account  of  said  Monies  charged  against  him  in  said  Office,  Praying 
that  said  Estate  might  be  discharged  from  any  demand  upon  the  Memo- 
rialists returning  said  Sum  to  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  &c  as  per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Liberty  be  and  it  is  hereby  Granted 
to  the  Memorialists  to  return  said  Bills  of  Credit  to  the  Committee  of 
Pay  Table  amounting  to  the  Sum  of  £91  4 0 And  the  Committee  of 
Pay  Table  are  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  receive  the  Continental 
Bills  to  the  Amount  of  said  Sum  of  £91  4 0 and  that  thereupon  the 
Estate  of  said  Deceasd  be  exonerated  and  discharged  from  any  Demand 
of  this  State  therefor. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Charles  Chauncey  Esqr  of  New  Haven  Shew- 
ing to  this  Assembly  that  Amos  Botsford  Esqr  late  of  New  Haven 
having  in  the  Course  of  the  late  War  left  his  Connections  and  Friends 
and  went  to  reside  with  the  Enemy,  and  said  Botsford  now  being 
desirous  said  Memorialist  should  take  Charge  of  the  Education  of  his 
Children  and  said  Botsfords  Estate  being  confiscated  and  Sold  sufficient 
to  pay  his  Just  Debts  and  there  being  considerable  Sums  due  to  said 
Botsford  in  this  State  which  never  have  come  to  the  knoledge  of  said 
Botsford8  Administrator  and  nobody  at  present  can  take  any  Benefit 
thereof  Praying  that  Some  Person  may  be  appointed  to  collect  said 
Botsfords  Debts  uncollected  and  apply  them  to  the  maintenance  and 
education  of  said  Botsfords  Children  as  per  Memorial 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Liberty  and  Licence  be  granted  to 
Charles  Chauncey  Esqr  and  he  is  hereby  Authorized  and  Impowered 
to  Collect  the  Debts  due  to  said  Botsford  in  this  State,  and  to  Institute 
Suits  and  proceed  to  final  Judgment  in  any  proper  Courts  and  after  the 
Just  Debts  of  said  Botsford  are  paid  and  administration  Charges  the 
remainder  of  said  Monies  said  Chauncey  apply  for  the  purposes  afore- 
said and  account  with  the  Judge  of  Probate  for  New  Haven  District 
therefor. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Mary  Mardenbrough  of  New  Port  Admin- 
istr*  on  the  Estate  of  Christopher  Mardenbrough  late  of  the  Island  of 
S*  Christopher  Deceasd  Shewing  that  her  late  Husband  the  sd  Christo- 
pher in  the  Year  1777  on  the  said  Island  advanced  for  the  Use  of  the 


454 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


October, 


War  One  Hundred  Pistoles  to  Capt  Robert  Niles  an  Agent  of  this 
State  with  expectation  of  being  speedily  repaid,  That  said  Money 
hath  never  been  returned  to  the  said  Christopher  or  any  other  in  his 
behalf  Praying  for  Relei f &c 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  and 
he  is  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  pay  to  the  Memorialist  or  his 
Attorney  the  said  one  hundred  Pistoles  or  an  equivalent  in  Silver  or 
Gold  and  the  lawfull  Interest  thereon  from  the  first  Day  of  January 
1778  until  paid,  out  of  the  first  Moneys  he  may  or  shall  receive  from 
the  Naval  Officers  in  this  State  for  Duties  or  Imposts  for  the  Use  of 
this  State. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Samuel  Broome  and  Jeremiah  Platt  both  of 
New  Haven  in  New  Haven  County  representing  to  this  Assembly 
that  since  the  late  Peace  they  removed  into  the  City  of  New  York  and 
Imported  a Quantity  of  European  Goods  into  said  New  York  soon  after 
the  arrival  of  which  Goods  they  removed  into  the  State  of  Connecticut 
and  brought  with  them  their  Goods  imported  as  aforesaid,  to  the 
amount  of  seven  or  eight  Thousand  Pounds  lawfull  Money  in  value  and 
conceiving  themselves  to  be  within  the  Generous  encouragement  to 
Merchants  in  other  States  to  come  and  reside  in  this  State  for  the 
Purposes  of  Commerce  and  that  they  ought  to  be  freed  from  any  Impost 
on  their  said  Goods  Praying  for  Releif  &c  as  per  Memorial — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Memorialists  be  discharged 
and  freed  and  they  are  hereby  discharged  and  freed  from  any  Impost  on 
their  said  Goods  Imported  as  aforesaid  and  the  naval  Officer  for  the  Port 
of  New  Haven  is  hereby  directed  to  discharge  and  Cancel  their  Bonds 
given  for  Impost  as  aforesaid  they  Praying  [.sfc]  to  said  Naval  Officer  a 
Just  Reward  for  his  transacting  the  Business  with  regard  to  said  Goods. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Eli  Reed  of  Norwalk  in  Fairfield  County  in 
behalf  of  himself  and  others  in  the  Society  of  Middlesex  in  said  Nor- 
walk who  have  been  Sufferers  by  the  Ravages  of  the  Enemy,  during 
the  late  War,  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  they  have  been  great 
Loosers  thereby  and  rendered  unable  to  pay  their  State  Taxes  Praying 
that  the  Committee  appointed  by  the  General  Assembly  in  May  last  to 
repair  to  the  Town  of  Stamford,  and  take  into  consideration  the  Losses 
and  Sufferings  of  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  of  Stamford,  may 
likewise  be  Impowered  to  take  into  consideration  the  losses  and  Suffer- 
ings of  said  Inhabitants  in  Middlesex  Society  living  in  said  Norwalk, 
and  make  such  Abatements  to  sd  sufferers  of  their  State  Taxes  as  may 
appear  Just  and  reasonable  as  per  Memorial  on  File, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  aforesaid  Committee  be  and  they 
are  hereby  Impowered  to  take  into  consideration  the  Circumstances 
Losses  & sufferings  of  said  Memorialists  at  their  Cost  and  expence  and 
make  such  Abatements  of  their  State  Taxes  in  whole  or  in  part  as  in  the 
Opinion  of  said  Committee  may  appear  Just  and  reasonable. 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


455 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Ozias  Goodwin  with  some  of  his  Creditors 
Shewing  that  he  has  been  three  Times  taken  by  the  English  in  the  late 
War  and  stripped  of  his  Property  besides  suffering  in  Prison  Ships, 
That  he  is  much  reduced  by  Losses  and  Misfortunes  is  advanced  in 
Years  and  very  infirm,  That  some  of  his  Creditors  are  relentless  towards 
him  and  threaten  to  Imprison  him  and  take  away  the  real  necessaries 
of  his  Houshold  and  to  leave  him  and  his  Family  destitute  & c Pray- 
ing for  relief  &c 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Ozias  do  give  due  notice  to 
his  said  Creditors  in  some  of  the  Public  News  Papers  in  this  State  at 
least  one  Month  before  the  Session  of  the  Assembly  to  appear  if  they  see 
Cause  before  the  General  Assembly  to  be  holden  at  Hartford  in  May 
next  and  Shew  reason  why  the  Person  of  the  Memorialist,  should  not 
be  exempted  from  Imprisonment  for  Debt  and  that  in  the  mean  Time 
the  Person  and  Property  of  the  said  Ozias  shall  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  protected  from  any  Attachment  or  Execution  for  Debt. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Reuben  Rose  and  others  Inhabitants  of  the 
Town  of  Branford  in  New  Haven  County  representing  that  at  a former 
Session  of  this  Assembly  a Committee  was  appointed  to  lay  out  and  open 
a Highway  from  New  Haven  to  Chapmans  Ferry  in  Haddam,  and  that 
some  Alterations  may  be  made  of  said  Highway  between  New  Haven 
and  North  Branford  to  render  it  more  commodious  for  the  Public  and 
avoid  some  bad  Places  &c.  Praying  for  a Committee  to  view  and  alter 
the  same  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Andrew  Adams  David  Austin  and 
Thomas  Burges  Esqrs  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Committee 
to  view  the  said  Highway  as  already  laid  out  between  the  City  of  New 
Haven  and  the  Meeting  House  in  North  Branford  and  also  to  View  the 
Place  or  Places  that  shall  be  shewn  them  by  the  Memorialists  and  any 
other  Places  that  they  may  think  proper  and  Report  their  Opinion 
whether  any  alteration  may  be  made  in  said  Highway  to  render  it  more 
convenient  for  the  Public  and  if  they  shall  Judge  it  expedient  to  make 
any  alteration  that  they  report  a particular  discription  thereof  to  this 
Assembly  in  May  next. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  David  Austin  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
in  January  1778  he  was  appointed  by  this  State  to  open  Subscriptions  for 
the  Continental  Loan  Office,  and  that  he  procured  to  the  Amount  of 
£19710  Continental  Currency  to  be  loaned  that  he  has  never  received 
any  Compensation  for  his  Services  Praying  Payment  &c  as  per  Memo- 
rial on  File  — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  draw  on  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  for  tne 
Sum  of  £4  15  10  LMoney  in  favour  of  said  David  Austin  payable  out 
of  any  unappropriated  Moneys  in  satisfaction  of  his  Services  and  Charge 
the  Same  to  the  United  States. 


456 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


October, 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Eldad  Parsons  of  Enfield  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  on  the  13th  Day  of  1782  his  dwelling  House  in  Enfield 
by  accident  took  fire  whereby  the  same  was  consumed,  together  with 
his  Household  Furniture  and  papers  among  which  was  one  order  drew 
on  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  in  favour  of  Meakens  Bement  of  Hart- 
ford for  the  Sum  of  thirty  shillings  on  the  2/6d  Tax,  and  according 
to  the  best  of  his  remembrance  said  Order  was  Signed  by  Mr  Hubbard 
of  Hartford  then  Issuing  Commissary  and  thereby  has  lost  the  whole 
benefit  of  said  Orders  and  Praying  for  relief  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be  and 
he  is  hereby  directed  to  pay  to  the  Memorialist  thirty  shillings  on  the 
2/6  Tax. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Franklin,  Ebenezer  Johnson  and  Phineas 
Pierce  all  of  Wyoming  in  behalf  of  themselves  and  others  Inhabitants 
Settlers  and  Claimers  of  a large  Tract  of  Country  situate  upon  the 
Waters  of  the  River  Susquehannah  within  the  Charter  Limits  of  this 
State — Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  by  the  Countenance  and  appro- 
bation of  the  late  Colony  now  State  of  Connecticut  they  having  the 
strongest  reason  to  believe  the  Territory  aforesaid  was  within  the  Juris- 
diction of  said  State  purchased  the  Same  of  the  Aborigines  as  Native 
Proprietors  of  the  Country  aforesaid  for  a great  and  valuable  Consider- 
ation and  obtained  from  them  a Deed  of  Bargain  and  Sale,  executed  and 
compleated,  according  to  the  usual  and  established  Customs  of  Con- 
veyance used  by  said  Natives,  of  all  the  Lands  situate  within  the  forty 
second  Degree  of  Northern  Lattitude  from  ten  Miles  East  of  the 
Easterly  Branch  of  said  River  Susquehannah,  West  one  hundred  and 
twenty  Miles,  and  thereby  acquired  a Just  and  equitable  Title  to  said 
Lands  and  for  many  Years  have  been  incorporated  under  the  full 
Exercise  of  Government  under  the  Laws  of  the  said  State  of  Connecti- 
cut untill  the  Publication  of  the  Decree  of  the  Court  of  Commissioners 
held  at  Trenton  in  the  Month  of  Novembr  1782,  when  the  State  of 
Connecticut  was  unexpectedly  deprived  of  their  Jurisdiction  over  the 
Territory  aforesaid.*  That  thereupon  the  Memorialists  by  their  Humble 
Petition  made  application  to  the  State  of  Pensylvania  to  be  owned 
and  acknoledged  as  Citizens  of  that  State,  to  have  the  Title  to  their 
Houses  Lands  &c  confirmed  to  them  and  to  enjoy  the  Protection  of  the 
Laws  and  Government  of  said  State,  That  they  were  repeatedly  flattered 
with  Expectations  favourable  and  benign,  but  are  at  last  totally  disap- 
pointed in  their  Just  expectations  and  are  now  fully  convinced  the  appar- 
ent favourable  dispositions  of  Government  towards  them  has  been 
improved  by  their  opponents  to  contrary  purposes  and  turned  wholly 
to  their  disadvantage,  whereby  they  have  been  deprived  of  their  Houses 
Lands  and  other  Property  even  their  necessary  Food,  That  they  have 
been  twice  disarmed  and  are  now  driven  with  their  helpless  Families 
into  the  Wilderness  in  this  inclement  Season  without  Cover  Cloathing  or 


* See  above,  p.  11  n. 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


457 


Sustenance,  and  now  address  themselves  to  the  Justice  and  humanity  of 
this  State  Imploring  for  Heavens  sake  their  Protection  Assistance  and 
Aid  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  it  is  expedient  for  the  Memorialists  to 
pursue  their  application  to  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  for  a 
Tryal  of  their  Right  of  Soil  and  possession  agreeable  to  the  ninth  of 
the  Articles  of  Confederation,  And  that  this  State  will  countenance  and 
Patronize  them  in  such  Application  and  Tryal  in  order  to  obtain  for  them 
that  Justice  this  State  apprehends  the  Memorialists  are  entituled  to, 
And  the  Delegates  from  this  State  in  Congress  are  directed  to  give  them 
all  necessary  Assistance  in  the  Premisses,  And  his  Excellency  the  Gov- 
ernor is  requested  to  address  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  on  the 
Subject  of  their  Situation  and  sufferings,  and  Also  address  a full  State 
of  their  Claim  &c  to  the  State  of  Pensylvania,  remonstrating  against 
the  Barbarities  and  Cruelties  exercised  towards  the  Memorialists,  and 
request  a redress  of  their  Grevances  and  a restoration  of  their  Rights 
properties  & Possessions  under  the  protection  of  the  Laws  and  Govern- 
ment of  said  State  of  Pensylvania. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Michael  Todd  of  New  Haven  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1781  he  had  in  his  Care  a Schooner  the 
Property  of  John  and  James  Davenport  to  be  disposed  of,  and  in 
October  in  the  Year  last  aforesaid  being  applied  to  by  Abel  Burrit 
of  New  Haven  Barrack  Master  for  the  Militia  then  stationed  there  to 
permit  said  Schooner  to  go  after  a Load  of  Wood  for  the  Use  of  said 
Troops  as  far  as  Branford,  and  that  the  Memorialist  consented  on  Con- 
dition that  said  Schooner  should  be  Guarded  by  Troops  sufficient  to 
defend  her  from  the  Enemy  and  that  twenty  Men  from  Col0  Arnold8 
Command  were  in  Consequence  thereof  put  on  Board  said  Schooner, 
and  that  he  proceeded  to  said  Branford  and  while  there  was  boarded  by 
the  Enemy8  Boat  and  taken  and  Carried  to  Long  Island  and  entirely 
lost  in  consequence  of  the  negligence  of  said  Men  on  Board.  Praying 
for  a Committee  &c  to  examine  into  the  Matters  aforesaid  and  Report 
make  what  ought  to  be  done  in  the  Premisses — 

Whereupon  Resolved  that  Col0  Edward  Russell,  Gideon  Buckingham 
Esqr  and  Gen1  Andrew  Ward  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a 
Committee  to  examine  into  the  Matters  Stated  in  said  Memorial  and  also 
into  the  Conduct  of  the  Men  ordered  to  Guard  said  Schooner  therein 
mentioned  and  consider  how  far  they  or  any  of  them  ought  to  be  liable 
to  pay  the  Damages  sustained  by  the  Memorialists  and  of  their  Ability 
to  pay  Same  giveing  due  Notice  to  all  concerned  to  be  present  at  said 
inquiry,  and  of  what  they  find  and  their  opinion  what  and  whether 
any  thing  ought  to  be  done  by  this  Assembly  thereon  Report  make  to 
this  or  some  future  Assembly  at  the  Cost  of  the  Memorialist. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  David  Smith  of  Farmington  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  was  acquitted  upon  a Tryal  before  the  Superior  Court 


458 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


October, 


sometime  in  the  Year  1765  Yet  ordered  to  pay  the  Cost  to  the  amount  of 
about  sixteen  Pounds  Lawfull  Money,  that  the  said  Smith  and  one 
Hannah  Norton  gave  their  Note  Payable  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State 
therefor,  That  they  are  now  become  Poor  and  unable  to  pay  the  same 
and  that  the  said  Note  is  now  sued  and  that  Cost  has  arisen  thereon — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  the  said  Smiths  paying  the 
Cost  that  has  arisen  upon  the  said  Suit  up  to  this  Time  the  said  Note 
be  given  up  to  him  and  he  no  further  accountable  therein  to  this  State. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Burrows  of  Killingly,  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  in  January  1781,  he  inlisted  a Soldier  in  the  third 
Connecticut  Regiment  and  in  Decembr  1782  in  the  Service  of  the 
Country  he  received  a Wound  in  his  Knee  and  was  thereby  incapacitated 
for  any  Military  Service,  and  was  thereupon  discharged  on  the  10th 
Day  of  April  1783  That  he  long  languished  under  his  Wounds  and  to 
preserve  his  Life  his  Thigh  was  Amputated  and  he  thereby  disabled 
from  any  Business  and  hath  incurred  a large  expence  thereby  Praying 
that  said  expences  may  be  paid  and  some  Provision  made  for  his  Sup- 
port &c  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  Liquidate  and  adjust  the  Doctors  Bills 
referred  to  in  the  Memorial  and  draw  an  Order  in  favour  of  the  Memo- 
rialist for  the  Sums  they  shall  find  due,  And  that  the  Memorialist  have 
and  receive  the  Sum  of  thirty  shillings  per  Month  for  the  Term  of  two 
Years  from  the  rising  of  this  Assembly  and  the  Treasurer  is  directed  to 
pay  the  same  accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  David  Young  of  Windham  preferred  to  the 
General  Assembly  holden  at  Hartford  in  May  last  Shewing  that  about 
the  first  of  May  1776,  bv  order  of  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Safety 
he  was  employed  by  Col°  Jedidiah  Elderkin  and  Nathaniel  Wales  Esqr 
to  Guard  the  Magazine  of  Gun  Powder  belonging  to  this  State  in  the 
Town  of  Windham  and  that  at  his  own  expence  he  kept  and  continued 
a sufficient  Guard  over  said  Magazine  from  the  Time  aforesaid  untill 
October  1782,  a few  Days  excepted  for  which  he  has  received  but  a par- 
tial compensation  and  that  a considerable  Ballance  is  still  due  to  him 
and  for  which  he  is  still  indebted,  Upon  which  Memorial  a Committee 
were  appointed,*  who  have  now  made  their  Report  in  the  premisses 
which  is  accepted 

And  it  is  thereupon.  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of 
this  State  pay  to  the  said  David  Young  the  Sum  of  eighty  Pounds  six- 
teen shillings  lawfull  Money  the  Ballance  due  to  him  out  of  any  Tax 
or  Fund  established  for  support  of  the  Civil  List. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Mr  Joel  Barlow  of  Hartford  in  Hartford 
County,  Representing  to  this  Assembly  that  at  the  desire  and  request 

* See  above,  pp.  408-9. 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


459 


of  the  General  Association  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  he  has  made 
alterations  in  a number  of  Psalms  in  Doctor  Isaac  Watts  Version  that 
are  locally  applied  to  Great  Britain  and  made  a Version  of  sundry 
Psalms  omitted  by  him  and  also  made  a select  Collection  of  Hymns 
to  be  annexed  to  said  Psalms  for  the  purposes  of  Christian  Worship, 
which  Work  is  now  compleated  and  has  been  examined  and  recom- 
mended by  a Committee  of  said  Association  (for  that  purpose  appointed) 
to  the  Use  of  the  Churches,  as  being  better  adapted  for  the  Purposes  of 
Public  Worship  than  any  other  that  has  yet  appeared  Praying  this 
Assembly  to  grant  him  the  sole  privelege  of  printing  publishing  and 
vending  of  said  Work  within  this  State  &c  as  per  Memorial — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  exclusive  Privelege  of  Printing 
publishing  and  vending  of  said  Work  be  granted  to  said  Barlow  in 
said  State,  and  the  exclusive  privelege  of  Printing  Publishing  and  vend- 
ing said  Work  is  hereby  given  and  Granted  to  said  Barlow  for  the  Term 
of  Seaven  Years  agreeable  to  and  under  the  restriction  of  the  Statute 
Law  of  this  State  entitled  An  Act  for  the  encouragement  of  Literature 
and  Genius.* 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Tarbell  of  Colchester  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  That  he  was  wounded  in  the  Thigh  at  the  Battle  of  German- 
town and  rendered  unfit  for  Service,  and  regularly  transferred  to  the 
Corps  of  Invalids  but  by  inevitable  Accidents  it  became  impossible  to 
Join  that  Corps,  whereby  he  has  lost  the  Benefit  of  the  Public  Provision 
&c  praying  Releif  &c  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  there  be  granted  to  the  Memorialist 
The  value  of  sixty  Pounds  LMoney  in  the  Confiscated  Estate  of  William 
Brown  Esqr  And  that  the  Honble  Benjamin  Huntington  and  William 
Hilhouse  Esqr  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Committee  at  the  Cost 
of  the  Memorialist  to  apprize  the  Lands  to  the  amount  aforesaid  in  such 
Part  of  said  confiscated  Lands  as  are  yet  undisposed  of  and  on  the 
Memorialists  produceing  an  Apprisal  of  such  Land  to  the  amount  of  the 
Sum  aforesaid  particularly  discribing  and  bounding  the  same  under  the 
Hands  of  the  said  Committee  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  he  is 
authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a Deed  thereof  in  behalf  of  this 
State  to  the  Memorialist. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Henry  Daggett  shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
in  February  1783  he  was  appointed  by  the  Council  of  Safety  to  receive 
Provisions  Cloathing  Salt  &c  from  the  Receivers  in  the  several  Towns 
&c  and  received  Orders  for  said  Provisions  &c  and  for  said  Provisions 
received  an  Order  which  was  in  favour  of  Ralph  Pomeroy  DQM.  dated 
July  ninth  1782  for  ten  Pounds  out  of  the  Tax  of  two  shillings  and  six 

* The  work  was  published  in  1785  with  the  following  title  page:  Doctor  Watts’s  Imitation  of 
the  Psalms  of  David,  Correc.ted  and  Enlarged.  By  Joel  Barlow.  To  which  is  added  a Collection 
of  Hymns;  The  whole  applied  to  the  State  of  the  Christian  Church  in  General  ....  Hartford: 
Printed  by  Barlow  and  Babcock,  M,DCC,LXXXV.  For  the  copyright  act  mentioned  in  the 

resolution  see  above,  pp.  13-15. 


460 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


October, 


Pence  Signed  Fenn  Wadsworth  William  Mosely  which  Order  he  has 
since  found  to  be  Counterfeit  Praying  the  same  may  be  allowed  him 
&c  as  per  Memorial, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  allow 
the  Sum  of  ten  Pounds  the  Sum  of  said  Order  to  said  Dagget  in  the  final 
Settlement  of  his  Accounts  and  give  him  the  Benefit  of  the  same  as  if 
it  had  been  a true  Order. 

' Upon  the  Memorial  of  Sarah  Butler  of  New  York  in  the  State 
of  New  York  Widow  and  Executrix  of  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  William  Butler  late  of  said  New  York  Deceased  Repre- 
senting that  the  said  William  was  arespectable  Merchant  of  the  City 
of  New  York  and  for  many  Years  carried  on  an  exclusive  Commerce 
with  the  People  of  this  State  till  his  Death  which  happened  in  May 
1775,  That  at  the  Time  of  said  Williams  Death  there  remained  large 
Debts  due  both  to  and  from  his  Estate  And  that  the  Memorialist 
as  his  Executrix  as  aforesaid,  in  course  of  settling  said  Williams 
Estate  soon  after  May  1775  and  in  the  Summer  1776,  received  of 
divers  good  People  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  and  others  indebted 
to  said  Estate  large  Sums  in  Bills  of  Credit  emitted  by  this  State  before 
and  in  the  Year  1776  in  payment  and  discharge  of  said  Debts  at  their 
nominal  value  equal  to  gold  and  Silver  amounting  to  the  Sum  of  £1587 
6 6 LMoney,  which  she  has  ever  since  had  in  her  Hands,  That  in  con- 
sequence of  the  Capture  of  the  City  of  New  York  in  September  1776 
by  the  Forces  of  the  King  of  Great  Britain  she  continued  in  effect 
a Prisoner  to  the  British  Troops  till  the  evacuation  of  said  City  in  the 
Year  1783,  and  never  had  it  in  her  Power  to  dispose  of  said  Bills  for 
a valuable  consideration  or  become  acquainted  with  the  Laws  of  this 
State  respecting  the  same  and  in  fact  had  no  Notice  of  the  Act  of 
Assembly  for  calling  into  the  Public  Treasury  the  Bills  of  Credit  aforesd 
or  if  she  had  obtained  such  Notice  could  not  in  her  Situation  have  availed 
herself  of  it  Praying  for  Permission  to  pay  and  deliver  said  Bills  of 
Credit  into  the  Treasury  of  this  State  and  that  she  may  receive  therefrom 
a Just  Compensation  for  the  same  as  per  Memorial  on  File  — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Sarah  be  and  she  is  hereby 
permitted  to  pay  and  deliver  said  Bills  of  the  denomination  of  six  shil- 
lings and  upwards  into  the  public  Treasury  of  this  State  and  that  the 
Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby  Directed  having  Liquidated  by  the  Scale  of 
Depreciation  the  value  of  said  Bills  at  the  last  period  at  which  the  like 
Bills  have  been  received,  to  execute  in  behalf  of  this  State  to  said  Sarah  a 
Note  on  Interest  bearing  Date  the  first  Day  of  February  1781  for  the 
Amount  of  said  Bills  so  Liquidated  as  aforesaid  and  the  Interest  thereof 
from  the  Period  aforesaid  to  said  first  Day  of  February. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Asahel  Hooker,  Elisha  Morris  and  Samuel 
Richards  in  behalf  of  themselves  and  others  Inhabitants  living  upon  a 
Tract  of  Land  comprehending  the  South  part  of  the  first  Society  in 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


461 


Farmington  and  the  East  part  of  the  Society  of  New  Cambridge  in  said 
Town  Praying  that  the  Inhabitants  living  upon  the  said  Tract  of  Land 
bounded  South  on  Southington  Line  North  on  Mix8  Highway  so  called, 
extending  East  to  the  Common  Field  in  said  first  Society,  thence  South 
East  to  the  little  Pond  so  called,  thence  East  to  the  Line  of  New  Britain 
Society,  thence  South  to  Southington  Line  and  extending  so  far  West 
as  to  include  the  East  Tier  of  Lots  in  New  Cambridge  Society  with  the 
said  Tract  of  Land,  be  Constituted  and  formed  into  a Distinct  Eclesi- 
astical  Society — 

Resolved  that  John  Curtiss  Esqr  of  Southington  Col°  Aaron  Austin 
of  New  Hartford  and  Majr  David  Smith  of  Watertown  be  and  they 
are  hereby  appointed  a Committee  to  view  the  State  and  Circumstances 
of  the  said  proposed  Society  to  hear  all  Parties  concerned  and  to  report 
the  State  of  Facts  relative  thereto  with  their  Opinion  thereon  to  the 
General  Assembly  in  May  next  all  at  the  Cost  of  the  Petitioner. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Gideon  Benjamin  of  East  Hartford  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  That  by  various  Misfortunes  and  Losses  he  is  become 
reduced  in  his  advanced  Age,  That  he  is  indebted  to  the  Amount  of 
£255,  that  he  has  a Horse  Teem,  Houshold  Furniture  and  about  £100, 
in  Book  Debts — That  he  is  willing  to  deliver  up  his  Estate  for  the 
Benefit  of  his  Creditors  Praying  for  a special  Act  of  Insolvency  exemp- 
ting his  Person  from  Arrests  and  Imprisonment  for  Debts  now  oweing 
by  him  as  per  Petition  on  File 

Resolved  that  Col°  Jonathan  Wells  East  Hartford  Aaron  Bissell 
Esqr  and  Mr  Daniel  Pitkin  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Commit- 
tee at  the  Cost  of  the  Petitioner  to  enquire  into  the  Facts  mentioned  and 
referred  to  in  said  Petition  giveing  due  Notice  to  the  Creditors  of  said 
Benjamin  and  to  make  Report  of  the  Facts  in  the  Case  to  the  General 
Assembly  in  May  next  with  their  Opinion  thereon,  and  the  Person  and 
Estate  of  the  Petitioner  is  hereby  protected  from  all  Arrests  and 
Imprisonment  by  mein  Process  and  Execution  for  any  Debt  now  oweing 
by  him  and  he  is  also  prohibited  from  alienating  any  of  his  Property 
in  the  mean  Time. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Matthew  Talcott  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  in  the  Year  1775  he  was  appointed  by  this  Assembly  One  of  a Com- 
mittee to  take  Charge  of  British  Prisoners  in  which  he  served  untill  the 
latter  end  of  the  Year  1776  and  during  that  Time  one  McLean  a 
British  Prisoner  by  Accident  broke  his  Thigh  to  the  cure  of  which  M” 
Porter  was  called  and  her  Bill  of  Expence  for  the  Cure  amounted  to  a 
considerable  Sum  for  which  she  has  brought  her  Action  against  him 
which  is  now  depending  Praying  Relief  as  per  Memorial  on  File 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  the  Memorialist  procuring  the 
Account  of  Mrs  Porter  properly  Attested  and  exhibiting  the  Same  to 
the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  they  are  Impowered  and  directed  to  Settle 


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October, 


and  adjust  the  same  together  with  the  Cost  arisen  in  said  Suit  and  draw 
an  Order  on  the  Treasurer  to  pay  the  sum  they  shall  find  due  thereon. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Matthew  Gilbert  Junr  and  Phebe  his  Wife 
both  of  New  Haven  Administrators  with  the  Will  annexed  the  said 
Matthew  in  Right  of  his  said  Wife  on  the  Estate  of  Joseph  Dorman  late 
of  sd  New  Haven  Deceasd  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  1779  said 
Dorman  Died  leaving  a Will  thereby  giving  all  his  Estate  to  his  Young- 
est Son  Roger  after  payment  of  Debts  and  certain  Specific  Legacies, 
that  all  the  Debts  and  Legacies  which  appeared  and  were  allowed  by  the 
Court  of  Probate  being  paid,  for  which  Lands  to  a considerable  Amount 
were  Sold  by  Order  of  Assembly,  the  residue  of  said  Estate  was  dis- 
tributed according  to  said  Will,  since  which  Levi  Ives  of  said  New 
Haven,  brought  his  Action  against  the  Memorialist  for  a Contract 
Claimed  by  said  Ives  to  have  been  made  by  said  Deceasd  to  induce  him 
to  Instruct  the  eldest  Son  of  said  Deceasd  in  the  Medical  Art,  upon 
which  Suit  said  Ives  Recovered  Judgment  before  the  Superior  Court 
held  at  New  Haven  in  August  last  for  the  Sum  of  £15  0 0 LMoney 
Damages  and  £7  4 11  Cost  and  that  the  other  Expence  of  Prosecuting 
said  Suit  Amounts  to  £3  18  0 That  the  Memorialists  have  no  Estate 
in  their  Hands  for  the  Payment  of  said  Sums  that  said  Roger  is  a 
Minor  and  unable  to  make  Sale  of  the  Lands  descended  to  him  as  afore- 
said and  being  unable  to  raise  said  Sums  in  any  other  Way  made  Appli- 
cation to  the  Judge  of  Probate  to  Order  the  Sale  of  the  Lands  of  said 
Deceased  to  the  Amount  of  said  Sums  who  supposing  himself  unauthor- 
ized to  give  such  Order  Praying  this  Assembly  to  give  Liberty  and 
Authority  for  the  Sale  of  so  much  of  the  Lands  of  said  Deceasd  dis- 
tributed to  said  Roger  as  shall  be  sufficient  to  raise  said  Sum  being 
£26  2 11  and  the  Contingent  Charges  of  Sale  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Liberty  and  Authority  be  and  the 
Same  is  hereby  given  to  said  Memorialist  to  Sell  so  much  of  the  Lands 
of  said  Deceased  distributed  to  said  Roger  Dorman  as  aforesaid  as  shall 
be  Sufficient  to  raise  said  Sum  of  £26  2 11  together  with  the  contin- 
gent Charges  of  Sale  taking  the  direction  of  the  Judge  of  Probate 
for  the  District  of  New  Haven  therein  and  a Deed  given  by  said 
Memorialists  shall  be  Sufficient  and  effectual  in  Law  to  convey  the  Title 
of  the  Lands  that  may  be  sold  in  pursuance  of  this  Act. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  White  of  Boston  in  the  Common- 
wealth of  Massachusets,  Representing  to  this  Assembly  that  William 
White  late  of  said  Boston  Esqr  in  the  Year  1774  died  & Deceased  hav- 
ing before  that  Time  made  and  executed  his  last  Will  and  Testament  in 
and  by  which  he  appointed  Philips  White  Samuel  Abbott  and  Joshua 
Henshaw  Junr  his  Executors  and  said  Will  being  proved  and  approved 
and  said  Philips  White  alone  undertook  said  Executorship  but  not  hav- 
ing compleated  a Settlement  of  said  Estate  and  living  in  the  State  of 
New  Hampshire  agreeable  to  a Statute  of  said  State  of  Massachusets 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


463 


Bay,  said  Memorialist  was  on  the  17th  Day  of  Decembr  1782,  appointed 
Administrator  on  said  Estate  cum  Testament©  annexo,  having  given 
Bond  for  the  Execution  of  his  said  Trust  And  as  by  said  Will  said 
Executors  were  Impowered  and  directed  to  Sell  and  dispose  of  all  the 
real  Estate  of  said  Deceasd  and  Tenement  in  Boston  excepted,  to  satisfy 
Debts  and  Legacies  and  several  Peices  of  Land  lying  in  this  State,  and 
in  divers  Districts  of  Probate  and  the  Judges  of  Probate  not  thinking 
themselves  Authorized  by  the  Laws  of  this  State  to  grant  Liberty  and 
Authority  to  Sell  said  Land  Praying  for  Liberty  &c  as  per  Memorial — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  Liberty  and  Authority  be  and  Liberty 
and  Authority  is  hereby  Granted  to  said  William  White  Administrator 
as  aforesaid  to  Sell  and  dispose  of  all  the  said  Real  Estate  of  said 
William  White  Deceasd  lying  in  this  State  and  to  give  good  and 
Authentic  Deeds  of  the  Same  taking  the  Directions  of  the  Judge  of 
Probate  for  the  District  of  Windham  wherein  almost  the  whole  of  said 
Estate  lies  being  still  holden  and  to  Account  to  Oliver  Wendell  Esqr 
Judge  of  Probate  for  the  County  of  Suffolk  in  the  State  of  Massa- 
chusets  Bay  by  whom  he  was  appointed  Administrator  as  aforesaid  for 
the  neet  Proceeds  of  said  Estate  and  to  Settle  the  same  with  him 
accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Mary  Daggett  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  in  the  Distribution  of  her  Father  the  Rev4  Naphtali  Daggett8  Estate 
a Right  of  £8  19  1 was  set  of  to  her  in  six  Acres  of  Land  in  said  New 
Haven  which  Land  was  only  Mortgaged  and  is  under  the  Incumbrance 
of  the  Equity  of  redemption  that  her  Brother  to  whom  the  residue 
of  said  Land  was  distributed  is  about  to  Sell  the  same,  and  unless  she 
should  be  enabled  to  sell  in  conjunction  with  him  she  must  almost  entirely 
loose  the  value  thereof,  That  she  is  more  than  nineteen  Years  old  pray- 
ing for  Liberty  to  sell  her  said  Right  in  said  Land  as  per  Memorial  on 
File  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Mary  Daggett  have  Liberty 
and  Liberty  and  Authority  is  hereby  Granted  to  said  Memorialist  to 
sell  her  said  Right  in  said  Land,  and  a Deed  properly  Executed  and 
delivered  by  said  Mary  shall  be  good  and  valid  in  Law  to  every  Intent 
and  purpose  as  if  said  Mary  was  of  full  Age. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Smith  of  Milford  in  the  County  of  New 
Haven  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  Course  of  the  late  War  he 
sold  to  the  Purchasing  Commissarys  of  this  State  a number  of  Beef 
Cattle  and  took  their  Notes  for  the  same  payable  in  Continental  Money 
And  that  agreeable  to  an  Act  of  this  State  he  had  the  same  Liquidated 
and  took  out  a Note  from  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  therefor  amounting 
to  £475  12  11  LMoney  Dated  the  20th  of  March  1782  Payable  in  one 
Year  after  the  Cessation  of  Hostilities,  And  that  he  is  called  upon  by  his 
Creditors  who  are  in  some  Instances  willing  to  take  Public  Securities  & c 
Praying  for  Relief  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 


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October, 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be 
and  he  is  hereby  ordered  and  directed  to  receive  into  his  Office  said  Note 
and  in  Lieu  thereof  to  Issue  a number  of  smaller  Notes  of  the  same 
Tenor  and  Date  of  the  one  so  received  endorsing  the  Interest  upon  the 
same  to  the  20th  of  March  1784. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Davidson  of  Milford  in  the  County 
of  New  Haven  in  behalf  of  himself  and  others  Inhabitants  of  said  Mil- 
ford Shewing  that  in  the  Fall  of  the  Year  1781,  they  were  detached  to 
and  served  in  the  Guards  in  said  Milford  under  the  immediate  Command 
of  Lieu1  Abraham  Carrington,  then  of  said  Milford  in  Cap1  Daggets 
Company  and  that  at  the  expiration  of  said  Service  said  Daggett  made 
up  his  Pay  Abstract  for  said  Company  and  drew  and  paid  over  to  said 
Carrington  Pay  Table  Orders  sufficient  to  make  payment  to  those  that 
served  under  said  Carrington,  amounting  to  £84  14  0 fifty  Pounds 
of  which  were  delivered  over  to  a Collector  of  State  Taxes  for  the 
Use  of  those  that  Served  in  said  Milford,  and  that  said  Carrington  soon 
after  went  over  to  and  Joined  with  the  Enemies  of  this  and  the  United 
States  and  carried  over  with  him  the  residue  of  said  Orders  amounting 
to  £34  14  0 Praying  for  releif  as  per  Memorial  on  File 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table  be  and  they  are  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  draw  their  Order 
upon  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  the  Sum  of  £28  8 0 payable  to 
Capt  Henry  Daggett  out  of  the  Tax  of  one  shilling  for  the  payment 
of  said  Guard. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  William  Munson  in  behalf  of  the  late 
Officers  and  Soldiers  in  the  late  Regiment  commanded  by  General 
Hazen  Representing  that  said  Officers  and  Soldiers  did  not  receive  any 
part  of  the  three  Months  Pay  for  the  Year  1781  forwarded  by  the 
Treasurer  of  this  State,  but  that  while  on  the  March  to  Virginia  such 
Officers  and  Soldiers  as  were  then  present  received  a Months  Pay  from 
the  United  States,  which  amounted  to  one  hundred  Pounds  or  there- 
abouts which  Money  was  since  Charged  by  this  State  as  having  been 
received  on  account  of  the  three  Months  pay  for  the  Year  1781,  And 
that  afterwards  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  drew  an  Order  on  the 
Treasurer  for  the  remaining  Ballance,  and  that  the  Pay  Master  General 
in  the  final  Settlement  hath  deducted  the  said  Months  Pay  received  from 
the  United  States  from  each  Individual  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table 
not  being  Impowered  to  allow  said  Sum  unless  they  should  receive 
special  Authority  for  that  purpose  from  this  Assembly.  Praying  there- 
fore that  this  Assembly  would  Authorize  and  Impower  the  Committee 
of  Pay  Table  to  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  the  Ballance  which  they  may 
find  Justly  due  on  Account  of  said  three  Months  Pay  as  per  Memorial 
on  File  &c — 

Resolved  therefore  by  this  Assembly,  That  the  Committee  of  Pay 
Table  be  and  they  are  hereby  Authorized  and  Impowered  on  its  appear- 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


465 


ing  to  them  by  proper  Evidence  that  said  One  Months  Pay  advanced 
by  the  United  States  has  been  twice  Charged  to  sd  Officers  & Soldiers, 
to  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  the  Ballance  they  may  find  Justly  due  on 
Account  of  the  three  Months  Pay  for  the  Year  1781  to  the  Officers  and 
Soldiers  belonging  to  this  State  in  the  late  Regiment  Commanded  by 
General  Hazen. 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Josiah  Willard  Administrator  on  the  Estate  of 
Deliverance  Demming  late  of  Weathersfield  Deceasd  and  Sarah  Deming 
Widow  and  Relict  of  said  Deliverance,  and  Guardian  to  her  Children 
and  Richard  Deming  of  said  Weathersfield  Shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  said  Deliverance  in  his  Life  Time  Jointly  with  said  Richard  and 
with  the  Moneys  belonging  to  them  purchased  One  Acre  and  a half  of 
Land  lying  in  said  Weathersfield  of  John  Treat  at  the  Price  of  £60  0 0 
which  Peice  of  Land  was  Deeded  to  said  Deliverance,  and  one  other 
Peice  containing  thirty  Rods  of  Land  at  the  Price  of  £40  0 0 of  Samuel 
Boardman,  both  which  Peices  adjoin  their  Homestead  which  they  held  in 
Common  and  undivided,  said  last  Peice  Deeded  to  said  Richard,  which 
Lands  they  Improved  and  occupied  in  Common  untill  on  or  about  the 
Month  of  May  1782,  when  they  made  a Practical  Division  or  Partition 
of  said  Lands  with  their  other  Lands  as  an  Estate  in  Common,  and  that 
before  Deeds  were  executed  said  Deliverance  was  taken  sick  and 
suddenly  Died  in  August  1782,  And  that  now  said  Richard  and  the 
other  Petitioners,  who  are  the  only  Persons  legally  capacitated  to  Act 
for  the  Children  and  Heirs  of  said  Deliverance  who  are  Minors  and 
uncapable  to  act  for  themselves,  are  desirous  to  carry  into  Execution  the 
Design  and  Intention  of  sd  two  Brothers,  which  would  be  greatly 
Advantageous  to  the  Heirs  of  said  Deliverance  Praying  an  Order  or 
Decree  of  this  Assembly,  that  Partition  of  the  aforesaid  two  Peices  of 
Land  be  made  between  the  Heirs  of  said  Deliverance  and  his  Brother 
Richard  under  the  Direction  of  the  Court  of  Probate  as  the  Deeds  had 
mutually  passed  between  said  Brothers  making  said  Lands  a Joint 
Estate  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  two  Peices  of  Land  shall  be  con- 
sidered as  a Joint  Interest  belonging  to  said  two  Brothers  and  divided 
and  treated  accordingly,  And  that  when  Partition  be  made  under  the 
direction  of  the  Court  of  Probate,  All  Parties  shall  be  concluded  thereby 
to  all  Intents  and  Purposes  as  fully  as  though  said  two  Brothers  had 
given  Deeds  to  each  other  making  said  two  Peices  of  Land  a Joint 
Estate. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Daniel  Buck  of  Weathersfield  Administrator 
on  the  Estate  of  Cesar  Black  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  the  Sum 
of  £9  13  5 Lav/full  Money  the  Estate  of  said  Deceasd  remains  in  his 
Hands  due  from  this  State  after  paying  the  Debts  due  from  said  Estate, 
and  that  said  Caesar  while  alive  Cohabited  with  a Woman  whom  he  called 
his  Wife,  by  whom  he  had  two  Children  now  Minors  one  a Boy  called 


466 


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October, 


Joel  the  other  a Girl  called  Sibel  which  Children  said  Caesar  acknowl- 
edged as  his,  but  there  being  no  legal  evidence  of  the  Marriage  of  the 
Parents  said  Ballance  Escheats  to  the  Public,  Praying  a Decree  of 
Assembly  that  said  Ballance  due  to  said  Estate  after  defraying  necessary 
Charges  might  be  placed  in  the  Hands  of  some  Suitable  Person  in  Trust 
for  said  Children  to  be  put  on  Interest  and  paid  to  them  when  they 
arrive  to  the  Age  of  twenty  One  Years  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  that  the  said  Daniel  Buck  be  and  he  is  hereby  Authorized 
and  Impowered  to  Place  the  aforesaid  Ballance  due  to  said  Estate  on 
Interest  for  the  Benefit  of  said  Children,  the  one  half  of  said  Sum  and 
the  Interest  which  may  arise  thereon  to  be  paid  or  delivered  to  said  Joel 
when  he  shall  arrive  at  the  Age  of  twenty  one  Years  and  the  other  half 
to  be  paid  or  delivered  to  said  Sibyl  when  she  shall  arrive  to  the  Age  of 
eighteen  Years,  and  if  either  of  said  Children  should  Die  before  they 
arrive  to  the  Age  aforesaid  the  Survivor  shall  have  & receive  the  whole 
of  said  Ballance  and  the  Avails  thereof,  and  said  Daniel  shall  hold  said 
Ballance  in  Trust  for  said  Children  and  be  accountable  to  them  under 
the  the  [jmt]  direction  of  the  Court  of  Probate  for  Hartford  District. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Elisha  Mills  and  others  the  Inhabitants  of 
the  Parish  of  Ripton  in  the  Town  of  Stratford  Representing  to  this 
Assembly  that  the  said  Parrish  of  Ripton  lyeth  at  a remote  distance  from 
the  first  Society  where  the  Sign  Post  for  said  Town  is  set  up,  And 
Whereas  the  said  Inhabitants  are  often  Times  put  to  Trouble  & Expence 
to  transport  property  taken  by  Execution  within  said  Parish  to  the 
said  Sign  Post  which  are  by  Law  exposed  to  Sale  Praying  that  this 
Assembly  will  Order  and  direct  that  a Sign  Post  be  set  up  in  said 
Parish  of  Ripton  for  the  disposing  and  Selling  all  Property  that  shall 
be  exposed  for  Sale,  either  by  Execution  or  for  Public  Taxes  as  may 
appear  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Wherefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  a Sign  Post  be  set  up 
in  some  Suitable  Place  in  said  Parish  of  Ripton,  where  all  Goods  taken 
by  Execution  and  for  Public  Taxes  within  said  Parish  and  by  Law 
exposed  to  Sale  may  be  sold  and  all  other  Business  necessary  to  be 
done  at  a Sign  Post  relative  to  said  Parish  may  be  done. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Messr8  Eliakim  Raymond  and  Lemuel  Brooks 
both  of  Norwalk  in  Fairfield  County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that 
in  the  Year  1776  they  received  into  their  Store  by  the  Hands  of  Capt 
Robert  Niles  ten  Hogsheads  of  Rum  with  Instructions  to  deliver  the 
same  to  the  Order  of  Majr  General  Spencer  or  Commanding  Officer 
for  the  Use  of  the  Connecticut  Line  of  the  Continental  Army,  That 
some  Time  the  latter  end  of  said  Year  the  Memorialists  received  Orders 
to  convey  said  Rum  with  all  possible  dispatch  to  such  Place  as  should  be 
deemed  Safe  and  secure  which  they  did  and  lodged  said  ten  Hogsheads 
of  Rum  together  with  such  other  Public  Property  then  in  their  Care 
in  the  Store  of  Clap  Raymond  Esqr  in  the  Parish  of  Wilton  six  Miles 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


467 


from  the  Sea  side,  That  in  the  Month  of  April  1777  the  Troops  of  his 
Britannic  Majesty  made  a Descent  upon  the  Western  Sea  Coast  of  this 
State  and  on  their  Rout  to  Danbury  destroyed  the  aforesaid  ten  Hogs- 
heads of  Rum  And  that  there  is  a Receipt  for  said  Rum  now  lying  with 
the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  which  they  are  called  upon  by  said  Com- 
mittee to  render  Vouchers  for  a proper  Delivery  thereof  which  the 
Events  of  War  has  prevented  Praying  for  relief  & c as  per  Memorial  on 
File— 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  be  and 
they  are  hereby  directed  to  deliver  up  to  said  Memorialists  or  their 
Order  the  aforesaid  Receit  for  said  ten  Hogsheads. 

On  the  Memorial  of  Jonah  Foster  of  Ridgfield  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  he  was  Head  of  a Class  in  said  Town  ordered  to  raise  a 
Soldier  for  the  Continental  Army  that  said  Class  hired  a Man  for  said 
Army  and  paid  him  sixty  hard  Dollars,  that  before  their  said  Soldier 
was  mustered  he  deserted  and  could  not  though  they  used  every  exertion 
for  that  purpose  be  procured  to  go  into  Service,  That  on  account  of 
their  Deficiency  the  said  Town  were  doomed  in  the  Sum  of  £15  0 0 that 
Execution  is  now  out  against  said  Town  in  the  Hands  of  the  Sheriff 
of  the  County  of  Fairfield  and  Praying  that  they  may  be  permitted  to  pay 
the  said  Sum  to  the  said  Sheriff  in  Orders  drawn  by  the  Committee 
of  Pay  Table  payable  out  of  the  2/6d  Tax  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  said  Sheriff  be  and  he  is  hereby 
Authorized  and  directed  to  receive  of  said  Town  the  Amount  of  said 
Execution  in  Orders  drawn  by  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  on  the  2/6d 
Tax  or  any  Securities  of  this  State  for  hard  Money  which  are  due 
and  Payable  and  the  Treasurer  is  directed  to  receive  the  Same  of  said 
Sheriff  in  satisfaction  for  said  Execution. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Hezekiah  Huntington  of  Windham  Shewing 
to  this  Assembly  that  in  consequence  of  the  encouragement  by  this  State 
offered  for  the  manufacturing  Fire  Arms  for  the  Defence  in  the  late 
War  he  engaged  in  said  Business  in  the  Year  1775  & pursued  the  same 
finished  and  Compleated  three  hundred  and  forty  Stand  which  were 
Inspected  and  approved  by  the  Committee  appointed  for  that  purpose 
whereby  he  became  Intitled  to  a Premium  of  five  shillings  for  each  of 
said  Stand  of  Arms  that  he  has  received  said  Premium  upon  sixty  of 
said  Guns  only  Praying  for  said  Premium  upon  the  remainder,  Where- 
upon this  Assembly  in  May  last  appointed  a Committee  to  examine  the 
Facts  and  Accounts  Stated  in  said  Memorial  And  Report  with  their 
Opinion  thereon  to  this  Assembly,*  which  Report  is  now  made  and 
accepted, 

And  thereupon  it  is  Resolved  that  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  draw 
upon  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  the  Surplus  Premium  due  by 
Law  to  said  Huntington  in  the  Premisses  above  what  he  has  already 


See  above,  p.  405. 


468 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


October, 


received,  deducting  the  value  of  about  forty  Gun  Locks  more  or  less 
belonging  to  this  State  which  it  is  suggested  he  received  of  William 
Williams  Esqr  and  has  not  accounted  for  to  be  allowed  or  deducted 
agreeable  to  a Certificate  to  be  transmitted  by  said  Williams  to  said 
Committee. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Shubael  Handee  and  Mary  Handee  Wife 
of  the  said  Shubael  of  Woodbury  who  are  Minors,  and  Isaac  Sanford 
and  Bargillai  Handee  Guardian  to  the  said  Shubael  & Mary,  Represent- 
ing to  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Mary  is  vested  with  the  fee  of  about 
sixty  five  Acres  of  Land  lying  in  Woodbridge  in  the  County  of  New 
Haven,  worth  about  four  hundred  Pounds  And  that  the  said  Shubael 
and  Mary  have  a Farm  in  Woodbury  of  the  value  of  two  hundred 
Pounds  the  Fee  of  which  is  vested  in  the  said  Mary.  Praying  to  be 
Authorized  & Impowered  to  Sell  and  dispose  of  said  Lands  in  Wood- 
bridge  to  pay  for  the  Lands  purchased  in  Woodbury  and  to  purchase 
necessary  Houshold  Furniture  &c  as  per  Memorial  on  File, 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Shubael  and 
Mary  Handee  be  and  hereby  are  Authorized  & Impowered  to  Sell  and 
Convey  the  said  Sixty  five  Acres  of  Land  lying  in  Woodbridge  afore- 
said with  the  Consent  and  under  the  directions  of  the  said  Isaac  Sanford 
& Bargillai  Handee  their  Guardian,  which  Sale  so  made  shall  be  good 
and  valid  in  Law,  and  with  the  Avails  thereof  to  pay  the  purchase 
Money  of  the  Lands  in  Woodbury,  and  to  procure  necessary  Household 
Furniture,  and  the  remainder  thereof  to  be  laid  out  in  the  Purchase  of 
usefull  Lands  in  said  Woodbury  the  fee  whereof  to  be  vested  in  the 
said  Mary  all  which  is  to  be  done  by  the  direction  and  consent  of  the 
aforesaid  Guardian. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Isaac  Wells  Shelton  of  Farmington  in  the 
County  of  Hartford  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1776  he 
being  a Minor  was  by  the  artfull  Insinuations,  and  persuations  of 
designing  Men  unfriendly  to  the  United  States  induced  to  go  over  to 
and  Join  the  Enemy,  That  soon  finding  his  mistake  and  wishing  to 
return  to  the  Allegiance  and  protection  of  this  State  and  attone  as  far 
as  possible  for  his  Crime  and  folly  embraced  the  first  Opportunity  in 
his  Power  to  return  and  threw  himself  upon  the  Mercy  of  his  Country, 
that  his  whole  Estate  which  was  left  him  by  his  Father  and  was  to  a 
considerable  Amount  was  confiscated  for  the  benefit  of  this  State,  and 
the  whole  thereof  sold  and  the  Monies  paid  into  the  Public  Treasury 
excepting  only  his  Right  in  his  Mothers  Dower  who  is  still  in  Life 
and  in  the  Possesion  thereof  Praying  that  this  Assembly  would  restore 
him  that  little  Part  of  his  Patrimony  which  remains  unsold  being  his 
said  Right  in  his  Mothers  Dower  or  Thirds  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  the  Memorialists  said  Estate  which 
yet  remains  unsold,  being  his  Right  in  his  said  Mothers  Dower  or 
Thirds  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  restored  to  him  and  the  Memorialist 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


469 


enabled  to  receive  and  enjoy  the  Same  in  as  full  and  ample  a manner 
as  if  the  same  had  never  been  confiscated  or  forfeited  to  this  State. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Ebenezer  Punderson  Shewing  that  this  Estate 
had  been  confiscated  in  this  State,  That  upon  examination  it  is  apparent 
that  the  Debts  due  from  said  Estate  greatly  surmount  the  value  of  said 
Estate  or  what  it  will  sell  for.  Praying  for  a restoration  of  his  said 
Estate  that  he  may  settle  with  his  Creditors  and  be  allowed  to  take 
Care  of  his  aged  Mother  residing  in  this  State  &c  as  per  Memorial  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Judgment  of  confiscation  ren- 
dered against  said  Estate  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  reversed  and  set 
aside  and  that  the  Estate  of  the  said  Ebenezr  be  restored  to  him  again, 
and  he  be  allowed  to  return  and  remain  in  this  State,  and  be  Entituled 
to  all  the  Rights  and  Priveleges  of  a free  Citizen  of  this  State  and  set- 
tle with  his  Creditors  he  paying  the  Cost  that  hath  accrued  in  conse- 
quence of  said  confiscation  as  the  same  shall  be  taxed  and  allowed  by  the 
Judge  of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Norwich. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Nicholas  Holt  of  Norfolk  in  Litchfield 
County  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  he  on  the  sixth  Day  of  June 
1784  killed  one  large  and  full  grown  Wolf  in  said  Norfolk,  and  had  his 
Ears  Cropped  of  by  the  Select  Men  and  Constables  of  said  Norfolk 
Praying  for  the  Sum  of  three  Pounds  lawfull  Money  being  the  Bounty 
Given  as  an  encouragement  for  killing  and  distroying  of  Wolves  as 
by  a Law  of  this  State  made  at  their  Sessions  in  May  1784  &c*  as  per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Nicholas  Holt 
receive  the  Sum  of  three  Pounds  LMoney  on  said  Memorial  And 
that  the  Treasurer  is  hereby  Ordered  and  directed  to  pay  the  same 
accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Talcott  Hawley  of  Ridgefield  Representing 
to  this  Assembly  that  he  hath  been  a Soldier  in  the  Connecticut  Line  in 
the  Continental  Army  and  while  in  Service  he  fell  sick  and  by  Order 
of  General  Washington  was  removed  to  his  Friends  in  Ridgefield  where 
he  remain  in  a weak  and  languishing  State,  that  he  is  poor  and  been 
at  great  expence  and  unable  to  Join  the  Corps  of  Invalids  &c  as  per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be 
and  hereby  is  Ordered  and  directed  to  pay  unto  the  said  Talcott  Hawley 
out  of  the  Treasury  of  this  State  five  Dollars  per  Month  for  the 
Term  of  two  Years  if  he  shall  so  long  live  that  is  that  the  same  be  paid 
every  six  Months. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Thomas  Shaw  Executor  of  the  last  Will 
and  Testament  of  Nathaniel  Shaw  Esqr  late  of  New  London  Deceasd 


See  above,  p.  342. 


470 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


October, 


Shewing  to  this  Assembly  That  a tract  of  Land  belonging  to  said  Deceasd 
was  taken  by  the  State  in  the  Year  1776  and  a Fort  erected  and  Barracks 
built  thereon,  that  the  Wood  growing  thereon  been  cut  and  used  by  the 
Troop  stationed  there,  and  the  State  have  had  the  Use  thereof  to  the  end 
of  the  War  Praying  a Committee  to  ascertain  the  Damages  &c  as  per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Honble  Joseph  Spencer  Charles 
Phelps  Peter  Bulkley  and  Samuel  Mott  Esqrs  be  and  they  are  hereby 
appointed  a Committee  with  Power  to  repair  to  New  London  and 
examine  the  facts  alledged  in  the  Memorial  and  all  Circumstances 
relative  thereto  and  Report  what  if  any  Thing  is  due  to  the  Memorialist, 
And  what  Public  Property  is  still  remaining  on  said  Land,  and  the 
Measures  proper  to  be  adopted  thereon,  and  also  to  enquire  into  the 
quantity  of  Land  requisite  and  necessary  to  be  occupied  for  the  Purposes 
of  said  Fort  and  the  value  thereof  and  of  the  expediency  of  purchasing 
the  same  to  remain  for  the  said  Purpose,  all  at  the  Cost  of  the 
Memorialist. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Oliver  Hart  of  Farmington  Guardian  of 
the  Person  and  Estate  of  Solomon  Cole  of  said  Town  a Minor  shewing 
that  he  is  bounded  to  pay  a Legacy  of  £12  0 0 LMoney  being  the 
fourth  Part  of  a Legacy  given  by  the  last  Will  and  Testament  of  Nath- 
aniel Cole  late  of  said  Farmington  Deceasd  unto  Elizabeth  Cloe  Lydia 
and  Sibil  Daughters  of  said  Deceasd  that  he  is  called  upon  as  Guardian 
to  the  said  Minor  and  exposed  to  a Suit  at  Law  for  the  Same,  and  that 
he  has  no  Effects  in  his  Hands  the  Property  of  the  said  Minor  that  he 
can  dispose  of  to  pay  the  said  Legacy,  and  praying  for  Liberty  to  Sell 
real  Estate  of  said  Minors  sufficient  to  raise  the  said  Sum  of  £12  0 0 
LMoney  with  Interest  thereon  being  £3  11  8 LMoney  with  Incident 
Charges  of  Sale  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  Liberty  and 
Liberty  and  Authority  is  hereby  Granted  to  him  to  Sell  real  Estate  of 
said  Minors  sufficient  to  raise  the  said  Sum  of  £12  0 0 LMoney  with 
the  Lawfull  Interest  arising  thereon  from  the  Date  of  the  Distribution 
of  the  Estate  of  the  said  Nathaniel  Deceasd  being  £3  118  like  Money 
with  incident  Charges  of  Sale  taking  the  direction  of  the  Court  of 
Probate  for  the  District  of  Farmington  therein. 

The  Gentlemen  nominated  by  the  Votes  of  the  Freemen  of  this  State 


to  stand  for  Election  as  Assistants  or  Members  of  the  Council 
next  as  sent  to  the  Present  General  Assembly  are  as  follow — viz 

in  May 

Matthew  Griswold 

Esqr 

Oliver  Wolcott 

Esqr 

Samuel  Huntington 

Esqr 

Richard  Law 

Esqr 

Jabez  Hamlin 

Esqr 

William  Williams 

Esqr 

William  Pitkin 

Esqr 

Oliver  Els  worth 

Esqr 

Roger  Sherman 

Esqr 

Andrew  Adams 

Esqr 

Joseph  Spencer 

Esqr 

Benjamin  Huntington 

Esqr 

1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


471 


Joseph  P Cook 

Esqr 

John  Treadwell 

Stephen  M.  Mitchell 

Esqr 

Erastus  Wolcott 

Eliphalet  Dyer 

Esqr 

Jonathan  Sturges 

William  Hilhouse 

Esqr 

Charles  C Chandler 

Esqr 

Esqr 

Esqr 

Esqr 


The  Gentlemen  nominated  by  the  Votes  of  the  Freemen  of  this 
State  to  stand  for  Election  as  Delegates  to  the  Congress  of  the  United 
States  in  May  next,  as  sent  to  the  Present  General  Assembly  are  as 
follow  viz — 


Stephen  M.  Mitchell 

Esqr 

James  Wadsworth 

Esqr 

Jonathan  Sturges 

Esqr 

Pierpoint  Edwards 

Esqr 

Joseph  P.  Cook 

Esqr 

James  Hilhouse 

Esqr 

Charles  C Chandler 

Esqr 

John  Canfield 

Esqr 

William  Hillhouse 

Esqr 

William  Williams 

Esqr 

John  Treadwell 

Esqr 

William  Samuel  Johnson  Esqr 

Upon  the  Petition  of  Amasa  Brainerd  and  others  Listers  of  the 
Town  of  East  Haddam  preferred  to  (this  Assembly  in  October  1783 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  Decembr  1781,  they  were  by  said 
Town  Chosen  Listers  for  said  Town  for  the  Year  then  next  ensuing  that 
they  warned  all  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  in  the  Month  of  July  then 
next  to  bring  in  their  Lists  according  to  Law,  that  notwithstanding  Said 
Warning  sundry  Persons  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  neglected  to  give  in 
a true  List  of  their  Estates  and  were  by  said  Listers  fourfelded  accord- 
ing to  Law  in  the  several  Sums  hereafter  annexed  to  their  respective 
Names  viz — 


Ozias  Chapman 
Emmons 

Franciss  Chapman 
John  Gold 
Silvanus  Tinker 
Ephraim  Ackley 
Nathan  Griffing 
Timothy  Spencer 
Andrew  Sill 
Oliver  Olmsted 
Phineas  Parmely 
Abraham  Willey 


of  the  Civil  Authority  and  Select  Men  of  said  Town  abated  the  whole  of 
the  above  fourfold  and  ordered  said  Listers  to  add  the  Same  single, 
which  Doings  of  said  Authority  and  Select  Men  the  Petitioners  complain 
of  as  unjust  that  they  and  the  Public  are  thereby  deprived  of  their 
Just  Right  Praying  this  Assembly  to  set  aside  the  Doings  of  said 


£30 

0 

0 

Daniel  Cone 

£20 

0 

0 

197 

18 

0 

Samuel  P Lord 

28 

16 

0 

15 

0 

0 

Jona  Kilborn 

9 

0 

0 

64 

0 

0 

Matthew  Smith  2d 

18 

0 

0 

28 

10 

0 

Matthew  Sears 

12 

0 

0 

12 

0 

0 

Col°  Jabez  Chapman 

43 

18 

0 

40 

0 

0 

Levi  Beebe 

12 

0 

0 

12 

0 

0 

Enoch  Arnold 

12 

0 

0 

24 

0 

0 

Silas  Bebee 

11 

4 

c 

26 

0 

0 

Joseph  Ackley 

36 

0 

0 

18 

8 

0 

Lemuel  Marsh 

27 

4 

0 

8 

0 

0 

lole  to  £718  10  0.  That  some  Time  after 

a part 

472  public  records  October, 

Authority  and  Select  Men  as  per  Petition  on  File,  which  Petition  was 
at  an  Adjourned  Assembly  in  January  1784,  Granted, 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Doings  of  said  Jus- 
tices and  Select  Men  in  granting  said  Bills  of  Abatement  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  made  null  and  void  and  of  none  effect  and  that  the  sev- 
eral Collectors  of  State  and  other  Taxes  proceed  and  Collect  on  said 
Assesments  as  though  the  Same  had  not  been  Abated,  and  the  Secretary 
is  directed  to  lodge  a Copy  of  this  Bill  with  the  Treasurer. 

On  the  Memorial  of  the  first  Eclesiastical  Society  in  New  London 
Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  they  were  Possessed  of  two  Notes  given 
by  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  payable  to  the  Treasurer  of  said  Society 
for  the  Sum  of  £240  0 0 lawfull  Money  with  Interest,  Dated  the  third 
Day  of  October  1778,  And  that  on  the  6th  Day  of  September  1781,  said 
Notes  were  burnt  and  destroyed  by  the  Enemy  and  Praying  that  the 
Treasurer  may  be  Authorized  and  directed  to  Issue  a new  Note  or 
Notes  Payable  to  the  Treasurer  of  said  Society  for  the  Amount  of  said 
Notes  burnt  and  Interest  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  hereby  is 
authorized  and  directed  to  Issue  Payable  to  the  Treasurer  of  said  Society 
a new  Note  or  Notes  for  the  amount  of  said  Note  destroyed  and  for  the 
Interest  therein  arisen  from  the  Date  the  same  being  reduced  by  the 
Scale  of  Depreciation. 

Provided  nevertheless  that  the  Treasurer  of  said  Society  shall  procure 
and  lodge  with  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  sufficient  Security  to  his 
acceptance  that  in  Case  said  Notes  supposed  to  be  burnt  should  hereafter 
appear  this  State  shall  be  indemnified  against  the  same. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Capt  Samuel  Barker  of  Branford  late  Samuel 
Barker  Junr  of  said  Branford,  Praying  to  be  releived  against  a Judg- 
ment obtained  by  this  State  against  him  on  his  Bond  given  to  account 
for  Money  &c  received  when  Captain  in  a Regiment  raised  in  the  Year 
1777 — commanded  by  Col0  William  Douglas  in  the  Connecticut  Line 
of  the  Continental  Army  &c  This  Assembly  having  by  them  Committee 
examined  the  said  Cap*  Barkers  Account  of  his  disposition  of  the 
Money  &c  by  him  received,  and  the  said  Committee  having  found  and 
Reported  to  this  Assembly,  that  the  said  Cap*  Barker  has  full  accounted 
for  said  Money8  &c  and  that  upon  the  whole  there  is  a Ballance  due  to 
him  of  £2  11  0 LMoney,  But  as  considerable  Cost  has  arisen  in  the 
Suit  on  said  Bond  partly  through  his  Neglect  in  settling,  It  is  the 
Opinion  of  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Samuel  shall  not  receive  said 
Ballance  but  that  the  Same  shall  be  considered  as  part  payment  of  said 
Cost. 

Therefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Samuel  Barker  be 
discharged  from  said  Judgment  and  the  Execution  thereon,  upon  his 
lodging  with  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  the  Accounts  of  the  Settle- 
ment made  by  the  Committee  of  this  Assembly  (to  wit)  Roger  New- 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


473 


berry  Elisha  Lathrop  and  Street  Hall  Esq1*  with  the  said  Capt  Barker 
and  the  Committee  of  Pay  Table  are  directed  to  charge  to  the  United 
States  the  Sums  in  said  Account  allowed  the  said  Samuel  Barker. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Comfort  Sage  in  behalf  of  himself  and  the 
rest  of  the  Owners  Master  and  Mariners  of  the  Brigantine  S*  Maria 
Packett  Shewing  that  said  Brigantine  with  a valuable  Cargoe  of  Rum 
and  other  Merchandize  was  cast  away  and  Lost  near  Sandy  Hook  on 
her  return  from  Jamaica  except  about  forty  Hogsheads  of  Rum,  and 
some  other  small  Articles  from  the  Wreck,  that  said  Rum  was  taken 
up  afloat  and  much  Damaged  by  Salt  Water  Praying  to  be  exempt  from 
Paying  the  Duties  on  said  Rum  saved  &c  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialists  be  and  they  are 
hereby  excused  from  Paying  the  Duties  on  said  Rum  saved  from  said 
Wreck,  and  that  the  Notes  or  obligation  taken  by  the  Naval  Officer  for 
the  Port  of  Midletown  be  delivered  up  and  become  null  and  void. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Nehemiah  Peet,  Nathaniel  Curtiss  and  David 
Seeley  Junr  all  of  Stratford  in  Fairfield  County,  Shewing  to  this  Assem- 
bly, that  they  were  intimidated  to  Sign  a certain  Paper  to  Join  the  Troops 
of  Great  Britain,  and  that  they  have  Continued  in  said  Stratford  during 
the  late  War  and  done  all  in  their  Power  to  support  the  War  against 
Great  Britain,  And  that  the  Memorialists  were  by  the  Superior  Court 
holden  at  Fairfield  in  Decembr  1782  fined  Ten  Pounds  lawfull  Money 
each  for  signing  said  Paper,  and  also  ordered  to  Pay  Cost  of  Prosecu- 
tion which  Cost  the  Memorialists  have  paid  Praying  that  said  Fine  of 
ten  Pounds  set  upon  each  of  them  may  be  remitted  and  cancelled  as 
per  Memorial  on  File — 

Wherefore  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  said  Fine  of  Ten  Pounds 
LMoney  that  each  of  the  Memorialists  were  by  said  Superior  Court 
ordered  to  pay  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  Cancelled  and  forgiven  them. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Sharon  Shew- 
ing to  this  Assembly  that  David  Hyde  was  Collector  of  the  Colony  Tax 
for  the  Year  1761 — That  in  the  Year  1763  the  Memorialist  found  that 
the  said  David  had  Mortgaged  his  real  and  Personal  Estate  for  near  the 
value  thereof  but  that  he  had  Securities  for  Monies  And  that  he  had 
Collected  but  a small  part  of  the  Monies  due  on  his  Rate  Bill  whereupon 
they  applied  to  Treasurer  Talcott  to  Issue  his  Warrant  against  the  said 
Hyde  but  neglected  to  do  it,  though  frequently  applied  to,  untill  the  latter 
end  of  the  Year  1766 — when  William  Pitkin  Esqr  then  Sheriff  of  Hart- 
ford County,  applied  to  said  Hyde  with  the  Treasurers  Execution  afore- 
said and  demanded  payment  thereof  but  said  Hyde  being  unable  having 
spent  the  greatest  part  of  his  Estate  which  he  had  in  Securities  for 
Money  and  the  Monies  Collected  on  his  Rate  Bill  aforesaid,  the  Select 
Men  of  Sharon,  requested  the  said  William  Pitkin  Esqr  to  depute  some 
Person  to  execute  said  Warrant,  and  leave  it  subject  to  their  controul, 


474 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


October, 


supposing  they  could  save  more  for  the  Town  by  this  Method  than,  by 
having  the  said  Hyde  immediately  Imprisoned  which  was  agreed  upon 
and  the  Select  Men  promissed  to  save  the  said  Sheriff  harmless  that 
soon  after  the  said  David  was  Imprisoned  and  after  some  Time  resigned 
his  Estate  to  the  Select  Men  which  was  not  sufficient  to  pay  the  Sum  due 
on  said  Warrant  That  the  Memorialists  in  February  1769  reduced  the 
same  to  the  Sum  of  £274  6 3J4  and  by  sundry  Payments  afterwards 
untill  the  Year  1772,  they  reduced  the  same  to  the  Sum  of  £102  7 7 
also  shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1778,  they  had  Money 
sufficient  in  the  Town  Treasury  to  pay  the  Ballance,  and  proposed  pay- 
ing the  Same  but  it  being  wanted  for  the  Use  of  Government,  they  have 
ever  since  Yearly  employed  it  for  the  Use  of  Government  untill  the  end 
of  the  War,  and  that  there  is  now  due  to  them  from  this  State  £150  0 0 
in  liquidated  Securities  for  Moneys  by  them  advanced  as  aforesaid  and 
it  appearing  that  the  Present  Treasurer  hath  detained  in  his  Hands 
Moneys  due  to  them  [said  William  Pitkin  Esqr  inserted]  from  this 
State  for  the  Purpose  of  Paying  the  Ballance  of  said  Tax  Praying  for 
releif  in  the  Premisses  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have 
Liberty  to  pay  into  the  Treasury  of  this  State  the  aforesaid  Sum  of 
£150  0 0 in  Liquidated  Securities  due  from  this  State  to  the  Town  of 
Sharon  by  the  first  Day  of  March  next  and  that  they  also  have  Liberty 
to  pay  unto  the  said  William  Pitkin  Esqr  the  Sum  of  £64  13  10 
LMoney  by  the  first  Day  of  March  1785  with  the  Interest  from  the  first 
Day  of  Novembr  1784,  that  then  the  Treasurer  is  directed  and  ordered 
to  discharge  the  Town  of  Sharon  from  the  aforesaid  Tax  due  from  the 
said  David  Hyde,  and  that  he  Pay  to  the  said  William  Pitkin  Esqr 
the  Ballance  that  may  be  due  to  him  for  Moneys  detained  as  aforesaid, 
together  with  the  Interest  deducting  the  aforesaid  Sum  £64  13  10, 
And  it  is  further  Resolved  that  if  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of 
Sharon  shall  neglect  to  make  the  aforesaid  Payment  in  the  manner  and  by 
the  Time  aforesaid  the  Secretary  is  hereby  Authorized  and  directed  to 
Issue  an  Execution  in  the  Name  of  William  Pitkin  Esqr  against  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Sharon  to  Levy  and  Collect  both  the  afore- 
said Sums  together  with  the  Interest  accruing  thereon. 


Upon  the  Memorial  of  Benajah  Phelps  of  East  Hartford  shewing 
that  in  the  Year  1766,  he  was  settled  in  the  Ministry  in  the  Province  of 
Nova  Scotia  that  in  the  late  War  from  his  attachment  to  the  Cause  of  his 
Country  he  was  compelled  to  leave  his  said  Settlement  with  the  loss  of 
almost  all  his  Property  which  was  of  about  six  hundred  Pounds  value. 
That  he  is  much  reduced  by  his  said  Misfortunes  and  Losses  Praying 
for  Releif  &c — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  shall  have  and  receive 
to  the  amount  and  value  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  Pounds  lawfull  Money 
in  the  Lands  Confiscated  to  the  Use  of  this  State  late  the  Property  of 
William  Brown  Esqr  to  be  apprized  to  the  Memorialist  and  Mess”  the 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


475 


• 

Honble  Joseph  Spencer  & Benjamin  Huntington  Esqrs  and  Col°  Joel 
Jones  are  hereby  appointed  to  apprize  and  Locate  to  the  Memorialist 
on  the  Cost  of  the  Memorialist  so  much  of  said  Lands  in  this  State  as 
they  shall  Judge  to  be  of  the  true  and  Just  value  of  £150,  LMoney  and 
bound  out  and  discribe  the  same  after  the  manner  of  a Survey  Bill  and 
subscribe  their  Names  thereto  taking  care  in  said  Location  not  to  Inter- 
fere with  any  former  Sales  or  Grant  made  by  Order  of  this  Assembly, 
which  said  Survey  Bill  being  first  Recorded  in  the  Town  Clerks  Office 
of  the  Town  wherein  said  Land  lieth,  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  upon 
receiving  said  Survey  Bill,  or  an  attested  Copy  thereof  from  such  Town 
Clerk,  shall  make  and  execute  to  the  Memorialists  a well  authenticated 
Deed  of  said  Lands  so  apprized  located  and  recorded  as  aforesaid  in 
the  Name  and  behalf  of  this  State. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Benjamin  Henshaw  of  Midletown  in  the 
County  of  Hartford  Shewing  that  on  the  seventh  Day  of  July  1775 
he  gave  two  Promissory  Notes  of  Hand  to  Thomas  Apthorp  of  Boston 
in  the  commonwealth  of  Massachusets  which  said  several  Notes  were  and 
are  in  the  Words  and  form  following  to  wit  “Hartford  July  7th  1775 
For  Value  received  I promise  to  pay  to  Thomas  Apthorp  or  Order  the 
Sum  of  Two  Hundred  and  eighty  three  Pounds  ten  shillings  and 
eleven  pence  three  farthings  lawfull  Money  in  twelve  Months  from  the 
Date  hereof  and  if  not  then  paid  to  pay  lawfull  Interest  till  Paid  the 
Same  to  be  paid  in  such  Articles  of  Country  Produce  as  are  usually 
Shipped  from  this  Colony  to  Boston  and  to  be  delivered  in  Boston  as 
Witness  my  Hand  Benjamin  Henshaw  Test  Joseph  Church  Jr  Mary 
Church — Hartford  July  7th  1775.  For  Value  received  I Promiss  to 
Pay  Thomas  Apthorp  or  Order  the  Sum  of  seventeen  Pounds  three 
Pence  lawfull  Money  in  twelve  Months  from  the  Date  hereof  Witness 
my  Hand  Benjamin  Henshaw  Test  Joseph  Church  Jr  Mary  Church  [”] 
— That  the  Memorialist  made  himself  ready  to  pay  said  Several  Notes 
according  to  the  Tenor  thereof  and  should  have  done  it  but  the  Events 
of  the  late  War  and  the  absence  of  the  said  Thomas  Apthorp  who 
voluntarily  withdrew  and  put  himself  under  the  Protection  of  the 
British  Troops  and  Government  during  the  late  War  utterly  prevented 
the  Memorialist.  That  in  consequence  of  such  Absence  and  withdraw 
of  the  said  Thomas  his  Estate  both  real  and  Personal  in  this  State  hath 
been  confiscated  and  Elijah  Hubbard  of  said  Midletown  hath  been  duelv 
appointed  Administrator  thereon  according  to  the  Statute  of  this  State 
in  such  Case  Provided.  That  said  Administrator  thereupon  made 
demand  of  the  Memorialist  to  Secure  and  pay  to  him  the  Contents  of 
said  two  several  Notes  as  it  was  his  Duty  to  do  and  the  Memorialist  to 
avoid  being  sued  thereon  and  in  settlement  of  the  Same  actually  did  give 
his  Promissory  Note  of  Hand  to  said  Administrator  for  the  full  Amount 
and  value  of  said  two  several  Notes  aforesaid  and  in  Lieu  thereof  given 
to  the  said  Thomas  as  aforesaid  and  the  Interest  thereon  for  the  Use 
of  this  State,  and  he  is  now  holden  to  pay  and  discharge  the  Same. 


476 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


October, 


That  the  Memorialist  at  the  same  Time  now  holds  the  Public  Notes  and 
Securities  of  this  State  due  and  Payable  to  him  for  Money  Loaned  to 
this  State  to  a much  greater  amount  and  value  than  the  Note  given  to 
said  Administrator  as  aforesaid  Praying  for  a discount  and  Relief  in 
the  Premisses  as  per  Memorial  &c 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  the  said  Benjamin  Paying  and 
satisfying  to  said  Administrator  all  the  Debts  and  Charges  which  are  or 
may  be  duely  exhibited  and  allowed  in  this  State  against  the  Estate  of 
the  said  Thomas  Apthorp,  and  also  lodge  in  the  Hands  of  said  Adminis- 
trator Public  Securities  or  Notes  for  the  Use  of  this  State  now  due  and 
upon  Interest  liquidated  and  payable  in  Lawfull  Money  Issued  by  the 
Order  and  Authority  of  this  State  for  the  remainder  of  the  Sum  due 
on  the  Note  given  to  said  Administrator  in  Lieu  of  said  two  Notes  given 
to  the  said  Thomas  Apthorp  as  aforesaid,  that  the  said  two  Notes  given 
to  the  said  Thomas  Apthorp  and  the  Note  given  in  Lieu  thereof  to  the 
said  Aministrator  shall  and  the  same  are  each  and  every  of  them 
hereby  made  null  and  void  and  of  none  effect  in  the  Law  and  the 
Memorialist  is  hereby  discharged  & exonerated  from  any  recovery 
thereon  against  him  therefor. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  John  Pierce  of  Litchfield  now  confined  in 
the  Public  Goal  in  said  Litchfield  Shewing  to  this  Assembly  that  at 
the  Superior  Court  holden  at  Litchfield  in  August  last  he  was  sentenced 
to  pay  a fine  of  thirty  Pounds  IMoney  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  State 
of  Connecticut  and  the  Cost  of  Prosecution,  amounting  to  eleven 
Pounds  LMoney  on  which  Sentence  he  is  now  confined  in  said  Goal 
Praying  that  he  may  have  Liberty  to  give  his  Note  of  Hand  for  the 
Payment  of  said  fine  and  Cost  and  thereupon  be  Liberated  from  his 
present  confinement  &c 

Whereupon  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  upon  the  said  Pierces 
giving  his  own  Note  of  Hand  for  the  Sum  of  thirty  Pounds  LMoney 
payable  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  on  Interest  at 
the  expiration  of  one  Year  from  the  Date  of  said  Note  and  also  give 
his  Note  of  Hand  on  Interest  with  good  and  sufficient  Securities,  such 
as  Lynde  Lord  Esqr  Sheriff  of  said  Litchfield  County  shall  Judge  suf- 
ficient for  the  amount  of  the  Legal  Cost  arisen  on  said  Prosecution 
against  said  Peirce  and  his  confinement  in  Goal  up  to  the  Time  that  said 
Note  shall  be  given  Payable  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  at  the  expira- 
tion of  one  Year  and  lodge  said  Notes  with  the  said  Sheriff  Lord  then 
said  Pierce  shall  be  Liberated  from  his  present  confinement  and  the 
Sheriff  of  said  Litchfield  County  is  ordered  to  Liberate  him  accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Nathan  Douchy  of  Ridgefield  Shewing  to 
this  Assembly  that  in  the  Year  1780  he  then  living  in  the  Town  of 
Salisbury  was  appointed  Collector  for  the  State  Taxes  in  said  Town 
and  received  a Warrant  from  the  State  Treasurer  to  collect  said  Tax, 
and  the  Memorialist  Collected  and  Settled  the  said  Rate  with  the  Treas- 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


477 


urer  agreeable  to  his  Warrant,  but  without  the  knoledge  of  the  Memo- 
rialist there  Proved  to  be  a mistake  in  the  List  he  Collected  his  Rates 
upon  to  the  amount  of  about  eighteen  hundred  Pounds,  the  List  left  with 
the  Town  Clerk  which  was  the  true  List  proved  to  be  about  £1800, 
larger  than  the  Copy  left  with  the  Treasurer,  on  which  Your  Memorial- 
ists Warrants  were  given  out  upon  which  Mistake  was  not  discovered 
untill  about  the  middle  of  Decembr  1783  by  the  Memorialist  who  immedi- 
ately made  it  known  to  the  Select  Men  of  Salisbury  which  Mistake  and 
the  Circumstances  thereof  was  by  the  Representatives  of  Salisbury  last 
May  laid  before  the  General  Assembly,  and  said  Assembly  Ordered 
the  Treasurer  to  call  on  the  Memorialist  for  all  the  Monies  he  had  Col- 
lected on  the  said  £1800  Pounds  of  the  List  to  be  by  the  Memorialist 
refunded  and  paid  in  to  the  Treasurer  immediately  or  otherwise  to  send 
out  his  Execution  for  the  Same. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  be 
Ordered  and  directed  to  Suspend  sending  his  Execution  against  the 
Memorialist  for  the  Space  of  one  Year  and  no  longer  for  the  Sum 
of  the  Arrears  of  said  Tax  and  Interest  which  remains  unpaid  and 
uncollected. 


Upon  the  Petition  of  William  Danielson  &c  Agents  for  the  Town 
of  Killingley  Shewing  that  in  May  1777  the  Selectmen  of  the  said  Town 
received  of  Ebenezer  Green  fifty  Pounds  LMoney,  which  was  due  by 
Note  to  Abijah  and  Levi  Willard  and  Samuel  Ward  by  Note  and  paid 
the  same  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State,  That  said  Ward  Recovered 
Judgment  and  Execution  against  Mary  Green  of  said  Killingley  the 
Executrix  of  the  said  Ebenezer  now  Deceasd  before  the  Superior  Court 
held  at  Windham  Decembr  1783  for  said  Money  &c.  Praying  for 
releif — 

Resolved  that  said  Memorial  be  Continued  and  that  said  Execution 
be  stayed  and  suspended  untill  the  rising  of  the  next  General  Assembly. 


On  the  Memorial  of  the  Mohegan  & Nahantick  Indians  — 

Granted  and  Resolved  that  the  Provisions  and  Regulations  of  the 
Law  Entituled  an  Act  for  encouraging  and  regulating  Fisheries  shall 
not  be  Construed  and  understood  to  hinder  or  restrain  the  Indians  of  the 
Mohegan  or  Niantic  Tribes  from  using  and  drawing  of  one  Sein  only 
for  taking  of  Fish  in  or  near  the  Mouth  of  Connecticut  River  in  the 
same  manner  as  they  might  lawfully  and  of  Right  do  before  the  mak- 
ing and  passing  the  said  Regulation. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  George  Philips  of  Midletown  Shewing  to  this 
Assembly  that  the  setting  up  necessary  Buildings  and  Manufacturing 
Loaf  Sugar  will  amount  to  £6000,  LMoney  and  great  Advantages  will 
arise  therefrom  &c  Praying  some  public  encouragement  to  enable  him 
to  Set  up  the  Same  &c  as  per  Memorial  on  File — 


478 


PUBLIC  RECORDS 


October, 


Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Memorialist  have  and  this  Assem- 
bly do  Grant  to  the  Memorialist  his  Executors  and  Administrators  the 
Sole  and  exclusive  Privelege  of  setting  up  the  necessary  Works  for 
manufacturing  Loaf  Sugar  within  this  State  for  the  Term  of  ten  Years 
from  the  rising  of  this  Assembly. 

Provided  that  if  the  Memorialist  shall  not  Set  up  said  Works  by  the 
first  Day  of  Decembr  1785  or  shall  neglect  to  carry  on  that  Business  for 
the  space  of  six  Months  successively  in  said  Term  this  Act  shall  be  of 
no  Effect. 

And  Provided  also  that  it  shall  be  in  the  Power  of  this  Assembly  to 
Grant  Liberty  for  setting  up  two  other  Sugar  Works  and  manufacturing 
Loaf  Sugar  therein  at  any  Time  within  said  Term  of  ten  Years. 

Whereas  John  Wells  of  Glastonbury  preferred  his  Memorial  to  the 
General  Assembly  in  May  last  praying  that  his  Person  might  be 
exempted  from  Arrests  and  Imprisonment  for  Debt  untill  the  risng  of 
the  General  Assembly  the  Present  Month  in  order  to  make  a Settle- 
ment with  his  Creditors  and  the  Prayer  was  Granted  and  he  restrained 
thereby  from  alienating  his  Estate  in  the  mean  Time,*  and  said  Wells 
being  taken  sick  during  the  Present  Summer  and  unable  to  prosecute 
the  Business  of  making  a Settlement  with  his  Creditors, 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Person  of  said  John  be  exempted 
from  any  Arrest  or  Imprisonment  for  Debt  untill  the  rising  of  the 
General  Assembly  in  May  next  and  that  in  the  mean  Time  he  shall  not 
alienate  or  Transfer  any  of  his  Estate. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  That  Col°  Thomas  Seymour  and  Col°  John 
Chester  be  appointed  a Committee  to  wait  on  the  Secretary  as  soon  as 
may  be  and  procure  Copies  of  all  such  Acts  and  Resolves  as  have  passed 
this  Sessions  of  Assembly  as  they  shall  think  necessary  and  cause  the  same 
to  be  published  in  the  several  Public  News  Papers  in  this  State. 

Whereas  diverse  Petitions  and  Memorials  of  an  adversary  Nature 
are  now  depending  before  this  Assembly  wherein  the  Parties  have  been 
attending  but  by  reason  of  Public  Affairs  could  not  be  heard  at  this 
Time 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  aforesaid  Several  Petition  and 
Memorials  be  and  the  Same  are  hereby  continued  to  the  next  Session  of 
the  General  Assembly  And  that  the  Powers  of  Committees  which  have 
heretofore  been  appointed  upon  any  such  Petition  or  Memorial  be  also 
further  extended  unto  said  next  General  Assembly. 

This  Assembly  Grant  to  his  Excellency  Governor  Griswold  One 
Hundred  and  fifty  Pounds  for  the  last  half  Year  Sallery  for  the 
current  Year  and  the  Treasurer  is  directed  to  pay  the  same  accordingly. 


*See  above,  p.  429. 


1784. 


OF  CONNECTICUT 


479 


This  Assembly  Grant  to  His  Honor  Lieutenant  Governor  Hunting- 
ton  the  Sum  of  Fifty  Pounds  for  the  last  half  Year  Sallery  for  the 
Current  Year  and  the  Treasurer  is  directed  to  pay  the  same  accordingly. 

Upon  the  Memorial  of  Charles  McEvers  shewing  to  this  Assembly 
that  during  the  late  War  he  was  resident  at  Jamaica  on  Long  Island  a 
Place  under  the  Controul  of  the  Enemies  of  the  United  States,  that  in 
consequence  thereof  all  his  Property  both  real  and  Personal  in  this  State 
hath  been  Confiscated,  but  that  notwithstanding  he  said  McEvers  resided 
at  Jamaica  as  aforesaid  yet  that  he  always  was  Friendly  to  the  United 
States,  and  in  no  manner  aided  or  assisted  the  Enemies  thereof  and  Pray- 
ing that  said  Estate  might  be  restored  to  said  Memorialist  as  per 
Memorial  on  File — 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  Consideration  of  the  said  Memo- 
rial be  refferred  and  the  same  is  hereby  referred  to  the  General  Assem- 
bly to  be  holden  at  Hartford  on  the  second  Thursday  of  May  next  and 
that  Oliver  Wolcott  Junr  Administrator  on  the  Estate  of  said  Charles 
McEvers  be  Notified  and  directed  to  appear  at  said  Assembly  and  to 
prepare  and  lay  before  said  General  Assembly  a full  Account  of  the 
State  and  Circumstances  of  said  Estate  and  of  his  Administration  and 
Proceedings  thereon  and  also  the  Evidence  upon  which  said  Confiscation 
was  grounded  and  what  has  been  the  Conduct  of  said  McEvers  and  the 
part  he  hath  taken  during  the  late  War,  and  that  all  further  Proceedings 
on  said  Estate  be  in  the  mean  Time  suspended. 

This  Assembly,  was  adjourned  (by  Proclamation)  until,  The  Gov- 
ernor, or  in  his  Absence  The  Lieutenant  Governor,  shall  see  Cause, 
to  call  them,  to  meet  again. 


George  Wyllys,  Secret7 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


ERRATUM 

The  pagination  of  the  Index  should  be  corrected 
to  read  page  480  through  556. 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 

References  to  pages  in  Volume  IV  are  in  italic  figures. 
Abbreviations  : 


appt.  appointed 

brig.  brigade,  brigadier 

capt.  captain 

coL  colonel 

ens.  ensign 

gen.  general 

Abbe,  Elisha,  to  collect  provisions,  377 ; 
to  receive  arms  418 

Abbe,  (Abbee,  Abbey,  Abby),  Shubael, 
deputy  for  Windham,  2,  131,  286,  7, 
108;  to  determine  soldiers’  back  pay, 
13-14,  170 ; to  receive  state  money, 
88)  to  negotiate  with  Elderkin,  89; 
accounts  of,  100,  190;  to  deliver  salt, 
282 ; to  sell  state’s  salt,  333;  declines 
appointment,  338;  to  settle  accounts, 
34,  58 ; to  investigate  Stafford  dis- 
content, 157 

Abbot,  Israel,  property  deeded  to,  230 
Abbott,  James,  appt.  lieut.,  167 
Abbott,  Col.  Joseph,  deputy  for  Pomfret, 
2;  removed  from  regiment,  183 
Abbott,  Nathan,  fails  to  collect  state 
taxes,  399 

Abbott,  Samuel,  appt.  executor,  462 
Abby,  John  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  185 
Abel,  Elijah,  deputy  for  Fairfield,  131, 
286,  6;  appt.  lieut.  col.,  183;  petitions 
of,  40,  61 

Abel,  Simon,  appt.  lieut.,  211 
Abel,  Sluman,  appt.  ens.,  440 
Abington,  ordination  in,  242-3 
Academic  School,  Plainfield,  incorpora- 
tion of,  406 

Accounts,  between  Conn,  and  U.S.,  15, 
168-9,  207;  state,  to  be  audited,  119; 
of  naval  officers,  438 
Ackley,  Benjamin,  accounts  of,  35 
Ackley,  Elijah,  appt.  capt.,  284 
Ackley,  Ephraim,  appt.  lieut.,  137 ; fails 
to  pay  tax,  471 

Ackley,  John,  new  note  for,  236-7 
Ackley,  Joseph,  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 
Acts,  criminal  actions,  3,  204  (2)  ; mili- 
tary affairs,  3,  5,  166 , 19,  115(2)  ; 
commerce  and  navigation,  4,  160,  115, 
205,  254,  325,  433,  437 ; towns  and 
cities,  4,  257,  267,  341,  343,  354,  364, 


inhabs. 

inhabitants 

J.P. 

justice  of  the  peace 

lieut. 

lieutenant 

maj. 

major 

refs. 

references 

regt. 

regiment 

373,  438;  duties,  taxes  and  excise,  8, 
153, 164, 171,  15,  21,  116,  118,  130,  326, 
328,  338,  378,  432,  435(2);  federal 
relations,  153,  163,  168,  23,  277,  326, 
378,  435;  listers,  154,  340,  438;  inter- 
national affairs,  156,  157 ; prisoners  of 
war,  158-9 ; executions,  159-60 ; 
wrecks,  160-1 ; illicit  trade,  161,  21, 
22,  115;  loyalists  and  their  estates, 
162,  115,  343;  judicial  affairs,  163, 
164,  287,  288,  22,  323,  324,  325,  341, 
342;  settlement  of  estates,  288,  116; 
Susquehanna  and  Delaware  Cos., 
291-2;  copyright,  13,  245,  459;  rivers 
and  streams,  23,  115,  118;  fishing,  23, 
118,  477;  state  debts,  27;  state  laws, 
115,  281;  marriage,  116;  fields  and 
fences,  117;  impotent  people,  117; 
frauds  in  debtors,  160;  lighthouse,  205, 
257;  raw  silk,  256,  342;  western-land 
cession,  277 ; wolves,  342 ; land  titles, 
438;  revision  of,  219;  distribution  of, 
379 ; collection  and  publication  of,  478 
Adams,  Andrew,  present  at  assembly,  1, 

130,  13,  202,  252,  315,  430;  resigns 
from  Congress,  14;  nominated  for 
assistantship,  61,  80,  313,  470;  nomin- 
ated for  Congress,  61,  80;  on  commit- 
tees, 102,  455;  elected  assistant,  132, 
109,  317;  to  count  votes,  133,  317; 
takes  oath,  133,  110,  318;  to  thank 
Trumbull  for  sermon,  133 

Adams,  Benjamin,  pay  for  cattle,  207 
Adams,  Eliashib,  deputy  for  Canterbury, 

131,  108,  431;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114, 
323;  to  adjust  estate,  229-30. 

Adams,  Joseph,  petition  of,  206 
Adams,  Nathan,  appt.  lieut.,  116 
Adams,  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  137 
Adams,  Squier,  appt.  ens.,  138 
Adams,  William,  money  due  to  soldiers, 
312 ; appt.  ens.,  392 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


281 


Adgate,  William,  estate  of,  225 
Adkins,  Benjamin,  burning  of  home,  308 
Adkins,  Benjamin,  Jr.,  burning  of  home, 
308 

Administrators  of  estates,  to  be  ap- 
pointed, 116 

Admiralty,  judges  of,  to  be  commis- 
sioned, 254 

Africa,  goods  from,  325-6 
Ainsworth,  William,  appt.  capt.,  284 
Albany,  gunpowder  sent  to,  193 
Alcox,  Daniel,  appt.  capt.,  186 
Alden,  Daniel,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  112,  321 
Alden,  John,  release  from  prison,  302, 
422 

Alden,  John  and  Judah,  firm  of,  debts 
of,  302,  423 

Alden,  Joseph,  appt.  capt.,  33 
Alden,  Judah,  death  of,  302,  423 
Aldermen,  election  of,  in  New  Haven, 
258;  in  New  London,  268;  in  Hart- 
ford, 345 ; in  Middletown,  355 ; in 
Norwich,  365 ; oath  of,  in  New 
Haven,  264;  in  New  London,  274;  in 
Hartford,  350-1 ; in  Middletown,  361 ; 
in  Norwich,  370 
Allen,  Sergt.,  flag  sent  by,  126 
Allen,  Asher,  appt.  lieut.,  131 
Allen,  Capt.  Daniel,  appt.  capt.,  105,  116, 
132 ; receives  bounty,  121 ; account 
of,  240,  299-300 

Allen,  David,  accounts  to  be  settled,  119 ; 
to  receive  flints,  119;  appt.  lieut.,  189; 
to  name  substitute  tax  collector,  383 
Allen,  Ebenezer,  heir  to  Ebenezer  Har- 
ris, 307 

Allen,  Gideon,  children  of,  307 
Allen,  John,  taxes  abated,  42 
Allen  (Allyn),  Joseph,  deputy  for  East 
Windsor,  2,  107,  202,  252,  315,  430; 
appt.  J.P.,  113,  321;  appt.  ens.,  140; 
petition  of,  154 
Allen,  Lydia,  heiress,  307 
Allen  (Allyn),  Nathan,  paid  for  serv- 
ices, 121 ; money  lost,  289-90 
Allen,  Noah,  appt.  lieut.,  185 
Allen,  Roger,  appt.  ens.,  35 
Allen,  Samuel,  appt.  cornet,  188 
Allen,  Silas,  payment  to,  301-2 
Allen,  Stephen,  petition  of,  319 
Allen.  See  also  Allyn 
Alliance  Frigate,  engagement  on,  302 
Ailing  Abraham,  appt.  ens.,  32 
Ailing,  Noah,  appt.  capt.,  214 
Alliss,  David,  deputy  for  Bolton,  285,  2 
Allyn,  Henry,  conservator  of  Burr  chil- 
dren, 44 : agent  for  Windsor,  82 ; dep- 
uty for  Windsor,  130 , 286,  4,  107 : 
appt.  J.P.,  135,  112.  320;  to  sell  real 
estate,  234,  236 


Allyn,  Joseph,  deputy  for  E.  Windsor,  285 
Allyn,  Capt.  Simeon,  serves  at  Horse- 
neck,  39 ; money  lost,  289-90 
Allyn,  Capt.  Timothy,  money  lost, 
289-90 

Alsop,  Mary,  to  sell  real  estate,  38,  148; 
payment  for  use  of  distillery,  227; 
may  take  depositions,  291-2 
Alsop,  Richard,  estate  of,  38,  148; 
Church  in  trade  with,  63  ; distillery  of, 
227 ; issues  insurance,  291 
Alvord,  Eliphaz,  deputy  for  Winchester, 
132;  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115,  323 
Alvord,  Thomas  G.,  agent  for  soldiers, 
269;  order  in  favor  of,  270 
Ambler,  Joshua,  to  settle  estate,  19; 

petition  of,  222 
Amboy,  sloop  to  go  to,  94 
Ames,  Nicholas,  appt.  ens.,  133 
Ames,  Zephaniah,  note  for,  200 
Amidown,  Moses,  appt.  ens.,  211 
Amity  Parish,  incorporated  with  Beth- 
any, 304 

Ammunition,  to  be  carried  by  soldiers, 
19-20;  to  be  preserved,  195,  448 
Amsterdam,  brig,  from,  64 
Anderson,  Benjamin,  confiscated  estate 
of,  101,  166 

Anderson,  James,  appt.  2nd.  lieut,  190 
Anderson,  Jeremiah,  land  of,  96 
Anderson,  Robert,  appt.  lieut.,  392 
Anderson,  William,  held  as  suspicious 
person,  113 

Andrews,  Abraham,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114 
Andrews,  Charles,  appt.  lieut.,  298 
Andrews,  John,  appt.  lieut.,  213 
Andrews  (Androus,  Andruss),  Nehe- 
miah,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115,  323 
Andrews  (Andruss),  Timothy,  to  ap- 
praise confiscated  mill,  201,  314 
Andruss,  Abner,  disabled  in  service,  240 
Andruss,  Ichabod,  appt.  ens.,  31 ; appt. 

lieut.,  143;  appt.  capt.,  218 
Andruss,  Levi,  appt.  ens.,  392 
Andruss,  Phineas,  appt.  lieut.,  30;  appt. 
capt.,  393 

Andruss,  Reuben,  appt.  ens.,  390 
Angel,  Capt.,  captures  sloop,  94 
Appeals,  in  libel  cases,  332;  state  tax 
on,  339-40 

Apthorp,  Charles  (of  Boston),  holds 
bond  and  mortgage,  44-45 
Apthorp,  Charles  Ward  (of  New  York 
City),  aided  the  enemy,  29-30;  heir 
of  Charles  Apthorp,  45 ; estate  of,  con- 
fiscated, 179,  305-6;  lent  money  on 
mortgages,  67,  75;  payment  to  estate 
of,  166-7,  475;  property  to  be  ap- 
praised, 176-7,  sale  of  confiscated 
estate,  suspended,  313 


282 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Apthorp,  Grizzel,  administratrix,  44 
Apthorp,  Thomas,  estate  of,  confiscated, 
475 ; promissory  note  given  to,  475 
Armagh,  Ireland,  estate  in,  88 
Arms,  furnished  by  Ensign  Grover, 
160-1 ; accompany  robbery,  204 
See  also  Firearms 
Armstrong,  Amos,  appt.  lieut.,  439 
Armstrong,  Daniel,  estate  of,  180 
Armstrong,  Daniel,  Jr.,  estate  of,  180-1 
Armstrong,  Ebenezer,  deeded  property, 
180-1 

Armstrong,  James,  petitions  for  bounty, 
311-12 ; appt.  ens.,  440 
Army,  British,  deserter  from  48",  de- 
stroys property,  62,  374,  379,  410,  413, 

415,  467;  Americans  join,  65,  78,  209, 
473,  475 ; invasions  of,  72,  374,  379, 
424 ; command  of,  105 ; prisoners  of, 
455 ; capture  New  York  City,  460 

Army,  Continental,  sickness  in,  3,  4 ; 
quotas  and  recruits  for,  5,  8,  16,  18, 
123,  169,  249;  accounts  of,  12,  124; 
use  of  tax  income  for,  24 ; tax  ex- 
emption of  men  and  teams  in,  25,  130; 
pay,  17,  18,  86,  156,  169,  196,  197,  198, 
278,  291,  380;  deserters  from,  91,  192, 
467;  supplies  for,  112 , 105,  115,  183, 
193,  234,  250,  296,  310,  404,  466; 
Negro  in  service,  174;  pension  for, 
207;  militia  contributed  to,  278;  quar- 
tered in  Middletown,  308;  securities 
of,  377 ; individual  service  in,  86,  156, 
173,  177,  220,  222,  226,  240,  243, 
297(2),  299,  306,  39 7,  401,  408,  412, 

416,  420,  427(2),  428,  469 

Army,  Continental  (Connecticut  Line), 
expenses  in,  65 ; pay  of,  86 ; paymaster 
appointed  for,  158;  individual  service 
in,  240,  299,  306.  408,  416,  420,  428. 
469;  material  collected  for,  to  be  dis- 
posed of,  250;  members  of,  to  receive 
western  land.  278 ; payment,  279 ; 
notes  of,  289-90;  accounts  of  soldiers 
of,  297 ; rum  for,  466 
See  also  Regiments,  Continental 
Army,  French,  to  be  accommodated,  49 
Army  notes,  to  be  accepted  for  taxes, 
376 

Arnold,  Col.,  men  under,  457 
Arnold,  Benedict,  mentioned,  71-2 
Arnold.  Enoch,  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 
Arnold,  Lieut.  Col.  James,  resigned  posi- 
tion, 30 

Arnold,  Joel,  appt.  ens.,  211 
Arnold,  John,  appt.  ens.,  135;  appt. 
lieut.,  216 

Arnold,  Jonathan,  name  changed  to 
Steuben,  71-2 

Arnold,  Stephen,  asks  tax  abatement,  48-9 


Articles  of  Confederation,  8th  article  of, 
168 ; on  peace  power,  289 ; amendment 
of,  290-1,  121 ; Penn. — Conn.,  suit 
under,  112;  9th  article,  208 
Artillery,  regiment  of.  See  Regiment 
of  Artillery 

Ashford,  town  of,  quota  for  regiment, 
14;  land  in,  50,  239;  assessment,  60, 
60,  79,  31 1 ; selectmen  to  be  called 
upon,  107 ; references  to  inhabitants 
of,  105,  116,  121,  124,  270,  239;  mili- 
tary companies  of,  139 ; salt  at,  264 
Ashley,  Stephen,  appt.  capt.,  187 
Asia,  goods  from,  325-6 
Assemblymen,  debentures  of,  62,  119 
Assessments,  to  be  received  by  Col. 
Wyllys,  20;  of  property,  154-5;  put 
into  list,  279 ; list  of,  to  be  sent  to  sec- 
retary, 294 ; laid  on  state  land,  125 ; 
returned  for  1782  listed,  186-7 ; to  be 
made  in  Litchfield,  403 
See  also  Lists 

Assistants,  of  Assembly,  to  get  addition 
to  debenture,  62 ; not  to  be  members 
of  Superior  Court,  323;  (state)  oath 
administered  to,  318 
See  also  Council 

Association,  General,  of  Conn.,  sponsors 
edition  of  Psalms,  458-9 
Atkins,  Joseph,  appt.  lieut.,  186 
Attorneys,  state,  to  investigate  issuing 
of  certificates,  339 
Atwater,  Caleb,  appt.  capt.,  189 
Atwater,  Enos,  petition  of,  171 
Atwater,  Moses,  appt.  ens.,  31 ; appt. 
lieut.,  384 

Atwater,  Maj.  Reuben,  deputy  for  Che- 
shire, 131,  286,  4,  202,  252,  315 ; appt. 
J.P.,  136,  113,  321 

Atwater,  William,  asks  pay  for  Milford 
guard,  162 

Atwood,  Nathaniel,  deputy  for  Mans- 
field, 2,  131,  203,  253,  431 
Auction,  of  real  estate,  155 
Aulditors,  (state),  appointed,  119,  286 
Augur,  Abraham  (of  New  Haven), 
serves  as  barrack-master,  75-6 
Austin,  Col.  Aaron  (of  New  Hartford), 
deputy  for  New  Hartford,  3,  287,  9. 
431 ; petition  of,  42 ; application  for 
pay  made  to,  150;  on  committee,  461 
Austin,  Aaron  (of  Torrington),  deputy 
for  Torrington,  132 

Austin,  David,  on  committees,  5,  10,  149, 
455;  appt.  J.  P.,  136,  113,  321;  agent 
of  Winchester,  223;  appt.,  administra- 
tor, 159-60;  settlement  of  account,  455 
Austin,  James,  to  collect  taxes,  69 
Austin,  Toshua,  to  keep  East  Haven 
ferry,  42 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


283 


Austin,  Samuel,  appt.  ens.,  390 
Austin,  Seth,  appt.  lieut.,  184 ; appt. 
capt.,  212 

Austin,  Seth  (of  Suffield),  convicted  of 
counterfeiting,  67 ; asks  release  from 
bond,  66 

Author,  copyright  for,  14 
Avered,  Abner,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  217 
Averell,  Perry,  appt.  ens.,  298 ; appt. 
lieut.,  142 

Avery,  Ebenezer,  petition  of,  402 
Avery,  Elihu,  appt.  ens.,  133 
Avery,  Griswold,  appt.  J.P.,  322 
Avery,  Isaac,  I,  appt.  capt.,  138 
Avery,  Isaac,  II,  appt.  ens.,  388 
Avery,  Capt.  John,  Jr.,  appt.  J.  P.,  136, 
113,  322;  deputy  for  Preston,  316; 
appt.  capt.,  393 

Avery,  Nathan,  permitted  to  travel,  96 
Avery,  Lieut.  Park,  war  sufferer,  382 
Avery,  Thomas,  appt.  capt.,  32;  appt. 
J.P.,  136,  113,  322 

Avery,  William,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113. 
322 

Ayer,  Nathan,  appt.  capt.,  389 
Ayres,  Jonathan,  appt.  ens.,  391 

Babcock,  Adam,  petition  of,  64 
Babcock,  Christopher  A.,  surgeon’s 
mate,  417 

Babcock,  Joseph,  appt.  lieut.,  137 
Babcock,  Joshua,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  322 
Babcock,  Mary,  petition  of,  417 
Bache,  Theophilaet,  estate  of,  forfeited, 
58 

Backus,  Maj.  Andrew,  deputy  for  Plain- 
field,  2,  108;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  323; 
trustee  of  Plainfield  Academy,  406 
Backus,  Ebenezer,  fined,  223 
Backus,  Elijah,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 ; 
iron  works  of,  274,  364;  on  highway 
committee,  28 ; iron  works  of,  364 ; 
on  ferry  committee,  399 
Backus,  Elijah,  Jr.,  note  of,  200 
Backus,  John,  deputy  for  Norwich.  2, 
286,  5,  108,  316;  on  quota  committee,  5 
Backus,  Nathaniel,  petition  of,  416 
Bacon,  Ebenezer,  deputy  for  Middle- 
town,  107,  202,  252 
Bacon,  Jabez,  sells  flour,  83 
Badger,  Samuel,  appt.  ens.,  298 
Bailey,  Nathan,  pay  of,  194 
Bains,  Joshua,  Jr.,  appt.  capt.,  284 
Baker,  Daniel,  assessed  incorrectly,  26 
Baker,  Elisha,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115,  323 
Baker,  Jonathan,  transports  grain,  102 ; 
appt.  cornet,  137 

Baker,  Joseph,  appt.  J.P..  137,  114.  323 
Baker,  Thomas,  permitted  to  travel,  239 
Balcom,  John,  taxes  abated,  48-Q 


Balcom,  Jonathan,  taxes  abated,  48-9 
Balcom,  Nathaniel,  taxes  abated,  48-9 
Baldwin,  Aaron,  deputy  for  Branford, 
202,  252,  315 

Baldwin,  Abel,  appt.  capt.,  136 
Baldwin,  Lieut.  Ambrose,  money  due  to, 
302 

Baldwin,  Benjamin,  appt.  ens.,  211 
Baldwin,  Maj.  Caleb,  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114,  322;  deputy  for  Newtown,  286, 
7,  203,  253 

Baldwin,  David,  I,  deputy,  for  Canter- 
bury, 286,  7 

Baldwin  David,  II,  appt.  capt.,  136 
Baldwin,  David,  III,  appt.  lieut.,  385 
Baldwin,  Elihu,  appt.  lieut.,  391 
Baldwin,  Capt.  Isaac  (of  Litchfield), 
deputy  for  Litchfield,  286,  9 ; appt. 
J.P.,  137,  115 

Baldwin,  Isaac,  Jr.,  (of  Litchfield), 
deputy  for  Litchfield,  203,  253,  316, 
431 ; on  committee,  303 ; assessment 
omitted,  25,  451 

Baldwin,  Isaac  (of  Waterbury),  petition 
of,  61 

Baldwin,  Israel,  appt.  J.P.,  323 
Baldwin,  John,  appt.  ens.,  440 
Baldwin,  Jonah,  quartermaster  of  state 
guards,  251,  254,  262,  278,  279 , 249 
Baldwin,  Jonathan,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113, 
321 

Baldwin,  Margaret,  asks  appraisal  of 
estate,  176 

Baldwin,  Michael,  collector  of  taxes,  46 
Baldwin,  Nathan,  appt.  lieut.,  241 
Baldwin,  Phineas,  appt.  lieut.,  141 
Baldwin,  Richard,  estate  of,  176-7 
Balidwin,  Solomon,  execution  stayed, 
149;  investigation  of  losses,  286,  415; 
note  given  to,  400 
Baldwin,  Sylvannus,  farm  of,  305 
Baldwin,  Thomas,  appt.  capt.,  186 
Baldwin,  Timothy,  asks  for  new  orders, 
405  > 

Baldwin,  Rev.  William,  pay  of,  84 
Baldwin,  William  (of  Branford),  peti- 
tion of,  176 

Ba(u)ldwin,  Lieut.  William,  account  of, 
94 

Ball,  Dan,  illness  of,  76 
Ball,  Glover,  appt.  ens.,  142 
Ball,  Lieut.  Josiah,  accounts  of,  116 
Ball,  Timothy,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 ; 

deputy  for  Woodbridge,  431 
Ballot,  city  officers  to  be  chosen  by, 
258-9,  268,  345,  355,  365 
Bank  of  North  America,  counterfeiting 
notes  of,  3 ; use  of  notes  of,  8 
Bankruptcy,  act  of,  35,  382 
Banks,  Nehemiah,  petition  of,  321 


284 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Barber,  Elijah,  appt.  capt.,  390 
Barber,  Ezekial,  supported  by  Windsor, 
82 

Barber,  Hepzbath,  petition  of,  82 
Barber,  Jacob,  appt.  lieut.,  143 
Barber,  John  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  138 
Barber,  Mary,  petition  of,  82 
Barber,  Samuel,  estate  of,  82 
Barber,  Thomas,  2nd,  accounts  of,  224 
Barber,  Timothy,  appt.  ens.,  140;  appt. 
capt.,  389 

Barbur,  Elijah,  appt.  lieut.,  138 
Barker,  Capt.,  resigned  captaincy,  281 
Barker,  Abner,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  112, 
321 

Barker,  James,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  321 
Barker,  John,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  142 
Barker,  Joseph,  land  of,  as  boundary,  84 
Barker,  Capt.  Samuel,  buys  insurance, 
291 ; relief  against  judgment,  472 
Barkhamstead,  petition  to  collect  tax, 
49;  supplies  from,  108;  military  com- 
panies in,  140 ; deficiency  in  quota, 
261,  319 ; execution  withheld,  319-320 ; 
ref.  to  inhab.,  69,  152 
Barkus,  Major,  given  copies  of  orders, 
192(a) 

Barlow,  Joel,  copyright  for,  458 
Barlow,  Nathaniel,  to  sell  land,  59 
Barnam,  Nathan,  debt  of,  52 
Barnard  (Bernard),  Ebenezer,  to  bake 
bread,  104;  to  exchange  supplies,  104; 
to  deliver  supplies,  115,  124,  246,  276, 
280,  83,  102 ; wine  sold  to,  118;  to 
repack  provisions,  128-9 ; to  raise 
money,  257 ; letter  to,  264 ; flour  in  the 
care  of,  268 ; to  receive  provisions, 
282;  provisions  for  garrison,  327; 
account  to  be  paid  in  provisions,  100, 
order  on,  191 

Barnard  (Bernard),  Ebenezer,  Jr.,  to 
receive  supplies,  28,  108,  96,  189;  to 
deliver  supplies,  103,  257,  260,  284, 
294,  337,  85;  to  call  on  towns,  242; 
allowed  extra  for  beef,  242;  accounts 
of,  257 ; to  receive  money  for  provi- 
sions, 280 ; to  prepare  boats,  291 ; to 
sell  state’s  salt,  333;  to  write  about 
beef,  327 ; to  sell  flour,  196 
Barnard  (Bernard),  William,  accounts 
settled,  332-3 ; salary  of,  86 ; exemption 
from  tax,  161 

Barn(e)s,  Abigail,  petition  of,  308 
Barn(e)s,  Abraham,  killed  in  army,  308 
Barn(e)s,  Eli,  appt.  ens.,  387 
Barn(e)s,  John,  pay  for,  34 
Barn(e)s,  Capt.  Nathaniel,  deputy  for 
Watertown,  287,  10,  109,  204,  254, 
317 

Bam(e)s,  Samuel,  appt.  capt.,  142 


Barn(e)s,  Stephen,  deputy  for  New 
Fairfield,  131,  316,  431 ; abducted  to 
New  York,  296;  return  of  money,  415 
Barns,  Timothy,  appt.  ens.,  141 
Barnum,  Eliphalet,  husband  of  Mary 
Starr,  71 

Barnum,  Justus,  appt.  capt.,  443 
Barnum,  Mary,  former  wife  of  Eli 
Starr,  71 

Barnum,  Nathan,  estate  of,  confiscated, 

85 

Barnum,  Thaddeus,  appt.  capt.,  140 
Barrack-masters,  appointed,  75 
Barracks,  at  Groton,  197;  at  New  Lon- 
don, 281 

Barray,  Nathaniel,  deputy  for  Kent,  316 
Barree,  Joseph,  appt.  capt.,  132 
Barrel,  Colburn,  obtains  mortgage,  169 
Barrels,  price  of,  16;  manufacture  of, 
433 

Barret,  Abel,  asks  use  of  schooner,  457 
Barret,  Daniel,  appt.  J.P.,  114 
Barrett,  Jeremiah,  pay  of,  63 
Barrett,  John,  appt.  lieut.,  184 
Barrett,  Richard,  to  sell  property,  241 
Barrows,  Amos,  appt.  ens.,  386 
Barrows,  Gershom,  appt.  capt.,  167 
Barrows,  Isaac,  appt.  ens.,  298 
Barrows,  Jabez,  appt.  lieut.,  131 
Barrows,  Thomas,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  139 
Barry,  Capt.,  commands  frigate,  244 
Bartholomew,  Andrew,  appt.  lieut.,  139; 
appt.  capt.,  389 

Bartholomew,  Andrew,  appt.  capt.,  217 
Bartholomew,  G.,  incorrectly  assessed, 
26 

Bartholomew,  Isaac,  appt.  quartermas- 
ter, 444 

Bartlett,  (Bartlit),  Moses,  deputy  for 
Chatham,  285,  2 
Bartlett,  Seth,  owes  taxes,  407 
Bartram,  Job,  asks  to  travel,  57;  taxes 
abated,  414 

Baskin,  James,  appt.  J.P.,  113 
Bass,  Jonathan,  appt.  ens.,  137 
Bass,  Joseph,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  168 
Bassett,  Hezekiah,  appt.  ens.,  285 
Bates,  John,  I,  estate  of,  59 
Bates,  John,  II,  appt.  ens.,  217 
Bates,  Martin,  appt.  ens.,  184 
Bates,  Phineas,  appt.  quartermaster,  216 
Bath,  New  Hampshire,  property  in,  238 
Batteries,  at  Groton,  448 
Baxter,  Elisha,  to  settle  debts,  396  . 
Baxter,  William,  debt  of,  35 
Bayard,  William,  deed  of  land,  202; 
estate  sold,  163-4;  confiscated  proper- 
ty rented,  450 

Bayley,  Gamliel,  asks  to  travel,  82 
Beach,  Dan,  appt.  lieut.,  387 


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285 


Beach,  Edmund,  son  deserts,  381 
Beach,  Elisha,  appt.  capt.,  189 
Beach,  Elnathan,  deserts,  381 
Beach  (Beech),  John,  deputy  for  Che- 
shire, 131,  286,  4 

Beach,  Mr.  (John),  to  count  votes,  133 
Beach,  John,  deputy  for  Newtown,  431 
Beach,  Miles,  appt.  maj.,  131 ; resigns  as 
maj.,  439;  appt.  lieut.  col.,  439 
Beach,  (Beech),  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113;  deputy  for  Cheshire,  107,  20 2, 
252,  431 

Beach,  Zerah,  appt.  J.P.,  138 
Beacher,  Abraham,  petition  of,  248 
Beacher,  Samuel,  losses  from  enemy,  81 
Beacher,  Thaddeus,  lost  note,  67 
Beacher,  Thankfull,  petition  of,  230-32 
Beacher,  Titus,  petition  of,  230-32 
Beacher.  See  also  Beecher 
Beadle,  Lidia,  estate  of,  152 
Beadle,  William,  estate  of,  152 
Beaker,  Abraham,  debt  of,  101 
Beard,  James,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Beardsley,  Abijah,  appt.  ens.,  297 
Beardsley,  Amos,  petition  of,  230-32 
Beardsley,  David,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  139 
Beardsley,  Gideon,  appt.  capt.,  139 
Beardsley  (Beardslee),  Col.  Nehemiah, 
deputy  for  New  Fairfield,  2,  6,  108, 
203,  253,  286,  431 ; on  committees,  5, 
153;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  322;  execu- 
tion stayed,  39;  paid  for  cattle,  415 
Beardsley,  Phineas,  paid  for  bounties, 
169-70 

Beardsley,  Samuel,  petition  of,  230-32 
Beardsley,  Thaddeus,  appt.  lieut.,  139 
Bears,  Joseph,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  139 
Bears,  Nathan,  taxes  abated,  180 
Bearse,  Joseph,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  35 
Bebee,  Asa,  pay  for  cattle,  73 
Bebee,  James,  securities  of,  145-6 
Bebee,  Lester,  permitted  to  travel,  82 
Bebee.  See  also  Beebe 
Beckley,  David,  appt.  lieut.,  442 
Beckwith,  Barzillac,  appt.  ens.,  188 
Beckwith,  Elisha,  arrested,  31 
Beebe  (Bebee),  Col.  Bozaleel  (Beza- 
leel),  deputy  for  Litchfield,  2,  131, 
108;  on  committees,  5,  10;  to 

count  votes,  133;  resigns  commission, 
131 

Beebe,  Levi,  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 
Beebe,  Silas,  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 
Beebe.  See  also  Bebee 
Beech.  See  Beach 

Beecher,  Benjamin,  to  sell  property, 
241-2 

Beecher,  Caleb,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Beecher,  Mary,  to  sell  property,  82 
Beecher,  Timothy,  estate  of,  82 
Beecher.  See  also  Beacher 


Beef,  taken  to  Long  Island,  83 ; state 
and  army  supplies  of,  88,  89,  100,  105, 
189,  190,  193,  306,  404;  balance  due 
on,  375;  packing  of,  433 
Beeman,  Capt.  Thomas,  deputy  for 
Hartland,  3 

Beer,  import  duty  on,  432 
Beers,  Nathan,  tax  abated,  414 
Beers,  Reuben,  tax  abated,  247 
Belcher,  Jonathan,  sells  land,  55 
Belcher,  Mary,  to  be  given  state  note, 
209 

Belden,  Abigail,  petition  of,  453 
Belden,  Ebenezer,  wife  of,  66 
Belden,  Ezekiel  Porter,  petition  of,  453 
Belden,  Col.  John,  property  of,  301 
Belden,  Mary,  petition  of,  66 
Belden,  Samuel,  petition  of,  47 
Belden,  Col.  Thomas,  petition  of,  453 
Belding,  Jonathan,  appt.  lieut.,  392 
Belding,  Thomas,  appt.  J.P.,  135 
Bell,  James,  deputy  for  Chatham,  285 
Bell,  Jesse,  appt.  capt.,  167;  asks  to  sell 
property,  217 ; selectman  of  Stamford, 
222 

Bellamy,  David,  debt  of,  310 
Bement,  Dennis,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  185 
Bement,  Edmund,  property  of,  411 
Bement,  Meaker,  note  of,  burned,  456 
Benedict,  Abraham,  taxes  abated,  180,  413 
Benedict,  Benajah,  appt.  lieut.,  297; 
appt.  capt.,  138 

Benedict,  Eliakim,  appt.  ens.,  138;  appt. 
lieut.,  386 

Benedict,  Enoch,  taxes  abated,  180,  413 
Benedict,  John,  appt.  J.  P.,  137,  114, 
322;  taxes  abated,  180,  413 
Benedict,  Matthew,  estate  of,  220 
Benedict,  Nathaniel,  taxes  abated,  180, 

413  . 

Benedict,  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  taxes  abated, 
180,  413 

Benedict,  Nehemiah,  money  due,  182 
Benedict,  Noble,  to  sell  real  estate,  220 
Benedict,  Thaddeus,  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114,  322;  deputy  for  Redding,  108, 
316 ; on  committees,  317,  410 
Benedict,  Thomas,  taxes  abated,  180, 

413  . 

Benedict,  Zadook,  to  sell  real  estate, 
220 

Beneham,  James,  appt.  lieut.,  443 
Benham,  John,  appt.  ens.,  441 
Benjamin,  Capt.,  money  due,  219 
Beniamin,  Gideon,  insolvency  of,  285, 
461 

Benjamin,  John,  appt.  maj.,  183 
Bennet  (Burnet),  Daniel,  deputy  for 
Stratford,  2;  account  of,  99;  to  ob- 
tain and  sell  supplies,  96 


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Bennet,  David,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  322 
Bennet,  Lieut.  James,  pay  of,  194 
Bennet,  Samuel,  appt.  lieut.,  190 
Bennington,  ammunition  sent  to,  95 ; 

Noah  Phelps  reaches,  224 
Benton,  Ebenezer,  Jr.,  land  of,  49 
Benton,  John,  home  of,  37 
Bernard.  See  Barnard 
Berry,  Nathaniel,  deputy  for  Kent,  203, 
253,  431 

Bethany,  Parish,  incorporated  with 
Amity,  304 

Betts,  John,  taxes  abated,  180,  413 
Betts,  Peter,  taxes  abated,  180,  413 
Betts,  Samuel,  appt.  ens.,  394 
Betts,  Stephen,  deputy  for  Redding,  131 
286,  7,  108,  203,  253;  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114,  322 

Betts,  Thaddeus,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114, 
322 ; taxes  abated,  180,  184,  413 ; 
deputy  for  Norwalk,  316;  to  count 
votes,  317 

Betts,  Thomas,  taxes  abated,  180,  413 
Betts,  Thomas  Jr.,  petition  of,  299 
Beyan,  Richard,  appt.  ens.,  140 
Bibby,  Mrs.  Margaret  J.,  allowed  to 
travel,  328 

Bid  well,  Benjamin,  appt.  capt.,  133 
Bigelow,  Hannah,  to  sell  estate,  161-2 
Bigelow,  James,  land  of,  150;  heirs  of. 
161-2 

Bigelow,  Major  John,  land  of,  150; 

estate  of,  sold,  161-2 
Bigelow,  Jonathan,  appt.  ens.,  186 ; sells 
land,  150 

Bill,  James,  deputy  for  Chatham,  2,  107, 
430;  appt.  capt.,  133 
Billings,  Benjamin,  appt.  ens.,  263 
Billings,  Sanford,  appt.  capt.,  134 
Billings,  Capt.  Stephen,  deputy  for  Gro- 
ton, 2;  on  committee,  5;  loses  notes. 
289-90 

Bills  of  credit,  to  be  delivered  to  Loan 
Office,  27 ; state  orders  for  bills  accept- 
able for  taxes,  206 
Bingham,  Luther,  appt.  lieut.,  385 
Bingham,  Nathan,  appt.  ens.,  393 
Bingham,  Ralph,  disabled  at  Bunker 
Hill,  242 

B inham,  James,  in  army  quota,  220 
Bird,  Isaac,  appt.  lieut.,  212;  bounty  for 
killing  wolf,  420 

Bird,  Samuel,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  242;  to 
repair  Black  Rock  Fort,  242;  to 
cruise  in  sound,  254 
Birdsell,  Benjamin,  abduction  by,  297 
Birdsell,  James,  debt  of,  52 
Birdsey,  David,  appt.  lieut.,  388 
Birdsey,  Capt.  Joseph,  to  supply  ammu- 
nition, 241 


Birge,  Lieut.  Joseph,  complaint  against, 
177 

Bishop,  Clement,  appt.  lieut.,  187 ; appt. 
capt.,  441 

Bishop,  Daniel,  appt.  J.P.,  136;  appt. 

lieut.,  167 ; appt.  capt.,  218 
Bishop,  Isaac,  to  sell  property,  295 
Bishop,  Lydia,  to  sell  property,  295 
Bishop,  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113, 
321;  order  drawn  on,  245;  to  inspect 
travellers,  329;  glass  manufactory  of, 
57 

Bishop,  Thomas,  appt.  ens.,  142;  appt. 
lieut.,  441 

Bishop,  Yale,  land  of,  68-9 
Bissell,  Aaron,  on  committee,  461 
Bissell,  Daniel,  pay  for,  321 
Bissell,  Ebenezer  Fitch,  petition  for 
ferry,  232 

Bissell,  Eli,  appt.  ens.,  185 
Bissell,  Hezekiah,  apot.  J.P.,  137,  114, 
322;  appt.  ens.,  295;  petition  of,  58; 
appt.  lieut.,  140;  on  committee,  157 
Bissell,  Isaac,  appt.  ens.,  141 
Bissell,  Capt.  Ozias,  losses  by  enemy, 
237 ; losses  by  fire,  314 
Bissell,  Russell,  appt.  ens.,  24 ; appt. 
lieut.,  262 

Bixby,  John,  taxes  abated,  184 
Black,  Cesar,  estate  of,  465 
Black,  Joel,  trust  for,  465-6 
Black,  Sibyl,  trust  for,  465-6 
Black  Rock  Fort  (Fairfield),  garrison 
for,  12,  30;  commandant  of,  116,  242 , 
254 ; repairs,  119,  242 ; -powder  for, 
245,  274;  provisions  for,  274,  284 
Blackleach,  John,  deputy  for  Stratford, 
431 

Blackwell,  Jacob,  to  bring  horse,  328 
Blague,  Giles,  apt.,  ens.,  442 
Blake,  Joseph,  appt.  capt.,  138 
Blankets,  for  soldiers,  397 
Bliss,  Abraham,  appt.  lieut.,  215 
Bliss,  Henry,  appt.  ens.,  217 
Bliss.  Hoziah  (Neziah.  Noziah),  appt. 
J.P..  136,  112,  321;  assessment 

omitted,  26;  deputy  for  Hebron,  315, 
430 

Bliss  John,  appt.  capt.,  31 
Bliss.  Peletiah,  appt.  lieut.,  297 
Block  house,  to  be  erected,  93 
Block  Island,  travellers  to,  92,  76 
Blodget,  Benjamin,  appt.  ens.,  33 
Blodget,  Hannah,  to  sell  real  estate,  310 
Blodget,  Joshua,  deputy  for  Strafford,  1 
Blodget,  Roswell,  estate  of,  310 
Boardman,  David,  appt.  ens..  389 
Boardman,  Naomi,  sells  land,  301 
Boardman,  Samuel,  exemption  from  ar- 
rest, 37,  223 ; property  of,  301 ; debts 
of.  396 : sells  land,  465 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


287 


Boardman,  Sherman,  to  apprize  for- 
feited property,  95;  appt.  J.P.,  138, 
115,  323 

Boats,  state,  command  of,  114,  87 ; 

securing  of,  92,  115 
Bohn,  David,  Jr.,  appt.  cornet,  218  • 
Bolton,  army  quota,  14;  assessment,  59, 
60,  78,  310,  409;  ref.  to  inhab.  of,  74, 
168,  252,  36;  military  companies  of, 
140 ; boundary  for  new  district,  165 ; 
pay  table  to  draw  on,  252 
Bonds,  of  officers,  99,  254,  334 
Bonny,  Titus,  appt.  ens.,  132 
Books,  copyright  of,  14-16,  245,  458 
Booth,  Abel,  to  sell  real  estate,  71 
Booth,  Caleb,  appt.  lieut,  214;  appt. 
capt.,  392 

Booth,  Daniel,  asks  to  travel,  64 
Booth,  James,  petition  of,  165 
Booth,  John,  to  collect  taxes,  26 
Booth,  Joseph,  estate  of,  408 
Boots,  duty  on,  432 

Boston,  Mass.,  ref.  to  inhab.  of,  41,  55, 
55-7,  316,  337,  169,  463 ; marine  agent 
at,  109 ; lead  from,  274 ; prison  ship 
at,  276;  provisions  from,  278;  brig- 
bound  to,  64-5 ; Huntington  goes  to, 
106;  trade  with,  190,  475 
Bostwick,  Bushnell,  appt.  J.P.,  138 
Bostwick,  Elisha,  appt.  capt.,  141 ; appt. 

surveyor  of  lands,  383 
Bostwick,  Levi,  appt.  ens.,  390;  appt. 
lieut,  444 

Bostwick,  Oliver,  appt.  lieut.,  24 
Botsford  (Botchford),  Amos,  collected 
money  for  state,  197 ; debt  of,  453 
Botsford,  David,  appt.  lieut.,  31 ; appt. 
capt.,  215 

Botsford,  Elijah,  theft  from,  36 
Botsford,  Jabez,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114, 
322 ; deputy  for  Newtown,  203,  253 
Bottom,  Jacob,  sale  of  property,  171 
Bouden,  Daniel,  theft  from,  36 
Bounties,  to  soldiers,  6,  173,  176,  192 , 
267,  311,  182,  299,  304,  404,  410;  for 
killing  wolves,  179,  421(2),  469;  on 
making  silk,  256,  342 
Bouton,  Capt.  Daniel,  pension  for,  40, 
421 

Bowles,  Capt.  David,  deputy  for  Ash- 
ford, 286,  7 

Bowman,  John,  conviction  of,  235 
Brace,  Capt.  Abel,  deputy  for  Hartland, 
286,  9 

Brace,  Anne,  property  to  be  sold,  244 
Brace,  Elizur,  appt.  ens.,  185;  appt. 
capt.,  139 

Brace,  Jonathan,  to  sell  property,  244 
Bradford,  James,  appt.  J.P.,  137.  114. 
323 ; deputy  for  Plainfield,  2,  203,  253 


Bradford,  John,  petition  of,  109 
Bradford,  Perez,  appt.  ens.,  133 
Bradford,  Ens.  Robert,  compensation  for, 
162 

Bradley,  Abel,  appt.  lieut.,  141,  143 
Bradley,  Abraham,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  115, 
323 ; deputy  for  Litchfield,  203,  253 
Bradley,  Aner,  appt.  capt.  443 
Bradley,  Asael,  appt.  quartermaster,  33 
Bradley,  David,  petition  of,  81 
Bradley,  Enos,  to  sell  real  estate,  210 
Bradley,  Gurden,  petition  of,  42 
Bradley,  Increase,  appt.  J.P.,  137 
Bradley,  Jared,  petition  of,  42 
Bradley,  Jonah,  petition  of,  206 
Bradley,  Josiah,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Bradley,  Lemuel,  appt.  ens.,  443 
Bradley,  Oliver,  appt.  ens.,  390;  appt. 
lieut.,  443 

Bradley,  Col.  Philip  Burr,  deputy  for 
Ridgefield,  2,  131,  286,  7,  108,  203, 
253,  316,  431 ; on  committees,  5,  10, 
28,  132,  199,  130,  153,  378,  379,  410; 
petitions  of,  95,  172,  401 ; appt.  J.P., 
137,  114,  322;  heir  of  Samuel  Smith. 
227-8;  regt.  of,  283;  takes  oath  as 
J.P.,  179 

Bradley  Capt.  Phinehas,  application  of, 
103 ; complaint  by,  90 
Bradley,  Ruth,  heir  of  Samuel  Smith, 
227-8 

Bradley,  Samuel,  debt  due  to,  50;  appt. 
J.P.,  114 

Bradley,  Timothy,  settlement  of  account 
of,  70,  246,  296;  notes  of,  170 
Brainerd,  Amasa,  petition  of,  471 
Brainerd,  Asabel,  appt.  lieut.,  443 
Brainerd,  David,  appt.  capt.,  132 
Brainerd,  Ezra,  deputy  for  Haddam, 
130;  appt.  J.P.,  113,  321 
Brainerd,  Hezekiah,  deputy  for  Had- 
dam, 1;  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  321 
Brainerd,  Jonah,  deputy  for  Haddam, 
285 

Brainerd,  Josiah,  appt.  lieut.,  34;  deputy 
for  Haddam,  3 

Brainerd,  Josiah,  Jr.,  new  note  for,  408 
Brainerd,  Capt.  Nehemiah,  deputy  for 
Haddam,  1;  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  321 
Brainerd,  William,  appt.  capt.,  138 
Braintree,  Mass.,  residence  of  Joseph 
Palmer,  57 

Branders,  to  be  appointed,  434 
Brandy,  excise  on,  16,  339;  import  duty 
on,  328,  432 

Branford,  coast  guard  of,  11,  101  ; ref. 
to  inhab.  of,  44,  84(2).  168.  201-2,  221, 
314,  41,  176,  180,  291,  472;  assess- 
ment, 60,  60,  79,  311 : military  com- 
panies of,  139,  165 ; whale  boat  at,  255 ; 


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INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


cruising  near,  261 ; disputed  election 
in,  53;  selectmen  of,  180;  state  col- 
lector, 334 ; confiscated  property  in, 
450;  road  in,  455;  schooner  captured 
at,  457 

Bray,  Maj.  Asa,  deputy  for  Southing- 
ton, 130,  285,  3,  107,  315,  430;  to  count 
votes,  133;  to  drive  cattle  to  Stam- 
ford, 333 

Breed,  John  McClaren,  appt.  J.P.,  113, 
322;  asks  for  lottery,  182 
Breed,  Oliver,  appt.  ens.,  137 
Brewer,  Daniel,  loses  note,  408 
Brewster,  Benjamin,  servant  of,  174 
Brewster,  Jabez,  appt.  ens.,  391 
Brewster,  Lieut.  James,  gets  confiscated 
land,  73 

Brewster,  Jonathan,  appt.  J.P.,  136 , 113, 
321 

Brice,  Robert,  service  of,  112-3 
Brick,  Robert,  buys  land,  44-45 
Brick-making,  at  Fishers  Island,  101 
Bridges,  in  New  Haven,  26;  in  Killing- 
ley,  59;  in  Windsor,  154;  in  Kent, 
165;  in  Norwich,  185;  in  Woodbridge. 
305 

Bridsey,  Capt.  Joseph,  to  furnish  powder, 
243 

Brigade  (Continental)  4th,  pay  of,  158 
Brigade  (Militia),  1st,  regiments  in, 
140;  company,  detached  from.  258 
Brigade  (Militia),  2nd,  to  defend  west- 
ern frontier,  16;  regiments  in,  140; 
commander  of,  210 

Brigade  (Militia),  3rd,  company  to  be 
formed  from,  107,  258;  company  de- 
tached from,  123 ; regiments  in,  140 
Brigade  (Militia),  4th,  to  defend  west- 
ern frontier,  16,  102 ; towns  in,  Jo 
provide  provisions,  89 ; regiments  in, 
140 ; commander  of,  210 
Brigade  (Militia),  5th,  company  formed 
from,  107 ; regiments  in,  140 ; officers 
detached  from,  258;  commander  of, 
384 

Brigade  (Militia) , 6th,  to  defend  west- 
ern frontier,  16,  102 ; regiments  in.  140 
Brigade,  General  Waterbury’s,  71,  94 
Brigadier  generals,  oversight  of  state 
quota,  123;  to  receive  gunpowder,  201 
Brigatines,  taxed  for  lighthouse,  205 ; 
shipwreck,  473 

Brigham,  Stephen,  appt.  lieut.,  298 
Brigham,  Thomas,  appt.  lieut.,  389 
Brinsmade,  Abraham,  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114,  322 

Brinsmade,  Daniel,  assessed  incorrectly, 
26 

Brinsmade,  Daniel  Nathan,  deputy  for 
Washington,  317,  431 ; appt.  J.P.,  323 


Bristol,  Abner,  appt.  lieut,  35 
Bristol,  Nathan,  appt.  ens.,  389 
Bristol,  Simeon,  appt.  J.P.,  321 
British,  Marcy  Whedon  hindered  by, 
411 ; joining  of,  423 
. See  also  Great  Britain;  Army,  British 
Brockway,  Abner,  appt.  ens.,  212 
Brockway,  Gamaliel,  petition  of,  399 
Brockway,  Gideon,  Jr.,  petition  of, 
399 

Brockway’s  Ferry,  considered  incon- 
venient, 399 

Bronson,  Ezra,  taxes  abated,  73-4 
Bronson.  See  Brownson 
Brook,  Elias,  on  committee,  176 
Brookhaven,  Long  Island,  John  Marvin 
to  return  to,  325 

Brooks,  John,  on  quota  committee,  5; 
appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  322;  to  pay  bar- 
rackmaster,  168 

Brooks,  Jonathan,  land  of,  as  boundary, 
164 

Brooks,  Joseph,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  321 
Brooks,  Lemuel,  suit  against,  discon- 
tinued, 156-7;  taxes  abated,  413;  asks 
for  pay-table  receipt,  466 
Brooks,  Samuel,  taxes  abated,  180;  to 
buy  property,  244 
Broom,  John,  petition  of,  64-5 
Broome,  Col.  John,  on  committee,  13-4 
Broome,  Samuel,  petition  of,  454 
Broson,  Joshua,  appt.  capt.,  188 
Brown,  Alpheus,  to  sell  real  estate,  199 
Brown,  Asa,  petition  of,  230 
Brown,  Bezaleel,  petition  of,  66-7 
Brown,  Bryant,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114 
Brown,  Daniel,  mortgages  land,  75; 
petition  of,  230 

Brown,  Ebenezer,  petitions  of,  206,  230 
Brown,  Elam,  estate  of,  230-32 
Brown,  Elias,  deputy  in  Preston,  2,  131, 
108;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  322;  petition 
of,  200;  on  committees,  236,  238,  293, 
128,  379 

Brown,  George,  to  bring  family,  327 
Brown,  Jacob,  petiton  of,  451-2 
Brown,  James,  petition  of,  230 
Brown,  Jedidiah,  taxes  abated,  180,  414 
Brown,  Jesse,  resolve  sent  by,  280; 
accounts  of,  280 

Brown,  John,  delivers  salt,  94;  property 
to  be  sold,  230 

Brown,  Capt.  Jonathan,  company  of,  226 
Brown,  Joseph,  taxes  abated,  48;  ab- 
sence of,  230-32 

Brown,  Mary,  to  sell  property,  230-32 
Brown,  Naomi,  petition  of,  230-32 
Brown,  Nathan,  to  manage  lottery,  304 
Brown,  Nehemiah,  Jr.,  released  from 
confinement,  243 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


289 


Brown,  Park,  released  from  jail,  58 
Brown.  Prosper,  petition  of,  231 
Brown,  Silvanus,  estate  of,  407 
Brown,  Col.  Thomas,  suit  withdrawn, 
171 ; deputy  for  Coventry 
Brown,  Timothy,  passes  counterfeit  bills, 
206 

Brown,  William  (of  Salem,  Mass.), 
joins  the  enemy,  205;  confiscated  es- 
tate of,  339,  27-8,  56,  459,  474 
Brown,  William  (of  Stamford),  new 
notes  for,  309-10 

Brownall,  Edward,  appt.  capt.,  134;  to 
conduct  election,  288 
Brownson  (Bronson,  Brunson),  Ozias, 
deputy  for  Winchester,  109,  204,  254, 
317;  appt.  capt.,  135 
Brownson,  Samuel,  appt.  maj.,  284 
Brunson,  Cornelius,  appt.  capt.,  391 
Brunson,  Eli,  deputy  for  Waterbury, 
203,  253,  316 

Brunson,  Ezra,  Waterbury  selectman, 
86;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Brush,  Benjamin,  appt.  capt.,  214 
Brush,  Eliphalet,  appt.  capt.,  35 
Brush,  Jonas,  order  of,  burned,  44; 
appt.  ens.,  139 

Bryan,  Richard,  appt.  lieut.,  212 
Buck,  Daniel,  petition  of,  465 
Buck,  Justus,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  322 
Buck,  Samuel,  appt.,  J.P.,  321 
Buckingham,  Daniel,  to  sell  real  estate, 
210 

Buckingham,  David,  I,  appt.  ens.,  443 
Buckingham,  David,  II,  appt.  lieut.,  444 
Buckingham,  Gideon,  deputy  for  Mil- 
ford, 2,  131,  286,  5,  108,  203,  253,  316, 
431 ; on  committees,  5,  10,  25,  26,  132, 
317,  374,  451,  457;  to  supervise  trav- 
eller, 93;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321; 
asks  pay  for  Milford  guard,  162 
Buckingham,  John,  appt.  lieut.,  217 
Buckingham,  Joseph,  land  of,  48 
Buckingham,  Capt.  Josiah,  plundered, 
149,  400 

Buckingham,  Nathan,  appt.  lieut.,  35; 

incorrectly  assessed,  26 
Buckland,  Elijah,  appt.  lieut.,  31 
Buell,  Elias,  to  go  to  Long  Island,  63 
Buell,  Elijah,  appt.  capt.,  136 
Buell,  Jesse,  appt.  capt.,  187 
Buell,  Jonathan,  appt.  lieut.,  217 
Buell,  Josiah,  appt.  lieut.,  135 
Buell,  Col.  Nathaniel,  on  committees, 
5,  10 

Buell,  William,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  136; 
appt.  capt.,  391 

Buildings,  public,  in  cities,  jurisdiction 
over,  265,  274,  351,  361,  371;  account 
of,  448 


Bulkley,  Chauncey,  deputy  for  Chatham, 
1, 130,  252,  315 ; paid,  106;  to  negotiate 
on,  237 

Bulkley,  Daniel,  appt.  capt.,  137 
Bulkley,  Eliphalet,  exemption  from  ar- 
rest, 64 

Bulkley,  Francis,  land  of,  77 
Bulkley,  John,  exemption  from  arrest, 
64 

Bulkley,  John,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  24;  re- 
signs, 105;  appt.  lieut.,  167 
Bulkley,  Joseph,  pay  for  cattle,  207 
Bulkley,  Nathan,  appt.  J.P.,  114 
Bulkley,  Capt.  Peter,  deputy  for  Col- 
chester, 130,  285,  2,  202,  252,  316. 
431;  appt.  J.P.,  135,  322;  pay  for 
cattle,  207 ; on  committee,  470 
Bulkley,  Peter,  Jr.,  pay  for  cattle,  207 
Bulkley,  Prescott,  home  of,  37 
Bulkley,  Roger,  appt.  cornet,  137 
Bull,  Capt.  Frederick,  accounts  of,  257 
Bull,  Henry,  appt.  lieut.,  24 
Bull,  Isaac,  petitions  of,  187,  246 
Bull,  Capt.  Jonathan,  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  320;  deputy  for  Hartford,  285, 
2,  107,  315;  on  committee,  379 
Bull,  Samuel,  petition  of,  237 ; to  man- 
age lottery,  304 

Bull,  Shirebiah,  appt.  J.P.,  323 
Bull,  Major  Thomas,  sues  Isaac  Tom- 
linson, 170;  resigns  as  major,  384 
Bull,  Capt.  Timothy,  deputy  for  Wood- 
bridge,  316 

Bull  Iron  Works,  242 
Bulls,  included  in  lists,  340 
Bunker  Hill,  battle  of,  242 
Buoch,  Ezra,  theft  from,  36 
Burges,  Benjamin,  payment  to,  90 
Burges,  Joseph,  appt.  capt.,  296 
Burgess  (Burgiss),  John,  deputy  for 
Guilford,  2,  131,  286,  5,  108,  203,  252, 
431;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113;  named  ap- 
praiser, 176-7 

Burgess,  Thomas,  Jr.,  appt.  J.P.,  136, 

113,  321;  on  committee,  455 
Burglary,  act  for  punishment  of,  204 
Burgoyne,  General,  opposed  by  company 

of  Nathan  Smith,  83 
Burial  of  dead,  jurisdiction  over,  in 
cities,  265,  275,  352,  362,  371 
Burnap,  Abraham,  Jr.,  appt.  J.P.,  137, 

114,  323 

Burnham,  Isaac,  deputy  for  Hartland, 
286,  9 

Burnham  (Bumum),  James,  petitions 
of,  39,  289-90 

Burnham,  Capt.  Josiah,  to  inspect  trav- 
ellers, 119,  283,  325,  326,  327.  329, 
330,  331,  334,  336,  340,  83(3) , 84. 
86,  100,  103 


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INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Burnham,  Richard,  appt.  lieut.,  186 
Burnham,  Wolcott,  new  note  for,  412-3 
Burr,  David,  received  mortgage,  51 
Burr,  David,  3rd,  appt.  capt.,  183 
Burr,  Eliott,  estate  of,  44-5,  236 
Burr,  George,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  322 
Burr,  Isaac,  debt  of,  44-5;  estate  of, 
199;  note  destroyed,  67 
Burr,  James,  appt.  ens.,  216;  appt.  lieut., 
443 

Burr,  Jonathan,  estate  of,  44-5,  236 
Burr,  Prudence,  estate  of,  44-5,  236 
Burr,  Thaddeus,  appt.  J.P.,  137 ; peti- 
tion of,  321 ; to  inspect  travellers,  40 ; 
deputy  for  Fairfield,  316,  431 
Burrall,  Col.  Charles,  deputy  for  Canaan. 

2,  286,  203,  253;  appt.  J.  P.,  115,  323 
Burrall,  Jonathan,  appt.  ens.,  393 
Burrall,  Nathan,  debt  of,  67 
Burrell,  Charles,  Jr.,  appt.  capt.,  189 
Burrett,  Wakeman,  taxes  abated,  126 
Burrit,  Abel,  services  as  barrack-master. 
41 

Burroughs,  Capt.  Stephen,  propertv  of. 
412 

Burrows,  Capt.  Hubbard,  estate  of,  77 
Burrows,  Sarah,  petition  of,  77 
Burrows,  Silas,  to  travel,  92 
Burrows,  William,  disabled,  458 
Burt,  Consider,  appt.  lieut.,  190 
Burton,  Capt.,  company  of,  79 
Burton,  Nathan,  appt.  ens.,  387 
Burwell,  Col.  Charles,  appt.  J.P.,  138 : 
deputy  for  Canaan,  9 ; ammunition 
forwarded  to,  95 

Burwell.  Thomas,  appt.  capt.,  385 
Bushnall,  Handley,  tax  collector,  203 
Bushnel.  Abraham,  appt.  ens..  284 
Bushnell,  David,  on  pay  for  sapper- 
and  miners,  194;  attacks  enemy  ship- 
ping, 395 

Buswell.  Thomas,  appt.  ens.,  31 
Butler,  Charles,  petition  of,  37 
Butler,  Chauncey,  deputy  for  Chatham. 
202 

Butler,  Comfort,  appt.  ens.,  213 
Butler.  Daniel,  to  sell  real  estate,  322 : 
to  pay  bond.  323 
Butler,  Jeremiah,  appt.  capt.,  391 
Butler,  josiah,  appt.  quartermaster,  442 
Butler,  Norman,  illicit  trader,  323 
Butler,  Sarah,  to  sell  real  estate,  322 : 
to  pay  in  bills  of  credit,  460 
Butler,  Sergeant,  letter  sent  by,  279 
Butler,  William,  estate  of,  46 
Butter,  taken  to  Long  Island,  83 
Butts,  Sherebiah,  appt.  J.P.,  114 
Byelaws,  municipal,  rules  governing,  in 
New  Haven,  265-6 ; in  New  London. 
274-5;  in  Hartford.  351-2;  in  Middle- 
town,  361-2;  in  Norwich,  371-2 


Byram  River,  as  boundary.  96;  Stam- 
ford troops  to  move  to,  93;  traffic  to, 
452 

Cadwell,  Matthew,  appt.  lieut.,  36 
Cady,  Daniel,  appt.  capt..  136 
Cadv,  Jesse,  deputy  for  Stafford,  1,  202, 
252,  315,  430;  appt.  J.P.,  321 
Cady,  Joseph,  appt.  lieut.  col.,  183 
Cagwine,  Lieut.,  materials  granted  to, 
118 

Caldwell,  Charles,  relieve  from  debts, 
153 

Caldwell,  George,  insolvency  of,  35 
Calhoun,  John,  deputy  for  Washington, 
132;  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115,  323 
Calton,  Kimball,  counterfeiter,  76 
Calvin,  John,  doctrine  of,  308 
Cambe,  Noah,  payment  to,  19 
Cambric,  duty  on,  432 
Camfield,  Joel,  appt.  ens.,  217 
Camp,  Abiathor,  joins  enemy,  60;  con- 
fiscated estate  of,  201,  314,  319,  38 
Camp,  Ab(i)el,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115, 
323 

Camp,  Daniel,  appt.  capt.,  213 
Camp,  Isaac,  appt.  ens.,  184 
Camp,  Luke,  appt.  capt.,  185 
Camp.  Moses,  appt.  lieut..  136 
Camp,  Richard,  taxes  abated.  180,  413 
Camp,  Maj.  Samuel,  appt.  major,  30 
Camp,  Samuel  (of  Newtown),  joins 
enemy,  64 

Campbell,  Allen,  appt.  J.P..  114,  323 
Campbell,  Archibald,  gives  mortgage. 
51 

Campbell.  John,  bills  in  favor  of,  339 
Campbell,  Captain  Moses,  deputy  for 
Voluntown,  431 

Campfield,  Jabez,  loses  note,  292 
Canaan,  military  quota  of,  15;  assess- 
ment, 60,  61,  79,  312;  ammunition  at, 
95 ; military  companies  of,  139 ; ref. 
to  inhab.  of  232,  220,  287,  421 ; state 
collector,  334 

Candee,  Enos,  forfeited  estate  of,  101, 
248 

Canfield.  John,  deputy  for  Sharon,  3, 
287,  10.  432 ; on  committees,  13,  14, 
452;  at  council  of  safetv.  88-129  pas- 
sim. 242;  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115,  323; 
to  receive  furnace  estate,  272-3,  89 ; 
to  restore  notes,  164;  nominated  for 
Congress,  471 

Canfield.  Lieut.  Col.  Samuel,  deputy  for 
New  Milford,  3,  203.  253,  316,  431 ; 
commands  Horseneck  regiment  of 
guards,  17,  24,  102.  249;  to  examine 
lists  in  Greenwich,  67,  40;  to  appraise 
forfeited  property.  378,  379;  ac- 
counts of,  97,  240.  183-4;  supplies  for. 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


291 


104,  106,  244,  250(5),  253,  261,  262, 
277,  278,  284,  285,  293,  294,  327, 
341,  83,  85;  service  under,  objected  to, 
105 ; men  in  regt.  of,  105(2),  250,  262; 
to  supervise  travellers,  119,  126, 

84(2),  88;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  323; 
to  investigate  war  losses,  178-9,  374, 
380 ; quartermaster  under,  251 ; pay 
for  officers  under,  255,  284 ; loses 
order,  42 ; to  remove  troops,  93 ; to 
supervise  state  property,  104;  to  sell 
Stamford  property,  129;  on  commit- 
tee, 317;  appt.  conservator,  402 
Canfield,  Samuel,  appt.  lieut.,  387 
Cannon,  disposal  of,  190,  281 ; to  be 
collected,  195;  to  be  maintained,  448 
Cannon,  John,  taxes  abated,  180,  413 
Canterbury,  army  quota,  14 ; refs,  to 
inhabs.,  57,  299-300,  301-2,  175, 

229-30;  assessment,  60,  61,  79,  187, 
312;  selectmen  of,  108;  military  com- 
panies of,  140;  lottery  for  bridge,  317 
Capron,  Giles,  appt.  lieut.,  388 
Card,  Jonathan,  estate  of,  282 
Carew,  Capt.  Joseph,  to  be  paid  in  beef, 
118 ; appt.  capt.,  167 ; resigns  cap- 
taincy, 263 

Cargoes,  officers  to  inspect,  254-5 
Carpenter,  Ephraim,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114. 
323 

Carriage  wheels,  to  be  sold,  201 
Carriages,  liable  to  seizure,  335 ; can- 
nons to  be  mounted  on,  448 
Carrington,  Lieut.  Abraham,  joins  en- 
emy, 464 

Carrington,  Jeremiah,  debt  of,  60 
Carrington,  Jonathan,  appt.  ens.,  296 
Carter,  Eleazer,  appointment  as  ens. 

protested,  381 ; appt.  ens.,  391 
Carter,  Capt.  Joseph,  deputy  for  Kent, 
108,  316 

Cartey,  Langford,  paytable,  order  for.  401 
Cartridges,  collection  and  sale  of,  280 
Carts.  See  Wagons 
Carver,  Samuel,  appt.  J.P..  136,  112, 
321 ; deputy  for  Bolton,  285,  2,  107, 
315,  430 

Cary,  Jonathan,  appt.  lieut.,  138,  142 
Cary,  Nathan,  appt.  ens.,  186 
Cary,  Phineas,  appt.  cornet,  215 ; appt. 

quartermaster,  140 
Castle,  Peter,  deed  from,  146 
Catlin,  Alexander,  accounts  of,  35 
Catlin,  Daniel,  appt.  J.P.,  138 , 115 
Catlin,  David,  appt.  capt.,  142 ; appt. 
J.P,  323 

Catlin,  Capt.  George,  deputv  for  Har- 
winton,  3,  131,  286,  9,  108,  203,  253 ; 
appt.  J.P.,  138,  115,  323 
Cattle,  taken  to  Long  Island,  83 : im- 
pounding of,  in  common  field,  117; 


seizure  of,  152-3;  purchase  of,  190-1, 
415,  463 ; fattening  of,  250 ; sent  to 
army,  306 

Cavalry,  clerk  of,  144 ; equipment  of,  148 
See  also  Dragoons 

Cebra,  James,  permitted  to  travel,  93 
Cedar,  used  in  making  barrels,  433 
Census  report,  23 

Certificates,  of  interest,  119,  336;  of 
state  treasurer,  280,  376;  for  raising 
mulberry  trees,  256 ; of  imports,  328, 
335 ; of  excise  accounts,  339 ; for  kill- 
ing wolves,  342 ; for  making  raw  silk, 
343 

Chaffee,  Benjamin,  freed  from  prison, 
212 

Chamberlain,  Eleazer,  appt.  ens.,  218 
Chamberlain,  Capt.  James,  deputy  for 
East  Windsor,  1,  130,  285,  2;  sells 
farm,  229 ; on  Conn.  River  ferry,  232, 
64 

Chamberlain,  Peleg,  appt.  ens.,  184; 
appt.  lieut.  213 

Chamberlain,  Samuel,  appt.  capt.,  387 
Chamberlin,  Freedom,  appt.  ens.,  386 
Chamberlin,  James,  baggage  of,  76 
Champion,  Capt.,  excused'  from  court 
martial,  284 

Champion,  Epaphroditus,  appt.  capt.,  443 
Champion,  Col.  Henry,  deputy  for  Col- 
chester, 1,  107 ; tax  paid  by,  19 ; loan 
by,  64 ; to  receive  certificate,  114 ; 
bounty  for,  114;  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
322;  beef  sold  to,  207;  accounts  of, 
settled,  249-50,  306;  on  state  salt,  251 
Champion,  Israel,  beef  sold  to,  207 ; 
cattle  sold  to,  73 

Champion,  Phelps  & Co.,  contractors. 
105 

Champion  & Haley,  London  merchants, 
233 

Champlain,  Lake,  person  injured  at,  41 
Chandler,  Mr.,  attorney,  95 
Chandler,  Charles  Church,  appt.  probate 
judge,  135,  112,  320;  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114,  323;  deputy  for  Woodstock,  203, 
253,  316;  clerk  of  assembly,  204,  317 ; 
nominated  for  council,  313,  471 ; nom- 
inated for  Congress,  313,  471 ; elected 
to  Congress,  318;  attests  choice  of 
governor,  318 ; resigns  from  Congress, 
444 

Chandler,  David,  appt.  lieut.,  185 
Chandler,  Col.  John,  deputy  for  New- 
town, 2,  131,  108,  316;  on  committees 
5,  10,  28,  175,  316,  109,  170,  380; 
orders  on,  52,  85 ; at  Council  of  Safetv, 
88-129,  239-85  passim;  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114,  322;  appt.  to  Council  of  Safety, 
174 ; to  administer  confiscated  estate. 
204 ; may  sell  real  estate,  219 ; to  col- 


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INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


lect  funds,  170;  to  accept  state  ob- 
ligations, 172;  to  report  on  confiscated 
land,  177;  appt.  brig,  gen.,  210;  sells 
confiscated  estate,  293 
Chandler,  Joshua,  notes  of,  68 ; holds 
mortgage,  190;  estate  of,  233 
Chandler,  Rufus,  may  be  visited,  275 
Chandler,  Seth,  appt.  ens.,  134 
Chandler,  William,  shop  of,  90;  estate 
of,  101 

Chapin,  Elisha,  appt.  capt.,  183 
Chapin.  Samuel,  appt.  ens.,  216 
Chaplain,  of  Waterbury’s  brigade,  94 
Chaplin,  Benjamin,  deputy  for  Mans- 
field, 286,  8,  431 

Chaplin,  Benjamin,  Jr.,  appt.  capt. 
131 

Chapman,  Major  Albert,  deed  for,  67 
Chapman,  Benjamin,  taxes  abated,  309 
Cnapman,  Capt.  Elijah,  deputy  for  Tol- 
land, 2,  3,  130,  285 

Chapman,  Francis,  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 
Chapman,  Col.  Jabez,  appt.  J.P.,  135, 
112,  321;  deputy  for  East  Haddam, 
315,  430;  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 
Chapman,  Jedediah,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113, 
322 

Chapman,  Jedidiah,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  389 
Cnapman,  John,  appt.  capt.,  167,  188, 
213 ; sum  drawn  in  favor  of,  247 ; 
commands  prison  ship,  247,  252 ; 
commission  to  be  retained,  251 
Chapman,  Joseph,  I,  appt.  ens.,  298 : 
appt.  lieut.,  141 

Chapman,  Joseph,  II,  appt.  ens.,  388 
Chapman,  Lebbeus,  appt.  ens.,  168 
Chapman,  Oliver,  appt.  lieut.,  188 
Chapman,  Ozias,  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 
Chapman.  Col.  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
112,  321 ; trustee  of  estate,  35;  deputy 
for  Tolland,  107,  315;  account  of,  194; 
regiment  of,  223 

Chapman,  Shubael.  estate  of.  311 
Chapman,  Simon,  bond  of,  76 
Chapman,  William,  appt.  capt.  443 
Chapman’s  Ferry,  Haddam,  road  to, 
455 

Charles  II,  charter  granted  by,  209 
Charleston,  South  Carolina,  traveller  to. 
94 

Charter  of  1662.  Conn,  western  claims 
under,  112,  209 

Chatham,  army  quota.  15:  assessment, 
59,  60,  78,  310;  militarv  companies  in, 
140;  ref.  to  inhabs.  of,  167,  194,  43. 
225 ; deficiency  in  quota.  56 : sale  of 
property  in.  148 : Ind;an  land  at.  380: 
state  collector  for,  334 
Chauncev.  Charles,  appt.  J.P.,  136.  113. 
321 ; administrator  of  estate,  191 ; to 


pay  dividend  of  estate,  233;  to  collect 
debts,  307,  453 

Chauncey,  Nathaniel,  appt.  J.P.,  13 \ 
112,  321 

Cheese,  duty  on,  432 
Cheeseborough,  David,  estate  of,  70 
Cheeseborough,  Margaret,  heiress,  70 
Chenward,  Capt.  John,  to  receive  flour, 
43;  on.  David  Trumbull’s  accounts, 
196,  199,  200;  appt.  state  auditor,  286 
Cheshire,  army  quota,  15 ; ref.  to  inhabs. 
of,  43,  53,  224,  226,  228;  assessment, 
60,  60,  79,  283,  311 ; selectmen  of,  108; 
military  companies  of,  139;  church 
troubles  at,  171-2 

Chester,  Col.  John,  at  Council  of  Safety, 
88-129,  239-85  passim,  189(2)  ; deputy 
for  Wethersfield,  130,  107,  315,  430; 
on  committees,  132,  109,  317,  379,  478; 
appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  320;  appt  to 
Council  of  Safety,  174 ; petition  of,  234 
Chew,  Joseph,  deed  from,  202;  debt  of, 
48 

Child,  Asa,  appt.  lieut.,  134 
Child,  Capt.  Elisha,  deputy  for  Wood- 
stock,  2,  131 ; appt  J.P.,  137,  114,  323 ; 
on  committees,  5,  10,  132 
Child,  Penuel,  appt  ens.,  442 
Child,  Samuel,  Jr.,  appt.  J.P.,  137 
Child,  Shubael,  gives  meat  to  Lyon, 
193 

Child,  Willard,  appt.  survevor  of  land, 
384 

Chimneys,  jurisdiction  over  sweeping  of, 
265,  274,  351,  361,  371 
China  ware,  excise  on,  16 
Chintz,  duty  on,  432 
Chittenden,  Jared,  petition  of,  269;  or- 
der for,  270 

Chittenden,  Samuel,  Jr.,  assessment  of, 
309 

Chocolate,  excise  on,  16,  338,  339;  duty 
on,  328 

Chubb,  Stephen,  appt  cornet,  189 
Chubb,  Stephen,  Jr.,  assessment  of. 
26 

Church,  Asa,  joins  the  enemy,  215 
Church,  Eber,  Jr.,  escape  of,  232 
Church,  George,  to  sell  real  estate,  62 
Church,  Hannah,  to  receive  estate.  215 
Church,.  James,  petitions  of,  309-10,  63 
Church,  Joseph,  Jr.,  attests  notes,  475 
Church,  Mary,  attests  notes,  475 
Church,  Russell,  sale  of  land  of,  62-63 
Churchill,  Amos,  appt.  capt.,  132 
Churchill,  Charles,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  11 2, 
32° 

Cities,  incorporation  of,  257,  267,  343, 
354,  364:  New  Haven  and  New  Lon- 
don, as  free  ports,  325 


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293 


Citizens,  of  United  States,  may  reside  in 
New  London  and  New  Haven,  325 ; of 
Connecticut,  to  be  protected  at  sea, 
254 

City  court,  rules  governing,  in  New 
Haven,  260-2;  in  New  London,  269- 
71 ; in  Hartford,  346-8 ; in  Middle- 
town,  356-9;  in  Norwich,  366-9 
City  meeting,  rules  for  holding,  in  New 
Haven,  258-9;  in  New  London,  268; 
in  Hartford,  344-6 ; in  Middletown, 
355-6 ; in  Norwich,  365 ; first  meeting, 
in  New  Haven,  266-7 ; in  New  Lon- 
don, 276-7 ; in  Hartford,  352-3 ; in 
Middletown,  362-3 ; in  Norwich,  372-3 ; 
outside  voters  at,  375 
Claghorn,  Eleazer,  appt.  capt„  167 
Clap,  Elijah,  estate  of,  190-91 
Clapp,  Anne,  to  sell  estate,  190-91 
Clark,  Anne,  currency  destroyed,  183 
Clark,  Benjamin,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114, 
323;  petition  of,  47 
Clark,  Danforth,  appt.  capt.,  32 
Clark,  Elias,  appt.  cornet,  218 
Clark,  Hezekiah,  pay  due  to,  69 
Clark,  Jabez,  pay  due,  215-16 ; petitions 
of,  174-5,  418 

Clark,  Jacob,  appt.  ens.,  184 ; appt.  lieut., 
391 

Clark,  Capt.  James,  provisions  from, 
262 

Clark,  John  (of  Hartford  Co.),  appt. 
J.P.,  136,  113,  321 

Clark,  John  (of  Lebanon),  pension  for, 
222 

Clark,  John  (of  Windham  Co.),  appt. 
J.P.,  137,  114,  323 

Clark,  Jonah  (Josiah?),  deputy  for 
Branford,  2,  130,  286,  4,  107,  202,  252, 
431;  appt.  J.P.,  136 , 113,  321 
Clark,  Lavinors,  to  travel,  94 
Clark,  Lemuel,  appt.  capt.,  185 
Clark,  Levi,  appt.  ens.,  134 
Clark,  Nathan,  asks  pay  for  Milford 
guard,  162 

Clark,  Obadiah,  petition  of,  423 
Clark,  Samuel,  notes  of,  43,  53-4;  appt. 
ens.,  393 

Clark,  Sheldon,  deputy  for  Derby,  203, 
252;  bond  of,  226 
Clark,  Stephen,  I,  estate  of,  218 
Clark,  Stephen,  II,  appt.  capt.,  442 
Clark,  Capt.  Thomas,  deputy  for  Derby, 
2,  286,  4,  316,  430;  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  321;  asks  for  lottery,  45;  appt. 
capt.,  138 

Clark,  Timothy,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113, 
321 ; deputy  for  Southington,  202,  252 
Clark,  Zachariah,  appt.  capt.,  217 
Clark  & Nightingale,  suit  of,  302,  423 


Clarkson,  Mr.,  beef  delivered  to,  115 
Cleaveland,  Col.  Aaron,  to  be  bonded, 
57 

Cleaveland,  Deliverance,  Edward  2nd, 
Experience,  Joanna,  Payne,  Rebecca 
2nd,  Silas,  Stephen,  inheritance  of, 
229-30 

Cleaveland,  Edward,  estate  of,  229-30 
Cleaveland,  Rebeckah,  wife  of  Edward, 
229-30 

Clelan(d),  Robert,  estate  of,  86,  185 
Clements,  Jeremiah,  Jr.,  appt.  capt.,  389 
Clerk,  city,  appointment  of,  260-61,  270, 
347,  357,  367 ; to  keep  city  records,  263, 
272-3,  349,  359,  369 ; oaths  of,  in  New 
Haven,  264;  in  New  London,  274;  in 
Hartford,  351 ; in  Middletown,  361 ; 
in  Norwich,  370-1 
Clerk,  of  Council  of  Safety,  92,  94 
Cleut,  Serjeant  Jedidiah,  accounts  of,  254 
Cleveland,  Aaron,  amercement  of,  232 
Cleveland.  See  also  Cleaveland 
Cliff,  Waterman,  payment  to,  192 
Clift,  Major  Lemuel,  payment  by,  86 
Clinton,  George,  gov.  of  N.  Y.,  informa- 
tion presented  to,  22,  92-3;  permits 
travel,  86 

Clocks,  mechanical,  monopoly  on,  237-8 
Close,  Joseph,  allowed  to  move,  113 
Clothes,  excise  on,  16 
Clothing,  reports  and  inventories  on,  88, 
96;  collection  and  sale  of,  96,  200, 
250,  280,  284,  377,  378;  commissary 
of,  241 ; supplied  to  regt.,  299 ; receipt 
of,  459 

Clough,  Capt.  Obadiah,  deputy  for  Kil- 
lingley,  108,  316 

Coast  guards.  See  Guards  for  coast 
Cobb,  Ebenezer,  appt.  capt.,  143 
Coburn,  Seth  Storer,  permitted  to  travel, 
83-4 

Cocoa,  duty  on,  327 
Coe,  Andrew,  sells  property,  452 
Coe,  John,  property  of,  sold,  452 
Coe,  Jonathan,  appt.  ens.,  135;  receives 
money,  452 

Coe,  Phineas,  appt.  quartermaster,  189 
Coe,  Roswell,  appt.  lieut.,  189 
Coe,  Simeon,  appt.  ens.,  440 
Coffee,  excise  on,  16,  338;  duty  on,  327, 
328 

Cogswell,  Doctor,  payment  to,  254 
Cogswell,  James,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114 
Cogswell,  Mason,  clerk  to  issuing  com- 
missary, 162-3 

Cogswell,  Nathaniel,  appt.  lieut.,  134; 
appt.  capt.,  440 

Cogswell,  Maj.  William,  deputy  for 
Washington,  132,  287,  10;  appt.  J.P., 
138,  115,  323 


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INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Coit,  Benjamin,  on  committees,  5,  10, 
318;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321;  deputy 
for  Preston,,  286,  6,  316 
Coit,  Joshua,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  113,  321 ; 
petition  of,  300;  deputy  for  New  Lon- 
don, 431 

Coit,  Capt.  Oliver,  permitted  to  travel, 
103 

Coit,  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Coit,  Thomas,  petition  of,  416 
Coit,  Wheeler,  sells  port,  238 
Coit,  William,  payment  to,  189;  petition 
of,  416 

Colburn,  Daniel,  loses  note,  292 
Colburn  (Colborn),  Ebenezer,  deputy 
for  Stafford,  202,  252,  315,  430;  appt. 
lieut.,  387 

Colchester,  army  quota,  15 ; barracks, 
French  in,  49 ; assessment,  59,  60,  78, 
187,  310;  military  companies  of,  139, 
140',  ref.  to  inhabs.  of,  167,  28,  34, 
56,  73-4,  151,  220,  281,  306,  384,  401, 
459;  constables  of,  378 
Cole,  Cloe,  Elizabeth,  Lydia,  Sibil,  in- 
heritance of,  470 

Cole,  John,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  323 
Cole,  Nathaniel,  estate  of,  470 
Cole,  Stephen,  appt.  ens.,  442 
Colebrook,  selectmen  of,  108’,  military 
companies,  140 ; new  meeting  house 
for,  232,  146-7 ; ref.  to  inhab.  of,  331 ; 
collector,  334 

Coleman,  Josiah,  deputy  for  Sharon, 
204,  253,  317 

Coleman,  Ozias,  debt  of,  407 
Collectors  of  excise,  duties  of,  117,  205, 
279;  certificates  for,  339;  of  import 
duties,  appointment  of,  327;  duties  of, 
330 

Collectors,  of  imports,  duties  of,  448 
Collectors,  of  taxes,  payments  by,  238, 
256,  374,  377;  in  cities,  259,  269,  345, 
355-6,  365 ; appointment  of,  296,  298, 
397-8,  399,  417 ; in  particular  towns, 
298,  374,  396,  397,  399,  422,  447,  471-2; 
duties  of,  328,  334,  336,  376,  437,  446 
Collier,  Daniel,  estate  of,  94',  death  of, 
65 

Collier,  William,  permitted  to  travel, 
94,  327,  65,  85,  91 

Collins,  Maj.  Augustus,  payroll  of,  99; 
appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321;  appt.  maj., 
183;  deputy  for  Guilford,  286„5,  108, 
316;  petition  of,  92 

Collins,  Edward,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
321 

Collins,  Eliphalet,  appt.  lieut.,  389 
Collins,  Joseph,  appt.  ens.,  296;  appt. 
lieut.,  132 

Coloer,  Jonathan,  appt.  ens.,  189 


Colt,  John,  Jr.,  appt.,  ens.,  168,  189; 
appt.  lieut.,  387 

Colt,  Joseph,  petition  of,  309 

Combe,  Noah,  estate  of,  73-4;  unpaid 
taxes,  307 

Commanders,  of  regts.  to  receive  rul- 
ings, 446 

Commerce,  acts  for  promoting,  115,  325 ; 
jurisdiction  over  in  cities.  265,  274, 
351,  361,  371 ; on  Connecticut  River, 
344  _ 

Commissary  General,  act  to  furnish  sup- 
plies to,  repealed,  115 

Commissary  of  Issues.  See  Weed, 
Smith 

Commissary  of  Purchases,  money  due, 
70 

Commissary  of  Prisoners,  Shaw  serves 
as,  295 

Commissary,  state,  supplies  invalid  regt., 
38 ; supplies  to,  404 

Commission,  on  Pennsylvania  dispute, 
report  of,  208 

Commissioner  of  accounts,  orders  given 
to,  196,  199 

Commissioner  (Army),  to  receive  ac- 
count, 199 

Commissions,  for  cruising  on  Sound, 
92-3;  army,  sale  of,  220;  to  naval 
officers,  254 

Committee  of  Pay  Table,  to  receive 
bills,  accounts,  receipts,  etc.,  15,  19, 
46,  89,  94(2),  95,  96(2),  98,  103,  106, 
113,  119,  122,  162-3,  170,  179,  233, 
245,  253,  261,  274,  278,  291,  293,  329. 
333,  339,  57,  177,  193,  199,  227,  250(2), 
251,  406,  453,  472-3;  to  affix  price  of 
barrels,  16;  orders  and  payments  by, 
18,  20,  39,  40,  40-41,  42,  43,  47,  50, 
59,  66,  70,  71,  78,  81,  83,  92(2),  92-3, 
93(2),  94,  98,  106,  109-10,  116,  117, 
118,  121(2),  128(2),  159,  192(2), 
200(2),  207-8,  213,  214,  216,  226(2), 
232,  239-40,  240(2),  241(3),  243,  244, 
245,  246,  246-7,  249,  250,  251(2),  252 , 
252-3,  254,  259,  260,  264,  270,  295,  314, 
318,  324,  330(2),  337(2),  338,  24,  29. 
34,  42,  43,  44,  50,  56,  72,  73-4,  76, 
82,  84(2),  85(3),  86(4),  87,  90(5), 
91.  92,  94,  98.  99,  100,  102(2),  105(2), 
106,  156,  158,  159.  161,  162,  162-3. 
165-6,  166(2),  169-70,  174,  178-9, 
183-4,  189-90,  190,  192(2),  193,  194. 
194-5,  195,  200,  205,  222,  240.  240-1, 
244,  249(3),  290,  292-3,  294,  300,  304. 
308,  379,  380,  394.  395-6,  397,  401. 
452,  460,  464(2),  467(2)  ; to  adjust  o~ 
settle  accounts,  19, 19-20,  20,  21.  39(2). 
48,  64,  75,  75-6,  76,  83,  89,  97.  98. 
98-9,  99(2),  100,  108(2),  111,  114(2), 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


295 


116,  119,  120,  123,  123-4 , 124-5, 

127,  173,  174(2),  175,  176,  177,  193, 
195,  197,  197-8,  207,  229,  234,  243, 
244,  245,  247,  251,  252,  253,  254(2), 
255,  257(2),  260,  264,  265,  270,  274, 
278,  284,  285,  291,  301,  301-2 , 305, 
308,  312,  319,  329,  331,  332-3.  29,  35, 
36(2),  41,  41-2,  52,  62,  63,  65-6,  76, 
85,  88,  96,  98,  99,  102(2),  105,  105-6, 
106,  123,  124(2),  144(2),  147,  148, 
151-2,  168-9,  174,  177,  182-3,  190, 
190-1,  191(2),  192(2),  193,  194(2), 
195,  195-6,  198(4),  199-200,  200(2), 
207,  208,  224,  226,  228,  232,  234,  236, 
241,  249-50,  280(3),  294-5  , 295, 

297-8,  299,  300,  302,  303,  306(3), 
377,  378,  403-4,  405,  415,  417(2),  418, 
419,  424,  427,  428(2),  447,  455,  458, 
461-2;  to  issue  certificates  or  secur- 
ities, 23,  171,  74,  377,  401,  451;  ap- 
pointment on,  26 ; deeds  and  convey- 
ances, by,  46,  47,  89,  90,  75 ; to  deliver 
provisions,  94,  105,  125,  284;  wages 
of,  94 ; send  team  to  Boston,  274  \ 
members  of,  exempt  from  military 
service,  178 ; to  hold  up  account,  294 : 
act  to  enable,  to  settle  debts,  27 ; peti- 
tion for  back  pay,  52;  Wales  to  re- 
port to,  96 ; to  make  reports,  224,  375 ; 
counterfeit  orders  of,  235,  426 ; to 
cease  drafts  on  treasurer,  375 ; to  rec. 
Council  of  Safety  records,  377 
Committee  of  Safety.  See  Council  of 
Safety 

Common  council,  court  of,  rules  gov- 
erning, New  Haven,  265;  New  Lon- 
don, 274-5;  Hartford,  351-2;  Middle- 
town,  361-2;  Norwich,  371-2;  election 
of,  New  Haven,  258;  New  London, 
268 ; Hartford,  345  ; Middletown,  355  ; 
Norwich,  365;  oaths  of.  New  Haven. 
264;  New  London.  274;  Hartford, 
351 ; Middletown,  361 ; Norwich,  370 
Common  law,  superior  court  to  lay 
foundation  for,  324-5 
Compo,  enemy  lands  at,  40 
Comptroller  of  Accounts  of  United 
States,  280 

Comstock,  Capt,  receives  money,  179 
Comstock,  Aaron,  appt.  lieut.,  391 
Comstock,  Calvin,  appt.  lieut.,  141 
Comstock,  David,  180,  413 
Comstock,  Ebenezer,  losses  from  enemv, 
81 

Comstock,  Lieut.  John,  payment  to, 
182-3 

Comstock,  Strong,  appt.  quartermaster, 

385 

Cone,  Major  Daniel,  resigns,  210;  fails 
to  pay  tax.  471 
Cone,  Henry,  pension  for,  220 


Cone,  Judah,  appt.  ens.,  216 
Cone,  Reuben,  to  visit  brother,  84 
Cone,  William,  Jr.,  appt.  quartermaster, 
216 

Confederation,  Articles  of.  See  Articles 
of  Confederation 

Confiscated  estates  (general  and  un- 
named), individuals  compensated 
from,  79,  270,  193,  196,  246 ; acts  relat- 
ing to,  162-3,  115,  123;  payments  made 
from,  284,  313,  40-41,  246,  296,  377-8, 
379;  sale  of,  177,  289-90,  377-8,  379; 
rent  of,  293 

Confiscated  estates  (individual  names), 
Anderson,  101 , 166;  Apthorp,  29-30, 
44,  179,  305-6,  67,  75,  166-7,  176-7, 
313-4,  475;  Bache,  58;  Barnum,  85; 
Bayard,  202,  163-4,  450;  Botsford, 
453;  Brown,  339,  27-8,  56,  459,  474; 
Camp,  201,  314,  319,  38 ; Candee,  101, 
248;  Church,  215;  Croofut,  50-1; 
Davis,  294;  Deblois,  46;  Doolittle, 
231;  Fanning,  88,  232,  235,  316,  403; 
Frink,  98;  Galpin,  96,  452;  Gardiner, 
41,  50,  42,  171 ; Hickox,  420;  Jauncey, 
58-9,  68-9,  81,  307;  Learning,  157-8, 
288-9 ; Lechmere,  270,  73,  85 ; Lintot, 
289;  Lyon,  99,  233-4;  McEvers,  198, 
177-8,  310,  414,  479;  Miles,  95,  232-3; 
Punderson,  469;  Seely,  19,  182-3; 
Shelton,  468,  Sherbrook,  47;  Smith, 
94-5,  102,  111-2,  204,  256,  271 ; Steb- 
bins,  95-6,  293 ; Summers,  66 ; Taylor, 
73,  405;  Turner,  230;  Wooster,  85 
Congress,  delegates  to,  nominated,  61, 
80,  313,  471 ; requisitions  of,  104,  433 ; 
delegates  appt.,  133,  207,  318,  444;  to 
give  account  of  duties  collected  in 
state,  154 ; duties  of  delegates  in, 
23-6,  444,  457 ; payment  of  members, 
92,  100,  174,  198,  205.  293,  377,  449; 
Penn. — Conn.,  suit,  112,  308,  457;  ad- 
dress of,  to  be  published,  131 ; and 
army  pay  and  bounties,  169,  197,  198, 
207,  279,  427 ; asks  for  grant,  198-9 ; 
approves  day  of  Thanksgiving,  210; 
appts.,  surgeon  general,  236;  and 
western  land  claims,  277,  444,  445, 
457 ; delegates  to  ask  payment  for 
army  expenses,  279 ; delegates  to,  can- 
not be  judges  of  Superior  Court,  323; 
may  lay  duties  in  Conn.,  326,  435 ; 
orders  bills  issued  in  favor  of  Hub- 
bard, 377 : communication  with  dele- 
gates to,  381 ; asks  raising  of  troops, 
445 

Conklin,  David,  permitted  to  travel,  282 
Connecticut,  State  of.  claims  to  western 
lands,  112.  208-9,  277,  456 
Connecticut  Courant,  articles  having  ex- 
cise to  be  listed  in,  130-31 


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INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Connecticut  Line.  See  Army,  Continen- 
tal (Conn.  Line) 

Connecticut  River,  as  town,  etc.,  boun- 
dary, 165,  221,  354;  ferries  on,  232,  64, 
221,  399;  fishery  at  mouth  of,  118, 
477 ; Champion  visits  towns  on,  249- 
50;  jurisdiction  of  commerce  on,  344 
Consociation,  criticizes  minister,  308 
Conspiracies,  act  to  prevent,  repealed, 
115 

Constables,  as  tax  collectors,  98;  juris- 
diction of,  378,  447 

Constitution,  for  western  territory,  278 
Continental  Army.  See  Army,  Con- 

tinental; Army,  Continental  (Conn. 
Line) 

Continental  Currency.  See  Currency, 
Continental 

Continental  Loan.  See  Loan,  Con- 

tinental 

Continental  Loan  Office.  See  Loan 

Office,  Continental 
Contraband,  captured,  94 
Contractors,  to  receive  orders,  104 ; for 
U.S.  Army  food,  105 
Convention  troops,  bill  for  quartering, 
191 

Cook,  Aaron,  appt.  capt.,  391 
Cook,  Caleb,  appt.  capt.,  35;  appt.  J.P., 
136,  113,  321 

Cook,  Daniel,  used  Smith’s  lands,  272 
Cook,  Eli,  payment  to,  223 
Cook,  Ephraim,  petition  of,  171 
Cook,  Isaac,  appt.  lieut.  col.,  30 
Cook,  Isaiah,  to  sell  real  estate,  210 
Cook,  Jesse,  appt.  capt.,  283 
Cook,  Joel,  appt.  ens.,  36 
Cook,  Capt.  John,  loses  from  enemy, 
104 

Cook,  Col.  Joseph  Platt,  deputy  for 
Danbury,  2 , 131,  286,  6,  108,  203,  253, 
316 ; on  committees,  13-14,  28,  96,  132. 
316;  petition  of,  73;  at  Council  of 
Safety,  88-129,  239-285,  325-341,  189- 
201  passim;  appt.  probate  judge,  134, 
112,  320;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  322; 
appt.  to  Council  of  Safety,  174 ; nom- 
inated as  assistant,  80,  313,  470;  mod- 
erator of  Ridgefield  town  meeting, 
291 ; nominated  to  Congress,  313,  471 ; 
elected  assistant,  317;  elected  to  Con- 
gress, 318;  takes  oath,  318;  present  at 
assembly,  430 ; pay  of,  449 
Cook,  Joseph  Platt,  Jr.,  appt.  quarter- 
master, 386 

Cook,  Moses,  appt.  lieut.,  133 
Cook,  Reuben,  appt.  lieut.,  186 
Cook(e),  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  322 
Cook,  Col.  Thaddeus,  commanding  regt. 
at  Saratoga,  159;  pays  out  money, 
302 


Cooley,  Daniel,  to  appraise  confiscated 
lands,  96;  appt.  J.P.,  137 , 114,  322 
Cooley,  Noah,  appt.  ens.,  440 
Cooper,  Ebenezer,  appt.  lieut.,  136 
Cooper,  Joel,  appt.  ens.,  385 
Cooper,  Thomas,  appt.  ens.,  34 
Cooper,  Zebulon,  paid  for  boat,  246 
Coopering,  of  gunpowder  casks,  200-1 
Copp,  Ebenezer,  appt.  ens.,  168,  188 
Copper,  old,  no  duty  on,  448 
Copyright,  act  for,  14-16;  for  Ross, 
245-6;  for  Barlow,  459 
Corbin,  Asa,  appt.  lieut.,  134 
Corbin,  Samuel,  appt.  capt.,  134 
Corn,  taken  to  Long  Island,  83 ; orders 
for,  405 

Corn  Mills,  assessment  of,  155 
Cornell,  John,  debt  of,  52;  estate  of, 
confiscated,  85 

Corning,  Sarah,  petition  of,  191-2 
Corning,  William,  petition  of,  191-2 
Cornish,  Elisha,  appt.  tax  collector, 
304 

Cornwall,  army  quota,  15;  assessment, 

60,  61,  79,  187,  283,  312;  ref.  to  in- 
habs.  of  138,  308,  115,  421;  military 
companies,  139 ; repair  of  roads,  298-9 

Corporation,  of  Plainfield  Academy, 
406 

Corps  of  Invalids,  men,  459,  469 
Correspondence,  with  enemy,  accusation 
of,  92 

Cort,  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  losses  from  enemy, 
40 

Corwin,  Nathaniel,  permitted  to  travel, 

334 

Cory,  Abijah,  permitted  to  travel,  84 
Cossett,  Alexander,  appt.  capt.,  393 
Coswell,  Julius,  appt.  ens.,  213 
Couch,  Jonathan,  estate  of,  65-66 
Council,  church,  in  West  Strafford,  308 
Council,  (assistants),  nominations  to, 

61.  80,  313,  470;  election  of,  132,  109, 
317 ; members  of,  to  serve  as  Supreme 
Court  of  Errors,  324;  to  appt.  col- 
lectors, 327 

Council  of  Safety,  orders  on  army  quo- 
tas, 6,  8,  16(2),  320;  appointment  and 
promotion  of  officers  by,  12,  177,  283; 
appointments  to,  26,  174,  178 ; to  lease 
out  furnace  at  Salisbury,  26 ; service 
done  for,  39 ; accommodations  for 
French  army,  49;  military  warrant, 
63;  orders  on  supplies  and  provisions, 
70-1,  81,  86,  338,  339,  144,  408,  458, 
459 ; actions  on  confiscated  property, 
79,  94-5,  96,  183,  65-6;  meetings  of, 
88-129 . 239-85,  325-41,  82-106,  189- 
201,  249-51  passim;  to  handle  finan- 
cial matters,  117,  166,  169,  176,  259, 
319,  249;  power  invested  in  Thomas 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


297 


Shaw  by,  247-8;  Jesse  Grant  appeals 
to,  248 ; summons  Capt.  Norton  to  an- 
swer charges,  87 ; pay  of  clerks  of, 
92,  94,  280;  continued,  120;  sale  of 
property,  129,  166;  reports  on  salary, 
194-5 ; advises  governor  on  General 
assembly,  198;  sends  Noah  Phelps  to 
Vermont,  224;  journal  of,  375;  com- 
mittee of  pay  table  to  receive  records 
of,  377 ; to  destroy  enemy  shipping,  395 
Councillor,  senior,  to  preside  over  Su- 
preme Court,  324 

Count  de  Grasse , schooner  to  be  com- 
missioned, 241 

Counterfeiting,  Bank  of  No.  America 
notes,  act  against,  3 ; passed  and  used, 
41,  67,  78,  233,  394,  426,  460 
Counties,  act  concerning,  altered,  341, 
438 

Courrey,  Michael,  loses  note,  292 
Courts,  regulation  of,  287,  341,  342; 

jurisdiction  in  debt  cases,  287,  343 
Court  of  Chancery,  courts  to  act  as,  in 
certain  cases,  343 

Court,  city,  rules  governing,  260-2, 
269-71,  346-8,  556-9,  366-9;  jurisdic- 
tion in  duty  cases,  339-40 
Court  of  Common  Pleas,  jurisdiction  in 
duty  cases,  339 

Court,  county,  judges  named  for,  133-4, 
111,  319;  importers  to  testify  before, 
328 ; libel  cases  to  be  tried  in,  331 ; 
time  of  meeting,  341  (2)  ; not  to  hear 
suit,  342;  account  to  be  rendered  to, 
402 

Court  of  Probate,  judges  named  for, 
134-5,  111-2,  210,  319-20;  new  dis- 
trict, 164,  165 

See  also  Probate,  judge  of;  and  under 
names  of  the  several  districts 
Court,  Superior,  wages  for,  24,  223,  224, 
324-5,  424,  457-8,  473,  476,  477; 
cases  before,  67,  76,  78;  judges  named 
for,  133,  111,  319;  appeals  from  city 
courts  to,  260,  270,  346,  356,  366 ; 
officials  ineligible  to  serve  on,  323; 
judges,  tenure  of  office,  323 ; written 
record  required,  323-5 ; tax  on  proc- 
esses of,  339-340;  time  of  meeting, 
341 ; equity  jurisdiction,  342 
See  also  under  county  and  town  names 
Court,  Supreme,  of  Errors,  constituted, 
324;  tax  on  processes  of,  339;  peti- 
tions in  error,  428-9 
Cout,  Thomas,  to  sail  brig,  64-5 
Coventry,  army  quota,  14 : assessment, 
60,  26,  61,  79,  186,  312;  supports 
Ph:neas  Lyman,  70 ; selectmen  of,  107 ; 
military  companies  of.  139;  ref.  to  in- 
habs.  of,  167,  171,  303 


Covill,  Samuel,  appt.  capt.,  190 
Cowdry,  John,  appt.  capt.-lieut.,  190 
Cowles,  Josiah  (Jonah?),  appt.  J.P., 
136,  113,  321 

Cows,  to  be  included  in  lists,  340 
Craft,  Capt.  Samuel,  pay  for  services, 
98 ; deputy  for  Pomfret,  131 ; appt. 
J.P.,  137,  114;  expenses  of,  243 
Crane,  Elijah,  cruising  commission  sus- 
pended, 92-3 

Crane,  Capt.  Samuel,  petition  of,  304; 

deputy  for  Killingworth,  431 
Crary,  John,  petition  of,  180-1 
Crary,  Robert,  purchases  salt,  89;  appt. 
J.P.,  136,  113,  322;  to  examine  dis- 
abled persons,  323;  accounts  settled, 
329 ; appraiser  of  forfeited  lands, 
339;  deputy  for  Preston,  203,  253 
Crawford,  Samuel,  appt.  ens.,  211;  appt 
lieut.,  439 

Creditors,  act  for  securing  property,  160 
Cressey,  Martha,  money  due,  182 
Cressey,  Samuel,  money  due,  182 
Criss,  David,  taxes  abated,  48-9 
Crissey,  Samuel,  on  list  of  suspicious 
personages,  80-1 

Crittenden,  Samuel,  money  due,  69, 
397 

Crocker,  Daniel,  appt.  capt.,  385 
Crocker,  Capt.  Joseph,  deputy  for  Wil- 
lington,  2,  130,  286,  4,  107,  202,  252, 
315,  430 

Croft,  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  323 
Cromeline,  Robert,  house  of,  327 
Croofoot,  John,  confiscated  estate  of, 
50 

Crouch,  Christopher,  appt.  lieut.,  390 
Crowell,  John,  appt.  lieut.,  132 
Crowfoot,  Daniel,  joins  enemy,  64 
Crowley,  James,  taxes  abated,  180,  413 
Cruttenden,  Jonathan,  permitted  to 
travel,  329 

Culler,  Joseph.  See  Cutler 
Culver,  Benjamin,  land  of,  68-9 
Culver,  David,  permitted  to  travel,  330 
Culver,  Enoch,  petition  of,  65 
Culver,  Jonathan,  appt.  lieut.,  135 
Culver,  Samuel,  back  pay  of,  65 
Culver,  William,  permitted  to  travel, 
325 

Cumstock,  Capt.  Samuel,  wages  of, 
246 

Cunningham,  Garwood,  estate  of,  230 
Cunningham,  Garwood  Hinman,  sale  of 
real  estate,  230 

Cunningham,  Henry,  petition  of,  319 
Currency,  continental,  payments  in,  93, 
195,  196,  307,  404,  417,  455,  463;  sink- 
ing of,  172;  depreciation  of,  158,  175; 
reduced  to  specie,  294-5 


298 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Currency,  state,  small  bills  issued,  174-5 ; 

rates  payable  in,  307 
Currie,  Archibald,  to  go  to  New  York, 
52-3 

Curtiss,  Daniel,  to  execute  deed,  230 
Curtiss,  David,  estate  of,  39 
Curtiss,  Maj.  Eleazer,  on  committee,  5, 
10;  deputy  for  Kent,  287,  9 
Curtiss,  Eli,  assessment  omitted,  26 
Curtiss,  Elihu,  appt.  ens.,  216 
Curtiss,  Major  Jesse,  resigns,  284 
Curtiss,  Job,  appt.  capt.  188(2) 

Curtiss,  Capt.  John,  deputy  for  South- 
ington, 1,  130,  285,  3,  107,  315,  430; 
appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 ; on  committee, 
461 

Curtiss,  John,  appt.  ens.,  390 
Curtiss,  Joseph,  appt.  lieut.,  285 
Curtiss,  Martin,  appt.  lieut.,  31 
Curtiss,  Nathaniel,  revision  of  fine,  473 
Curtis (s),  Capt.  Peters  (of  Farming- 
ton),  appt.  capt.,  105,  116 ; resigns 
appointment,  121 
Curtiss,  Samuel,  appt.  ens.,  386 
Curwin,  Nathaniel,  permitted  to  travel. 
239 

Cusset,  Runna,  appt.  capt.,  36 
Custom  House,  permits  from,  255 
Customs,  state,  inter-state  conference  on, 
101 

Cutler,  Daniel,  appt.  capt.,  132 
Cutler  (Culler,  Cutter)  Ens.  Joseph, 
appt.  ens.,  105,  116;  pay  of,  279 
Cutter,  Joseph.  See  Cutler 
Cuvier,  Jacob,  petition  of,  35 

Daggett,  Capt.  Henry,  deputy  for  New 
Haven,  130,  286,  4,  107,  202,  252; 
appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321;  flour  de- 
livered to,  193 ; resolve  given  to,  255 ; 
payments  to,  303,  114,  459,  464;  to 
handle  state  supplies,  96 ; to  count 
votes,  109;  to  deliver  thanks  for  ser- 
mon, 110 

Daggett,  Marv,  to  sell  right  to  land. 
463 

Daggett,  Rev.  Naphtali,  estate  of,  463 
Dain,  Ebenezer,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  385 
Dana,  James,  appt.  capt.,  24;  offered 
captaincy,  105;  appt.  maj.,  116:  pay- 
ments to,  121,  124.  106;  to  investigate 
losses,  178;  to  receive  provisions,  285; 
appt.  to  Greenwich  lists,  40 
Danbury,  probate  court  and  district, 
Redding  annexed  to,  4-5;  to  receive 
report.  52;  to  grant  administration, 
65,  215 ; to  direct  sale  of  real  estate, 
71,  219,  220;  approves  executor,  72; 
appoints  commissioners  to  examine 
accounts,  85 ; to  certify  debts  settled. 


96;  judge  appt.,  134,  112,  320;  report 
to,  on  confiscated  estates,  50-1 
Danbury,  town  of,  army  quota,  15;  ref. 
to  inhab.,  42,  71-3  ( 2),  73(2),  85,  215, 
262,  163,  291,  410,  417;  assessment, 
59,  60,  79,  311;  estates  in,  confiscated, 
73 ; provisions  transported  to,  83,  242 ; 
military  companies  of,  140;  superior 
court  at,  40;  new  meeting  house  in, 
146;  state  collector,  334;  selectmen  of, 
405 ; British  troops  march  to,  467 
Danielson,  Samuel,  appt.  capt.,  137 
Danielson,  Col.  William,  deputy  for 
Killingley,  131,  286,  8,  203,  253,  316; 
appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  323;  asks  stay 
of  execution,  423,  477 
Danvers,  Mass.,  inhab.  of,  43 
Darling,  Thomas,  deputy  for  Wood- 
bridge,  316,  431 ; appt.  J.P.,  321 ; appt. 
surveyor  of  lands,  383 
Darling,  Thomas,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  384 
Darrow,  Asa,  appt.  ens.,  441 
Darrow,  Thomas,  taxes  abated,  180,  413 
Dart,  Joseph,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Daton,  Ebenezer,  house  plundered,  48 
Dauchey,  Nathan,  resigns  as  tax  col- 
lector, 25;  appt.  capt.,  142 
Dauphin  of  France,  birth  of,  celebrated, 
166 

Davenport,  Col.  Abraham,  present  at 
assembly,  1,  130,  13,  107,  202,  252; 
nominated  for  assistant,  61,  80;  orders 
bond,  78;  at  Council  of  Safety,  88-129, 
239-285,  325-341,  82-106,  189-201,  249- 
51,  passim;  to  pay  troops,  103,  284; 
to  count  votes,  132,  109 ; to  supervise 
travellers,  102,  40,  46,  47,  48,  50,  53, 
65,  91,  98;  elected  assistant,  132,  109; 
takes  oath,  133,  110;  appt.  county 
court  judge,  134,  111,  319;  appt.  pro- 
bate judge,  134,  112,  320;  appt.  to 
Council  of  Safety,  174 ; to  supply  iron 
and  steel,  250,  193 ; accounts  settled, 
254 ; to  give  pay  table  orders  to  treas- 
urer, 255;  to  sell  property,  104,  129; 
appt.  J.P.,  322 

Davenport,  James,  appt.  J.P.,  322; 

schooner  of,  captured,  457 
Davenport,  Maj.  John,  sells  land,  89- 
90,  deputy  for  Stamford,  131,  286, 
7,  316,  431 ; to  sell  confiscated  estate, 
182-3;  to  assist  in  supplies,  278,  279; 
cattle  for,  333;  resigns  as  major,  384; 
schooner  of,  captured,  457 
Davenport,  John,  Jr.,  to  appraise  con- 
fiscated land,  96;  petitions  to  sell  real 
estate,  193 ; to  give  pay  table  orders 
to  treasurer,  255 

Davenport,  Nicholas,  release  from 
prison,  238 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


299 


Davenport,  Silas,  accounts  of,  253 ; to  be 
paid  for  army  supplies,  165 ; given 
supplies,  166 

Davenport,  Thomas,  appt.  ens.,  184 
David,  Seward,  petition  of,  309 
Davidson,  James,  appt.  capt.,  35 
Davidson,  John,  appt.  lieut.,  135;  appt. 
capt.,  385 

Davidson,  William,  asks  payment,  464 
Daviss,  Daniel,  appt.  capt.,  184 
Daviss,  Elisha,  joins  enemy,  294 
Daviss,  Major  John,  procured  goods  for 
army,  86;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Daviss,  John,  appt.  ens.,  444 
Daviss,  Noah,  appt.  ens.,  298 
Daviss,  Capt.  Samuel,  deputy  for  Staf- 
ford, 130 

Dawling.  See  Dowling 
Day,  Amasa,  appt.  ens.,  138 
Day,  Joseph,  pay  for  cattle,  73-4 
Day,  Noah,  appt.  ens.,  138 
Day,  Stephen,  petitions  of,  207 , 294 
Dayton,  Ebenezer,  brings  goods  from 
Long  Island,  280;  robbery  of,  68,  100 
Dayton,  Hezekiah,  appt.  ens.,  136 ; appt. 
lieut.,  284 

Dayton,  Jonathan,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113 
Deains,  Ebenezer,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  211 
Death,  penalty  for  armed  robbery,  204 
Debenture,  for  members  of  Assembly, 
62 

DeBerard,  Charles  Joseph,  petition  of, 
398-9 

Deblois,  Gilbert,  estate  of,  confiscated. 
46 

Debt  (Conn.),  Pay  Table  to  settle,  27; 
account  of,  to  be  published,  131 ; from 
war,  278 : interest  on,  375 
Debt  (U.S.),  acts  for  duties  to  pay,  327, 
432-3 

Debts,  recovery  of,  287 ; frauds  in,  160 : 
due  persons  within  enemy  lines,  343 
Decrees,  of  Supreme  Court  of  Errors, 
to  be  final,  324 

Deed,  of  release  of  claims  to  Western 
Territory,  444 

Deet>  Brook,  Suffield,  as  boundary, 

411 

Defence,  blacksmith  work  done  on  ship. 
194 

Defense,  of  western  frontier,  121 
DeForrest,  Samuel,  appt.,  lieut.,  284 
Delaney’s  Corps,  deserter  from,  113 ; 

compulsory  joining  of,  58 
Delaware  Company,  to  collect  taxes 
from  proprietors,  291-2;  to  furnish 
money  to  agents,  292;  to  give  sum  to 
aorents  of  Conn.,  334 
Delaware  River,  settlements  west  of, 
120-1,  205-6,  208.  219-20 


Delegates  to  Congress.  See  Congress 
Deming,  Joel,  appt.  ens.,  389 
Demming,  Deliverance,  estate  of,  465 
Demming,  Giles,  agent  for  Stepney  par- 
ish, 37 

Dem(m)ing,  Richard,  purchases  land, 
465 

Demming,  Sarah,  to  settle  husband’s 
estate,  465 

DeMott,  William,  to  receive  confiscated 
lands,  73 

Denison,  Daniel,  to  sell  real  estate, 
84-5 

Denison,  Capt.  Daniel,  estate  of,  84 
Denison,  Esther,  to  sell  real  estate, 
84-5 

Denison,  Jesse,  appt.  ens.,  142;  appt. 
lieut.,  217 

Denison,  Nathan,  appt.  county  court 
judge,  134;  appt.  probate  judge,  135; 
appt.  J.  P.,  138 

Denison,  William,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113, 
322 

Dennison,  Henry,  appt.  2nd  lieut., 
267 

Dennis®,  George,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  135 
Deputy  governor,  election  of,  132,  109 ; 
oath  of,  133,  110;  to  be  lieut.  gen. 
of  state  forces,  141 

See  also  Griswold,  Matthew;  Hun- 
tington, Samuel;  Lieutenant  governor 
Derby,  army  quota,  15 ; assessment,  60, 
26,  60,  78,  311 ; ref.  to  inhab.,  101(2), 
167,  210,  277,  278,  226,  232,  297,  420 : 
military  companies  of,  139 ; lottery 
for  bridge  at,  45-6,  419;  state  col- 
lector, 334 

Desbrow,  Simon,  appt.  ens.,  213 
Deserters,  from  army,  pay  for  seizure 
of,  91,  192,  195-6 

Deshon,  Capt.  John,  deputy  for  New 
London,  5,  108,  203,  253,  286.  316; 
to  supervise  travellers,  37,  63(2)  ; to 
supervise  salt  importation,  54 ; to  ex- 
amine wage  claims,  58 ; inventories 
sloop  Polly,  95 ; to  count  votes,  109 ; 
appt.  J.P.,  114,  321 ; petitions  of,  164. 
166,  181-2,  197;  to  sell  supplies,  281; 
to  examine  account,  424 
Deshon,  Richard,  account  of,  182-3 ; 
appt.  mai  , 439 

Devotion,  Ebenezer,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114, 
322 

Devotion,  Rev.  Mr.,  asks  for  flag  of 
truce,  125 

Dewey,  Solomon,  surveyor  of  lands,  31 ; 
anpt.  ens.,  33 

DeWitt,  Capt.  Jacop,  to  provide  artil- 
lery carriages,  174 
Dexter,  Seth,  appt.  ens.,  33 
Dibble,  Ezra,  appt.  cornet,  386 


300 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Dibble,  John,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Dibble,  Thomas,  to  purchase  an  interest, 
275 

Dickerman,  Chauncey,  appt.  lieut.,  285 
Dickinson,  Braddock,  permitted  to  travel, 
116 , 86 

Dickinson,  John,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
321 ; to  examine  payment  of  rent,  42 ; 
petition  of,  160 

Dickinson,  Dr.  John,  to  inspect  trav- 
eller, 280 

Dickinson,  Michael,  appt.  capt.,  141 
Dickinson,  Obadiah,  appt.  lieut.,  138 
Dickinson,  Selah,  permitted  to  travel, 
62 

Dickinson,  Thomas,  furnished  supplies, 
24-5 ; pay  due  to,  312 
Diggins,  Augustus,  appt.  capt.,  389 
Dike,  Thomas,  appt.  lieut.,  137 
Dikeman’s  Farm,  sale  of,  196 
Dimock,  Philip,  buys  farm,  229 
Dimock,  Solomon,  appt.  lieut.,  184 
Dimon,  Lieut.  Col.  Jonathan,  resigns 
commission,  183;  overpaid  for  serv- 
ice, 294 

Discipline,  uniformity  of,  required,  165 
Distillery,  at  Chatham,  taken,  227 
Dixon,  John,  appt.  J.P.,  137 ; appt.  sur- 
veyor of  lands,  190;  appt.  quartermas- 
ter, 137 ; appt.  cornet,  215 
Dixon,  Capt.  William,  deputy  for  Plain- 
field,  131,  286,  8;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114, 
323 ; asks  incorporation  of  Plainfield 
Academy,  406 

Dobb’s  Ferry,  persons  to  travel  by  way 
of,  327,  328,  339,  82,  103 
Docid,  Daniel,  estate  of,  80 
Dodge,  Stephen,  appt.  lieut.,  167,  184; 
appt.  capt.,  213 

Dole,  James,  appt.  2nd  lieut.,  281 
Doolittle,  Benjamin,  appt.  capt.,  285 
Doolittle,  Ezra,  appt.  ens.,  140;  appt. 
lieut.,  214 

Doolittle,  Isaac  (of  Cheshire),  thefts 
by,  43,  53 

Doolittle,  Isaac  (of  New  Haven),  to 
deliver  pistol  powder,  95 
Doolittle,  Isaiah,  estate  of,  201 
Doolittle,  James,  estate  of,  217,  231 
Doolittle,  Jesse,  taxes  abated,  48-9 
Doolittle,  Joseph,  appt.  ens.,  444 
Doolittle,  Samuel,  release  from  jail,  68 
Doolittle,  Seth,  appt.  ens.,  388;  appt. 
lieut.  441 

Doolittle,  Solomon,  appt.  capt.,  135 
Doolittle,  Theophilus,  to  sell  real  es- 
tate, 201 

Dooming  of  towns,  of  Litchfield,  403, 
451;  of  Ridgefield,  467 
Dorman,  Joseph,  estate  of,  462 


Dorman  Roger,  inherits  estate,  462 
Douchy,  Nathan,  mistake  in  accounts  of. 
476 

Doud,  Jacob,  on  return  of  prisoners  of 
war,  207 

Doud,  Jehiel,  pay  for,  306 
Doud,  John,  to  return  to  U.S.  alle- 
giance, 207 

Douglas,  Benjamin,  sells  land,  198 
Douglas,  Esther,  estate  of,  300-1 
Douglas,  Hezekiah,  estate  of,  300-1 
Douglas,  James, . loses  notes,  214 
Douglas  (s),  Brig.  Gen.  John,  to  supply 
small  arms,  128;  deputy  for  Plain- 
field,  131,  108.  203,  253,  316;  to  count 
votes,  132,  317;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114, 
323;  to  receive  stores,  336;  to  ex- 
amine roads,  130;  appt.  probate  judge, 
320;  asks  incorporation  of  Plainfield 
Academy,  406 

Douglas,  Joshua,  appt.  ens.,  441 
Douglas,  Nathan,  loses  notes,  204,  214 
Douglas,  Capt.  William,  company  of,  41 
Douglas,  Col.  William,  commands  regt.. 
472 

Dow(e),  Benjamin  appt.  ens.,  261;  appt. 
lieut.,  296 

Dowling  (Dawling),  Andrew,  payment 
to,  270;  to  receive  lands,  73 
Down,  Jonathan,  loss  at  home  of,  420 
Downing,  Levi,  appt.  ens.,  296 
Downs  (Downes),  Capt.  David,  deputy 
for  Sharon,  132,  287,  10,  109;  appt. 
J.P.,  138,  115,  323 

Draft,  fines  for  avoiding,  150,  151,  152; 

exemptions,  from,  20 
Dragoons,  Light,  regt.  formed,  140-1 ; 
equipment  of,  146;  wages  of,  170; 
rations  of,  219 

See  also  Regiment,  2nd  and  3d  Dra- 
goons; Regiment,  Light  Horse 
Drake,  Garrardus,  permitted  to  travel. 
329 

Drake,  Simeon,  appt.  capt.,  138 
Dreggs,  Bartholomew,  petition  of,  67-8 
Dresser,  Jacob,  appt.  J.P.,  137 ; appt. 
lieut.,  388 

Drugs.  See  Medicine 
Ducks,  brought  from  Long  Island,  82 
Duer,  William,  meat  for,  264 
Dumas,  Monsieur,  to  receive  assistance, 
291 

Dummer,  Stephen,  appt.  ens.,  30;  appt. 
lieut.,  393 

Dunassan,  prisoner  to  be  exchanged. 
276 

Dunbar,  Joel,  appt.  ens.,  213;  appt. 
lieut.,  441 

Duncan,  Daniel,  appt.  capt.,  36;  appt. 
J.P.,  114,  322 


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301 


Dunham,  Daniel,  appt.  capt.,  217 
Dunham,  Eleazer,  pay  for  cattle,  207 
Dunham,  Jonathan,  appt.  lieut.,  138 
Dunham,  Seth,  appt.  capt.,  298 
Dunham,  Solomon,  appt.  capt.,  442 
Dunlap,  Capt.  Joshua,  deputy  for  Plain- 
field,  431 ; named  trustee  of  Plain- 
field  Academy,  406 
Dunning,  David,  estate  of,  219 
Dun  (s)  ton,  Samuel,  deputy  for  Wel- 
lington, 286,  4 

Durfee  (Durfy),  Daniel,  loses  notes, 
175 

Durfee  (Durfy),  James,  petition  of,  175 
Durham,  army  quota,  15 ; property  in, 
46;  assessment,  60,  60,  79,  187,  311 ; 
military  supplies  from,  95,  119;  ref. 
to  inhab.,  108,  167,  240,  241 ; mili- 
tary companies  of,  139;  on  Middle- 
town-Killingworth  road,  168 
Durke,  Capt.  Joseph,  to  receive  salt, 
282 

Durkee,  Captain  (of  Westmoreland), 
companies  raised  by,  214 
Durkee,  Benjamin,  appt.  first  lieut., 
107;  appt.  capt.,  258;  payment . to, 
258;  committee  of  pay  table  to  adjust 
pay  of,  98;  order  sent  to,  197 
Durkee,  John,  appt.  capt.,  284 
Durkey,  Col.  regt.  of,  311-12 
Duties,  to  be  levied  by  U.S.,  153,  154, 
326,  435;  act  for  levying  of,  by  state, 
328,  339,  432,  435,  437;  none  on  old 
copper  and  scrap  iron,  448;  exemp- 
tion from  payment  of,  454 
Dutton,  Amasa,  appt.  capt.,  216 
Dutton,  Capt.  Thomas,  collector  of 
taxes,  307-8 

Dutton,  Capt.  Timothy,  deputy  for  He- 
bron, 1 

Dwelling  Houses,  included  in  tax  lists, 
341 

Dwight,  Hamlin,  appt.  capt.,  30 
Dyer,  Doctor,  medicines  purchased  of, 
301 

Dyer,  Benjamin,  tax  abated,  224-5 
Dyer,  Col.  Eliphalet,  appt.  delegate  to 
Congress,  14,  292;  duties  in  western- 
lands  case,  27,  120,  220;  nominated 
for  assistant,  61,  80,  470;  nominated 
for  Congress,  61,  80;  at  Council  of 
Safety,  88-129,  239,  189-201,  249-51, 
passim;  on  committees,  125 ( 2),  132, 
317;  present  at  assembly,  130 , 202, 
315,  317;  elected  assistant,  132,  109; 
takes  oath,  133;  appt.  judge  of  supe- 
rior court,  133,  111 ; appt.  to  Council 
of  Safety,  174 ; payments  to,  241, 333-4, 
334,  100;  deputy  for  Windham,  316, 


431;  appt.  judge  of  superior  court, 
319;  appt.  J.P.,  322 

Eaglestone,  Joseph,  estate  of,  234 
East  Greenwich,  R.I.,  Allen  ordered  to, 
301 

East  Guilford,  guard  at,  99 
East  Haddam,  probate  court  and  dis- 
trict, judge  appt.  for,  134,  111,  319; 
to  direct  sale  of  real  estate,  207 ; debts 
ascertained  by,  126 

East  Haddam,  town  of,  army  quota,  15 ; 
assessment,  59,  60,  78,  310;  ref.  to 
inhab.,  59,  119,  167,  206-7,  282,  284, 
329,  71,  73,  168,  471 ; provisions  trans- 
ferred to,  108;  military  companies  in, 
140;  state  collector,  334 
East  Hampton,  Isaacs  to  return  to, 
111 

East  Hartford,  town  of,  constituted, 
221;  ref.  to  inhab.,  285,  461,  474; 
state  collector,  334 ; collectors  of 
Hartford  to  collect  taxes  of,  447 
East  Haven,  new  ferry,  42 
East  River  (New  Haven),  bridge  over, 
26 

East  River  (New  York),  Sloop  to 
travel  along,  94 

East  Windsor  probate  court  and  district, 
judge  appt.  for,  135,  111,  319;  estab- 
lished, 165 

East  Windsor,  town  of,  army  quota,  14 ; 
assessment,  60,  60,  78,  186,  310;  mili- 
tary companies  in,  140,  190;  ref.  to 
inhab.,  167,  229,  310 , 64,  171,  309; 
ferry  to,  232;  tax  collector  in,  334, 
383,  421 

Eastman,  Peter,  I,  appt.  capt.,  141 
Eastman,  Peter,  II,  appt.  ens.,  211 ; 

appt.  lieut.,  385 
Easton,  Abel,  estate  of,  191 
Eaton,  Ebenezer,  appt.  quartermaster, 
297;  appt.  cornet,  137;  appt.  lieut., 
215;  deputy  for  Plainfield,  316;  trus- 
tee of  Plainfield  Academy,  406 
Edgerton,  Daniel,  appt.  capt.,  186 
Edgerton,  Elisha,  appt.  quartermaster, 
389 

Edmond,  Andrew,  appt.  capt.,  296 
Edmunds,  William,  appt.  surveyor  of 
lands,  186 

Education,  incorporation  of  Plainfield 
Academy,  406 

Edwards,  Joseph,  appt.  capt.,  184 
Edwards,  Mercy,  estate  of,  225 
Edwards,  Nathaniel,  appt.  capt.,  167 
Edwards,  Pierpont,  nominated  for  Con- 
gress, 61,  80,  471 ; collected  money 
for  state,  197 ; recommended  to  Wash- 
ington for  pass,  327 ; appraiser  of  for- 


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feited  lands,  339;  permitted  to  travel. 
S4;  deputy  for  New  Haven,  315,  430; 
to  count  votes,  317 

Edwards,  Timothy,  consulted  on  pur- 
chase of  beef,  126 
Eells,  Joseph,  appt.  ens.,  143 
Eells,  Nathaniel,  wages  of,  394 
Elderkin,  Col.  Jedidiah,  order  of  Pay 
Table  drawn  in  favor  of,  93 ; to  receive 
or  deliver  ammunition,  98,  128,  245, 
336,  337,  338,  201 ; appt.  J.P.,  137,  114. 
322;  storage  of  gunpowder,  197,  408. 
458 ; execution  against,  to  be  sus- 
pended, 29 ; payments  to,  36,  105,  106, 
200-1 ; deputy  for  Windham,  203,  253, 
316,  431 ; on  committee,  452 
Elderkin,  Dr.  Joshua,  payment  to,  49- 
50,  403 ; receives  confiscated  farm,  88, 
89;  suit  against  postponed,  232 
Eldridge,  Ens.  Charles,  payment  to. 
382-3 

Eldridge,  Serj.  Daniel,  payment  to. 
382-3 

Eldridge,  Samuel,  appt.  lieut.,  32 
Eliott,  Aaron,  appt.  probate  judge,  134. 
Ill,  320;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  322; 
deputy  for  Killingworth.  203.  253 
Eliott,  George,  appt.  J.P.,  113,  322; 

deputy  for  Killingworth.  316 
Eliott.  Jacob,  appt.  J.P.,  137 ; deputy  for 
Lebanon,  286 

Eliott,  Nathan,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115,  323; 

deputy  for  Kent,  203,  253,  431 
Elizabeth  Town  Point,  men  landed  at. 
70-1 

Ellington,  society  or  parish  of  (East 
Windsor),  in  new  district,  165;  ref. 
to  inhab.,  171 

Elliot,  Jacob,  deputy  for  Lebanon,  8 
Elliott,  Samuel,  accounts  of,  448 
Elliott,  Samuel,  Jr.,  issues  execution. 
109 

Ellis,  Rev.  John,  exempted  from  taxes. 
315 ; wages  of,  102 

Elliss,  David,  deputy  for  Bolton,  202. 
252,  315 

EKDsworth,  Daniel,  appt.  J.P.,  136 . 112, 
321 

EKDsworth,  David,  appt.  lieut.,  285 
EKDsworth,  Frederick,  appt.  J.P..  113. 
321 

EKDsworth,  Jonathan,  appt.  capt.,  32 
EKDsworth,  Oliver,  present  at  assem- 
bly, 1,  130,  202,  252,  315,  430;  to  can- 
cel note.  43 ; states  attorney,  52 ; 
makes  settlement  with  bailors,  53 ; 
nominated  for  assistant,  67,80. 313.471 ; 
nominated  for  Congress,  61,  80;  to 
count  votes,  132,  318;  elected  assistant. 

132.  109,  317;  elected  to  Congress. 

133,  110;  takes  oath.  133,  318;  to  assist 


Webb,  279 ; accounts  of,  198 ; resigns 
from  Congress,  207 ; settlement  of 
U.S.  account,  381 
Elmore,  Caleb,  army  pay  of,  158 
Elmore,  Elizabeth,  petition  of,  158 
Elmore,  Phineas,  petition  of,  413 
Elmore,  Col.  Samuel,  deputy  for 
Sharon,  3 

Ely,  Daniel,  appt.  ens.,  212 
Ely,  Col.  John,  deputy  for  Saybrook. 
108,  316,  431 ; prisoner  of  enemy, 
144-5 

Ely,  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113 
Ely,  Capt.  Seth,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113, 
322 ; deputy  for  Lyme,  203,  253 
Embargoes,  repeal  of,  4 

Emmons,  (East  Haddam),  fails 

to  pay  tax,  471 

Emmons,  Noadiah,  appt.  ens.,  216 
Enfield,  army  quota,  14 ; ref.  to  inhab., 
26,  320,  309;  assessment,  60,  60,  78, 
310;  military  companies  of,  140; 
boundary  for  new  district,  165 ; provi- 
sions from,  244 ; repair  of  roads  in, 
304 ; state  collector,  334 
England,  goods  made  in  dominions  of 
king  of,  barred,  161 ; voyage  to,  37 ; 
money  sent  to,  102 
English,  Richard,  estate  of,  226 
Enos,  Col.,  regt.  of,  404 
Eno(s),  Eliphalet,  deputy  for  Torring- 
ton,  287,  10,  109,  317 
Ensign,  Capt.  Eleazer,  deputy  for  Hart- 
land,  3,  131,  108,  316,  431 ; appt.  J.P., 
138,  115,  323 

Ensign,  Thomas,  land  of,  48 
Equity,  act  for  relief  in  cases  of,  288 ; 
Supreme  Court  of  Errors  as  last  re- 
sort in,  324;  to  be  tried  in  Superior 
Court,  342 

Escape  of  prisoners,  act  preventing, 
158-  9 

Estates,  act  for  settlement  of.  288-9,  116 
Estates,  confiscated.  See  Confiscated 
estates 

Europe,  entry  of  goods  from,  325-6; 

money  due  merchants  in,  450 
Evarts,  Joel,  payment  to,  69 
Everet(t),  Daniel,  appt.  J.P..  137,  115. 
323 ; deputy  for  New  Milford,  108, 
203,  253 ; to  count  votes,  109 
Everit.  Isaiah,  appt.  lieut.,  440 
Everslev,  Daniel,  taxes  abated,  180,  184, 
413 

Eversley,  John,  taxes  abated,  180,  184, 
413 

Excise,  acts  for,  15-19,  116-7,  130-1, 
338;  accounts  of  collectors  of,  205 
Executions,  act  for  alteration,  levying, 
and  serving,  159-60 ; when  to  be  sus- 


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303 


pended,  290 ; Sharon  threatened  with, 
474 

Executors  of  estates,  to  give  bonds, 
116 

Fair,  to  be  held  in  Wethersfield,  150 
Fairchild,  Daniel,  appt.  J.P.,  127,  114, 
322 

Fairchild,  Capt.  Robert,  appt.  probate 
judge,  135,  112,  320;  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114,  322;  deputy  for  Stratford,  203, 
253,  316 

Fairchild,  Samuel,  taxes  abated,  180, 
413 

Fairchild,  Silas,  appt.  lieut.,  31 ; appt. 
capt.,  284 

Fairfield  County,  references  to  inhab- 
itants, 19,  64,  193,  197(2),  199,  204. 
208(2),  209,  211,  217,  218,  220,  221, 
230,  233,  299,  300,  305,  313,  321,  57, 
145,  167,  294,  296,  301;  judicial  mat- 
ters before  court  of,  77,  81,  219 ; ref- 
erences to  towns  in,  78,  222,  242,  55 ; 
confiscated  estates  in,  79,  99,  284,  41, 
377,  379;  supplies  in,  120,  96;  judge 
appointed  for  county  court  in,  134,  111, 
319;  J.P.  appointed  for,  137,  114,  322; 
maritime  court  in,  311;  sheriff  of. 
316,  402 ; superior  court  in,  40 ; 
surveyor  of  lands  for,  186,  383 
Fairfield,  probate  court  and  district. 
Redding  transferred  from,  5 ; to  direct 
sale  of  real  estate,  59,  193,  208,  221, 
300;  to  appoint  persons  to  appraise 
land,  66;  judge  appointed  for,  134. 
Ill,  320 ; business  in,  to  be  finished,  164 
Fairfield,  town  of,  coast  guard  of,  11 ; 
supplies  and  provisions  in,  22,  119 . 
261,  274 ; references  to  inhabitants  of, 
29,  54,  116,  119 , 167,  193,  300,  319, 
40(2),  50,  51,  61,  65,  67,  172,  23". 
247(2),  411,  470;  assessment,  60,  60, 
79,  187,  311 ; superior  court  at,  78(2) , 
Black  Rock  garrison  at,  116(2),  11^. 
274,  284,  30;  military  companies  of. 
139 ; military  quota  of,  321,  55  ; Sound 
to  be  crossed  from,  84;  abatement  of 
taxes,  126,  380 ; abduction  in,  2% ; 
state  collector  in,  334,  417 ; First  So- 
ciety of,  377 ; West  Society  of,  377 
Fair  Haven  Society,  members  of  White 
Haven  Society  to  join,  206 
Fairman,  Richard,  appointed  J.P.,  137 
Faning,  Dr.  John  rescues  prisoners,  269 
Fanning,  Charles,  pay  of,  102 
Fanning,  Gilbert,  deputy  for  Stoning- 
ton,  108;  on  military  stores,  195 
Fanning,  Thomas  (of  Norwich),  asks 
payment  for  pork,  238;  asks  erection 
of  wharves  on  Thames  River,  416 


Fanning,  Thomas  (of  Windham  and 
Long  Island),  debts  of,  75,  196;  con- 
fiscated estate  of,  88,  232,  235,  316, 
403 

Farmer,  Mary,  petition  of,  39 
Farmington,  probate  court  and  district, 
judge  appointed  for,  134,  111,  319;  to 
supervise  sale  of  real  estate,  196,  198, 
199,  470 

Farmington,  town  of,  military  quota, 
14 ; references  to  inhabitants  of,  21, 
67,  79,  105,  116,  167.  178,  196(2),  199, 
230,  149,  150,  168,  169,  288,  396,  457, 
468;  assessment,  60,  60,  78,  187,  311, 
409;  supplies  in,  92,  93,  124;  military 
companies  of,  139,  140;  state  lands  in, 
125 ; roads  in,  130 ; Learnings  lands  in, 
157;  disputed  sale  of  land  in,  288; 
First  Society  of,  461 
Farnham,  Benjamin,  petition  of,  304 
Farnham,  Henry,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  440 
Fasion,  Capt.,  company  of,  79 
Fay,  Samuel,  appt.  ens.,  184 
Fees,  in  libel  case,  333 
Felch.  John,  to  ascertain  balance  due 
soldiers,  34;  appt.  probate  judge,  112; 
appt.  J.P.,  114,  210 
Fences,  act  to  regulate,  117 
Fenn,  Aaron,  appt.  capt.,  213 
Fenn,  Dan,  appt.  lieut.,  35 
Fenn,  Samuel,  appt.  ens.,  215 
Fenn,  Capt.  Thomas,  deputy  for  Water- 
town,  3,  287,  10,  109,  204,  254;  appt. 
J.P.,  138,  115,  323;  delivers  deed  for 
land,  225;  asks  abatement  of  town 
taxes,  307 

Fenton,  Nathaniel,  appt.  ens.,  439 
Ferriss,  Abel,  appt.  ens.,  213 
Ferriss,  Amasa,  appt.  ens.,  141 
Ferriss,  Gilbert,  estate  of.  304 
Ferriss,  Tames,  suit  of,  209 
Ferriss.  Joseph,  asks  stay  of  execution, 
233;  posts  bail,  209 

Ferriss,  Peter,  to  receive  confiscated 
lands,  73 

Ferris (s).  Solomon,  suits  against,  209 
Ferriss,  Zechariah,  to  sell  real  estate, 
304 

Ferry,  Eliphalet,  appt.  ens.,  297 ; appt. 
lieut.,  138 

Ferry,  at  New  Haven,  42;  at  Hartford, 
221,  344;  at  Saybrook,  399 
Ferry  River,  as  Middletown  citv  line. 
354 

Field,  Samuel,  deputy  for  Saybrook,  2 ; 
appt.  J.P.,  136,  113;  to  inspect  sup- 
plies, 327 ; to  supervise  travellers,  99, 
100 

Field.  Timothy,  appt.  capt.,  297 
Fields,  common  proprietors  may  im- 
prove, 117 


304 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Filer,  Stephen,  appt.  ens.,  32 
Filley,  John,  appt.  ens.,  142 
Finch,  Dan,  taxes  abated,  180,  185,  414 
Finch,  Titus,  to  return  to  allegiance  of 
U.S.,  207 

Fines,  for  absence  from  training,  etc., 
146,  147 , 148,  149,  150 , 151 ; of  towns, 
for  deficiency  in  recruits,  166,  173 
Finley,  David,  protests  choice  of  ensign, 
381 

Finley,  James,  estate  of,  88 
Finne,  Joell,  asks  payment  for  property 
taken  by  enemy,  81 

Firearms,  supplied  to  state,  401,  418; 

manufacture  of,  405,  467 
Fire-prevention  in  cities,  265,  274,  351. 
361,  371 

Fish,  packing  of,  433 
Fishers  Island,  livestock  taken  to,  101 
Fishery  and  fishing,  on  Housatonic 
River,  175 ; regulation  of,  23,  118 ; ves- 
sels engaged  in,  exempted  from  light- 
house tax,  257 ; in  New  Haven,  265 ; 
on  Conn.  River,  344 ; Indians’  right  to. 
477 

Fishkill,  provisions  delivered,  277 
Fitch,  Capt.  Andrew,  account  of,  195 
Fitch,  Augustus,  on  committee,  309 
Fitch,  Caleb,  deserts  from  army,  192 
Fitch,  Daniel,  appt.  ens.,  391 
Fitch,  Capt.  Elisha,  deputy  for  Salis- 
bury, 132,  108 

Fitch,  Haynes,  taxes  abated,  180,  184. 
414 

Fitch,  Hezekiah,  deputy  for  Salisbury, 
3,  287,  10,  108,  317,  432;  on  commit- 
tees, 133,  232,  317 

Fitch,  Capt.  Jabez  (of  Greenwich),  peti- 
tions of,  66,  39,  153;  ammunition  is- 
sued, 106 ; deputy  for  Greenwich, 
131,  286,  6,  108,  203,  253,  316;  appt. 
J.P.,  137,  114,  322;  salary,  194;  notes 
of,  lost,  292;  appt.  major,  384 
Fitch,  Jabez  (of  New  London  Co.), 
appt.  J.P.,  136,  11 3,  321 
Fitch,  Jabez  (of  Plainfield),  appt. 
probate  judge,  134;  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114 

Fitch,  James,  Jr.,  taxes  abated,  180,  185, 
414;  appt.  lieut.,  132 
Fitch,  John,  on  committee,  13,  170;  dep- 
uty for  Canterbury,  131,  108;  appt. 
J.P.,  137 ; taxes  abated,  181 
Fitch,  Jonathan,  deputy  for  Westmore- 
land, 287,  11 

Fitch,  Nathaniel,  appt.  lieut.,  218 
Fitch,  Rebecca,  taxes  abated,  180,  185. 
414 

Fitch,  Samuel,  appt.  lieut.,  297 
Fitch,  Susanna,  taxes  abated,  181,  414 


Fitch,  Col.  Thomas,  to  inspect  and  re- 
deem prisoners,  100,  125 ; grain  stored 
by  order  of,  103;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114; 
taxes  abated,  180,  413;  to  supervise 
traveller,  98 

Fitch,  Timothy,  taxes  abated,  180,  413 
Flags  of  truce.  See  Truce,  flags  of 
Flax,  imported,  82,  97 
Flecker,  Timothy,  on  committee,  80 
Flint,  Benjamin,  appt.  capt.,  214 
Flint,  Royal,  contract  with,  127 
Florida,  removals  from,  298,  335 
Flour,  supplies  of,  83,  85,  86,  88,  196, 
235 ; packing  of,  434 
Flower,  Elijah,  appt.  capt.,  189 
Floyd,  Col.  William,  debts  due  to,  75, 
196 

Flying  guard,  pay  for,  247;  at  Lyme, 
192 

Foguet,  Mark,  payments  to,  106,  201 
Foot,  Capt.  Asa,  deputy  for  Colchester, 
130;  payment  for  cattle,  207;  appt. 
J.P.,  322 

Foot,  Daniel,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  322; 

deputy  for  Colchester,  285,  2,  107 
Foot,  David,  appt.  ens.,  213;  appt.  lieut., 
390 

Foot,  Isaac,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  112,  321; 
deputy  for  Stafford,  285,  3,  107; 
appt.  capt.,  218 
Foot,  John,  aopt.  ens.,  132 
Foot,  Rev.  John,  Cheshire  pastor,  171-2 
Foot,  Stephen,  deposition  sought.  291 
Foot,  Sybil,  deposition  sought,  291 
Forbes,  Capt.  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  138, 
115,  323;  deputy  for  Canaan,  108;  and 
Salisbury  ore  bed,  425,  426 
Ford,  Caleb,  petitions  of,  206 
Ford,  Capt.  Jesse,  deputy  for  New  Ha- 
ven, 130,  286,  4,  202,  252 
Ford,  John,  appt.  ens.,  132 
Fordham  (Fordum),  Daniel,  petitions 
to  travel,  100 

Fordham,  George,  petitions  to  travel, 
115 

Fordham  (Fordum),  John,  petitions  to 
travel,  325 

Fordham  (Fordum),  Nathan,  petitions 
to  travel,  282,  325 

Foreigners,  may  reside  in  New  London 
and  New  Haven,  325 
Forfeited  estates.  See  Confiscated  estates 
Forfeiture,  of  ships  cargos,  rules  cov- 
ering, 326 

Forgery,  penalty  for,  257,  343 
Forsman,  Hugh,  appt.  J.P.,  138 
Fort,  erected  on  Shaw’s  land,  470 
See  also  Groton,  Fort;  Trumbull,  Fort 
Fosdick,  Capt.  Nichol,  to  bring  sisters 
from  Long  Island,  103 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


305 


Foster,  Christopher,  clothes  for,  329 
Foster,  Elijah,  estate  of,  76 
Foster,  Rev.  Isaac,  Stafford  minister, 
157,  308 

Foster,  Israel,  to  sell  real  estate,  76 
Foster,  John,  permitted  to  travel,  282, 
340 

Foster,  Jonah,  petition  of,  467 
Foster,  Warham,  appt.  ens.,  188 
Foster,  Ensign  William,  complaint 
against,  177-8 

Fowl,  transported  to  Long  Island,  83 ; 
wandering  in  cities,  265,  275,  352,  362, 
371 

Fowler,  Abraham,  appt.  lieut.,  32 
Fowler,  Benjamin,  assessed  incorrectly, 
26 

Fowler,  David,  petition  of,  154 
Fowler,  Josiah,  petition  of,  53 
Fowler,  Nathan,  petition  of,  162 
Fowler,  Noah,  appt.  lieut.  col.,  183 ; appt. 
appraiser,  176-7 

Fowler,  Theophilus,  appt.  ens.,  136 
Fox,  Samuel,  deputy  for  Plainfield,  286, 
8;  Plainfield  Academy  incorporator, 
406 

France,  schooner  taken  on  voyage  from, 
120 ; birth  of  dauphin  of,  celebrated, 
166’,  illegal  importations  from,  21 
France,  army  of.  See  Army  of  France 
France,  Legion  of.  See  Legion  of 
France 

Franciss,  Elijah,  sale  of  real  estate, 
196,  198 

Franciss,  John,  appt.  capt.,  167 
Franklin,  Abel,  to  return  to  Block 
Island,  76-7 

Franklin,  Jehul,  appt.  lieut.,  387 
Franklin,  John,  appt.  J.P.,  138’,  asks 
protection  for  Wyoming  settlers,  456 
Franks,  Capt.  John,  to  go  to  Long 
Island,  330 

Frazer,  Robert,  disabled  by  war,  302-3 
Freeman,  Azariah,  to  sell  real  estate, 
316 

Freeman,  Frank,  note  of,  309 
Freeman,  Frederick,  appointed  surveyor 
of  lands,  384 

Freeman,  Prince,  estate  of,  316 
Freeman,  Rebecca,  to  sell  real  estate, 
316 

Freemen,  of  towns,  incorporated  into 
cities,  257,  268,  344,  354,  364 ; of  cities, 
to  serve  as  jurors,  of  city  courts,  262, 
272,  349,  359,  368-9;  of  cities,  to 
be  chosen  jurors,  267,  276-7,  353, 
363 

French,  Charles,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113 
French,  Ephraim,  appt.  ens.,  442 
French,  Noah,  estate  of,  210 


French  Troops,  ferrying  of,  291;  shelter 
provided  for,  291 

Frink,  Joshua,  appt.  ens.,  36;  deputy  for 
Voluntown,  131 ; appt.  lieut.,  296 
Frink,  Lucy,  petitions  to  travel,  114 
Frink,  Nathan,  debts  allowed,  98 
Frisbee,  Amos,  appt.  capt.  34 
Frisbey,  Elisha,  assessment  abated,  54 
Frisbie,  Mr.,  to  supply  ammunitions,  272 
Frontier,  western.  See  Horseneck 
Frost,  Daniel,  deputy  for  Canterbury,  2, 
286,7,  203,  253,  316;  appt.  J.P.,  323; 
petitions  for  lottery,  317 
Fuller,  Abraham,  on  Indian  affairs,  178, 
298 

Fuller,  Daniel,  asks  pay  for  property, 
81 ; appt.  capt.,  187 
Fuller,  Jehul,  appt.  capt.,  134 
Fuller,  Joseph,  property  of,  411 
Fuller,  Samuel,  petitions  of,  157,  308 
Furnace,  at  Salisbury,  26,  102,  111,  226, 
255,  271-3,  337,  89 

Gale,  Benjamin,  law  suit  of,  57-8 
Gales,  Nehemiah,  payment  to,  207 
Gallop,  Lieut.  Col.,  court  martial  of, 
174,  175,  58 

Gallop,  Andrew,  war  sufferer,  382-3 
Gallop,  Benadam  (Beradam),  appt.  J.P., 
136 , 113,  322 

Gallop,  Capt.  Isaac,  deputy  for  Volun- 
town, 2,  131 

Gallop,  Col.  Nathan,  deputy  for  Groton, 
286,  5,  316,  431 ; asks  increase  in  pay, 
45;  resigns  command,  210;  debt  due 
to,  301-2;  to  appraise  land,  402 
Gallop,  William,  appt.  capt.,  392 
Galpin,  Benjamin,  salt  in  custody  of,  94 
Galpin,  Joseph,  land  of,  confiscated,  96, 
452 

Gardiner,  Gaius,  petitions  to  travel,  125 
Gardiner,  John,  petitions  to  travel,  115 
Gardiner,  Martha,  permitted  to  travel, 
97 

Gardiner,  Dr.  Sylvester,  confiscated  es- 
tate of,  41,  50,  42,  171 
Gardiner,  Col.  Thomas,  wife  of,  97 
Gardner,  Richard,  to  take  prisoners  to 
N.Y.,  274 

Garrick,  Shaw,  prisoner  to  be  exchanged, 
276 

Gary,  Ebenezer,  account  of,  280 
Gates,  Caleb,  to  sell  land,  206-7 
Gates,  Daniel,  appt.  capt.,  284 
Gates,  Gen.  Horatio,  encamped  in  Dan- 
bury, 42 

Gates,  Joseph,  appt.  ens.,  216;  appt 
capt.,  392 

Gates,  Joshua,  Jr.,  estate  of,  206 
Gates,  Timothy,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  321 


306 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Gauze,  import  duty  on,  432 

Gay,  Lieut.  Col.  Ebenezer,  resigns,  131 ; 

deputy  for  Sharon,  204,  253,  317 
Gay,  Col.  Fisher,  will  of,  230 
Gay,  Ruth,  to  execute  deed,  230 
Gaylord,  Edward,  appt.  ens.,  389 
Gee,  William,  appt.  lieut.,  34 
Geer,  Amos,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  322 
Geer,  Isaac,  appt.  capt.,  263 
Geese,  transported  to  Long  Island,  83 ; 
wandering  in  cities,  265,  275,  352,  362, 
371 

Geltson,  John,  permitted  to  travel, 

100 

Geltson,  Mattby,  to  export  lumber,  99 
Geneva,  distilled  at  Chatham,  227 ; 
excise  on,  339 
See  also  Gin 

Germantown,  Battle  of,  casualties  at. 
247,  459 

Gibb(s),  Benjamin,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  142; 
appt.  lieut.,  389 

Gib(b)s,  Edward,  incorrectly  assessed, 
26 ; sloop  of,  312 
Gibbs,  Sylvanus,  apnt.  capt.,  386 
Gibson,  Brinsmade,  appt.  ens.,  212 
Gibson,  James,  death  sentence  commuted, 
124 

Gibson,  Roger,  taxes  abated,  415 
Gibson,  Timothy,  to  sell  real  estate,  79 
Giddin(g)s,  Capt.  Thomas,  deputy  for 
Hartland,  203,  253 

Gideon,  Benjamin  (of  East  Hartford), 
protection  from  arrest,  382,  461 
Gideons,  Benjamin  (of  Simsbury),  to 
sell  real  estate,  65-6 

Gilbert,  Butler,  appt.  ens.,  132 ; appt. 
lieut.,  388 

Gilbert,  Isaiah,  to  sell  real  estate,  195, 
143 

Gilbert,  John,  appt.  capt.,  189 ; to  join 
Fair  Haven  Society,  206 
Gilbert,  John,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  295;  appt. 
capt.,  140 

Gilbert,  Matthew,  Jr.,  to  sell  estate,  462 
Gilbert,  Nathaniel,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
321 

Gilbert,  Phoebe,  to  sell  estate,  462 
Gilbert,  Capt.  Samuel,  deputy  for  He- 
bron, 130;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  112,  321 
Gilbert,  Sylvester,  assessment  omitted, 
26 

Gilchrist,  Peter,  debt  of,  397 
Gilkey,  Peter,  discharged  from  prison, 
129-30 

Gillet,  Amos,  appt.  lieut.,  36 
Gillett,  Isaac,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  296;  appt. 
lieut.,  140 

Gillett,  Capt.  Jabez,  deputy  for  Torring- 
ton,  432 


Gillett,  Capt.  Matthew,  deputy  for  New 
Hartford,  131,  287 , 9,  108 
Gilmore,  Robert,  at  Long  Island,  106 
Gilmore,  Sarah,  to  go  to  Long  Island, 
106 

Gilson,  John,  to  go  to  Long  Island,  119 
Gin,  state  import  duty  on,  432 
See  also  Geneva 

Gitteau,  Capt.  Ephraim,  deputy  for  Nor- 
folk, 253 

Glass  manufactory,  to  be  set  up,  57 
Glastonbury,  quota  for  state  regiment, 
15;  assessment,  60,  59,  78,  187,  311; 
refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  135,  168,  29,  56,  57, 
429,  478 ; military  companies  of,  139 ; 
boundary  for  new  district,  165;  pur- 
chase of  property  in,  244;  state  col- 
lector, 334;  selectmen  of,  161 
Glover,  Grover,  to  return  to  Long  Island, 
100 

Glover,  Henry,  deputy  for  Newtown,  431 
Glover,  John,  seeks  residence  in  state, 
298 

Glover,  Mehitable,  to  go  to  Long  Island, 
334 

Goal.  See  Jail 

Gold,  John,  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 
Golden  Hill,  Stratford,  Indians  at, 
234-5 

Goldsmith,  John,  to  go  to  Long  Island, 
93 

Goodall,  Moses,  appt.  ens.,  132 
Goodell,  Simeon,  appt.  ens.,  134:  ap- 
pointed lieutenant,  441 
Goodman,  Moses,  appt.  ens.,  295 
Goodman,  Richard,  expenses,  90 
Goodman,  Thomas,  memorial  of,  130 
Goodrich,  Anne,  land  of,  66 
Goodrich,  Deacon  David,  land  of,  37 
Goodrich,  Elijah,  home  of,  37 
Goodrich,  Col.  Elizur,  land  of,  66 
Goodrich,  Gideon,  Sr.,  estate  of,  221 
Goodrich,  Gideon,  Jr.,  to  sell  real  estate, 
221 

Goodrich,  Peter,  appt.  ens.,  390 
Goodrich,  Capt.  Wait,  to  exchange  bread 
for  rum,  104 
Goods.  See  merchandise 
Goodsell,  Lewiss,  appt.  capt.,  297 
Goodwin,  Mr.,  to  aid  French  troops, 
291 

Goodwin,  Capt.  Daniel,  will  of,  150 
Goodwin,  Daniel,  to  give  deed,  150 
Goodwin,  Ebenezer,  appt.  capt.,  34 
Goodwin,  Ozias,  imprisonment  for  debt, 
455 

Goodwin,  Thomas,  asks  to  hold  lottery, 
304 

Gordon,  Alexander,  appt.  lieut.,  296 ; 
appt.  capt.,  385 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


307 


Gordon,  James,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  322; 
deputy  for  Voluntown,  286,  8,  108, 
203,  253,  316,  431 ; on  committee,  119 ; 
orders  of,  301 

Gore  (Gove),  Obadiah,  deputy  for 
Westmoreland,  132,  287,  11 ; to  count 
votes,  133 ; appt.  J.P.,  138 
Gorton,  Collins,  released  from  prison, 
48;  punished,  128 

Goshen,  quota  for  state  regiment,  15 ; 
assessment,  60,  61,  79,  312;  refs,  to 
inhabs.,  77-8,  167,  216,  152;  military 
companies  of,  140 ; family  to  go  to, 
282;  land  in,  312 

Gott,  Daniel,  passes  counterfeit  bill,  51-2 
Gould,  Stephen,  appt.  cornet,  33;  app.\ 
capt.,  141,  143 

Gould,  William,  appt.  J.P.,  321 
Gove.  See  Gore 

Governor  (of  Connecticut),  letters  and 
reports  to,  15,  123,  94,  197,  448;  to 
apply  for  companies,  17 ; to  write  let- 
ters, 104,  105,  114,  240-1 . 127,  197, 
208,  457;  advised  on  calling  or  ad- 
journing assembly,  110,  198-9,  248;  to 
give  certificates  on  commissions,  114. 
254 ; military  orders  and  duties  of. 
166,  395,  408,  445 ; military  and  naval 
powers,  141,  254 ; investigations  by, 
174,  297 ; to  allow  sloop  to  proceed. 
94;  proclamations  of,  209,  210;  order 
of,  249 ; to  instruct  congressional  dele- 
gates, 279;  election  of,  132,  110,  318; 
takes  oath,  133,  110,  318;  cannot  b^ 
judge  of  Superior  Court,  323;  to  ap- 
point collector,  327 ; to  receive  act. 
378;  to  raise  troops,  445 
See  also  Council  of  Safety ; Griswold, 
Matthew;  Trumbull,  Jonathan 
Governor  (of  New  York),  asked  to  in- 
vestigate false  imprisonment,  297 
Governors  (of  states),  to  commission 
delegates  to  inter-state  conference, 
101-2;  to  receive  copies  of  Connecti- 
cut laws,  374 

Governor’s  Guards.  See  Guards,  Gov- 
ernor’s 

Gozard,  Martin,  appt.  ens.,  393 
Gracey,  Ebenezer,  incorrectly  assessed, 
26 

Graham,  Capt.  Elisha,  deputy  for  Sims- 
bury, 130;  aunt.  J.P.,  136.  113,  321 
Graham,  Elizabeth,  new  note  for,  313 
Graham,  Ennis,  widow  of,  313 
Graham,  Hannah,  heir  of  Samuel  Hunn, 
196 

Graham,  John  (deserter).  48 
Graham,  John  (of  Wethersfield),  claim- 
ant to  estate,  196 ; receives  new  notes, 
173-4 


Grainger,  Capt.  Abner,  appt.  capt.,  121 ; 
allowed  money,  240;  to  receive  provi- 
sions, 244 

Grammar,  English  and  Latin,  Ross’s, 
245 

Granger,  Capt.  Abraham,  deputy  for 
Suffield,  2,  130,  107,  202,  252,  430 
Granger,  Abraham,  Jr.,  appt.  capt.,  443 
Granger,  Elijah,  property  as  boundary, 
411 

Granger,  Gideon,  deputy  for  Suffield, 
285,  3,  315 ; appt.  J.P.,  321 
Granger,  Oliver,  appt.  lieut,  167,  188; 
appt.  capt.,  213 

Granger,  Samuel,  appt.  capt.,  24;  re- 
signs from  regt.,  105,  116,  121 
Granniss,  Benjamin,  appt.  ens.,  393 
Grant,  Abigail,  heir  to  property,  70 
Grant,  Daniel,  deputy  for  Torrington, 
287,  10 

Grant,  Elijah,  deputy  for  Norfolk,  287, 
9,  108 

Grant,  Jesse,  appt.  capt.,  248 
Grant,  Roswell,  bill  of,  191 
Graves,  Elias,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Gray,  Daniel,  money  due  from  confis- 
cated estate,  182;  suit  of,  suspended, 
165-6 

Gray,  Lieut.  Col.  Ebenezer,  dispute  over 
rank  of,  90,  91(2),  265-7 
Gray,  John,  appt.  ens.,  188;  appt.  lieut., 
138 

Gray,  Moses,  appt.  ens.,  37 

Gray,  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  322; 

order  drawn  on,  334 
Gray  and  Raymond,  money  due  to,  182 
Great  Britain,  supporters  of,  56,  78, 
326,  424,  473 ; no  truce  with,  289 ; 
goods  imported  from,  21 ; peace  with, 
45,  123 ; persons  petition  to  money 
brought  from,  61 ; treaty  with,  277 
Great  Meadows  (Saybrook),  ferry  at, 
399 

Green,  Amy,  will  of,  318 
Green,  Ebenezer,  payments  by,  423,  477 
Green,  Eliott,  estate  of,  209 
Green,  Ira,  appt.  ens.,  441 
Green,  Margaret,  petitions  for  probate 
of  will,  318 

Green,  Mary,  suit  against,  423,  477 
Green,  Nathaniel,  asks  payment  due, 
147 

Green,  Timothy,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113, 
321 ; printer,  333 

Green (e),  Gov.  William  (of  Rhode 
Island),  asks  return  of  prize  vessel, 
94 

Green,  New  Haven,  use  of  part  of,  for 
highway,  263 
Greenfield,  house  in,  243 


308 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Greens  Farms  (Fairfield)  meeting 
house  in,  40-1 ; property  in,  301 
Greenwich,  town  of,  coast  guard  at,  11 ; 
assessment,  59,  60,  79,  187,  313;  pen- 
alty on,  removed,  66-7 ; tax  abate- 
ments in,  67,  178-9,  39,  127,  153 ; ref- 
erences to  inhabitants  of,  77,  113,  197, 
218,  312,  58,  114,  127,  166,  194,  294, 
452;  estate  of  Gen.  Mead  in,  79,  99; 
petition  for  land  in,  96;  persons  per- 
mitted to  return  to,  113,  243,  209; 
military  companies  of,  139;  deficient 
in  taxes,  233;  troops  to  move  to,  93; 
barrier  against  British  at,  278 ; confis- 
cated estate  in,  294 ; state  collector,  334 
Gregory,  Abraham,  taxes  abated,  181, 
185;  414;  doctor’s  bill  of,  178 
Gregory,  Daniel,  appt.  ens.,  190 
Gregory,  Ebenezer,  Jr.,  taxes  abated, 
180,  414 

Gregory,  Elnathan,  appt.  lieut.,  140; 
appt.  capt.,  442 

Gregory,  John,  taxes  abated,  180,  185, 
414;  appt.  lieut.,  393 
Gregory,  John,  Jr.,  estate  of,  176 
Gregory,  Joseph,  property  restored  to, 
163-4 

Gregory,  Seley,  petition  of,  176 
Grenville,  letter  dated  at,  276 
Gridley,  Abraham,  appt  ens.,  33;  appt. 
lieut.,  442 

Gridley,  Timothy,  appt.  capt.,  297 
Griffin,  Benjamin,  appt.  ens.,  392 
Griffin,  James,  permitted  to  travel,  327 
Griffin,  John,  appt.  capt.,  183 
Griffin,  Capt.  Stephen,  loses  order,  42 
Griffing,  Nathan,  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 
Griggs,  Joshua,  petition  of,  46;  to  exe- 
cute resolve,  35 

Griggs,  Nathan,  appt.  ens.,  132 
Grimes,  Josiah,  to  sell  real  estate,  202 
Grinall,  Daniel,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  187 
Griswold.  Andrew,  Esq.,  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  322;  to  make  arrest,  127;  account 
of,  106 

Griswold,  Lieut,  Andrew,  pay  of,  92,  192 
Griswold,  Daniel,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115, 
323;  appt.  ens.,  33 

Griswold,  Frederick,  to  sell  real  estate, 
235 

Griswold,  George,  appt.  ens.,  168;  peti- 
tion of,  154 

Griswold.  Toab,  appt.  lieut.,  285;  appt. 
capt.,  444 

Griswold,  Lieut.  John,  to  supervise 
travellers,  100(2)  ; gives  notes  to 
state,  106 

Griswold,  Tonah,  accused  counterfeiter, 
235 

Griswold,  Joseph,  appt.  ens.,  441 


Griswold,  Matthew,  present  at  assembly, 
1,  130,  285,  13,  107,  202,  252,  315,  430; 
insulting  letter  to,  31 ; nominated  for 
election,  61,  80,  470;  at  Council  of 
Safety,  88-129,  239-285,  325-341,  82- 
106,  189-201,  249-51,  passim;  elected 
deputy  governor,  132,  109;  appt.  chief 
judge,  133,  111;  takes  oath,  133,  110, 
318;  appt.  to  Council  of  Safety,  174; 
appt.  overseer  of  Newgate  Prison, 
178;  salary  grants  to,  239,  324,  186, 
313,  428,  478 ; makes  payment,  201 ; 
elected  governor,  318 
See  also  Governor ; Lieutenant 
Governor 

Griswold,  Nathaniel,  I,  estate  of,  235 
Griswold,  Nathaniel,  II,  appointed  en- 
sign, 285 ; appt.  lieut.,  444 
Griswold,  Samuel,  petition  of,  206 
Griswold,  Selah,  appt.  lieut.,  140 
Griswold,  Shubael,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115, 
323 

Griswold,  Sylvanus,  refused  commis- 
sion as  capt.,  381 

Griswold,  Walter,  payments  due  to,  69, 
397 

Griswold,  Fort,  troops  and  garrison  at, 
12,  20,  107,  113,  258,  341,  281 ; com- 
pensation for  wounds  and  losses  at, 
16,  41-2,  115,  175,  215,  323,  75,  119, 
283;  individual  casualties  at,  16(2), 
39,  85,  151 ; platforms  repaired  in, 
107 ; boat  to  be  under  commandant  of, 
107 ; commandant  to  inspect  travel- 
lers, 107,  111,  116,  119;  individuals 
stationed  at,  112,  75,  98,  175 ; Col.  Mc- 
Clellan commander  at,  114,  267,  274; 
provisions  at,  114,  115,  337 ; de- 
fencelessness of,  123;  arms,  etc.  at, 
128,  245,  267,  274,  283,  181,  190, 
448(2)  ; conduct  of  officers  at,  ex- 
amined, 174,  175,  246,  251 ; bounty 
for  soldiers  in,  176,  267 ; Col.  Ledyard 
in  command  of,  235 ; time  of  militia 
at,  nearly  expired,  258 ; prisoner  taken 
in,  59;  state  to  buy  land  at,  402 
Griswold’s  Cove,  boundary  for  fishery 
limits,  118 

Grosvenor,  L.  Col.,  application  from, 
284 

Grosvenor,  Asa,  appt.  capt.,  295 
Grosvenor,  John,  appt.  J.P.,  137 
Grosvenor,  Joshua,  deputy  for  Pomfret, 

286,  8 

Grosvenor,  Thomas,  appt.  J.P.,  114,  322 
Grosvenor,  Thomas,  2nd,  appt.  ens.,  135 
Groton,  fort  at.  See  Griswold,  Fort 
Groton,  town  of,  relief  of  war  sufferers 
at,  15,  176,  293,  128,  282,  283,  379, 
382,  449;  assessment,  60,  60,  79,  311; 


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309 


refs,  to  inhabs.,  62,  92,  112,  121,  125, 
136,  168,  198,  210,  215,  45,  59,  76,  77, 
97,  113,  289,  301,  402;  persons  to  land 
at,  106;  provisions  at,  108,  268,  280 ; 
selectmen  of,  108,  112-3,  306,  97 ; mil- 
itary companies  in,  139 ; granted  stay 
of  execution,  237-8 ; officers  appointed 
for  co,  in,  295)  burning  of,  58;  Con- 
gress asked  to  pay  for  defense  of,  197 ; 
guard  house  at,  197 ; to  receive  gun- 
powder, 206;  inspection  of  travellers, 
77 ; pay  of  troops  at,  99 ; quartermas- 
ter at,  98,  99,  102;  commissary  of 
issues  to  troops  at,  102;  protected  by 
state  troops,  278;  company  at,  to  be 
dismissed,  281 ; state  collector,  334 
Grover,  Ensign  Phineas,  estate  of,  160-1 
Gruman,  Samuel,  petition  of,  299 
Gruman,  Thomas,  taxes  abated,  180, 
414 

Grummon(d),  Jeremiah,  appt.  ens.,  133; 
appt.  lieut.,  394 

Guardhouse,  at  Groton,  care  of,  197 
Guards,  for  British  prisoners  to  be 
paid,  192 

Guards,  for  coast,  grants  to  towns  for, 
11-12)  at  Norwalk,  178;  Lyme  con- 
tributes to,  309 

Guards,  Governor’s,  officers  appointed 
for,  218 ; asks  for  stands  of  arms,  242 ; 
commanding  officer  of,  to  have  charge 
of  cannon,  448 
Gueben,  Bartholomew,  398-9 
Guernsey,  Mr.,  assessment  omitted,  26 
Guilford,  probate  court  and  district, 
judge  appointed  for,  135,  112,  320; 
to  direct  sale  of  real  estate,  221 ; to 
have  confiscated  estate  appraised,  38; 
to  lease  property,  450 
Guilford,  town  of,  coast  guard  of,  11 ; 
assessment,  60,  60,  79,  187,  311;  refer- 
ences to  residents  of,  84,  93,  191,  282, 
304,  336,  62,  64,  159(2),  167,  227,  405, 
424;  military  companies  of,  139,  165 ; 
petition  from  listers  of,  309 ; selectmen 
of,  complain  of  misconduct  of  capt.. 
87;  state  collector,  334;  British  land 
at,  424 

Guitteau,  Captain  Ephraim,  deputy  for 
Norfolk,  203 

Gun,  Abel,  appt.  lieut.,  213 
Gunn,  Stephen,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 ; 
deputy  for  Milford,  131,  108,  203, 
253 

Gunpowder,  manufacture  or  procure- 
ment of,  106,  201,  424;  movement  of, 
193,  201,  206,  378;  storage  of.  197, 
281;  sale  of,  250;  guarding  of,  409, 
448,  458 

Guns,  manufacture  of,  467 


See  also  Firearms 

Guthrie,  Ebenezer,  appt.  ens.,  212;  appt. 
capt.,  388 

Guy,  Abigail,  to  sell  real  estate,  84 
Guy,  Anne,  Orchard  3d.,  Rebecca,  Sam- 
uel, heirs  of  Orchard  Guy,  Jr.,  84 
Guy,  Orchard,  Jr.,  estate  of,  84 
Guy,  William,  property  ordered  sold, 
180 

Hackley,  Aaron,  appt.  lieut.,  189 
Haddam,  army  quota  of,  15 ; assessment, 
60,  60,  78,  311 ; military  companies  of, 
139)  ref.  to  inhab.,  167,  326,  145,  186, 
408 ; land  in,  to  be  sold,  148-9 ; on 
Middletown — Killingworth  road,  168; 
state  collector,  334 
Hait,  Samuel,  5th,  petition  of,  211 
Haits,  Capt.  James,  property  of,  412 
Hale,  Dan,  appt.  ens.,  35 
Hale,  Elisha,  to  transmit  money,  57 
Hale,  Elizur,  Jr.,  appt.  J.P.,  113,  321 
Hale,  Gideon,  deputy  for  Glastonbury, 
285,  3,  107,  202,  252,  315,  430;  con- 
stable, 29 

Hale,  Hozekiah,  appt.  ens.,  31 
Hale,  John,  appt.  lieut.,  185)  appt.  capt., 
389 

Hale,  Joseph,  wrongly  named  as  ens., 
31 ; appt.  lieut.,  167 
Hale,  Josiah,  deputv  for  Glastonbury, 
130)  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Hale,  Nathan,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115,  322; 
deputy  for  Canaan,  286,  9,  431 ; and 
Salisbury  iron  ore  bed,  425,  426 
Haley.  See  Champion  & Haley 
Hall,  Capt.  Asaph,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115, 
323 ; deputy  for  Goshen,  3,  286,  9 
Hall,  Benjamin,  discharged  from  bond. 
224 

Hall.  Caleb,  appt.  probate  judge,  135, 
112;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113 
Hall,  Daniel,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321; 
appt.  capt.,  189)  deputv  for  Durham. 
108,  203,  252,  316 

Hall,  David,  deputy  for  Wallingford, 
131,  286 , 5 ; appt.  J.P.,  321 
Hall,  Eliakim,  appt.  T.P.,  136,  113, 
321 

Hall,  Luke,  appt.  lieut.,  296 
Hall.  Miles,  appt.  ens.,  32 
Hall,  Moses,  loses  notes,  163 
Hall,  Nathaniel,  appt.  lieut.,  32 
Hall,  Stephen,  appt.  lieut,  188 
Hall.  Stephen,  Jr.,  appt.  quartermaster, 
441 

Hall,  Col.  Street,  deputy  for  Walling- 
ford, 2,  131,  286 , 5,  108,  203,  253,  316, 
430;  losses  of  57-8)  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  321 ; on  committees,  5,  305,  473 


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INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Hall,  Talmadge,  on  soldiers’  back  pay, 
34;  monopoly  of  passenger  traffic, 
451-2 

Hallam,  Messrs,  & Co.,  flour  contract 
with,  43 

Halsey,  Col.  Jeremiah,  deputy  for 
Preston,  131 ; appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  322 : 
on  committee,  132 ; appt.  to  Council  of 
Safety,  174 ; at  Council  of  Safety. 
239-285 , 325-341 , 82-106,  passim : 

schooner  of,  241 ; sells  cannon  shot,  274 
Hamlin,  Jabez,  present  at  assembly,  1, 
130,  13,  107,  202,  315,  430;  nominated 
assistant,  61,  80,  313,  470;  on  com- 
mittees, 132,  42,  109,  317 ; elected  as- 
sistant, 132,  109,  317 ; takes  oath,  133, 

110,  318;  appt.  county  court  judge, 
133,  111;  appt.  probate  judge,  134, 

111,  319 

Hamlin,  Lieut.  John,  disobedience  of, 
178 

Hamlin,  Richard,  appt.  capt.,  387 
Hamlin,  William,  appt.  ens.,  217 
Hamlinton,  Paul,  appt.  lieut.,  390 
Hanchet,  Ezra,  petition  of,  160 
Hanchett,  Oliver,  accounts  of,  404-5 
Hancock,  Jennev,  allowed  to  travel,  91 
Hancock,  Gov.  John,  of  Mass.,  on  in- 
terstate conference,  101 
Hancock,  Margaret,  allowed  to  travel.  91 
Handee,  Bargellai,  to  sell  property,  468 
Handee,  Mary  and  Shubael,  property  of, 
sold,  468 

Hanford,  Daniel,  taxes  abated,  180,  1S5, 
414 

Hanford,  Hannah,  taxes  abated,  180,  414 
Hanford,  Hezekiah,  taxes  abated.  180, 
185,  414 

Hanford,  Hezekiah,  Jr.,  taxes  abated, 
180,  414 

Hanford,  John,  petition  of,  313 
Hanford.  Timothy,  loses  notes,  309 
Hanks,  Benjamin,  monopoly  on  clocks, 
237-8;  appt.  cornet,  441 
Hanks.  Silas,  appt.  ens.,  131 
Hannah,  Robert,  appt.  quartermaster. 
215 

Harlbutt,  Reubin,  account  of.  195-6 
Harmon,  Capt.  Ebenezer,  deputy  for 
Suffield.  202,  252.  430 
Harmon,  Francis,  Jr.,  guardian,  301 
Harmon,  Capt.  John,  deputy  for  Suffield, 
107 

Harmon,  John,  Jr.,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
321 

Harriss,  David,  appt.  lieut.,  136 
Harris (s),  Ebenezer.  will  of,  306-7 
Harris  (s),  Edward,  heir  to  Ebenezer. 
307 

Harris (s),  Gibson,  son  of,  307 


Harris (s),  John,  payment  to,  90 
Harris(s) , Joseph,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113, 
322 

Harris (s),  Lydia,  petition  of,  306-7 
Harris (s),  Samuel,  son  of,  307 
Harriss,  Seers,  appt.  ens.,  442 
Harrison,  Capt.  Asael,  to  cruise  on 
coast,  261 

Harrison,  Elihu,  appt.  ens.,  296 ; appt. 
capt.,  140 

Hart,  Elijah,  appt.  capt.,  386 

Hart,  Capt.  Jonathan,  accounts  of,  77 ; 

commands  at  Yorktown,  175 
Hart,  Oliver,  to  sell  property,  470 
Hart,  Pharaoh,  money  due,  199 
Hart,  Samuel,  Jr.,  deed  for,  67-8 
Hart,  Brig.  Gen.  Selah,  to  secure  sup- 
plies, 95;  pay  for  supplies,  109 ; appt. 
J.P.,  135,  112,  321;  reports  disobe- 
dience of  lieut.,  178\  to  settle  contro- 
versy, 196 ; petition  of,  199 ; to  suspend 
raising  company,  104-5 ; resigns  com- 
mand of  brig.,  284 

Hart,  Simeon,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  321 
Hart,  Maj.  William,  on  committees,  5, 
10 ; to  receive  confiscated  lands,  73 ; 
deputv  for  Savbrook,  108,  203,  253. 
316,  431 

Hart,  William.  Jr.,  appt.  J.P.,  113,  322 
Hart,  Zachariah,  appt.  lieut.,  33 
Hartford,  city  of,  incorporation,  343-54; 
seal,  344,  352 ; city’  meeting.  344-6 ; 
election  of  officers,  345,  352,  353  ; taxes 
in,  345-6;  sheriffs  of,  346;  city  court, 
346-8 ; streets,  etc.,  349-50,  351 ; oaths 
of  officers.  350-1 ; court  of  common 
council,  351-2 ; bye-laws,  274-5 ; first 
city  meeting,  352-3 ; cost  of  incorpor- 
ation, 353-4;  freedom  of  city,  373 
Hartford,  county  of,  purchase  of  horses 
in,  22;  surveyors  of  lands  in,  31.  186, 
281 ; ref.  to  inhab.,  51-2.  53.  68-9.  77 . 
194.  234,  309,  34.  35,  38.  48-9,  55-6. 
71-2,  73,  76.  145,  149-50.  150.  172,  177 ; 
treasurer  of,  57 ; sheriff  of,  78:  126, 
128,  276;  state  supplies  in,  105,  96; 
judge  appt.  for  court  in,  133.  111.  319; 
J.P.  appt.  for,  135-6.  112-3,  320-1.  446 ; 
governor’s  guards  in,  178 ; court  of, 
193,  236,  235 ; states  attorney  for,  66 ; 
lists  of,  341 

Hartford,  probate  court  and  district, 
judge  appt.  for,  31.  135,  111,  319;  to 
order  distribution  of  estates,  82 ; busi- 
ness to  be  finished,  165 ; account  ren- 
dered to,  192,  466;  to  direct  sale  of 
real  estate,  203,  235,  310,  322,  161-2. 
172,  465 

Hartford,  town  of,  army  quota,  14 ; is- 
suing commissary  in,  21 ; public  store 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


311 


in,  22 ; jail  in,  31,  63,  76,  77,  276,  333, 
48,  68,  130,  161 ; ref.  to  inhab.,  28, 
62-3,  68,  94, 104, 106  ( 2),  108, 115,  128, 
167,  190-1 , 191,  207,  215,  232-3,  282, 
295,  323(2),  326,  327,  329,  330,  337, 
340,  29,  47,  48-9,  52-3,  63,  65,  71-2, 
150,  161-2,  191,  458;  assessment,  59,  59, 
78,  163,  187,  310;  selectmen  of,  108, 
330,  231,  447 ; provisions  transferred 
to,  108,  257,  278;  military  companies 
of,  139,  140;  part  of  town  of,  in  East 
Windsor,  165 ; ferry  at,  291 ; common 
field  in,  309-10,  road  from,  28;  supe- 
rior court  at,  39,  76;  sloop  allowed 
to  leave,  94;  conviction  for  rape  at, 
124;  carriage  of  passengers  at,  452; 
state  collector,  334;  part  incorporated 
as  city,  343-54;  cannon  at,  448 
Hartland,  army  quota,  15;  second  soci- 
ety, in,  52-3;  state  assessment,  60,  61, 
80,  312,  409;  ref.  to  inhab.,  138,  115; 
companies  from,  140;  Barkhempsted 
men  wish  to  join,  152;  land  purchased 
in,  150;  state  collector,  334 
Hartshorn,  Ebenezer,  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  321 

Hartshorn,  Ebenezer,  3d,  appt.  cornet, 
189 ; appt.  lieut.,  137 
Hartshorn,  Silas,  appt.  quartermaster, 
189;  appt.  cornet,  137 
Harvey,  Asa,  appt.  lieut.,  188 
Harvey,  Philip,  appt.  lieut.,  391 
Harwinton,  army  quota,  15 ; assessment, 
60,  61,  80,  187,  312;  selection  of,  to 
supply  provisions,  108;  military  com- 
panies of,  140;  ref.  to  inhab.,  167,  158, 
179 

Hasting,  Ebenezer,  to  receive  confis- 
cated lands,  73 

Hatch,  Jethro,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115,  323 
Hatch,  Lepha,  accounts  of,  120 
Hats,  army  commission  sold  for,  287 ; 

impost  duty  on,  432 
Havanna,  state  produce  to  be  sold  at, 
24 ; letter  dated  from,  282 
Havens,  Daniel,  widow  of,  97 
Havens,  George,  permitted  to  travel, 
115 

Havens,  Hannah,  permitted  to  travel,  97 
Havens,  Jonathan,  permitted  to  travel, 
276 

Havens,  Joseph,  permitted  to  travel,  97 
Havens.  William,  permitted  to  travel, 
115,  99 

Haviland, , buys  property,  452 

Hawkins,  Eleazer,  to  sell  real  estate, 

210 

Hawkins,  Gaylord,  petition  of.  230-2 
Plawkins.  Hannah,  to  sell  real  estate, 
210;  petition  of,  230-2 


Hawley,  Aaron,  guardian  of  Golden 
Hill  Indians,  29 ; complaints  of,  234 
Hawley,  Elijah,  accounts  of,  251 
Hawley,  Capt.  Enos,  appt.  surveyor  of 
lands,  190 

Hawley,  Gideon,  appt.  2nd  lieut.,  281 
Hawley,  Talcott,  illness  of,  469 
Hawley,  Thomas,  petition  of,  293 
Hawley,  Capt.  William,  deputy  for  Red- 
ding, 2 

Haydon,  Augustus,  appt.  capt.,  390 
Haydon,  Samuel,  taxes  abated,  48-9 ; 
appt.  ens.,  392 

Haydon,  Thomas,  appt.  lieut.,  167 
Hayes,  Ezekiel,  land  of,  84 
Haynes,  Daniel,  permitted  to  travel.  119 
Hazard,  Samuel,  receives  order,  401 
Hazen,  Brig.  Gen.  Moses,  pay  of  regt. 

of,  170,  218 ; commands  regt.,  464 
Hearault,  Elizabeth,  will  of,  61 
Hearault,  John,  will  of,  61 

Hearts,  Capt.  , commands  light 

infantry,  102 

Heath,  Maj.  Gen.  William,  express  to, 
254 ; surgeon  in  regt.  of,  301 
Hebron,  army  quota,  14;  ref.  to  inhab., 
51-2,  57,  110,  167,  213,  330,  160,  177, 
227,  236;  assessment,  60,  26,  59,  78, 
187,  311 ; claims  of  class  at,  dismissed, 
121 ; military  companies  of,  139 ; flour 
seized  at,  43 ; repair  of  highways,  49- 
50;  state  land  in,  sold,  126 
Hedges,  Henry,  appt.  ens.,  387 
Heifers,  included  in  lists,  340 
Hemingway,  Samuel,  store  of,  103 
Hempsted,  Dr.,  treats  injury,  282 
Hempsted,  John,  witness  to  will,  307 
Hempsted,  Joshua,  petition  of,  239 ; 
property  of,  344 

Hem(p)sted,  Lucy,  witness  to  will,  307 
Hempste(a)d,  Serjt.  Stephen,  appt. 

paymaster,  99 ; payment  to,  382-3 
Hendy,  Caleb,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  24  . 
Henry,  Robert,  rented  land  of,  petitioned 
for,  56 

Henshaw,  Benjamin,  petitions  of,  40,  80, 
475 

Henshaw,  Joshua,  Jr.,  appt.  executor  of 
estate,  462 

Herrington.  Abraham,  appt.  ens.,  390 
Her (r) on,  William,  permitted  to  travel. 

103;  deputy  for  Redding,  431 
Heusted,  Thaddeus,  appt.  lieut.,  140 
Hewett,  Increase,  appt.  capt.,  384 
Hewitt,  Stephen,  appt.  lieut.,  384 
Hewitt,  William,  appt.  ens.,  136 
Heyden,  Allyn,  appt.  lieut.,  394 
Heyden,  Joseph,  appt.  capt.,  394 
Heydon,  Capt.  Nathaniel,  conduct  of, 
examined.  177 


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Hibbard,  Nathan,  to  sell  real  estate,  171 
Hibbard,  Capt.  William,  misconduct  of, 
177 

Hickley,  Francis,  letter  from,  282 
Hickox,  Abraham,  estate  of,  confiscated, 
420 

Hickox  (Hiccox),  Amos,  appt.  lieut., 
187 

Hickox  (Hikok),  Capt.  Benjamin,  appt. 
maj.,  211 

Hickox  (Hickcox),  James,  I,  appt.  ens., 
132 ; appt.  lieut.,  392 ; appt.  capt.,  440 
Hie  (k) ox  (Hecock),  James,  II,  appt. 

lieut.,  216;  appt.  capt.,  385 
Hickox,  Joel,  release  from  jail,  76 
Hickox  (Hecox,  Hicox,  Hycock),  Capt. 
Nathan,  deputy  for  Washington,  3, 
109,  204,  253 

Hickox  (Hecox,  Hicox),  Capt.  Samuel, 
deputy  for  Watertown,  132,  317,  431 ; 
to  thank  minister  for  sermon,  133 ; 
petition  of,  231 
Hide,  Eli,  appt.  capt.,  134 
Hide,  Maj.  Elijah,  on  committee,  28 
Hide,  Jabez,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  135 
Hide,  John,  to  sell  real  estate,  300 
Hide.  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  appt.  cornet,  216 
Higgins,  Capt.  Cornelius,  deputy  for 
Haddam,  130,  285,  3,  107,  202,  252, 
315,  430;  appt.  J.P.,  113,  321 
Higgins,  Cornelius,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  167 
Higgins,  Elkanah,  appt.  lieut.,  134 
Higgins,  William,  appt.  1st  lieut.,  Ill 
Highways.  See  Roads  and  highways 
Higley,  Joel,  appt.  lieut.,  36 
Hil(l) house,  Capt.  James,  deputy  for 
New  Haven,  2.  107,  315,  430;  adminis- 
trator of  confiscated  estate,  29-30,  179, 
306,  75,  167,  176-7,  196;  at  Council  of 
Safety,  88-129,  passim;  appt.  to  Coun- 
cil of  Safety,  174  ; to  count  votes,  109 ; 
on  committee  to  examine  Solomon 
Baldwin,  149;  appt.  trustee  of  estate, 
159-60;  clerk  of  the  House,  432;  nom- 
inated to  Congress,  471 
Hilhouse,  John  Griswold,  appt.  capt., 
297 

Hil(l) house,  Maj.  William,  deputy  for 
New  London,  2,  131,  286,  5,  108,  203, 
253,  316,  431 ; payment  to,  39 ; on  com- 
mittees, 62,  399,  416,  459;  orders  care 
of  sick  prisoners,  121 ; at  Council  of 
Safety,  88-129,  239-285,  325-341,  82- 
106,  i89-201,  passim-;  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  321 ; appt.  to  Council  of  Safety, 
174 ; appt.  to  Congress,  207 ; nom- 
inated assistant,  313,  470;  nominated  to 
Congress,  313,  471 ; appt.  county  court 
judge,  319 

Hill,  Andrew,  I,  appt.  lieut.,  213 


Hill,  Andrew,  II,  appt.  capt.,  443 
Hill,  Capt.  Ebenezer,  petition  of,  37 
Hill,  Esther,  husband’s  army  pay,  416 
Hill,  Obadiah,  paid  from  confiscated 
lands,  270,  73 

Hill,  William,  disappearance  of,  416 
Hills,  David,  accounts  of,  246 
Hills,  Seth,  deputy  for  Winchester,  287, 
10 

Hills,  Stephen,  appt.  ens.,  31 
Hillyer,  Capt.  Andrew,  to  find  deserters, 
117-8 ; payments  to,  74,  91,  195-6 
Hindee,  Caleb,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  168 
Hine  (Hinde),  Abel,  deputy  for  New 
Milford,  3,  132,  287,  9,  316,  431;  to 
appraise  forfeited  property,  95,  378, 
379;  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115,  323;  to  sell 
real  estate,  305 ; new  notes  for,  81 ; to 
handle  state  supplies,  96 
Hine,  Benjamin,  order  paid  to,  75 
Hine,  Joel,  appt.  ens.,  384 
Hine,  Capt.  Thomas,  deputy  for  Che- 
shire, 2 

Hinkley,  Charles,  imprisons  J.  Phelps, 
395 

Hinkley,  Capt.  Ichabod,  deputy  for  Tol- 
land, 430 

Hinkley,  Joshua,  to  receive  confiscated 
lands,  73 

Hinman,  Benjamin,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  115, 
323 

Hinman,  Bethuel,  appt.  capt.,  387 
Hinman,  Daniel,  appt.  ens.,  387 
Hinman,  Edward,  to  make  investiga- 
tion, 85;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  115,  323 
Hinman,  Joel,  appt.  capt.,  167,  184 
Hinman,  Michael,  to  sell  real  estate,  39 
Hinman,  Sarah,  to  sell  real  estate,  39 
Hinsdale,  Ezra,  appt.  ens.,  139;  appt. 
lieut.,  389 

Hispaniola,  man  on  island  of,  216 
Hitchcock,  Amos,  appt.  capt.,  390 
Hitchcock,  Caleb,  assessed  incorrectly, 
26 

Hitchcock,  Rufus,  appt.  ens.,  214 
Hobart,  Lieut.  John,  expenses  of,  249 
Hobart,  Mason,  appt.  lieut.,  388;  appt. 
capt.,  442 

Hobby,  Col.  Thomas,  petition  of,  113 
Hoct,  Elijah,  appt.  lieut.,  24 
Hodgkin,  Thomas,  appt.  2nd  lieut.,  281 
Hodgkins,  Thomas,  appt.  capt.  of  6th 
Co.,  21st  regt.,  392 
Hodkins,  Thomas,  appt.  lieut.,  187 
Hoga(n),  Brook,  in  Stepney  Parish,  37 
Hogs.  See  swine,  420 
Hoit  (Hart?),  Lieut.  Col.,  regt.  of,  150 
Hoit.  See  also  Hoyt 
Holbrook,  Capt.  Daniel,  deputy  for 
Derby,  2,  131,  286,  4,  108,  203,  252, 


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313 


316,  430;  on  committees,  5,  316,  149; 
petitions  on  Derby  lottery,  45,  419 
Holbrook,  Elias,  appt.  lieut.,  186 
Holcomb,  Asahel,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
321 

Holcomb,  Benajah,  appt.  lieut.,  440 
Holcomb,  Benjamin,  appt.  lieut.,  167 
Holcomb,  Daniel,  appt.  ens.,  32 
Holcomb,  Elijah,  appt.  lieut.,  284 
Holcomb,  Capt.  Hezekiah  (Hezen), 
deputy  for  Salisbury,  202,  252 
Holcomb,  Hezekiah,  Jr.,  appt.  capt.,  393 
Holcomb,  Judah,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
321 

Holcomb,  Noadiah,  appt.  lieut.,  393 
Holcomb,  Roger,  appt.  lieut.,  32 
Holley,  Francis,  money  due  to,  182 
Holley,  Samuel,  money  due  to,  182 
Holliston,  Abraham,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  212 
Holly,  John  William,  asks  to  reside  in 
state,  310-11 

Holmes,  Gershom,  appt.  ens.,  31 
Holmes,  James,  to  sell  real  estate,  318 
Holmes,  Jared,  to  sell  real  estate,  318 
Holmes,  John,  appt.  capt.,  214 
Holmes,  Moses,  deputy  for  Willington, 
2,  130,  107,  202,  252,  315,  430;  appt. 
J.P.,  136,  112,  321 

Holmes,  Maj.  Uriel,  deputy  for  Hart- 
land,  431 

Holt,  Ab(i)el,  appt.  ens.,  188;  appt. 
lieut.,  392 

Holt,  Daniel,  appt.  capt.,  135 
Holt,  Isaac,  deputy  for  Norfolk,  3 
Holt,  Isaac,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  184;  appt. 
capt.,  136 

Holt,  John,  buys  supplies,  308;  pay  for, 
102 

Holt,  Martha,  petition  of,  308 
Holt,  Nicholas,  wolf  bounty  for,  469 
Holt,  Samuel,  appt.  ens.,  217 
Holt,  Lieut.  Silas,  payment  to,  270 
Honev,  Thomas,  incorrectly  assessed, 
26  ' 

Hoogland.  Jeros,  payment  to,  219 
Hooker,  Asahel,  appt.  capt.,  296;  peti- 
tion of,  460 

Hooker,  Daniel,  note  of,  50 
Hooker,  Horace,  deputy  for  Windsor, 
130 

Hooker,  James,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
320 

Hooker,  Nathaniel,  land  of,  191 
Hooker,  Col.  Noadiah,  regt.  of,  65 ; appt. 
J.P.,  135,  112,  321;  on  Salisbury  fur- 
nace committee,  256 , 271-3,  89 ; deputy 
for  Farmington,  315,  430 
Hooker,  Thomas,  to  redeem  mortgage, 
169 

Hopkins,  Harriss,  appt.  capt.,  214 


Hopkins,  Joseph,  deputy  for  Waterbury, 
2,  131,  5,  108,  203,  253,  431 ; to  give 
treasurer’s  notes  to  Pay  Table,  19; 
at  Council  of  Safety,  88-129,  239-285, 
82-106,  passim,  190;  appt.  probate 
judge,  135,  112,  320;  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  321;  appt.  to  Council  of  Safety, 
174;  on  committees,  197,  305,  398;  to 
inspect  return  of  war  prisoners,  207 
Hopson,  Samuel,  appt.  lieut.,  217 
Horseneck,  regt.  for  defense  of,  9,  97, 
116,  121,  123,  220,  250,  255,  261,  321, 
282,  425,  445 ; men  serving  at,  39, 
239,  240,  106,  249;  Col.  Wells  regt. 
at,  43,  237 ; prisoner  taken  at,  65 ; 
troops  surprised  at,  74 ; pay  of  officers 
at,  103 ; supplies  for  troops  at,  129, 
244,  253,  284,  285,  334,  102,  152-3; 
hospital  at,  84;  men  march  to,  90; 
commandant  at,  to  supervise  travel- 
ler, 100;  expenses  at,  to  be  paid  by 
U.S.,  197 ; casualties  at,  220,  293 ; chief 
surgeon  at,  303 
See  also  Canfield,  Col.  Samuel 
Horses,  forage  for,  21 ; purchase  of,  22-3, 
450-1,  452;  removed  from  Conn.,  83, 
102;  impounding  of.  in  common  fields, 
117;  act  against  stealing,  204;  con- 
fiscation of,  335 

Horsford,  Col.  Obadiah,  deputy  for  He- 
bron, 130 

Horton,  Joshua,  to  return  to  Long 
Island,  62 

Hosmer,  Lydia,  administratrix,  50;  to 
sell  land,  77,  315,  238-9;  payment  to, 
86 

Hosmer,  Prentice,  money  due,  315 
Hosmer,  Stephen,  given  note,  50 ; money 
due,  315 

Hosmer,  Capt.  Thomas,  deputy  for 
Canaan,  108,  316 

Hosmer,  Titus,  attorney  to  Gardener,  50 ; 
estate  of,  77,  315,  86,  238-9;  objects  to 
continental  bills,  42 

Hospitals  for  soldiers,  sailors,  and  ma- 
rines, 3-4 ; to  innoculate  regt.  for 
smallpox,  28;  at  Horseneck,  84;  in 
Eastern  dept.,  surgeon  gen.  of,  236; 
Middletown  house  used  as,  308 
Hotchkiss,  Eliphalet,  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  321 

Hotchkiss,  Gideon,  selectman  of  Water- 
bury, 85 

Hotchkiss,  Robert,  asks  release  from 
prison,  63 

Hotchkiss,  Stephen,  appt.  lieut.,  167,  187 
Hough,  John.  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Hough,  Dr.  Walter,  petitions  for  drugs 
and  medicine,  129;  payments  to,  278, 
279,  84 ; note  of,  to  carry  interest,  195 


314 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Houghton,  James,  on  committee,  416 
Housatonic  River,  regulation  of  fishery 
on,  175,  23;  highway  by,  45-6;  bridge 
over,  51-2 

House,  Elijah,  appt.  capt.,  443 
Houses,  to  be  enumerated  in  town  lists, 
445 

Hovey,  Ebenezer,  to  sell  property,  246-7 
Hovey,  Jacob,  appt.  capt.,  139 
Hovey,  Nathaniel,  property  sold,  246-7 
Howard,  Stephen,  appt.  lieut.,  140 
Howd,  John,  deputy  for  Derby,  131 
Howd,  Samuel,  to  recover  land,  44 
Howe,  Joel,  wolf  bounty  for,  421 
Howe,  John,  appt.  ens.,  168,  184 
Howe,  Sampson,  deputy  for  Killingley, 
2,  108,  431 

Howe,  Zadock,  appt.  lieut.,  24 
Howell,  Daniel,  permitted  to  travel,  119 
Howell,  Edmund,  permitted  to  travel, 
331 

Howel(l),  Elias,  permitted  to  travel, 
115 ; paid  for  use  of  whale  boat,  246 
Howell,  Ezekiel,  permitted  to  travel,  119 
Howell,  Nathan,  to  purchase  shop,  90 
Howell,  Ryal,  permitted  to  travel,  330 
Howell,  Stephen,  permitted  to  travel,  119 
Howland,  Joseph,  brig  of,  64-5 ; appt. 

lieut.,  389 ; petition  of,  416 
Hoyet,  Lieut.,  resigned  position,  116 
Hoyt,  Amos,  appt.  ens.,  442 
Hoyt  (Hoit),  Asa,  taxes  abated,  180 , 
414 

Hoyt,  Daniel,  appt.  ens.,  388 ; appt. 
lieut.,  442 

Hoyt,  Capt.  Jesse,  detained  at  Norwalk, 
249 

Hoyt,  John,  taxes  abated,  180,  414 
Hoyt  (Hoit),  Nathan,  taxes  abated, 
180,  414 

Hoyt  (Hoit),  Samuel,  appt.  lieut.,  281 
Hoyt,  Samuel,  3rd,  money  due  to,  182 
Hoyt,  Timothy,  taxes  abated,  185 

Hubbard,  (of  Hartford),  signs 

order,  456 

Hubbard,  Aaron,  appt.  J.P.,  135 
Hubbard,  David,  heirs  of,  244 
Hubbard,  Elijah,  buys  rum  and  sugar, 
46,  114,  339 ; pay  as  commissary  of  re- 
freshment, 100 ; to  receive  supplies, 
250,  262,  269 ; draft  in  favor  of, 
252-3;  to  deliver  supplies  to  troops, 
269 , 284,  294,  328,  83 ; may  sell  cloth, 
329-30;  travelling  expenses,  86;  to 
give  sum  to  paymasters,  86;  to  settle 
clothing  accounts,  124;  to  manage  lot- 
tery, 304 

Hubbard,  Ichabod,  petition  of,  297-8 
Hubbard,  Jedidiah,  appt.  ens.,  34 
Hubbard,  Jeremiah,  appt.  capt.,  132 


Hubbard,  Jeremiah,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  216 
Hubbard,  Jonathan,  appt.  ens.,  186,  387 
Hubbard,  Joseph,  serves  in  army,  297 
Hubbard,  Nehemiah,  orders  in  favor  of, 
72,  377 

Hubbard,  Oliver,  appt.  lieut.,  388 
Hubbard,  Capt.  William,  to  receive  sup- 
plies, 109,  115 

Hubbell,  Abraham,  estate  of,  411-12 
Hubbell,  Amos,  petition  of,  411 
Hubbell,  Capt.  David,  to  buy  property, 
243 

Hubbell,  Eleazer,  deputy  for  New  Fair- 
field,  131 

Hubbel(l),  Ephraim,  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114,  322 

Hubbell,  Eunice,  to  deed  property,  411-12 
Hubbel(l),  Gershom,  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114,  322 

Hubbel(l),  Hezekiah,  deputy  for  Fair- 
field,  2,  286,  6;  on  quota  committee, 
5;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  322;  to  give 
deed,  234 

Hubbell,  Jedidiah,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115, 
323 

Hubbell,  Richard,  Jr.,  to  appoint  new 
tax  collector,  417 

Hubbell,  Capt.  William  G.,  deputy  for 
New  Fairfield,  316 

Hudson,  Mr.,  to  aid  French  troops,  291 
Hudson  River,  barrier  against  British, 
278 

Huiston,  John,  appt.  lieut.,  386 
Hull,  Andrew,  appt.  ens.,  32 ; appt.  lieut 
441 

Hull,  Charles,  appt.  lieut.,  385 
Hull,  David,  petition  of,  206 
Hull,  Esther,  money  due  to,  182 
Hull,  James,  appt.  capt.,  36 
Hull,  Lieut.  Joseph,  pay  of,  427 
Hull,  Latham,  appt.  quartermaster.  32 ; 

appt.  capt.,  387 
Hull,  Samuel,  petition  of,  419 
Hull,  Timothy,  petition  of,  171 
Humphrey,  Ashbel,  seeks  release  from 
prison,  77-8 

Humphrey,  Capt.  Daniel,  deputy  for 
Simsbury,  2,  130,  107,  202,  252,  315, 
430;  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  321;  to  sell 
real  estate,  193;  to  choose  place  for 
meeting  house,  232 ; to  sell  property. 
179 

Humphry,  David,  pay  of,  428 
Humphrey,  Dudley,  appt.  J.P..  138,  115, 
323:  deputy  for  Norfolk.  317,  431 
Humphry,  Maj.  Elihu.  tax  collector,  304 
Humphrey (s),  Mai.  Elijah,  on  commit- 
tee, 67;  apnt.  maj.  24;  seeks  to  resign 
service,  105 ; resigns,  116 ; payment  bv, 
297 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


315 


Humphr  (e)y,  Frederick,  appt.  lieut., 
133;  appt.  capt.,  393 

Humphr(e)ys,  John,  petition  of,  419 
Humphr  (e)ys,  Jonathan,  petition  of,  304 
Humphr  (e)y,  Oliver,  appt.  J.P.,  135, 
112,  321 

Hungerford,  Jacob,  appt.  ens.,  391 
Hunn,  Mary,  estate  of  daughter  of,  196 
Hunt,  Eliphaz,  appt.  lieut.,  183 ; appt. 
capt.,  140 

Hunt,  Joseph,  to  receive  confiscated 
lands,  73;  petition  of,  180-1 
Hunting,  Benjamin,  permitted  to  travel, 
327 

Huntington,  Abner,  appt.  lieut.,  185 
Huntington,  Andrew,  appt.  capt.,  135 
Huntington,  Ann,  petition  of,  274-5 
Huntington,  Barnabas,  deputy  for  Nor- 
wich, 131 ; appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Huntington,  Benjamin,  present  at  assem- 
bly, 1,  130,  13,  107,  252,  315,  430; 
nominated  for  assistant,  61,  80,  313, 
470;  nominated  to  Congress,  61,  80; 
on  committees,  132,  109,  317,  459,  475; 
elected  assistant,  132,  109,  317 ; appt. 
delegate  to  Congress,  133,  110;  takes 
oath,  133,  110,  318;  payments  to,  241, 
56-7,  189,  198;  petitions  of,  72,  293, 
303 ; delegate  to  interstate  conference, 
101-2;  to  sell  state  land,  164;  adminis- 
trator of  estate,  245 
Huntington,  Lieut.  Col.  Ebenezer,  dis- 
pute over  rank  of,  90,  91,  265-7 ; pay- 
ments to,  179,  246 

Huntington,  Frederick,  appt.  capt.,  215 
Huntington,  Hezekiah,  payment  of  pre- 
mium, 405,  467 

Huntington,  Isaac,  petition  of,  180-1 
Huntington,  Capt.  Jabez,  order  in  favor 
of,  93;  seized  rum,  147,  148;  on  cur- 
rency committee,  174-5 ; given  receipt 
for  gunpowder,  193;  buys  fire  arms. 
418 

Huntington,  Brig.  Gen.  Jedidiah,  to 
make  out  payrolls  for  recruits,  21 : 
consulted  on  promotions  in  army. 
113;  pay  of,  113;  extra  rations  for, 
211-12 ; wife  of,  274-5 ; family  per- 
mitted to  travel,  82 

Huntington,  Jonathan,  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  321 

Huntington,  Rev.  Dr.  Joseph,  to  be 
thanked  for  sermon,  319 
Huntington,  Col.  Joshua,  deputy  for 
Norwich,  2;  petitions  of,  94-5,  416 
Huntington,  Judith,  petitions  of,  174-5. 
418 

Huntington,  Levi,  petition  of,  416 
Huntington,  Roger,  account  of,  199-200  : 
bond  of,  232,  404 


Huntington,  Samuel,  present  at  assem- 
bly, 1,  130,  13,  107,  252,  315,  430;  nom- 
inated assistant,  61,  80,  313,  470; 
nominated  to  Congress,  61,  80;  to  re- 
ceive oats,  125 ; on  committee  to  count 
votes,  132,  109,  317 ; elected  assistant, 

132,  109 ; appt.  delegate  to  Congress, 

133,  110;  takes  oath,  133,  110,  318; 
appt.  judge  of  superior  court,  133, 
111;  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112;  expenses 
paid,  207,  106 ; appt.  to  Council  of 
Safety,  292,  333 ; at  Council  of  Safety, 
325-341,  82-106,  189-201,  passim;  ac- 
count of,  198;  resigns  from  Congress, 
207 ; chosen  lieut.  gov.,  317 ; appt.  chief 
judge  of  superior  courts,  319;  salary 
granted  to,  428,  479 

Huntington,  Samuel,  deputy  for  East 
Haddam,  107 

Huntington,  Simeon,  appt.  capt.,  133 ; 
account  of,  192 

Huntington,  Thomas,  deputy  for  Ash- 
ford, 2 

Huntington,  William,  petition  of,  407 
Hurd,  David,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  115,  323 
Hurd,  Solomon,  appt.  lieut.,  136 
Hurlbart,  Joseph,  assessed  incorrectly,  26 
Hurlburt,  Daniel,  appt.  capt.,  394 
Hurlburt,  Col.  John,  permitted  to  travel, 
119;  to  be  accompanied,  125 
Hurlburt,  Timothy,  deputy  for  Canaan, 
2,  131,  203,  253 

Hurlburt,  Truman,  appt.  ens.,  386 
Plusted,  Thaddeus,  appt.  capt.,  384 
Hutchins,  Col.  Benjamin,  deputy  for 
Hartland,  131,  108,  316 
Hutchins,  Silas,  appt.  lieut.,  137 
Hutchinson,  Asa,  execution  against,  126 
Hutchinson,  Elisha,  compensation  for, 
200;  appt.  lieut.,  135 
Hutchinson,  Moses,  lands  of,  126 
Hutton,  Samuel,  payment  of,  419 
Hyatt,  Daniel,  taxes  abated,  180,  414 
Plyde,  Maj.,  salt  in  hands  of,  335 
Hyde,  Azariah,  appt.  ens.,  185;  appt. 
capt.,  439 

Hyde,  David,  defalcation  of,  473 
Hyde,  James  3d,  appt.  capt.,  32 
Hyde,  Matthew,  deputy  for  East  Wind- 
sor, 430 

Hylyer,  James,  Jr.,  appt.  capt.,  32 
Hymns,  Barlow’s  selection  of,  459 

Idiots,  act  for  administering  estates  of, 
117 

Imlay,  William,  and  David  Trumbull’s 
accounts,  196,  199,  200;  to  prepare 
accounts,  197 

Imports,  duties  on,  255,  326-7,  328, 
378-9,  432,  435-7 


316 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Imposts,  state,  account  of,  447 ; none 
on  copper  and  scrap  iron,  448 
Incorporation,  of  cities,  257-77,  343-73 : 
of  Plainfield  Academy,  406-7 ; of 
Salisbury  iron  ore  bed,  425-6 
Indian  corn,  report  on,  88 
Indians,  at  Golden  Hill,  Stratford,  29, 
234-5 ; exempt  from  military  service, 
138;  Mohegan,  213,  293,  130,  154-5, 
416,  477 ; Susquehanna  deed  from,  292  ; 
at  Scatacook  (Kent),  178,  298;  aid 
British  in  Revolution,  277 ; land  in 
Chatham  sold,  380 
Infantry,  raise  in  pay,  17 
Sec  also  Regiments 
Ingalls,  Lemuel,  appt.  lieut.,  135 
Ingham,  Capt.  Daniel,  deputy  for  He- 
bron, 285,  3 ; petition  of,  49 
Ingolls,  Zebadiah,  appt.  surveyor,  190 
Ingraham,  Anne,  petition  of,  70 
Insane,  act  for  administering  estates  of, 
117 

Inspector  of  United  States  Army,  re- 
ports on  application,  222 
Insurance,  issued  on  schooner,  291 
Interest  on  state  debt,  certificates  for, 
receivable  for  taxes,  119;  on  U.S. 
debt,  327,  433 ; paid  out  of  taxes,  336, 
375 ; collectors  exempt  from,  446 
Invalid  Regiment.  See  Regiment  of 
Invalids 

Invasion,  investigating  cruelty  of,  15 
Inventories,  of  cargoes  of  seized  ships, 
331 ; of  goods  on  vessels,  436 
Invoices,  to  be  given  to  naval  officers. 

328-9,  436;  on  duty,  paying  good,  437 
Ireland,  estate  in  Armagh,  88',  goods 
imported  from,  120 

Iron,  Salisbury  works,  26,  102,  111,  226, 
255,  271-3,  337,  89,  425 
Iron,  works  to  be  assessed,  155 ; excise 
on,  16;  for  Newgate  Prison,  to  be 
sold,  378;  scrap,  no  duty  on,  448 
Isaacs,  Aaron,  permitted  to  travel,  111, 
326,  103 

Isaacs,  Ralph,  repairs  wagon  tiers,  305-6 

Isham,  John  2nd,  pay  for,  207 

Ives,  Allen,  appt.  capt.,  285 

Ives,  Enoch,  deed  to,  288-9 

Ives,  Enos,  appt.  ens.,  391 

Ives,  Levi,  suit  of,  462 

Ives,  Thomas,  sued,  102-3 

Jacket,  Capt.  Justus,  deputy  for  Kent, 
3 

Jackson,  Lieut.,  promoted,  281 
Jackson,  Abel,  appt.  lieut.,  33 
Jackson,  Daniel,  taxes  abated.  180,  414 
Jackson,  Elias,  appt.  lieut..  386 
Jackson,  William,  appt.  ens.,  186 


Jacobs,  Abel,  payment  of,  270 
Jacobs,  Asael,  to  receive  confiscated 
lands,  73 

Jagger,  Jeremiah,  permitted  to  travel, 
325,  329 

Jail,  New  Haven,  227 , 286-7 ; Hartford, 
286-7 ; Windham  County,  395 ; Litch- 
field, 476 

Jail-keeper,  exempted  from  tavern  taxes. 
161 

Jamaica,  Long  Island,  Edwards  to  go 
to,  84 

Jamaica,  W.I.,  island  of,  prisoners  in, 
269 ; brigantine  wrecked  on  return 
from,  473 ; resident  of,  479 
Jarvis,  Abigail,  to  sell  real  estate,  208 
Jarviss,  James,  owes  for  pork,  296 
Jarvis  (s),  Samuel,  to  sell  real  estate, 
193,  208 ; appt.  ens.,  443 
Jarvis  and  Russell,  Messrs.,  lead  in 
care  of,  274 

Jauncey,  James,  confiscated  estate  of, 
58-9,  68 ; mortgage  paid  to,  81 ; debt 
to,  307 

Jeffery,  Edward,  to  sell  real  estate,  306 
Jeffery,  John,  estate  of,  306 
Jefferys,  Charles,  land  of,  164 
Jenkins,  Lieut.,  resigns  lieutenancy,  281 
Jenner,  Richard,  estate  of,  195,  14 3 
Jennings,  Augustus,  estate  of,  54 
Jennings,  Isaac,  to  sell  real  estate,  54 
Jerom,  Robert,  appt.  ens.,  143 
Jervis,  Mr.,  provisions  sold  to,  284-5 
Jessup,  Ebenezer,  appt.  J.P.,  322 
Jessup,  Silas,  permitted  to  travel,  115 
Jewelry,  excise  tax  on,  16 
John,  schooner,  291 

Johns,  Fort,  regiment  marched  from,  41 
Johnson,  Capt.,  pay  of,  127,  247 
Johnson,  Abel,  appt.  capt.,  439 
Johnson,  Abner,  deputy  for  Waterbury, 
2,  131 

Johnson,  Artemus,  paid  for  injuries.  41 
Johnson,  Ebenezer,  petitions  of,  206,  456 
Johnson,  Elisha,  appt.  ens.,  33 ; appt. 
lieut.,  439 

Johnson,  Enos,  petition  of,  206 
Johnson,  Jesse,  to  sell  real  estate,  194 
Johnson,  Capt.  John,  pay  of,  192;  appt. 
capt.,  211 

Johnson,  John,  Jr.,  appt.,  capt.,  184 
Johnson,  Jonathan,  appt.  lieut.,  188 
Johnson,  Lieut.  Col.  Jonathan,  pay  of, 
179,  246 

Johnson,  Justus,  notes  stolen  from,  163 
Johnson,  Levi,  fine  of,  235-6 
Johnson,  Miles,  to  investigate  coast 
guards,  28;  taxes  paid  in  flour,  192-3 
Johnson,  Obed,  farm  of,  305 
Johnson,  Peter,  account  of,  234 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


317 


Johnson,  Samuel,  appt.  lieut.,  440 
Johnson,  Samuel  William,  appt.  ens., 
284 

Johnson,  Seth,  bond  of,  235 
Johnson,  Stephen,  petition  of,  168 
Johnson,  Stephen,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  387 
Johnson,  William  Samuel,  in  Penn,  land 
dispute,  27,  205-6,  220 ; payments  to, 
333-4,  334,  449 ; appt.  delegate  to  Con- 
gress, 444 ; nominated  to  Congress,  471 
Johnson,  Zachary,  petitions  of,  213,  293 ; 

maintenance  of,  155-6 
Johonet,  issuing  commissary,  bills  of,  103 
Jones,  Benjamin,  Jr.,  on  exchange  of 
prisoners,  125 

Jones,  Caleb,  to  sell  real  estate,  308 
Jones,  Daniel,  conduct  complained  of,  90-1 
Jones,  Ebenezer,  vessel  restored  to,  335 
Jones,  Eliphaz,  omitted  assessment,  26 
Jones,  Israel,  petition  of,  152 
Jones,  Col.  Joel,  deputy  for  Hebron,  1 , 
285,  3,  202,  252,  430;  petition  on,  49; 
to  appraise  land,  475 
Jones,  John,  permitted  to  travel,  328 
Jones,  Squire,  loses  note,  292 
Jones,  Theophilus,  estate  of,  308 
Jones,  Timothy,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 ; 
sent  prisoners  to  Hartford,  276 ; peti- 
tion of,  166-7 

Jones,  Zachanah  How,  appt.  lieut.,  132 
Joy,  Comfort,  counterfeiter,  426 
Judd,  Daniel,  petition  of,  151-2 
Judd,  James,  land  of,  169 
Judd,  Jeheel,  wounded,  151 ; pension  to, 
383 

Judd,  Jonathan,  appt.  ens.,  297 
Judd,  Judah,  land  of,  169 
Judd,  Timothy,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115 
Judge,  Samuel,  appt.  capt.,  33 
Judges  of  admiralty,  to  be  commissioned, 
254 

Judges  of  county  courts,  appointed, 
133-4,  111,  319;  citizens  to  testify,  328 
Judges  of  probate,  appointed,  134-5, 
111-2,  210,  319-20;  sale  of  confiscated 
estates  under  direction  of,  162-3 ; to 
appoint  administrators,  116 
Judges  of  superior  courts,  appointed,  133, 
111,  319;  officials  ineligible  as,  323; 
salaries  of,  324;  may  execute  office  of 
J.P.,  325 

Judgments,  of  Supreme  Court  of  Errors, 
to  be  final,  324 

Judiciary,  state,  expense  of,  339 
Judson,  Adjutant,  accounts  of,  294 
Judson,  Maj.  Agur,  deputv  for  Strat- 
ford, 286,  7,  108,  203,  253,  316;  appt. 
J.P.,  114,  322 

Judson,  Agur,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  167;  appt. 
capt.,  211 


Judson,  Capt.  Daniel,  deputy  for  Strat- 
ford, 2,  131 ; appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  322 
Judson,  David,  I,  appt.  capt.,  281,  33 
Judson,  David,  II,  appt.  lieut.,  442 
Judson,  John,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  322 
Jurisdiction,  at  sea,  254 
Jurors  in  city  courts,  how  chosen,  262-3, 
272-3,  349,  359,  368-9;  jurisdiction 
over,  265,  274,  351,  361,  371 ; city,  first 
election  of,  267,  276-7,  353,  363 
Justices  of  the  peace,  appointed,  135-8, 
112-115,  210,  320-323,  446;  warrants 
from,  145,  160;  to  settle  controversy, 
158;  to  appoint  appraisers,  160;  oath 
of  office  of,  179;  in  East  Hartford,  to 
call  first  town  meeting,  221 ; to  inves- 
tigate claims  for  silk  bounties,  256, 
342 ; to  administer  freeman’s  oath,  258, 
268,  344,  355,  364-5 ; superior  court 
judges  to  execute  office  of,  325;  to  is- 
sue warrants  for  seizing  ships,  33 ; to 
issue  certificates  for  killing  wolves, 
342 ; to  issue  warrant  for  East  Wind- 
sor tax  collectors,  422 ; to  issue  war- 
rant for  proprietors’  meetings,  438 
Justices  of  the  quorum,  appointed,  135-8, 
112-4,  210,  320-3,  446;  senior,  to  hear 
libel  cases,  331-2 

Keeler,  Matthew,  taxes  abated,  181,  414 
Keeler,  Capt.  Samuel,  commands  com- 
pany, 178 

Keeler,  Stephen,  taxes  abated,  180,  182 
Keigwin  (Keiguine),  Nicholas,  appt. 

lieut.,  24 ; wages  of,  117 
Kellam,  Samuel,  appt.  ens.,  386 
Kellogg,  Abner,  appt.  lieut.,  186 
Kellogg,  Abraham,  appt.  ens.,  189 
Kellogg,  Elijah,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  112,  321 
Kellogg,  George,  appt.  lieut.,  295 
Kellogg,  John,  taxes  abated.  180,  414 
Kellogg,  Judah,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115,  323 
Kellogg,  Martin,  appt.  capt.,  186 
Kelsey  (Kelcey),  Capt.  Aaron,  deputy 
for  Killingworth,  131,  203  , 253  , 316 
Kelsey,  Ephraim,  to  command  boat,  281 
Kelsey  (Kelcey),  Joel,  pay  of,  305 
Kelsey  (Kelcey),  John,  appt.  ens.,  442 
Kelsey  (Kelcy),  Jonathan,  to  sell  land, 
145 

Kenney.  Moses,  deputy  for  Voluntown,  2 
Kent,  Elihu,  assessment  omitted,  26 
Kent,  John,  appt.  capt.,  139 
Kent,  armv  quota,  15;  assessment,  60, 
61,  79,  18 7.  312;  refs,  to  inhabs.  of, 
70-1,  81,  167,  61,  298;  selectmen  of, 
81 ; confiscated  lands  in,  95 ; military 
companies  of,  139 ; Aaron  Payne  at, 
39,  303,  415;  to  hold  lottery,  165;  In- 
dians at,  178,  298;  state  collector,  334 


318 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Kettle,  Jonathan,  appt.  lieut.,  217 
Keys,  Maj.  John,  deputy  for  Ashford, 
2;  on  committees,  5,  10 
Kibbee,  Amariah,  appt.  capt.,  189 
Kibbe(e),  Charles,  appt.  capt.,  296 
Kibbe(e),  Peter,  assessment  omitted,  26 
Kibbe(e),  Zerah,  deputy  for  Somers,  1, 
107,  202,  252 

Kilborn,  David,  appt.  lieut.,  186 ; appt. 
capt.,  212 

Kilborn,  Issabel,  heir  to  estate,  196 
Kilborn,  Jonah,  Jr.,  claimant  to  will,  196 
Kilborn,  Jonathan,  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 
Kilborn,  Lemuel,  appt.  ens.,  36 
Kilborn,  Lewiss,  appt.  ens.,  441 
Killam.  Eliphalet,  appt.  ens.,  185 
Killingley,  army  quota,  14 ; highway  re- 
pair, 59;  state  assessment,  60,  61,  79. 
312;  selectmen  of,  108,  423;  military 
companies  of,  139,  140 ; state  collector, 
334;  refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  423,  458;  stay 
of  execution,  423,  477 
Killingworth,  coast  guard  of,  11 ; refs, 
to  inhabs.  of,  57-8 , 48,  69,  145 ; assess- 
ment, 60,  60,  79,  187,  311 ; ammunition 
for,  95 ; selectmen  of,  95,  304 ; military 
companies  of,  139;  She(a)thar  goes 
to,  311,  331-2,  335;  road  to  Middle- 
town,  168;  state  collector,  334 
Kimbal(l),  John,  appt.  capt.,  167 
Kimball,  Richard,  allowed  to  travel,  93 
Kimberly,  Azel,  appt.  capt.,  217 
Kimberly,  Ephraim,  appt.  capt.,  281 
Kimberly,  John,  owns  land  in  New  Ha- 
ven, 295 

Kimberly,  Nathaniel,  released  from  cus- 
tody, 88 

Kimberly,  Robert,  injured  in  battle,  159 
Kimberly,  Sarah,  land  of,  295 
King,  Abigail,  permitted  to  travel,  100 
King,  Alexander,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
321 ; deputy  for  Suffield,  315 
King,  Ashbel,  appt.  capt.,  141 ; election 
to  captaincy  questioned,  160 
King,  Benjamin,  permitted  to  travel,  99- 
100 

King,  Capt.  Benj.,  Jr.,  widow  of,  per- 
mitted to  travel,  100 
King,  Dan,  appt.  ens.,  214 
King,  Gideon,  payment  to,  36 
King,  Joshua,  promoted,  281 
King,  Josiah,  to  regulate  election  of  mili- 
tia officers,  160 

King.  Lemuel,  bounty  for  wounds,  74, 
252 

King,  Major  Nathaniel,  permitted  to 
travel,  115,  97,  327 

King,  Oliver,  appt.  ens.,  388;  appt.  lieut.. 
443 

King,  Samuel,  I,  appt.  lieut.,  190 


King,  Samuel,  II,  released  from  jail,  153 
King,  Thaddeus,  petition  of,  410;  appt. 
lieut.,  443 

King,  of  Great  Britain,  adherent  of,  424 
King  Street,  Greenwich,  petition  for 
land  in,  96 

King  Street,  Kent,  rendezvous  for  sup- 
ply teams,  71,  81 

Kingman,  Joseph,  buys  army  commis- 
sion, 220,  287-8 

Kingsbury,  Ebenezer,  petition  of,  396 
Kingsbury,  Ephraim,  deputy  for  Coven- 
try, 2,  131,  108,  316;  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114,  323 

Kingsbury,  Joseph,  deputy  for  Enfield, 
130,  202,  252,  315,  430 ; report  on  ferry, 
232;  petition  of,  304 
Kingsbury,  Capt.  Lemuel,  deputy  for 
Canaan,  316,  431 

Kingsbury,  Thomas,  appt.  ens.,  214 
Kinne,  Jacob,  assessed  incorrectly,  26 
Kinne,  Samuel,  appt.  ens.,  168,  185 ; re- 
signs, 261 

Kirkland,  Rev.  Samuel,  payment  to,  154 
Kirtland,  Martin,  death  of,  203 
Knapp,  Eben,  appt.  ens.,  214 
Knap,  James,  petitions  of,  158,  243 
Knap,  Silvanus,  petition  of,  222 
Knowles,  Samuel,  land  of,  48 
Knox,  Samuel,  witness  to  deed,  50 
Knox,  Sarah,  witness  to  deed,  50 

Lace,  import  duty,  432 
Lacey,  Capt.  Daniel,  given  commission. 
119 

Lacey,  Ebenezer,  petition  of,  61-2 
Lacey,  Josiah,  payment  to,  65-6 
Ladd,  Abner,  appt.  capt.,  185 
Lafayette,  George  Washington,  made  cit- 
izen of  Conn.,  439 

Lafayette,  Marquis  de,  man  commanded 
by,  wounded,  301 ; detachment  serving, 
77 ; made  citizen  of  Conn.,  439 
Lamb,  Col.,  regiment  of,  269,  270,  72-3, 

226 

Lamb,  Rufus,  appt.  lieut.,  31 
Landers,  Joseph,  deputy  for  Sharon,  132 
Landon,  Nathaniel,  appt.  J.P.,  138 
Lane,  Gad,  petition  of,  160 
Lane,  Hezekiah,  deputy  for  Killing- 
worth,  2,  431 ; appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  322 
Lane,  John,  Jr.,  payment  to,  69 
Lane,  Joseph,  Jr.,  army  pay,  397 
Lankton,  Joseph,  appt.  lieut.,  187 
Larabee,  Timothy,  deputy  for  Windham. 
286,  7 

Lard,  taken  to  Long  Island,  83 
Larrence,  Capt.  Isaac,  house  of,  95 
Latham,  Capt.,  serves  in  Fort  Griswold, 
175-6 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


319 


Latham,  Edward,  petition  of,  402 
Latham,  Giles,  theft  from,  215 
Latham,  Capt.  William,  pay  roll  of,  20- 
21 ; losses  by  enemy,  41 ; provisions 
for,  108 ; new  note  for,  58 
Lathrop,  Abner,  permitted  to  travel,  341 
Lathrop,  Benjamin,  petition  of,  341 
Lathrop,  Ebenezer,  appt.  capt.,  138,  142 
Lathrop,  Capt.  Elisha,  appt.  probate 
judge,  134,  111,  320;  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  321;  deputy  for  Norwich,  286 , 5, 
108,  203,  253,  316,  431 ; on  committees, 
323,  317,  473 

Lathrop,  Capt.  Hope,  deputy  for  Tol- 
land, 2 ; petition  of,  46 
Lathrop,  John,  petition  of,  213 
Lathrop,  Rufus,  to  investigate  cruelties 
of  enemy,  15 ; to  report  losses,  16 ; 
to  inspect  goods  for,  87 ; appt.  J.P., 
136,  113,  321 ; taxes  for  New  London 
and  Groton,  176 , 236,  238,  293,  128,  379 
Lathrop,  Zebadiah,  appt.  quartermaster, 
137 

Latimer,  Samuel,  payment  to,  189 
Latimer,  Samuel,  & Co.,  account  of,  194 
Latin,  Ross’s  grammar,  245 
Lattimer,  Jonathan,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113, 
321 

Lattimore,  Hezekiah,  appt.  capt.,  36 
Lauzun,  Due  de,  commands  French  le- 
gion, 49 

Law,  Richard,  nominated  assistant,  61. 
80,  313 ; nominated  for  Congress,  61. 
80;  elected  assistant,  132,  109,  317. 
471 ; elected  to  Congress,  133,  110 : 
takes  oath,  133,  110,  318;  appt.  count; 
court  judge,  134,  111 ; accounts  of. 
331 ; at  general  assembly,  13,  107,  202, 
252,  430 ; to  count  votes,  108 ; to  revise 
laws,  122,  219,  282 ; resigns  from 
Congress,  207 ; to  sell  property,  243 ; 
appt.  superior  court  judge,  319;  on 
committee,  416 
Lawn,  import  duty,  432 
Lawrence,  Ariel,  appt.  lieut.,  136 
Lawrence,  John,  to  turn  over  old  bills. 
117 ; elected  treasurer,  132,  109,  317; 
takes  oath,  133,  110,  318;  appt.  J.P 
135,  112,  320;  claims  overcharge  in 
interest,  23 8;  salary,  239,  187,  428;  to 
receive  orders,  255;  pay  of  clerks  of. 
322;  issues  order,  105;  to  report  on 
tax,  209;  notes  signed  or  issued  bv. 
163,  175,  176 

See  also  Treasurer,  state 
Lawrence,  Jonas,  appt.  lieut.,  218 
Laws  of  Nations,  act  to  prevent  infrac- 
tions of,  156 

Laws,  state,  repeal  of,  115-6;  revision 
of,  122,  219,  281-2 


Laws,  book  of,  to  be  printed,  282 ; to  be 
distributed,  374 

Lawson,  Robert,  appt.  surveyor,  451 
Lawson,  Capt.  Thomas,  deputy  for 
Union,  2,  131 

Lay,  Asa,  appt.  capt.,  388 
Lay  (Say),  John  2nd,  appt.  T.P.,  136. 
113,  322 

Leach,  David,  appt.  lieut.,  32 
Leach,  Ichabod,  petition  of,  244-5 
Leach,  James,  sells  property,  244-5 
Leach,  John,  property  of,  244-5 
Leach,  Lieut.  Joseph,  petition  of,  44 
Leach,  Manasseh,  appt.  capt.,  34 
Lead,  furnished  to  state,  419 
Leads,  Gideon,  money  due  to,  182 

Learning,  Rev. , of  Norwalk,  land 

deeded  to,  157-8 

Learning,  David,  receives  property,  289 
Learning,  Jeremiah,  claim  of,  288-9 
Learning,  Judah,  receives  property,  289 
Learning,  Mathias,  claim  to  confiscated 
property,  157-8,  288-9 
Learned,  Amasa,  lighthouse  money  to  be 
paid  to,  206,  280 

Learned,  Daniel,  deputy  for  Killingley, 
2,  131 ; appt.  capt.,  137 
Learned,  Simon,  appt.  J.P.,  323 
Learned,  Thaddeus,  appt.  quartermaster, 
136 

Leather,  tanned,  import  duty,  432;  seal- 
ers of,  434 

Leavenworth,  Asa,  judgment  against, 
233 

Leavensworth,  Maj.  Eli,  commission  to 
cruise,  327 

Leavenworth,  Jesse,  ferry  of,  42,  23 
Leavins  (Leavens),  Benjamin,  appt. 

J.P.,  137,  114,  323 
Leavins,  Roland,  appt.  ens.,  444 
Leavitt,  John,  appt.  J.P.,  135 112,  321 
Leavitt.  Thaddeus.  appt.  lieut.,  141 ; 

election  questioned,  160 
Lebanon,  army  quota,  14 ; barracks,  49 ; 
assessment,  60,  60,  79,  312;  ref.  to 
inhabs.  of.  70,  167,  200,  226.  254,  316. 
28.  35,  174(2).  195.  222.  302,  422-3; 
selectmen  of,  107 , 407 ; claims  of  class 
at.  dismissed,  121 ; military  companies 
of,  139;  veteran  military  company  of, 
44 ; travellers  to,  88.  189 
LeBaron,  Mary,  petition  of.  152 
Lechmere  (Leachmere),  Nicholas,  joins 
enemy,  270;  estate  confiscated,  73,  85 
Ledyard.  Anne,  petition  of,  62,  223,  235 
Ledyard,  Austin,  estate  of.  322 
Ledyard,  Eben.  petition  of.  102 
Ledyard  Ebenezer,  to  examine  mortgage. 
45 ; to  estimate  damages,  47 ; ordered 
care  of  sick  prisoners,  121;  to  conduct 


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exchange  of  prisoners,  122 , 126 ; letter 
to,  125 ; deputy  for  Groton,  131,  108, 
203,  253,  317;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  322  ; 
appt.  to  Council  of  Safety,  174 ; peti- 
tions for  new  notes,  198 ; at  Council  of 
Safety,  239-285,  340,  82-106,  189-201 
passim ; accompanies  person  from  New 
York,  274 ; to  take  care  of  guardhouse, 
197 ; account  of,  200 ; wages  of,  201 ; 
to  sell  supplies,  281 ; to  make  report, 
402-3 

Ledvard,  Col.  William,  money  due,  62, 
223,  235;  in  command  at  Fort  Gris- 
wold, 181-2 

Lee,  Lieut.  , resigns,  281 

Lee,  Ashbel,  claims  estate,  196 
Lee,  Col.  Isaac,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  321 ; 
deputy  for  Farmington.  107 ; on  com- 
mittee, 158;  land  of,  169 
Lee,  James,  appt.  lieut.,  296;  appt.  capt., 
391 

Lee,  Samuel,  appt.  capt.,  218 
Lee,  Capt.  Samuel  (of  Guilford),  dep- 
uty for  Guilford,  316 
Lee.  Samuel,  Jr.,  appt.  capt.,  32;  to 
give  evidence.  88 ; expenses  of,  90 
Lee,  Sarah,  heir  to  estate,  196 
Lee.  Stephen  (of  Farmington),  land  of, 
169 

Lee,  Capt.  Stephen  (of  Lyme),  commis- 
sion suspended,  127 
Leeds,  Elisha,  account  of,  99 
Leeds,  Gideon,  petition  of,  80-1 
Leet,  Daniel,  payment  to,  167 
Leet.  Solomon,  taxes  abated,  157,  380; 
house  burned,  227-8 

Leet,  Solomon,  Jr.,  taxes  abated,  227-8 
Leffingwell,  Major  Benajah,  to  give  pro- 
visions, 109 ; appt.  lieut.  col.,  384 
Leffingwell,  Christopher,  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  321 ; and  Norwich  lottery,  182, 
407-8;  petitions  of,  64-5,  180-1,  416: 
paid  for  use  of  sloop,  166;  deputy  for 
Norwich,  203,  253,  431 ; appt.  lieut. 
col.,  211 

Leffingwell,  Samuel,  Jr.,  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  321 

Legion  of  France,  barracks  for,  49 
Lemons,  excise  tax  on,  16 
Letters  of  marque  & reprisal. 

See  Marque,  letters  of;  Reprisal,  let- 
ters of 

Leverett,  John,  widow  of,  42 
Leverett,  Mary,  petition  of,  42 
Lewis  (s).  Abel,  appt.  ens.,  218;  appt. 
lieut.,  391 

Lewis  ( s) , Caleb,  petition  of,  53-4 
Lewis  (s),  Enoch,  appt.  capt.,  216 
Lewis (s),  John,  appt.  capt.,  186 
Lewis (s),  Nathan,  appt.  ens..  133 


Lewis (s),  Nehemiah,  appt.  ens.,  135 
Lewis (s),  Ozias,  appt.  ens.,  214 
Lewis (s),  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113, 
321 ; appt.  quartermaster,  297 ; deputy 
for  Waterbury,  5 
Lewis (s),  Simeon,  appt.  ens.,  36 
Lewis,  Zachariah,  appt.  capt.,  442 
Lewis (s),  Zebulon,  appt.  ens.,  284 
Libel,  of  confiscated  cargoes,  330-2 
License,  of  retailers,  338-9 ; to  carry 
passengers,  452 

Lieutenant  governor,  choice  of,  317 ; oath 
of,  administered  to,  318;  cannot  be 
judge  of  Superior  Court,  323;  presi- 
dent of  Supreme  Court  of  Errors,  324 
See  also  Deputy  governor ; Griswold, 
Matthew;  Huntington,  Samuel 
Light  Dragoons.  See  Dragoons,  Light; 

Regiment (s),  Continental 
Lighthouse,  at  New  London,  205,  206. 
25 7.  280 

Lighting,  in  cities,  265,  275,  352,  362, 
371 

Linares.  John,  objects  to  raising  soldiers, 
110 ; asks  military  exemption,  213 
Linens,  import  duty  on,  432 
Lines.  Ebenezer.  pav  of,  270 ; to  receive 
confiscated  land,  73 

Lintot,  Bernard,  propertv  confiscated. 
289 

Liquors,  restrictions  on  sale,  17;  import 
duty  on,  327,  328,  432;  malt,  excise 
on,  339 

Listers,  acts  relating-  to,  154-6,  340,  438; 
on  state  land,  125 ; to  make  returns, 
206,  283,  403,  451 ; requests  from,  374, 
471 

Lists,  assessment,  reported,  59-60,  59-61, 
78-80,  186-7,  310-12 ; form  prescribed. 
156 ; revisions  of.  127,  340.  396,  403, 
447-8,  477;  of  Windsor,  341;  of  E. 
Windsor,  422;  sivine  exempted  from. 
438 : to  be  considered,  445 ; for  Litch- 
field. 451 

Litchfield,  county,  state  supplies  in,  22, 
257,  96;  refs.,  to  inhabs.  of  61-2.  70-1. 
77-8.  81.  83,  195.  225.  323-24,  63,  67. 
68.  69-70.  143.  152.  287.  293;  jail.  78, 
40:  sheriff  of,  79,  262,  320 ; court, 
judge  appointed  for,  134,  111.  319: 
J.P..  appointed  for,  137-8 . 114.  323: 
surveyor  of  lands  for,  190.  383 ; county 
court  of,  196,  232.  281 ; refs,  to  towns 
in,  220.  242.  438-9;  petition  for  resi- 
dence in,  58;  warrant  issued  by  J.P., 
for.  147;  land  purchased  in,  150; 
Superior  Court  in,  238,  281.  293 
Litchfield,  probate  court  and  district,  to 
direct  real  estate  sales,  39.  223;  judge 
appointed  for,  135,  112,  320 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


321 


Litchfield,  town  of,  army  quota,  15 ; 
refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  41,  54,  202,  203, 
223,  248,  331-2,  143-4,  177-8,  217;  as- 
sessment, 60,  25-6,  61,  79,  187,  312,  403, 
451;  military  companies  of,  140;  pris- 
oner in,  221 ; collector  of  j/2  crown  tax 
in,  240 ; lieut.  sent  to,  194 ; gunpowder 
at,  240;  fined,  283 

Literature,  act  to  encourage,  13-15,  245-6 
Little,  David,  appt.  lieut.,  33 
Little,  Gamaliel,  appt.  capt.,  215 
Little  River  (Middletown),  as  boun- 
dary, 354 

Livingstone,  Col.  Henry,  service  of, 
265-267 ; regiment  of,  297 ; ore  bed,  425-6 
Lloyd,  John,  taxation  of,  163 
Lloyd,  John,  Jr.,  commissary  to  army, 
83;  permitted  to  travel,  126,  50 
Lloyd,  Joseph,  estate  of,  182 
Lloyds  neck,  party  from,  249 ; post  at,  312 
Loan  Office,  Continental,  to  receive 
Bills,  27,  117,  172 ; to  issue  certificate, 
433 ; pay  for  officer  of,  455 
Loan,  state,  authorized,  122 
Lockwood,  Abraham,  release  of,  243 
Lockwood,  Ebenezer,  taxes  abated,  181-2 
Lockwood,  Capt.  Eliphalet,  deputy  for 
Norwalk,  2;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  322; 
taxes  abated,  181,  184,  414;  to  sell 
real  estate,  220;  petition  of,  313 
Lockwood,  Henry,  payment  to,  70-1 
Lockwood,  Hezekiah,  taxes  abated,  181, 
414 

Lockwood,  Isaac,  appt.  J.P.,  114 
Lockwood,  James,  appt.  quartermaster, 
140;  appt.  cornet,  385 
Lockwood,  Jared,  bond  of,  78 
Lockwood,  John,  Jr.,  taxes  abated,  181, 
414 ; petition  of,  313 
Lockwood,  John,  3rd,  taxes  abated,  181, 
414 

Lockwood,  Samuel,  suit  of,  209-10 
Lockwood,  Samuel,  Jr.,  pay  of,  197 
Lockwood,  Samuel,  3rd,  gives  evidence,  77 
Lockwood,  Stephen,  gives  evidence,  77 
London,  debt  to  merchants  in,  233 
Long  Island,  enemy  incursions  from,  40, 
199,  400;  refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  75,  84, 
88,  115,  299-300,  316,  144,  163,  196, 
479 ; illegal  travel  to,  76,  77-8,  208-9, 
153,  223,  234,  294;  goods  taken  to  and 
from,  86,  120,  280,  99,  103,  156;  per- 
sons permitted  to  go  to,  93(2),  94, 
100,  102,  104,  106,  111,  115,  119,  122, 
125(2),  239,  282(2),  304,  325,  326,  328, 
329,  330,  337,  340,  47,  50,  52-3, 
57-8,  62,  63,  64,  82.  82-3,  84(2),  86, 
96,  97(2),  97-8,  98,  99(2),  99-100, 
100(6)  ; intercourse  with,  restricted. 
161,  274 ; trade  at.  275 ; person  allowed 


to  return  from,  341,  84,  103 ; schooner 
taken  to,  457 

Long  Island  Sound,  cruising  on,  87-8, 
90-1,  92-3,  94 

Loomiss,  Abner,  appt.  capt.,  33 
Loomiss,  Isaiah,  appt.  ens.,  211 
Loomiss,  John,  appt.  cornet,  297;  appt. 
lieut.,  215 

Loomis (s),  Luther,  appt.  ens.,  141 
Loomiss,  Capt.  Nathaniel,  deputy  for 
Windsor,  202,  252 
Loomis,  Watson,  payment  to,  118 
Lord,  Elisha,  deputy  for  Pomfret,  2 
Lord,  Epaphras,  appt.  J.P.,  135 
Lord,  Lynde,  to  sell  gunpowder,  250; 
payment  to,  476 

Lord,  Capt.  Martin,  deputy  for  Killing- 
worth,  108 

Lord,  Samuel  P.,  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 
Lord,  Theodore,  appt.  ens.,  136 ; appt. 
lieut.,  391 

Lord,  William,  appt.  lieut.,  Ill 
Lotteries,  at  Canterbury,  317 ; at  Derbv, 
45-6,  419;  at  New  Milford.  51-2;  at 
Norwich,  182,407-8  ; at  Middletown,  304 
Louns'borough,  Gideon,  money  due,  182 
Lounsbury,  Nathan  M.,  pay  for,  270 ; to 
receive  lands,  73 
Lovel,  Levy,  estate  of,  211 
Loveland,  Jonathan,  note  of,  240 
Loveland,  Sarah,  petition  of,  240 
Lovett  (Loveit,  Lovit),  Capt.  Samuel, 
deputv  for  Norwich,  131 ; appt.  J.P., 
136,  113 

Lownsberry,  Michael,  release  of,  40 
Loyalists.  See  Confiscated  estates 
Lucas,  Abner,  bond  of,  38 
Ludlum,  George,  permitted  to  travel,  282 
Lum,  Reuben,  petition  of,  420 
Lumber,  taken  to  Long  Island,  83,  99 ; 
from  Newgate  Prison,  378;  expecta- 
tion of,  433-4 

Lyman,  Aaron,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Lyman,  Daniel,  appt.  J.P..  210,  321 
Lyman,  David,  to  sell  real  estate,  38 
Lyman,  Moses,  appt.  capt.,  217 
Lyman,  Phineas,  property  of,  70 
Lyman,  Samuel,  appt.  J.P..  136,  113, 
320;  to  adjust  accounts,  119;  to  ex- 
amine abatements,  130;  declines  ap- 
pointment as  auditor,  286 
Lyman,  Samuel,  Jr.,  widow  of,  70 
Lyme,  coast  guard  of,  11 ; ref.  to  inhabs. 
of,  31.  167.  168 , 208,  224.  331.  334 , 59, 
251,  289-90,  399  (see  also  Burnham. 
Capt.  Josiah)  ; assessment,  60,  60,  79, 
187,  311 ; selectmen  of,  to  supply  pro- 
visions, 108;  flying  guard  at,  127,  247, 
92,  192;  military  companies  of,  139; 
freeholders  of,  to  appraise  debt,  28; 


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confiscated  land  in,  56 ; fine  of,  309 ; 
state  collector,  334;  ferry  at,  399 
Lynde,  William,  appt.  J.P.,  446 
Lyndes  Cove,  as  boundary,  118 
Lyon,  Aaron,  appt.  lieut.,  37 
Lyon,  Abigail,  taxes  abated,  208-9 
Lyon,  Asa,  deputy  for  Woodstock,  286, 
8,  108;  pay  of,  52 

Lyon,  Augustus,  goes  to  enemy  lines, 
233-4 

Lyon,  Elijah,  beef  delivered  to,  193 
Lyon,  Capt.  Ephraim,  appt.  surveyor  of 
lands,  451 

Lyon,  Henry,  sells  land,  233-4 
Lyon,  Joseph,  forfeited  estate  of,  99, 
233-4 

Lyon,  Lois,  inherits  estate,  233-4 
Lyon,  Lucy,  petition  of,  233-4 
Lyon,  Capt.  Nehemiah,  deputy  for 
Woodstock,  203,  253,  316,  431 
Lyon,  Peter,  taxes  abated,  208-9 
Lyon,  William,  account  of,  193;  appt. 
ens.,  218 

Mackay,  John,  to  appraise  confiscated 
land,  96 

Madeira  Wine,  import  duty  on,  327 
Magoffin,  John,  to  sell  goods,  120 
Malbone,  Godfrey,  gives  bond,  55-7 
Malbone,  John,  gives  bond,  55-7 
Mallery,  Aaron,  3d,  loses  note,  67 
Mallery,  John,  appt.  ens.,  387,  391 
Mallery,  Matthew,  taxes  abated,  181,  182 
Mallery,  Nathan,  taxes  abated,  181,  414 
Mallery,  Walter,  appt.  lieut.,  386 
Malleson  (Mallerson),  Thomas,  appt. 

lieut.,  32;  appt.  capt.,  216 
Mallet,  Capt.  Lewis,  deputy  for  Milford, 
2,  286,  5 ; to  inspect  goods,  93 
Mallet,  Lewis  (s),  Jr.,  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  321 

Maltbie,  Benjamin,  to  appraise  estate, 
201-2,  314 

Malthrop,  Timothy,  appt.  lieut.,  35 
Man,  Joseph,  execution  against,  126 
Manning,  Calvin,  appt.  ens.,  185 
Manning,  Hezekiah,  appt.  J.P.,  137 , 114. 
322 

Mansfield,  Elisha,  pardon  for,  41 
Mansfield,  Thomas,  appt.  T.P.,  136,  113, 
321 

Mansfield,  town  of,  army  quota  for  state 
reet.,  14;  assessment.  60,  61,  79,  312, 
409;  selectmen  of,  107;  ref.  to  inhab., 
116,  167,  229,  303,  316,  322,  384 ; mili- 
tary companies  of,  139;  property  in, 
239-40 

Manufacturing,  of  glass,  57 ; in  Conn, 
not  subject  to  excise,  116;  of  snuff. 
400;  of  loaf  sugar,  477 


Manwaring, , permitted  to  travel,  84 

Manwaring,  Christopher,  to  deliver 
notes,  400 

Marcy,  Matthew,  appt.  ens.,  133 
Mardenbrough,  Christopher,  account  of, 
453-4 

Mardenbrough,  Mary,  petition  of,  453-4 
Marine  Department,  governor  as  super- 
intendent of,  254 
Marines,  hospitalization  of,  3-4 
Markets,  city,  jurisdiction  over,  in  New 
Haven,  265,  in  New  London,  274;  in 
Hartford,  351 ; in  Middletown,  361 ; 
in  Norwich,  371 

Markham,  Jehiel,  tax  collector,  26 
Marks,  David,  appt.  lieut.,  218 
Marlborough,  military  company  in,  139, 
140 

Marque,  letters  of,  governor  to  issue, 
254 

Marriage,  act  for  regulating,  116 
Marsh,  Abel,  note  of,  106;  payment  by, 
201 

Marsh,  Ebenezer,  deputy  for  Litchfield, 
316,  431 

Marsh,  Ensign  George,  tax  collector,  25 
Marsh,  Lemuel,  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 
Marsh,  Thankfull,  to  sell  real  estate, 

195 

Marsh,  William,  estate  of,  195 
Marshall,  Abner,  deputy  for  Torrington, 
S,  132 

Marshall,  Capt.  Eliakim,  deputy  for 
Windsor,  2,  286,  4,  107 
Marshall,  Elisha,  payment  to,  74 
Marshall,  Rev.  John  R.,  permitted  to 
travel,  40 

Marshall,  Mary,  payment  to,  74 
Marston,  Nathaniel,  land  mortgaged  to, 
44 

Martin,  George,  3rd,  appt.  lieut.,  214 
Martin,  John,  steals  pork,  53 
Marvin,  Benjamin,  appt.  ens.,  34 
Marvin,  Elihu,  deputy  for  Hebron,  107, 
202,  252,  315;  petitions  of,  182,  416; 
appt.  capt.,  212;  appt.  J.P.,  321;  appt. 
maj.,  439 

Marvin,  Isaiah,  taxes  abated,  181 
Marvin,  John,  permitted  to  travel,  325 
Marvin,  Matthew,  appt.  lieut.,  34 
Marvin,  Capt.  Ozias,  detains  persons,  249 
Marvin,  Samuel,  taxes  abated,  181,  414 
Marvin,  Timothy,  appt.  ens.,  183 
Mason,  David,  appt.  lieut.,  189;  appt. 
capt.,  137 

Mason,  Ebenezer,  Jr.,  appt.  capt.,  133 
Mason,  Col.  Jeremiah,  on  committees, 
5, 10;  payment  to,  219 ; appt.  J.P.,  323 ; 
deputy  for  Lebanon,  431 
Mason,  Peter,  appt.  ens.,  212 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


323 


Massachusetts,  enemy  expelled  from,  17 ; 
troops  stationed  in,  18;  refs.,  to  inhab., 
57,  126,  205,  43,  129;  cattle  taken  to, 
100;  goods  not  liable  to  seizure  in, 
64-5 ; assembly  of,  asks  conference,  101 
Masters  of  vessels,  duties  of,  25 7,  329, 
336 

Mather,  Eleazer,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  322 
Mather,  Joseph,  appt.  ens.,  168 
Mather,  Oliver,  appt.  lieut.,  142 
Mather,  Samuel,  Jr.,  deputy  for  Lyme, 
2;  to  sell  real  estate,  224 
Mather,  Zechariah,  appt.  lieut.,  390 
Matross  companies,  of  Fort  Trumbull, 
20 ; lieut.  appt.,  107 ; to  parade,  166 ; to 
provide  ammunition  wagon,  174 ; in 
New  Haven,  177 ; reference  to,  21 ; to 
have  charge  of  cannon,  448 
Matson,  Nathaniel,  deputy  for  Lyme, 
131,  286,  5,  20 3,  253;  taxes  abated, 
208;  land  appraised  by,  339 
Matson,  William,  to  receive  salt,  251 

Matthews,  — 1 , Mayor  of  N .Y., 

money  from,  102 

Mat (t) hews,  Stephen,  payment  to,  323-4 
Mat  (t)  hews,  Thomas,  appt.  J.P.,  138, 
115,  323 

Matthias,  Stephen,  payment  to,  235 
Mattoon,  Eleazer,  property  to  be  sold, 
185-6 

Mattoon.  Isaac,  petition  of,  185-6 
May,  John,  appt.  ens.,  388 
Mayor,  election  of,  in  New  Haven,  258: 
in  New  London,  268 ; in  Hartford. 
345 ; in  Middletown,  355-6 ; in  Nor- 
wich, 365 

Mayor,  oath  of,  in  New  Haven,  264 : 
in  New  London,  273-4;  in  Hartford. 
350;  in  Middletown,  360;  in  Norwich. 
370 

Mayor,  to  be  moderator  of  city  meeting 
and  common  council,  267,  276,  352, 
362,  372 

McAuley,  Auley,'  taxes  abated,  181,  182 
McBreed,  John,  petition  of,  416 
McCall,  Hobart,  appt.  ens.,  441 
McClellan,  John,  appt.  ens.,  389 
McClellan,  Col.  Samuel,  to  examine  ac- 
counts, 62;  to  receive  supplies,  86,  128, 
274 ; to  supervise  travellers.  92,  94, 
102,  106-7,  114,  116,  119,  125.  239,  276, 
326,  328,  336.  338,  340,  86,  97(4),  98, 
99,  100(2),  102.  103:  men  under  com- 
mand of,  107, 123,  258 ; gives  warrants, 
114 ; to  investigate  officer’s  conduct, 
251-2;  to  appoint  prison  ship  com- 
mander, 252 ; reports  expiration  date 
of  militia,  258 ; to  receive  bounty 
money,  267 ; attends  Council  of  Safety. 
267 : to  ship  damaged  muskets,  267 ; 


detains  prisoners,  274 ; letter  from, 
275 ; petition  of,  98 ; pay  of,  105 ; appt. 
brig,  gen.,  384 

McCliver,  David,  appt.  lieut.,  185 
McCluer,  David,  appt.  capt.,  33 
McCune,  Robert,  deputy  for  Winchester, 
3;  appt.  ens.,  443 

McEvers,  Charles,  confiscated  land  sold, 
198,  414;  estate  to  accept  state  securi- 
ties, 177-8;  sum  owed  to  estate  of, 
310;  asks  restoration  of  property,  479 
McFarren,  Thomas,  to  obtain  supplies, 
86-7 

McKay,  John,  to  sell  real  estate,  218; 
appt.  J.P.,  322 

McKinstry,  Col.,  to  command  state 
guards,  21 

McKinstry,  Ezekiel,  appt.  capt.,  188 
McLane,  John,  petition  of,  405 

McLean,  , British  prisoner,  461 

McLean,  Alexander,  appt.  ens.,  443 
Mead,  Amos,  deputy  for  Greenwich,  2 ; 
appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  322;  payment  to, 
166 

Mead,  Ens.  Andrew,  account  of,  195 
Mead,  Benjamin,  Jr.,  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114,  322 

Mead,  Edmund,  appt.  lieut.,  214 
Mead,  Epinetus,  released,  243 
Mead,  Brig.  Gen.  John,  deputy  for 
Greenwich,  2,  286,  6,  108,  203,  253, 
316;  petitions  of,  79,  99,  39,  153-4; 
to  appraise  confiscated  land,  96 ; to 
supply  munitions,  116,  341;  ammuni- 
tion delivered  to,  106 ; appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114,  322;  order  drawn  for,  264;  back 
pay  for  troops  of,  305;  to  sell  state 
property,  104,  129;  to  await  decision 
on  raising  company,  104-5 ; resigns 
command,  210 

Mead.  Jonathan,  to  receive  confiscated 
lands,  73 

Mead,  Col.  Matthew,  sued,  152-3 
Mead,  Matthew,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114. 
322 

Mead,  Nathaniel,  petition  of,  66-7 
Mead,  Seth,  seeks  pardon,  312 
Mecom,  Nehemiah,  release  of,  <53 
Medicine,  for  hospital  at  Horseneck. 
129,  84 ; given  to  Liba  Woodward,  85  ; 
man  trained  in,  462 
Meeker,  David,  appt.  lieut.,  139 
Meetings,  of  land  owners,  438 
Meigs,  Col.  Return  Jonathan,  to  inquire 
about  coast  guards,  28;  contracted  for 
leather  caps,  119 ; promoted,  266 : 
property  of,  bounds  Middletown  city 
line,  354 

Merchandise,  importation  prohibited. 
161,  162;  excise  on,  279-80,  338; 


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duty  on,  328,  435-6;  on  vessels,  to 
be  declared,  435-6 

Merchant,  Elizabeth, to  sell  real  estate, 306 
Merchants,  to  pay  excise  tax,  279-80 ; in 
New  London  and  New  Haven,  exemp- 
tion from  assessment,  325-6;  in  N.Y. 
and  Europe,  money  owed  to,  450;  en- 
couragement to,  454 
Meriam,  Marshall,  to  sell  real  estate,  80 
Meriam,  Mary,  to  sell  real  estate,  80 
Meriden,  land  in,  68-9 
Merriam,  Samuel,  appt.  capt.,  443 
Merrill,  Charles,  permitted  to  travel,  106 
Merrill  ( Merrils) , George,  payment  to,  87 
Merrill(s),  Moses,  petition  of,  396 
Merrill  (Merrell),  Noah,  in  army  quota, 
220 

Merrill  (Merrell,  Merrils),  Zebulon. 

appt.  J.P.,  138,  115,  323 
Merriman,  Samuel,  appt.  lieut.,  285 
Merriman,  Theophilus,  dispute  with 
Whittlesey,  307 
Merwin,  John,  appt.  lieut.,  141 
Middlebrook,  Silvanus,  appt.  lieut.,  297 
Middlebrook,  Stephen,  deputy  for  Strat- 
ford, 286,  7 

Middletown,  city  of,  incorporation,  354- 
64 ; seal,  354,  362;  city  meeting,  355-6  : 
election  of  officers,  355-6,  362,  363 ; 
taxes  in,  355-6;  sheriffs  of,  356;  city 
court.  356-9 ; streets,  etc.,  359, 361 ; oaths 
of  officers,  360-61 ; court  of  common 
council,  361-2;  bye-laws  361-2;  first, 
city  meeting,  362-3 ; freedom  of  city,  373 
Middletown,  probate  court  and  district, 
to  direct  sale  of  real  estate,  79,  80, 
194,  315,  320,  38,  148,  149;  judge  appt. 
for,  134,  111,  319 

Middletown,  town  of,  army  quota,  14; 
innoculation  at,  28,  308;  refs,  to  in- 
habs.,  40,  50,  58,  68-9,  77,  79,  80,  182, 
192,  204,  230,  237,  250,  269,  280,  294, 
315,  320,  327,  328,  34,  38,  38-9,  42,  63. 
77-8,  81,  148-9,  180,  227,  241.  291-2, 
475,  477;  assessment,  60,  59,  78,  311; 
to  provide  supplies,  92,  93,  124 ; pro- 
visions transferred  to,  108:  military 
companies  from,  140:  prisoners  to  go 
to,  279 : lottery  in,  3 ; petitions  about 
roads,  80,  168;  petition  of  inhabitants 
of,  160;  sale  of  property  in,  238: 
naval  officer  at,  254 ; listers  of,  283 ; 
incorporated  as  city,  354-64 
Miel,  Capt.  Charles,  appt.  capt.,  24;  to 
receive  supplies.  118,  121, 122 ; allowed 
money,  240 

Mikels,  Cant.,  company  of,  334 
Milally  (Michael),  petition  of,  197 
Miles,  Daniel,  deputy  for  Goshen,  286, 
9.  108,  203,  253,  316,  431;  to  count 


votes,  110 

Miles,  Isaac,  appt.  ens.,  442 

Miles,  John,  asks  for  deed,  319 

Miles,  Jonathan,  goes  over  to  enemv, 

232-3 

Miles,  Joshua,  appt.  2nd  lieut.,  384 
Miles,  Samuel,  asks  for  confiscated 
property,  95 

Miles,  Theophilus,  released  from  bond. 
232-3 

Miles,  Thomas,  appt.  1st  lieut.,  384 
Milford,  coast  guard  of,  11 ; assessment. 
60,  60,  78,  311 ; refs,  to  inhabs.,  93. 
116,  229,  241,  47.  149,  312,  400,  463  ; 
military  companies  of,  139 ; to  receive 
supplies.  241,  261 ; fort  at,  241 ; garri- 
son at,  30,  162,  464;  Wood/bridge  to 
cooperate  with,  305  ; state  collector,  334 
Military  service,  act  to  prevent  evasion 
of,  repealed,  115 

Militia,  for  defense  of  frontier,  10,  102; 
detachment  ordered  out,  16;  pay  for 
members,  19,  71 ; act  for  forming  and 
regulating,  138-153,  275,  19-21 ; liabil- 
ity for  service  in,  138-9 ; division  of. 
into  units,  139-41 ; calling  out  of,  141-2 : 
staff  officers  for,  142-3;  returns  of. 
144-5;  equipment  and  training  of  mem- 
bers of,  145-9 ; punishment  of  delin- 
quents, 149, 152 ; provisions  for  alarms. 
149-50;  detachments  from,  150-2;  dis- 
cipline of,  165 ; regts.  to  be  divided. 
165 ; raising  body  of,  166,  257 ; to  man 
garrisons,  176 ; quartermaster  general 
for,  182;  revision  of  laws  for,  445 
See  also  Regiments  by  number 
Millard,  Nathan,  appt.  ens.,  187 
Miller,  Amos,  deputv  for  New  Hartford, 
108,  203,  253,  316" 

Miller,  Andrew,  appt.  lieut.,  214 
Miller,  Charles,  capt.  at  Horseneck,  220 
Miller,  Edward,  purchased  note.  63 
Miller,  Isaac,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  321 
Miller,  Jason,  permitted  to  travel,  239 
Miller,  Nathan,  lost  note,  59 
Miller,  Nathaniel,  appt.  ens.,  388 
Miller,  Samuel,  prisoner  of  war,  70-1 
Miller,  Seth,  appt.  ens.,  440 
Miller.  Stephen,  Jr.,  petition  of,  77-8 
Miller,  William,  appt.  capt.,  212 
Mills,  David,  taxes  abated,  48-9 
Mills,  Elisha,  deputy  for  Stratford,  131, 
431;  appt.  T.P.,  137,  114,  322;  on 
committee,  175;  petition  of,  466 
Mills,  Hannah,  estate  of,  193,  179 
Mills,  Capt.  Michael,  deputy  for  Nor- 
folk, 132,  287,  9.  108 
Mills,  Pelatiah.  appt.  J.P..  135,  112,  320 
Mills,  Capt.  William,  commands  com- 
pany, 240 


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325 


Miner,  Nathaniel,  to  inspect  purchases, 
82 

Miners,  corps  of,  wages  owed  to.  170 
Mining,  regulation  of  iron,  at  Salisbury, 
425-6 

Ministers,  authorized  to  join  persons  in 
marriage,  116;  exempted  by  law  from 
taxation,  167-8 

Minor,  Clement,  appt.  lieut.,  167 
Minor,  Henry,  deputy  for  Stonington, 
2 , 286,  6;  on  committees,  5,  10;  taxes 
abated,  30 

Minor,  Nathaniel,  appt.  J.P.,  126,  113, 
322 ; to  inspect  travellers,  331 ; to  ex- 
amine legacies,  70-1 ; account  of,  189- 
90;  pay  of,  190 
Minor,  Seth,  appt.  lieut.,  133 
Mississippi  River,  Conn.,  claims  extend 
to,  209 

Mitchel,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  permitted  to 
travel,  92 

Mitchell,  Capt.  Nathaniel,  on  commit- 
tee, 5 

Mitchell,  Stephen  Mix,  deputy  for 
Wethersfield,  2,  130,  285,  4.  107,  202, 
252,  315 ; to  procure  copy  of  Resolves, 
23;  nominated  assistant,  61,  80,  313, 
470;  nominated  to  Congress,  61,  80, 
313,  471;  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  320; 
petitions  of,  64-5,  234 ; clerk  of  the 
house,  287;  elected  to  Congress,  110; 
to  investigate  petitions  of  Learning, 
158;  elected  assistant,  317;  takes  oath, 
318;  present  at  assembly,  430 
Mitchell,  William,  appt.  capt.,  215 
Mix,  Amos,  dies  of  wound,  293 
Mix,  Jonathan,  petition  of,  206 
Mix,  Joseph,  allowance  to,  293-4 
Mohegans.  See  Indians 
Molasses,  import  duty  on,  327 ; taken  to 
Long  Island,  83 

Montgomery,  Asa,  appt.  ens.,  296 
Montgomery,  Gen.,  campaign  of,  197 
Moody,  Ebenezer,  appt.  ens.,  34 ; deputy 
for  New  Hartford,  203,  253,  316 
Moor,  Margaret,  petition  of,  52 
Moor,  William,  army  pay  of,  52 
Moore,  Eli,  appt.  lieut.,  33 
Moore,  Joseph,  petition  of,  299-300 
Moore  (More),  Josiah,  deputy  for  New 
Hartford,  131,  431 

Moore,  Mary  Ann,  permitted  to  travel. 
82 

Moore,  Roger,  appt.  ens.,  140 
Moore,  William,  appt.  ens.,  32 
Morehouse,  Grummon(d),  appt.  ens., 
36;  given  commission,  119 
Morgan,  Christopher,  debt  of,  301-2 ; 
appt.  capt.,  387 

Morgan,  Daniel,  appt.  ens.,  284 


Morgan,  Elihu,  estate  of,  322 
Morgan,  Elisha,  appt.  capt.,  132 
Morga(i)n,  Gideon,  appt  lieut,  33; 
appt.  capt.,  297 

Morgan,  John,  payment  to,  382-3 
Morgan,  Theophelus,  deputy  for  Killing- 
worth,  131,  286,  5,  108;  appt  J.P., 

136,  113,  322;  allowed  to  travel,  48 
Morgan,  William,  Esq.,  estate  of  301-2 
Morgan,  William,  appt.  lieut.,  387 
Morgan,  William  Avery,  appt.  ens.,  440 
Morley  Meadow  (Glastonbury),  pur- 
chased, 244 

Morrell,  Benjamin,  taxes  abated,  185 
Morrells,  Hezekiah,  appt.  auditor,  286 
Morris  (s),  Daniel,  resigns  as  Indian 
guardian,  29 ; to  pay  sum  to  Indians, 
234-5 ; property  of  wife  of,  412 
Morris,  Elisha,  petition  of,  460 
Morris(s),  Elizabeth,  property  of,  412 
Morris  (s),  James,  appt.  J.P.,  115,  323 
Morris,  Robert,  orders  and  notes  of,  109, 
127,  129,  171,  251,  259,  333-4,  198; 
letter  from,  172;  proposes  that  com- 
missioner settle  accounts,  262 ; bills 
of,  transmitted,  273 
Morris(s),  Solomon,  goes  bail,  43,  53 
Morse,  Jedidiah,  deputy  for  Woodstock, 
2,  131,  431;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114, 
323 

Morse,  Joel,  appt.  capt.,  385 
Morse,  John,  appt.  ens.,  141 
Morse,  Jonathan,  appt.  capt.,  213 
Morse,  Levi,  appt.  lieut.,  214 
Morse,  Solomon,  appt.  ens.,  385 
Mortgages,  on  confiscated  estates,  163; 

to  be  discharged  in  soldiers’  notes,  123 
Mortimore,  Philip,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
321 

Mort  Lake,  land  situated  in,  55 
Morton,  John,  appt.  ens.,  392 
Mosely.  Capt.,  Ebenezer,  appt.  J.P., 

137,  114,  322;  deputy  for  Windham, 
108;  to  count  votes,  110 

Mosely,  Col.  Increase,  deputy  for  Wood- 
bury, 3 , 132,  287,  10,  109,  204,  254, 
317,  432;  on  committees,  85,  132,  175, 
236 ; copy  of  resolve  given  to,  255 ; 
to  inquire  about  hay,  323;  nominated 
assistant,  313 

Mosely,  Isaac,  deputy  for  Glastonbury, 
285,  3 

Mosely,  Nathaniel,  appt.  ens.,  131 
Mosely,  William,  order  signed  by, 
42 

Moses,  Aaron,  appt.  capt.,  143 
Moses,  Othreil,  appt.  ens.,  136 
Mott,  Col.  Samuel,  deputy  for  Preston, 
2,  286,  6,  431 ; on  committees,  13-14, 
15,  16,  176,  236,  238,  293,  323,  128, 


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157,  379,  470;  at  Council  of  Safety, 
88-129,  239-285,  passim-,  appt.  J.P., 
136,  113,  322;  to  sell  cannon,  245’, 
nominated  assistant,  313 

Moulton,  Col.  Stephen,  deputy  for 
Stafford,  130,  285,  3,  107 
Moulton,  Capt.  William,  loses  property, 
164 

Mulberry  trees,  planting  of,  256 ; bounty 
for,  342 

Mulford,  David,  appt.  lieut.,  218 
Mumford,  David,  to  sell  real  estate,  70; 
appt.  J.P.,  322 

Mumford,  Giles,  petition  of,  94-5 
Mumford,  Robinson,  sells  land,  45 
Mumford,  Thomas,  deputy  for  Groton, 
2;  at  Council  of  Safety,  88-129,  pas- 
sim; petitions  of,  64-5,  180,  180-1, 
416;  has  prison  ship  appraised,  126 ; 
to  receive  supplies,  129,  241,  251 ; 
lead  purchased  from,  274 ; recommend- 
ation of,  276 ; debt  of,  296 
Munger,  Simeon,  appt.  lieut.,  443 
Munn,  Jedidiah,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  388 
Munro,  George,  release  of,  156 
Munroe,  Daniel,  payment  to,  63 
Munson,  Barnabas,  petition  of,  419 
Munson,  Basil  (Bazel),  appt.  J.P.,  New 
Haven  County,  136,  113,  321 
Munson,  Eneas,  deputy  for  New  Haven, 
2;  appt.  J.P.,  136 
Munson,  Jabez,  petition  of,  206 
Munson,  John,  estate  of,  419 
Munson,  John,  Jr.,  property  of  sold,  419 
Munson,  Joseph,  petition  of,  206 
Munson,  Jubal,  property  of  sold,  419 
Munson,  Mary,  estate  of,  419 
Munson,  Richard,  petition  of,  206 
Munson,  Stephen,  appt.  ens.,  385 
Munson,  Capt.  William,  payments  of, 
38,  464 

Murdoch,  Eliphalet,  appt.  capt.,  392 
Murdock,  William,  appt.  capt.,  135 
Murray,  John,  land  mortgaged  to,  45 
Muslin,  import  duty  on,  432 
Myers,  Myer,  petition  of,  222 
Mygatt,  Col.  Eli  (Ely),  deputy  for 
Danbury,  2,  131,  286,  6,  431 ; on  com- 
mittees, 28 , 80;  losses  of,  42;  appt. 
J.P.,  137,  114,  322;  appt.  paymaster, 

158,  243-4;  petition  of,  405 

Nahauticks.  See  Indians,  Mohegan 
Nash,  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  138 . 115.  323 
Nash,  Thomas,  petitions  of,  321,  40-1 : 
deputy  for  Fairfield,  203.  253 
National  Bank,  use  of  notes  of,  8 
Naugatuck  River,  bridge  over,  45 
Naval  offices,  invoice  deposited  at.  329; 
tax  payable  in,  340 


Naval  Officers,  inspections  by,  197,  437 ; 
to  collect  duties  and  taxes,  205,  257, 
330,  448 ; to  make  payments,  206,  280 ; 
where  stationed,  254,  437 ; removal  of, 
254;  to  receive  certificates  and  decla- 
rations, 328,  336,  436;  bonds  of,  336; 
to  render  accounts,  340,  438,  447 ; to 
require  wharfage,  409;  report  on  con- 
duct of,  438;  to  cancel  bonds,  454; 
notes  of,  nullified,  473 
Naval  prisoners,  British,  at  Norwich,  192 
Navigation,  acts  for  the  regulation  of, 
254-56,  437 
Navy,  sickness  in,  3-4 
Nearing,  Henry,  appt.  ens.,  444 
Negroes,  exempt  from  military  service, 
138;  care  of,  306;  escape  of,  57-8; 
service  in  army,  174;  children  to  be 
bound  out,  303;  belongings  not  to  be 
sold,  401-2 

Newberry,  Brig.  Gen.  Roger,  appt.  to 
Council  of  Safety,  26,  174;  appt.  pro- 
bate judge,  31,  135,  111,  319;  at  Coun- 
cil of  Safety,  88-129,  239-285,  325-341 
passim;  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  320;  to 
supply  Newgate  guards,  240;  orders 
made  out  to,  259 ; provisions  for,  276 ; 
action  against  A.  Stocking,  225 ; dep- 
uty for  Windsor,  315,  430;  to  dispose 
of  Newgate  Prison  salvage,  378;  op- 
poses commission  for  S.  Griswold, 
381 ; to  examine  account,  472-3 
Newberry,  Samuel,  permitted  to  travel, 
97 

New  Brunswick,  inhabitant  of,  313 
New  Cambridge,  inhabitant  of,  288;  so- 
ciety of,  461 

Newel,  Abel,  deputy  for  Goshen,  3,  131 ; 

taxes  abated,  216 
Newell,  Nathaniel,  appt.  ens.,  34 
Newell,  Rev.  Samuel,  property  of,  288 
Newell,  Thomas,  Jr.,  bills  of,  216 
New  England,  interstate  conference  in, 
101 

New  Fairfield,  army  quota,  15;  refs,  to 
inhabs.  of  42-3,  52,  76,  168,  44,  244, 
296-7,  303,  415 ; assessment,  60,  60,  79, 
311;  military  companies  of,  140;  to 
transport  provisions,  242 ; execution 
stayed,  39 ; confiscated  land  in,  to  be 
appraised,  66 ; state  collector,  334 
Newgate  Prison,  prisoners  at,  31,  41, 
48,  76,  212,  238,  68,  71,  128,  129-30; 
fear  of,  51 ; imprisonment  at,  specified, 
162;  overseer  appt.,  178;  guards  at, 
226,  240,  241 ; supplies  for,  240,  276 ; 
salvage  from  fire  at,  378 
Newhall,  Daniel,  appt.  ens.,  190 
New  Hartford,  army  quota,  15 ; assess- 
ment. 60.  26,  61,  80,  186,  312,  409;  to 


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327 


furnish  supplies,  108 ; military  com- 
panies in,  140 ; refs,  to  inhabs.  of. 
168,  42 ; stay  of  execution,  220 ; sale  of 
land  in,  315 

New  Haven,  city  of,  incorporation,  257- 
67 ; seal,  258,  266 ; city  meeting,  258-9  ; 
election  of  officers,  258-9,  266;  taxes. 
259;  sheriffs  of,  259-60;  city  court, 
260-1 ; streets,  etc.,  263,  265 ; green. 
263;  oaths  of  officers,  264;  court  of 
common  council,  265  ; bye-laws,  265-6 ; 
first  city  meeting,  266-7 ; freedom  of 
city,  373 

New  Haven,  county,  state  supplies  in, 
22,  120,  96;  refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  44, 
57,  68,  84(2),  191,  201,  207,  213,  221 , 
302,  41,  47,  62-3,  64,  75,  129-30,  149, 
159(2),  291,  307,  312;  judge  appt. 
for  court  in,  134,  111,  319;  J.P.,  appt. 
for,  136,  113,  321;  governor’s  guards 
in,  178;  cases  in  court  of,  229-30,  129, 
289,  297 ; uneasiness  in  Cheshire 
church,  171 ; rebuilding  of  jail,  286-7; 
treasury  of,  287 ; surveyor  of  lands 
for,  383 

New  Haven,  probate  court  and  district, 
to  direct  sale  of  real  estate,  38,  82. 
195,  211 ; allows  debts  on  estate,  101 ; 
judge  appt.  for,  134,  111,  319;  to  have 
land  appraised,  319,  73 ; to  certify 
debts,  167 

New  Haven,  town  of,  coast  guard  of, 
11,  28-9;  garrison  at,  12,  177,  30; 
losses  from  enemy  in,  25,  374,  449. 
451 ; bridge  in,  26 ; refs,  to  inhabs.  of. 
41,  42,  68,  70,  75,  101,  102,  167 , 190. 
195,  198,  213,  228,  242,  270,  303,  329, 
331,  41,  46,  64,  73,  75,  144,  166-7,  231. 
234,  293-4,  295,  296,  305-6,  397,  453. 
454,  457,  462 ; house  in,  plundered,  48 : 
assessment,  60,  60,  78,  187,  311 ; tax 
collector  of,  66;  sales  of  real  estate 
in,  90,  101,  218-9,  327;  military  com- 
panies of,  139 ; recruits  from,  166 ; 
naval  officer  at  port  of,  196,  254 ; Black 
Rock  Fort  described  as  in,  242,  254: 
White  Haven  Society,  206;  asks  fo  ‘ 
convoy.  244 ; military  stores  at,  245. 
242,  448;  commitments  to  jail  at,  227. 
228;  moves  to,  228-9;  incorporated  a ' 
city,  257-267 : to  be  free  port,  325, 
wharfage  at,  409 ; road  from,  455 

New  Jersey,  limited  service  of  militia 
of,  167 ; refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  313,  39 ; 
journey  to,  144 

New  London,  city  of,  incorporation, 
267-7 ; seal,  268,  275 ; city  meeting, 
268;  election  of  officers,  268,  275-6; 
taxes  in,  268;  sheriffs  of,  269;  city 
court,  269-71  ; streets,  etc.,  273,  274 : 


oaths  of  officers,  273-4;  court  of  com- 
mon council,  274-5;  by-laws,  274-5; 
first  city  meeting,  276-7 ; freedom  of 
city,  373 

New  London,  county,  supplies  in,  22, 
247 , 336,  338,  96;  ref.  to  inhabs.  of, 
57,  198,  208,  210,  212,  215,  222,  224, 
305,  318(2),  50,  59(2),  70,  301-2; 
estate  settled  in,  58 ; property  de- 
stroyed by  British,  62;  judge  appt. 
for  court  in,  134,  111,  319;  J.P.,  appt. 
for,  136-7,  113,  321-2,  446;  sheriff  of, 
232,  129;  constable  collectors  of,  98; 
court  of,  145 ; constable  of  Colchester 
to  execute  offices  for,  378;  surveyor 
of  lands  for,  384 

New  London,  probate  court  and  district 
of,  to  direct  sale  of  real  estate,  86, 
224,  231,  307;  judge  appt.  for, 

134,  111,  320;  records  burned,  306, 119 

New  London,  town  of,  losses  by  invasion, 
15,  176,  293,  58,  114,  128,  283,  300, 
379,  382-3,  415,  449;  county  court  ad- 
journed, 21 ; refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  40, 
45,  47,  86,  194,  202,  204,  205,  209,  214, 
230,  236,  275,  306,  307,  308,  318,  337, 
339(2),  58,  164,  182-3,  188,  228,  302, 
424,  469;  men  of,  in  service,  54;  as- 
sessment, 60,  60,  79,  187,  311 : trav- 
ellers to  and  from,  86,  102,  37 : 
collector  of,  108,  239;  supplies  and 
provisions  at,  108,  109,  115,  268,  280, 
337,  54,  89-90,  101,  194,  206;  prisoners 
and  prisonship  at,  124,  247,  263-64,  274, 
275 ; military  companies  of,  139 ; black- 
smith work  at  port,  194;  vessels  con- 
voyed to,  244 ; order  drawn  at,  29 ; res- 
idence in,  48,  128;  brig  to  enter,  64-65  ; 
horse  taken  to,  102;  selectmen  of.  185  ; 
no  passes  for  ships  at,  197 ; lighthouse 
at,  205,  206,  257,  280;  naval  officers  at, 
254 ; incorporated  as  city,  267-77 ; de- 
fended by  state  troops,  278;  First  So- 
ciety of,  300,  472;  to  be  free  port,  325  ; 
adjoins  Norwich,  364;  fort  at,  see 
Trumbull,  Fort 

New  Milford,  army  quota,  15;  assess- 
ment, 60,  61,  79,  312;  refs,  to  inhabs. 
of,  61,  83,  95,  168,  304,  311,  81,  115, 
293,  383,  420 ; men  going  to,  113,  415 ; 
military  companies  of,  139 : res+raint 
of  individuals  within,  238,  243  ; Payne 
taxed  in.  303 ; selectmen  of,  401 ; new 
bridge  for,  51-52;  state  collector,  334 

Newport,  R.  I.,  refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  55-7. 
209,  418,  453 

Newspaoers,  lists  and  advertisements  to 
be  published  in,  20,  26,  162,  294,  33 2. 
376,  420.  426,  438,  445.  447.  448,  455, 
478 


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INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Newton,  Enoch,  appt.  capt.,  35 
Newtown,  army  quota,  15;  Morriss  re- 
moved to,  29;  assessment,  60,  60,  79, 
187,  311 ; refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  64,  71, 
78,  204,  230,  36,  186,  231;  military 
companies  of,  140 ; to  transport  provi- 
sions, 242;  confiscated  estate  in,  50-51 ; 
First  Society  of,  170 
New  York  City,  refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  44, 
68,  86,  298,  305,  39,  67,  75,  81,  307, 
310,  313,  450;  permission  to  go  to, 
40,  46,  47,  52-3,  63,  65,  82,  84,  85, 
89,  94,  102,  103(3)  ; prisoner  in,  178; 
exchange  of  prisoners  at,  200;  cap- 
ture of  by  British,  460 
New  York  State,  troops  of,  18,  21,  167 ; 
refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  29,  45,  47,  52, 
58(2),  198,  202,  215,  299,  305,  311; 
land  mortgaged  in,  44;  prisoners  in, 
65,  125,  275,  340;  prisoners  taken  to, 
70,  74,  199,  237,  274,  276,  279,  63,  75 ; 
prisoners  not  allowed  to  go  to,  126 ; 
Conn,  troops  in,  167,  294,  317,  44,  72, 
76;  currency  of,  191,  320;  persons 
allowed  to  come  from,  221,  274 ; inter- 
course with,  274,  54-5,  454;  asked  to 
attend  interstate  conference  on  taxa- 
tion, 101 ; abduction  to,  296-7 
See  also  Long  Island;  New  York 
City 

Nichols,  James,  to  sell  real  estate,  209 
Nichols,  Jonathan,  Jr.,  appt.  capt.,  388 
Nichols,  Philip,  fine  of,  424 
Nicholson,  William,  permitted  to  travel, 
97-8 

Niles,  Capt.  schooner  of,  120 
Niles,  Elisha,  appt.  ens.,  393 
Niles,  Capt.  Robert,  money  advanced  to, 
454;  delivers  rum,  466 
Niles,  Thomas,  deputy  for  Groton,  431 
Niles,  Thomas  Northrop,  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  322 

Noble,  Elnathan,  petitioned  against,  61 
Noble,  Gideon,  petition  of,  49 
Noble,  Morgan,  appt.  capt.,  32 
Noix,  isle  of,  person  injured  at,  41 
Norfolk,  probate  court  and  district, 
judge  appt.  for,  135,  112,  320 
Norfolk,  town  of,  army  quota,  15 ; as- 
sessment, 60,  30,  61,  80,  187,  312; 
military  companies  of,  139 ; refs,  to  in- 
habs of,  168,  469;  land  in,  312;  state 
collector,  334;  repair  of  roads,  398 
Norriss,  Benjamin,  appt.  capt.,  167 
North,  Abijah,  petition  of,  79-80 
North,  James,  appt.  capt.,  392 
North,  Noah,  deputv  for  Torrington. 
109,  317,  432 

North  America,  Bank  of.  See  Bank  of 
North  America 


North  Carolina,  cargo  from,  291 
North  River,  beef  from,  105 
Northington,  Parish  of  (Farmington), 
transfer  from,  396 

Northrop,  Amos,  deputy  for  Newtown, 
286,  7 

Northrop,  Benjamin,  taxes  abated,  410 
Norton,  Aaron,  appt.  lieut.,  135 
Norton,  Benjamin,  appt.  lieut.,  281 
Norton,  Beriah,  appt.  quartermaster,  215 
Norton,  Charles,  appt.  capt.,  167 
Norton,  Ebenezer,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115, 
323 

Norton,  Hannah,  note  of,  458 
Norton,  Ichabod,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
321 

Norton,  Jedidiah,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  393 
Norton,  Lott,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115,  323; 
petition  of,  226 ; deputy  for  Salisbury, 
203,  253,  317  . . 

Norton,  Miles,  appt.  lieut.,  167;  appt. 
capt,  135 

Norton,  Capt.  Nathan,  conduct  investi- 
gated, 87,  90,  92 

Norton,  Selah,  travelling  expenses,  86; 

to  make  payment,  86 
Norton,  Capt.  Stephen,  appt.  capt.,  33; 

to  appraise  land,  46 
Norwalk,  town  of,  coast  guard  in,  11, 
178;  assessment,  59,  60,  79,  187,  311; 
supplies  in,  86,  98(2),  243,  261;  refs, 
to  inhabs.  of,  100,  119,  168,  199,  220, 
233,  299(2),  300,  57-8,  67,  176,  288-9, 
301,  413-14,  466;  military  companies 
of,  139 ; losses  from  enemy  invasion, 
179,  176,  184-5,  413,  454;  party  de- 
tained at,  249 ; new  meeting  house  for, 
313,  37 9;  naval  officer  at,  254;  select- 
men of,  402,  417 

Norwich,  city  of,  incorporation,  364- 
373 ; seal,  364,  372 ; city  meeting,  365 ; 
election  of  officers,  365-6,  372,  373 ; 
taxes  in,  365;  sheriffs  of,  366;  city 
court,  366-9;  streets,  etc.,  369;  oaths 
of  officers,  370-1 ; court  of  common 
council,  371-2;  bye-laws,  381-2;  first 
city  meeting,  372-3;  freedom  of  city, 
373 

Norwich,  probate  court  and)  district, 
judge  appt.  for,  134,  111,  320;  claims 
for  bonds,  205-6 ; to  direct  sale  of 
real  estate,  225,  301,  28,  181, 

Norwich,  town  of,  army  quota,  14;  refs, 
to  inhabs.  of,  39,  106,  107 , 109,  113, 
115,  118,  125,  129,  167,  207 . 225,  251, 
254 , 264,  274 , 28,  180-1,  223,  224-5 
238,  296;  county  court  at,  58;  assess- 
ment, 60,  60,  79.  187,  311,  409;  pro- 
visions at,  108,  90  ; 2/6  tax  for, . 115; 
companies  from,  140;  murder  trial  at, 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


329 


212 ; prison-ship  taken  from,  247 ; 
person  from  New  York,  to  visit  in, 
274-275;  minister  in,  315;  prisoners 
at,  28-9,  105,  192;  selectmen  of,  peti- 
tion of,  96,  180-1 ; lottery  at,  182, 
407-8 ; incorporated  as  city,  364-73; 
light  infantry  company  in,  389;  com- 
mittee of  supplies,  401 ; petition  for 
wharves,  etc.,  416;  naval  officer  at, 
437 

Notary  public,  to  be  commissioned  by 
governor,  254 

Notes,  Bank  of  No.  America,  counter- 
feiting of,  3 

Nova  Scotia,  persons  going  to,  93,  209, 
233-4;  minister  in,  474 
Noyes,  Paul,  petition  of,  228-9 
Noyes,  Capt.  Peleg,  appt.  maj.,  210 
Noyes,  Thomas,  appt.  lieut.,  285 
Noyes,  William,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113, 
321 ; deputy  for  Lyme,  316,  431 ; on 
committees,  394,  399 

Oak,  used  in  making  barrels,  433 
Oakley,  John,  new  notes  for,  225-6 
Oaths,  of  company  clerks,  144;  of  city 
officials,  264,  273-4,  350-1,  360-1,  370-1 ; 
for  citizenship,  325;  of  ship  masters, 
329,  436;  by  importers,  334;  concern- 
ing merchandise,  437 
Oats,  furnished,  193 
Officers,  for  army,  141 , 445;  privileges, 
176 ; non-commissioned,  punishment 
for  disobedience,  20;  securities  of, 
376;  for  western  frontiers,  445 
Ogden,  David,  estate  of,  193 
Ogden,  Hezekiah,  appt.  cornet,  141,  143 
Ogden,  Jacob,  permitted  to  travel,  89; 
appt.  ens.,  213 

Ogden,  Jane,  to  sell  real  estate,  193 
Ogden,  Jonathan,  estate  of,  300 
Oil  mills,  to  be  assessed,  155 
Olcott,  John,  to  sell  property,  161-2 
Olcott,  Capt.  John,  property  of,  344 
Oliver  Cromwell,  ship,  194 
Olmstead,  Capt.  David,  deputy  for 
Ridgfield,  2,  131,  286,  7,  108,  203,  253, 
316,  431 ; to  estimate  losses,  28,  199 ; 
appt.  capt.,  167 

Olmstead,  Nathan,  petition  of,  290-1 
Olmstead,  Oliver,  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 
Olmsted,  Ichabod,  buys  beef,  207 
Olmsted,  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114, 
322 

Oneida,  N.Y.,  Indian  refugees  from,  154 
Osborn,  Daniel,  to  sell  estate,  51 
Osborn,  John,  petitions  of,  158,  243 
Osborn,  Medad,  appt.  capt.,  142 
Osborn  (Samuel),  purchasing  commis- 
sary, orders  drawn  on,  103 


Osborn,  Thaddeus,  debts  secured  to,  51 
Osborn,  Thomas,  testimony  of,  41 
Otis,  Nathaniel,  to  sell  real  estate,  86; 
appt.  surveyor  of  lands,  281,  384;  appt. 
ens.,  212 

Overseers  of  Mohegan  Indians,  powers 
granted  to,  155-6 

Overton,  John,  payment  due  from,  86 
Owen,  Capt.  Isaac,  deputy  for  Suffield, 
2,  130 

Owen,  John,  appt.  probate  judge,  134; 
appt.  J.P.,  135 

Oxen,  liability  to  seizure,  335 ; taxable, 
340 

Oysters,  taking  of,  265 

Packer,  Edward,  appt.  lieut.,  393 
Packwood,  William,  accounts  of,  58. 
424 

Paine,  Benjamin,  pay  of,  92,  93-4 
Paine,  Rebecca,  petitions  of,  92,  93-4 
Painter,  Lamberton,  to  receive  new  bills, 
38-9,  302-3 

Palmer,  Abraham,  estate  of,  74 
Palmer,  Benjamin,  to  collect  tax,  49 
Palmer,  Elias,  asks  pay  for  cattle,  207 
Palmer,  Elias  Sanford,  appt.  capt.,  284 
Palmer,  Elijah,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  322 
Palmer,  Enoch,  taxes  abated,  48-9 
Palmer,  Ezra,  payment  to,  90 
Palmer,  George,  appt.  lieut.,  134 
Palmer,  Jesse,  appt.  ens.,  138 
Palmer,  Jonathan,  petition  of,  318 
Palmer,  Jonathan,  Jr.,  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  322 

Palmer,  Joseph,  buys  land,  56,  57 
Palmer,  Joseph  Pierce,  buys  land,  56 
Palmer,  Lazarus,  taxes  abated,  48-9 
Palmer,  Levi,  appt.  ens.,  134 
Palmer,  Messenger,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114; 
suit  of,  209-10 

Palmer,  Noyes,  appt.  ens.,  285 
Palmer,  Samuel,  to  sell  real  estate,  74 
Pamely,  Elizabeth,  permitted  to  travel,  88 
Paper,  duty  on,  328 

Pardee,  Samuel,  appt.  quartermaster,  218 
Pardy,  Jehul,  appt.  lieut..  386 
Pardy,  Jonathan,  appt.  ens.,  136 
Park,  Hozekiah,  estate  of,  210 
Park,  John,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  296 
Park,  Thomas,  estate  of,  229 

Parker,  , assessment  omitted,  26 

Parker,  Daniel,  beef  contract  for,  127 ; 
appt.  ens.,  385 

Parker,  Edmund,  to  receive  confiscated 
lands,  73 

Parker  & Co.,  contractors,  105 
Parkhurst,  Solomon,  loses  note,  292 
Parmalee,  Samuel,  to  deliver  salt,  251 
Parmely,  Asaph,  appt.  ens.,  388 


330 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Parmely,  Daniel,  appt.  lieut.,  133 ; appt. 
capt.,  441 

Parmely,  Giles,  payment  to,  69,  397 
Parmely,  Joseph,  appt.  lieut.,  190 
Parmely,  Nathaniel,  appt.  ens.,  32 
Parmely,  Oliver,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115, 
323 

Parmely,  Phineas,  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 
Parmely,  Theodore,  appt.  capt.,  441 
Parmely,  Thomas,  appt.  lieut.,  140 ; appt. 
capt.,  212 

Parmely,  Thomas,  Jr.,  assessed  incor- 
rectly, 26 

Parmer,  Thadeus,  appt.  ens.,  390 
Parsons,  El  dad,  new  note  for,  456 
Parsons,  Hezekiah,  appt.  ens.,  36 
Parson(s),  Jabez,  appt.  capt.,  440 
Parson(s),  John,  appt.  J.P.,  113 
Parsons,  Maj.  Gen.  Samuel  H.,  wages 
of,  92,  104;  granted  land,  96;  nom- 
inates officers,  110;  permission  of,  for 
Long  Island  trip,  280;  certificate  of, 
283;  promises  pardon,  312;  permitted 
to  travel,  100;  debt  of,  180;  appoint- 
ment by,  234 ; deputy  for  Middletown. 
315,  430;  appt.  J.P.,  320-1;  buys  con- 
fiscated estate,  452 

Parsons,  Capt.  Simeon,  deputy  for  Dur- 
ham, 2,  131,  286,  5,  316,  430;  on  com- 
mittees, 5,  10 ; to  appraise  land,  46 : 
appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Passengers,  of  ships,  329-30 
Passports,  governor  to  issue,  254 
Patchen,  Abel,  aopt.  capt.,  135 
Patent,  for  clock,  237-8 
Patterson,  Matthew,  deputy  for  Corn- 
well,  3,  286,  9,  108 
Patterson,  William,  title  to  land,  272 
Pawcatuck  River,  obstruction  of  fish  in 
23 

Paxton,  Charles,  received  note,  55-7 
Pay,  of  sergeants,  17 ; of  Fts.  Griswold 
and  Trumbull  garrisons,  20;  of  Regt. 
of  Invalids,  37;  taken  by  enemy,  38 
of  Horseneck  troops,  39,  103,  284 : 
of  assemblymen,  62;  of  Smith’s  com- 
pany, 83;  of  Continental  Line,  104 
211;  of  Huntington’s  men,  11 3 ; of 
militia  officers,  173;  of  sappers  and 
miners,  194;  of  Westmoreland  com- 
panies, 214;  of  Hazen’s  regt.,  218: 
of  soldiers,  122-3;  Washington,  on,  197 
Paymaster  General,  settles  account. 
464-5 

Paymasters,  unable  to  pay  recruits,  18: 
to  receive  money,  104,  86 
Payne,  Aaron,  to  have  execution*- 
stopped,  39;  taxes  abated,  303,  415 
Payne,  Capt.  Amos,  deputy  for  Wood 
stock,  286,  8,  108 


Payne,  Col.  Benjamin,  deputy  for  Hart- 
ford, 1;  attorney,  68;  at  Council  of 
Safety,  88-129,  passim;  loses  papers. 
232-3,  295,  320;  wife  of,  48-9;  sells 
shoes,  428 

Payne,  David,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  323; 

deputy  for  Canterbury,  203,  253 
Payne,  Capt.  Edward,  deputy  for  Bolton, 
1,  130,  107;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Payne,  Rebecca,  petition  of,  48-9 
Payne,  Solomon,  deputy  for  Canterbury, 
2;  petitions  for  lottery,  317 
Payne,  Stephen,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  135 
Pay  Table,  Committee  of.  See  Com- 
mittee of  Pay  Table 
Peabody,  Asa,  order  drawn  on,  334 
Peace,  Justices  of  the.  See  Justices  of 
the  peace 

Pearl  Ashes,  inspector  of,  434 
Pease,  Maj.  Abiel,  deputy  for  Somers, 
1,  130,  285,  3,  315,  430 
Pease,  Capt.  Ephraim,  deputy  for  En- 
field, 285,  2,  107,  315;  on  committee, 
309 

Pease,  Noah,  assessment  omitted,  26 
Peck,  Bela,  appt.  capt.-lieut.,  215 
Peck,  Benjamin,  to  receive  confiscated 
lands,  73 

Peck,  Daniel,  appt.  lieut.,  212 
Peck,  Ebenezer,  petition  of,  66-7 
Peck,  Elijah,  appt.  ens.,  140 
Peck,  Eliphalet,  Jr.,  to  sell  real  estate, 
219-20 

Peck,  Henry,  deputy  for  Newtown,  131. 

108;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  322 
Peck,  Jesse,  estate  of,  219 
Peck,  Job.  appt.  lieut.,  31 
Peck,  John,  deputv  for  Cheshire,  2,  107. 
315,  431;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321; 
appt.  capt.,  284;  buys  horses.  450 
Peck,  Joseph,  I,  appt.  ens.,  31 ; appt 
lieut.,  215 

Peck,  Joseph,  II,  appt.  capt.,  385 
Peck,  Lament,  appt.  ens.,  185;  appt. 
lieut,  391 

Peck,  Seril.  appt.  ens.,  393 
Peck,  Seth  (of  Farmington),  petition  of, 
67 

Peck,  Seth  (of  Greenwich), murdered,  77 
Peck,  Thomas,  execution  against,  143-4 ; 
bond  of,  426 

Perk,  Zebulon,  Jr.,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  112. 

321;  appt.  lieut.,  185;  appt.  capt.,  296 
Peet,  Nehemiah,  fine  of,  473 
Pell,  Dr.  Sallee  (Sallu),  deputy  for 
Danbury.  203,  253 

Pelletreu,  Elias,  asks  to  return,  115 
Pelton,  James,  appt.  ens.,  216 
Pemberton,  Ebenezer,  trustee  of  Plain- 
field  Academy,  406 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


331 


Penfield,  Jonathan,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113, 
321 

Pennsylvania,  controversy  over  lands 
with  Conn.,  18-19,  27,  292,  333,  334, 
lln,  120-1,  205-6,  208,  219-20,  456; 
prisoners  of  war  in,  207 ; bills  of,  77 ; 
petition  of  resident  of,  120;  Conn, 
claims  west  of,  208,  277-8;  treatment 
of  Susquehanna  settlers,  457 
Pensacola,  memorials  of  inhabitants  of, 
298,  311,  335 

Pensions,  to  soldiers,  207,  222,  421,  458 ; 
to  New  London  and  Groton  sufferers. 
382-3 

Pepper,  duty  on,  327 
Perjury,  to  be  punished,  338,  437 
Perldns,  Amos,  Jr.,  appt.  capt.,  139 
Perkins,  Andrew,  petition  of,  416 
Perkins,  Capt.  Daniel,  deputy  for  En- 
field, 1,  107,  202,  252 
Perkins,  Elisha,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114. 
323;  trustee  of  Plainfield  Academy. 
406 

Perkins,  Isaac,  order  on,  121,  124,  106; 
appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  323;  to  make  pay- 
ment, 270;  deputy  for  Ashford,  108, 
203,  253,  316,  431 

Perkins,  Capt.  Jabez,  appt.  to  Council  of 
Safety,  26,  174 ; to  receive  supplies, 
107,  109,  120,  264,  274,  281,  96 ; sup- 
plies in  hands  of,  86-7,  285 ; at  Council 
of  Safety,  88-129,  239-285 , 325-341. 
82-106,  200  passim;  to  deliver  sup- 
plies, 129,  251,  254,  274 , 335,  339,  105  ; 
orders  drawn  on,  115,  337, 99, 100, 296 ; 
to  pay  money,  246-7 , 258,  267 ; to  re- 
pair muskets,  267 ; to  procure  arms. 
268;  sells  camion,  283,  190;  to  make 
investigations,  58,  424;  receives  note, 
180;  to  discount  note,  200;  to  settle 
account,  404;  petition  of,  416;  account 
of,  447 

Perkins,  Jabez,  Jr.,  petition  of,  416 
Perkins,  John,  appt.  J.P.,  113,  321 
Perkins,  Joshua,  appt.  lieut.,  132;  appt. 
capt.,  440 

Perkins,  Levi,  appt.  ens.,  440 
Perkins,  Capt.  Solomon,  pension  to, 
382-3 

Perkins,  William,  appt.  capt.,  212 
Perkins,  William  (of  Cheshire),  freed 
from  prison,  228 
Perrin,  Daniel,  appt.  ens.,  388 
Perrit,  Capt.  Peter,  pay  of,  427 
Perry,  Daniel,  appt.  ens.,  284 
Perry,  Ezra,  embezzlement  by,  408 
Perry,  Josiah,  appt.  ens.,  33 
Perry,  Silvanus,  appt.  capt.,  136 
Peters,  Comfort,  appt.  lieut.,  36 
Peters,  John,  petition  of,  57 


Peters,  Jonathan,  joins  enemy,  57 
Peters,  Maj.  Nathan,  schooner  of,  241; 

deputy  for  Preston,  108 
Petersburg!!,  man  delayed  at,  37 
Pettibone,  Capt.  Abel,  deputy  for  Sims- 
bury, 2 

Pettibone,  Abraham,  Jr.,  appt.  capt.,  31 
Pettibone,  Dudley,  deputy  for  Simsbury. 

285,  3,  107  ; appt.  J.P.,  113,  321 
Pettibone,  Giles,  appt.  probate  judge, 
135,  112,  320;  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115, 
323;  deputy  for  Norfolk,  203,  253, 
317,  431 

Pettibone,  Ithul,  estate  of,  201 
Pettibone,  Capt.  Jonathan,  deputy  for 
Simsbury,  315,  430 

Pettibone,  Ozeas,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
321 

Pettibone,  Sarah,  to  sell  real  estate,  201 
Phelps,  Aaron,  2d,  deputy  for  Wind- 
sor, 202,  252,  315,  430 
Phelps,  Austin,  appt.  capt.,  142 
Phelps,  Benajah,  losses  of,  474 
Phelps,  Benjamin,  assessment  omitted, 
26 

Phelps,  Maj.  Charles,  appt.  probate 
judge,  134,  111,  320;  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  321;  deputy  f.or  Stonington,  108, 

316,  431 ; on  committees,  109,  119, 

317,  470;  petition  of,  195 
Phelps,  David,  appt.  lieut.,  140 
Phelps,  Elijah,  appt.  capt.,  136 
Phelps,  Capt.  Elisha,  payment  to,  224 
Phelps,  Elkanah,  appt.  capt.,  184 
Phelps,  Frederick,  kills  wolf,  179 
Phelps,  Capt.  Jason,  deputy  for  Killing- 

ley,  203 

Phelps,  Jeremiah,  counterfeiting  by, 
394-5 

Phelps,  John,  hearing  before,  51;  appt. 
J.P.,  136.  112,  321;  deputy  for  He- 
bron, 107 

Phelps,  John,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  167 
Phelps,  Capt.  Jonah,  deputy  for  Har- 
winton,  316 

Phelps,  Capt.  Josiah,  deputy  for  Har- 
winton,  3,  131,  286,  9,  108,  203,  253, 
432 

Phelps,  Capt.  Josiah,  deputy  for  Wind 
sor,  2 

Phelps,  Col.  Noah,  on  committees,  5. 
10,  256,  125;  appt.  J.P.,  135 , 112, 
321 ; reports  on  Salisbury  furnace, 
271-3,  89 ; petition  of,  321 ; appt.  pro- 
bate judge,  111,  319;  accounts  of,  224 
Phelps,  Oliver,  appt.  ens.,  394 
Phelps  (Oliver)  & Co.,  contract  for 
pork  & beef,  264,  276-7,  327 
Phelps,  Capt.  Seth.,  in  Regt.  of  Invalids 
284 


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INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Phelps,  Silvanus,  bond  of,  394-5 
Philips,  George,  loaf  sugar  monopoly  of, 
477 

Phillips,  Asa,  appt.  lieut.,  442 
Phimmer,  Ebenezer,  deputy  for  Glaston- 
bury, 130 

Phip(p)s,  David,  account  of,  295 
Phip(p)s,  Capt.  Jason,  appt.  capt.,  33; 

deputy  for  Killingley,  286 , 8,  253,  431 
Picket,  Ezra,  taxes  abated,  181,  414 
Pickett,  Ebenezer,  execution  against, 
293 

Pickett,  Eldad,  fails  to  appear,  293 
Pierce,  Abel,  appt.  J.P.,  138 
Pierce,  Delano,  appt.  ens.,  134;  appt. 
lieut.,  440 

Pierce  (Pierce),  John,  appt.  J.P.,  138, 
115,  323  ; debt  of,  476 
Pierce,  Phineas,  petition  of,  456 
Pierce,  Capt.  Seth,  petition  of,  381 
Pierce,  William,  appt.  lieut.,  444 
Pierpoint,  Joseph,  appt.  J.  P.,  321 
Pierpont,  Avelin,  orders  in  favor  of,  103 
Pierson,  Abraham,  appt.  ens.,  133 ; appt. 
lieut.,  441 

Pierson,  David,  permitted  to  travel,  119 
Pierson,  Enoch,  appt.  capt.,  440 
Pierson,  Capt.  John,  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
322;  deputy  for  Killingworth,  286,  5 
Pigs,  taken  to  Long  Island,  83 
Pike,  Asa,  appt.  capt.,  134 
Pike,  William,  appt.  2nd  lieut.,  281 
Pilgrim,  Thomas,  interest  payable  to,  209 
Pine,  used  in  making  barrels,  433 
Pinneo,  James,  Jr.,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114, 
323 

Pinney,  Isaac,  appt.  probate  judge,  134, 
111,  319;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  112,  321 
Pitkin,  Daniel,  accounts  of,  191 ; on 
committee,  461 

Pitkin,  Elisha,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  320; 
deputy  for  Hartford,  285,  2;  for  East 
Hartford,  430 ; glass  manufactory,  57 ; 
to  receive  gunpowder,  378 
Pitkin,  Col.  George,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
320;  deputy  for  Hartford,  107,  202, 
252;  for  East  Hartford,  315,  430 
Pitkin,  John,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  320; 
petition  of,  221 

Pitkin,  Richard,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
320 

Pitkin,  Thomas,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  112, 
321 ; loses  securities,  314 
Pitkin,  William,  present  at  assembly,  1. 
130,  13,  107,  202,  315,  430;  nominated 
for  assistant,  61,  80,  313,  470;  at  Coun- 
cil of  Safety,  88-129,  239-285,  325- 
341,  82-106,  189-201,  249-51  passim ; 
on  committees,  132,  109,  119,  130,  317; 
elected  assistant,  132,  109,  317 ; takes 


oath,  133,  110,  318;  appt.  superior 
court  judge,  133,  111,  319;  appt.  to 
Council  of  Safety,  174;  glass  manu- 
facture, 57 ; to  receive  pork,  102 ; 
nominated  to  Congress,  313;  elected 
to  Congress,  318;  snuff  manufacture, 
400,  sheriff  of  Hartford  Co.,  473 
Plainfield,  probate  court  and  district, 
judge  appt.  for,  134,  112,  320 
Plainfield,  town  of,  army  quota,  14; 
assessment,  60,  61,  79,  312;  to  provide 
supplies,  108;  refs,  to  inhabs.,  116, 
168,  183;  companies  from,  140;  land 
bought  in,  86;  school  at,  406 
Platt,  Ebenezer,  permitted  to  travel, 
104,  329,  98 

Platt,  Jeremiah,  petition  of,  454 
Platt*  Joseph,  appt.  lieut.,  215 
Plumb  Island,  travel  to  and  from,  97, 
102 

Plummer,  Ebenezer,  to  adjust  state  ac- 
counts, 119;  to  examine  abatements. 
130;  declines  appointment  as  auditor, 
286 

Plymouth,  inhabitant  of,  152 
Polls,  lists  of,  59-60,  78-80,  310-12;  mili- 
tary exemptions  from,  167,  130;  taxes 
granted  on,  296,  298-9,  376 
Pomeroy,  Capt.,  company  of,  223 
Pomeroy,  Elihu,  appt.  ens.,  140 
Pomeroy,  Jonathan  Law,  property  of, 
243 

Pomeroy,  Joshua,  deputy  for  Somers, 
315,  430 

Pomeroy,  Ralph,  quartermaster,  forage 
for  horses,  21,  111 ; money  paid  to, 
92-3,  127,  129,  207,  459;  horses  de- 
tained by,  104 ; receives  supplies,  105, 
127,  249,  339;  Abbe  delivers  provi- 
sions to,  190;  cloth  for,  404;  order 
drawn  on,  264 ; to  settle  accounts,  105, 
119;  to  examine  abatements,  130; 
loses  note,  292;  gives  orders,  405 
Pomfret,  probate  court  and  district  of, 
certifies  debts  of  estate,  98;  judge 
appt.  for,  135 , 112,  320 
Pomfret,  town  of,  army  quota,  14;  ref. 
to  inhab.,  55-7,  167 ; assessment,  60, 
61,  79,  312;  sale  of  confiscated  es- 
tates in,  98;  selectmen  of,  to  supply 
provisions,  107 ; military  companies  of, 
139;  delivery  of  salt  at,  264;  changes 
in  lists  of,  242,  396;  repair  of  roads, 
296;  state  collector,  334;  officers  of 
matross  co.,  384 

Pond,  Barnabas,  petition  of,  224-5 
Pond,  Gad,  petition  of,  171 
Poor,  relief  of,  8,  118;  support  of,  in 
Woodbridge,  305 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


333 


Pope,  Charles,  taxes  abated,  184 
Pope,  Gersham,  appt.  quartermaster, 
215 

Poquonock,  Society  of,  bridge  across 
Windsor  Ferry  River,  154 
Pork,  taken  to  Long  Island,  83 ; for 
state  or  army,  89-90,  100,  102,  105, 
190,  193,  238,  404;  packing  of,  433 

Porter,  Mrs.  , suit  of,  461-2 

Porter,  Ashbel,  survey  of,  198 
Porter,  Ebenezer,  appt.  ens.,  27;  appt. 
lieut.,  385 

Porter,  Capt.  Edmund,  deputy  for  Had- 
dam,  430;  appt.  surveyor  of  lands,  186 
Porter,  Ezra,  payments  to,  69,  397 
Porter,  James,  appt.  lieut.,  186;  appt. 
capt.,  211 

Porter,  John,  pay  of,  152;  appt.  lieut., 
213;  account  of,  280 
Porter,  Col.  Joshua,  deputy  for  Salis- 
bury, 3,  132,  287,  10,  432;  leases  for- 
feited land,  102;  and  Salisbury 
furnace,  111-12,  253,  255-6,  271-3 : 
at  Council  of  Safety,  239-285,  82-106 
passim;  appt.  to  count  votes,  132; 
appt.  probate  judge,  135,  112,  320; 
appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  323;  appt.  to 
Council  of  Safety,  174 
Porter,  Col.  Phineas,  deputy  for  Water- 
bury,  108 ; petition  of,  307 
Porter,  Samuel,  appt.  capt.,  186 
Ports  of  entry,  clearances  at,  255 
Pot  ashes,  packing  of,  434 
Potter,  Daniel,  appt.  capt.,  213 
Potter,  Col.  Gilbert,  permitted  to  travel. 
100 

Potter,  Jacob,  petitions  of,  198,  414 
Potter,  Dr.  (Capt.)  James,  deputy  for 
New  Fairfield,  2,  286,  6,  108,  203,  253 ; 
execution  stayed,  39 
Potter,  Dr.  Jared,  deputy  for  Walling- 
ford, 2,  316;  on  committee,  374 
Potter,  Phineas,  taxes  abated,  48-9 
Potter,  Zebulon,  permitted  to  travel,  100 
Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  beef  & pork  near, 
260,  277,  327 ; man  imprisoned  at,  297 
Powder.  See  gunpowder,  206 
Powell,  Miriam,  deed  from,  3,  38,  148 
Powell,  William,  deed  from,  148 
Power,  Thomas,  appt.  capt.,  190 
Pratt,  Abijah,  appt.  lieut.,  297;  appt. 
capt.,  141 

Pratt,  Capt.  Joseph,  deputy  for  Kent,  3. 
131,  287 , 9,  108;  to  receive  Indian 
accounts,  298 

Pratt,  Joseph,  appt.  ens.,  392 
Pratt,  Tabor,  petition  of,  399 
Pratt,  Timothy,  appt.  ens.,  184 ; appt. 
lieut.,  442 

Pratt,  Zephaniah,  appt.  ens.,  440 


Prentice  (Prentiss),  Amos,  appt.  J.P., 
136,  113,  322;  deputy  for  Groton,  286, 
5 ; to  sell  real  estate,  306 
Prentice,  Daniel,  appt.  ens.,  134 
Prentiss,  Jesse,  appt.  ens.,  168 
Prentiss,  John,  estate  of,  230-1,  307 
Prentiss,  Col.  Samuel,  deputy  for  Ston- 
ington,  203,  253 

Prentiss,  Sarah,  to  sell  real  estate, 
230-1,  307 

Prentiss,  Stephen,  estate  of,  230-1 
Preston,  Nathan,  to  sell  property,  230 
Preston,  army  quota,  14;  assessment, 
60,  60,  79,  311;  supplies  from,  108, 
114,  121 ; military  companies,  139 ; 
ref.  to  inhab.,  167,  210,  212-13;  de- 
ficiency of  men  from,  200;  not  to  re- 
ceive cannon  powder,  336;  state  col- 
lector, 334 

Pribble,  Samuel,  petition  of,  270 
Price,  John,  master  of  schooner,  291 
Prichard,  Abraham,  appt.  ens.,  33 
Pride,  Lt.  Reuben,  account  of,  259 , 

265 

Prince,  William,  appt.  capt.,  133 
Prindle,  Eleazer,  bond  of,  420 
Prindle,  Mark,  deputy  for  Harwinton, 
316,  432 

Printing,  of  Washington’s  letter,  198 
See  also  Copyright;  Newspapers 
Printitle,  Samuel,  to  receive  confiscated 
land,  73 

Prior,  Elisha,  appt.  capt.,  295 
Prison,  New  Gate.  See  Newgate 
Prison 

Prisoners,  care  of  sick,  121,  263,  28-9 ; 
exchange  of,  122,  84,  103,  200,  295; 
naval,  prison-ship,  124,  247 ; prevention 
of  escapes,  125,  158-9;  not  to  go  to 
N.  Y.  on  parole,  126;  for  tax  default, 
164 ; rations  for,  126,  247,  263 ; to  be 
rescued  from  Jamaica,  269;  arrive  at 
New  London,  274;  taken  by  British, 
100,  162,  427,  455,  460;  British,  con- 
fined at  Norwich,  192 ; committee  in 
charge  of,  461 

Prison-ship,  124,  126,  247,  263 
Privateering,  gentlemen  concerned  in, 
124 

Probate,  judges  of.  See  Judges  of  Pro- 
bate; also  under  names  of  districts 
Probate  records,  New  London,  substitu- 
tion for,  119-20 

Processes  in  city  courts,  regulations 
concerning,  261-2,  263-4,  271-2,  273-4. 
348-9,  350,  357-8,  359-60,  367-8,  369-70 
Proclamation  for  fast,  sent  to  press. 
120 

Produce,  inspectors  of.  appt.  in  cities, 
266,  275,  352,  362,  372 


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INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Property  (debtors’),  act  for  dividing,  160 
Prosecutions,  by  persons  within  enemy 
lines.  343 

Providence,  R.I.,  beef  stored  at,  127 : 
petition  from,  147,  148;  firm  in,  302 
Provisions  and  forage,  orders  for,  21-2 ; 
collection  of,  107-8,  242,  377 ; receivers 
of,  116 ; collectors  of,  to  deliver,  122 ; 
provided  by  Conn,  for  use  of  U.  S.,  375 
Pruden,  Fletcher,  appt.  capt.,  215 
Pryor,  Abner,  account  of,  428 
Psalms,  edition  of,  458-9 
Publication.  See  Newspapers 
Punderson,  Ahennaz,  petition  of,  17 
Punderson,  David,  counterfeiting  by,  233 
Punderson,  Ebenezer,  to  return  to  state, 
245 ; estate  confiscated,  469 
Punderson,  Thomas,  appt.  lieut.,  142 
Punishment,  for  infringing  laws  of  na- 
tions, 157 ; for  harboring  prisoners  of 
war,  158-9 ; for  false  declarations,  338 
See  also  Fines 

Putnam,  Capt.  Israel,  appt.  maj.,  182 

Quarter  Master  General,  act  for  sup- 
plies to,  repealed  115;  to  apply  for 
army  stores,  123-4 ; to  distribute  gun- 
powder, 201;  to  safe  guard  ammuni- 
tion, 448;  prosecution  by,  448-9 
Quebec,  siege  of,  197 
Quinebaug  (Qunebaugh)  River,  bridge 
over,  217 

Quintard,  Peter,  taxes  abated,  181,  222 , 
413 

Quorum,  justices  of  the.  See  Justices  of 
the  Quorum,  446 

Rachet.  Daniel,  permitted  to  travel,  99 
Rand.  Robert,  appt.  ens.,  387 
Randall,  Amos.  appt.  ens.,  392 
Randall,  Capt.  John,  deputy  for  Stoning- 
ton.  203,  253 

Randall,  Roswell,  appt.  capt.,  137 
Ransom,  Captain,  companies  raised  by, 
214 

Ransom,  David,  loses  note,  59 
Ransom,  Lieut.  John,  petition  of.  61 ; 

to  receive  Indian  accounts,  298 
Ransom,  Joshua,  appt.  lieut..  298 
Ransom,  Rebecca,  petition  of.  61 
Ransom,  Samuel  appt.  lieut..  186 
Ransom,  Theophilus,  appt.  ens.,  444 
Rape,  death  sentence  for,  commuted.  124 
Rates,  bills  of,  438,  446,  447 
Rates,  of  towns.  446 
Rathburn  (Rathborn).  Joshua,  appt. 

ens.,  298 ; appt.  lieut.,  386 
Raymond,  Capt.  Clap,  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114.  322;  deputy  for  Norwalk.  203. 
253:  store  of.  4 66 


Raymond,  Eliakim,  taxes  abated,  181, 
414;  petition  of,  466 
Raymond,  Hezekiah,  taxes  abated,  181, 
414 

Raymond,  Jabez,  taxes  abated,  181,  184, 
301,  414 

Raymond,  Jediah,  taxes  abated,  185 
Ravmond,  Jesse,  taxes  abated,  184;  appt. 
J.P.,  114 

Ravmond,  Joshua,  appt.  J.P.,  126,  113. 

321 

Raymond,  Joshua,  Jr.,  takes  horse  from 
Plumb  Island,  102 

Raymond,  Josiah,  taxes  abated,  181,  414 
Raymond,  Moses,  taxes  rebated,  185 
Raymond,  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  taxes  abated, 
181,  414 

Raymond,  Simeon,  taxes  abated,  181, 
185,  414 

Raymond,  Uriah,  taxes  abated,  181,  414 
Raymond,  William,  taxes  abated,  185 
Read,  John,  appt.  J.P.,  127 
Read,  Martin,  appt.  capt.,  296 
Read,  Zalmon,  account  of,  410 
Real  estate,  city,  jurisdiction  over,  265-6. 
275.  352.  362,  372 

Recruits,  appointing  and  mustering  of, 
16,  17,  166,  179 , 249,  304 ; not  paid  for 
service,  18 ; to  procure  certificate, 
172-2',  money  for,  196;  account  ex- 
amined, 199;  bounties  for,  299 
Redding,  annexed  to  Danbury  probate 
district,  4-5;  army  quota,  15;  ref.  to 
inhab..  59.  208,  208-9,  114,  410;  as- 
sessment, 60,  60,  79,  311 ; supplies  for. 
98;  military  companies  of,  129;  to 
transport  provisions,  242;  provisions 
drawn  on,  250 

Redfield,  Elias,  payments  to,  69,  397 
Redfield.  William,  accounts  of,  241 
Reed,  Benjamin,  taxes  abated.  184 
Reed,  David,  taxes  abated,  184 
Reed,  Eli,  taxes  abated,  184:  petition 
of,  454 

Reed,  George,  appt.  ens.,  182 
Reed,  James,  appt.  ens.,  133 
Reed  (Reid),  Jesse,  taxes  abated.  184 
Reed,  John,  taxes  abated,  184;  debt  to. 
397 

Reed,  Joseph,  loses  note,  59 
Reed,  Mary,  taxes  abated,  185 
Reeve  (Rower),  Tapping  (Tappen), 
appt.  J.P.,  115,  323 

Reeves,  Sarah,  permitted  to  travel. 

220(2) 

Referees,  for  settlement  of  debts,  343 
Regiment  (s)  Continental,  of  Artillery, 
raised,  242:  2nd  Artillery,  pay  of, 
294-5,  321:  1st  Conn.,  officers  in,  259, 
270;  promotion  in,  281 : 2nd  Conn.. 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


335 


officer  in,  194:  3rd  Conn.,  promotion 
in,  281 : 4th  Conn.,  promotion  in,  281 ; 
member  of,  307 : 5th  Conn.,  promotion 
in,  281 : 2nd  Light  Dragoons,  innocu- 
lation  of,  27 ; provisions  for,  92,  124 ; 
wages  of,  170 ; promotion  in,  281 ; 
quartered  in  Middletown,  308: 
Hazen’s,  wages  of,  170 ; Sheldon’s 
Dragoons,  horses  for,  22 
See  also  Army,  Continental  (Con- 
necticut Line) 

Regiment,  Governor’s  Guard.  See 
Guard,  Governor’s 

Regiment,  Horseneck  on  Western  Fron- 
tier. See  Horseneck;  Canfield,  Col. 
Samuel 

Regiment  of  Invalids,  transfers  to,  37 ; 
pay  of,  38 

Regiment  (s)  Militia, 

1st,  to  defend  frontier,  16;  officers  for. 
36,  111 , 177,  188,  190,  258,  281,  295. 
32,  139.  141,  142,  213-4,  285,  391. 
392,  443,  444 ; towns  forming,  139 ; 
invalid  election  in,  160 
2nd.  officers  for,  31-2,  35.  183,  189, 
190,  281,  30,  139,  142,  211,  215,  217, 
284,  285,  384,  385,  389,  393 ; town., 
forming,  139 ; divided,  165 
3d,  officers  for  32,  34,  111,  183,  187. 
189,  244.  281,  297 , 133,  142,  212, 

217,  385,  387,  439,  441;  towns 
forming,  139 

4th,  officers  for,  36,  183,  188,  189,  190. 
265,  267,  281,  284,  297,  134,  138, 

139,  211,  213,  216,  218,  284,  285. 

385,  443.  444:  towns  forming,  13° 
5th,  officers  for,  183,  185,  187 , 188. 
189,  297,  298,  131,  132,  133,  138. 

139,  140,  141,  142,  214,  389,  392. 

442 ; towns  forming,  139 ; co.  annexed 
to,  19 

6th,  to  defend  frontier,  16 ; towns 
forming,  139;  officers  for,  33,  136. 
212,  285,  390 

7th,  officers  for,  32.  36,  184,  190,  298, 
32.  132.  133,  140.  211,  216,  217, 
388,  389,  440-1,  442;  towns  form- 
ing, 139;  divided,  165 
8th,  officers  for,  32,  188,  295,  134,  137, 
138,  143,  210,  214,  284,  285,  386,  387, 
388,  389,  392,  393,  394,  440:  col. 
of,  112;  towns  forming,  139 
9th,  towns  forming,  139;  officers  for. 

184,  133,  214,  384,  391,  392,  393.  394 
10th,  officers  for,  32.  35,  184,  189.  30. 
131-2,  135,  140,  213,  214,  217,  285. 
385,  390,  391,  392,  440-1.  443; 
towns  forming,  139 
11th,  officers  for,  33,  37,  183,  184.  295, 
134.  135,  136,  137,  142,  213,  284. 


Regiment (s)  Militia  (cont.) 

388,  441,  444;  towns  forming,  139 
12th,  officers  for,  189,  295-6,  31,  135, 
136,  140,  141,  211,  217,  390,  391,  441, 
443;  towns  forming,  139 
13th,  officers  for,  32-3,  34-5, 184,  297-8, 
31,  140,  141,  142,  212-3,  218,  386, 

387,  388,  391 ; towns  forming,  139 
14th,  towns  forming,  140;  officers  for, 

184,  185,  187,  189.  131,  132,  133,  134, 
135-6,  140,  212,  213,  284,  285,  386, 

388,  389,  393,  440;  officer  of,  sells 
commission,  287-8. 

15th,  officers  for,  33, 185, 187,  296,  297, 
31,  133,  136.  139,  143,  218,  285,  391, 

392,  393,  442 ; towns  forming,  140 
16th,  officers  for,  35,  37,  297,  31,  33, 

136,  138,  139.  140,  142,  213,  284,  386, 
388,  390,  442-3,  444;  towns  forming, 
140 

17th,  towns  forming,  140;  officers  for, 

185,  296,  32,  131,  135,  138,  139, 
140-1,  142,  214,  217,  389,  390,  394, 

439,  441,  442 

18th,  officers  for,  36,  296,  32,  140,  143, 
218, 392, 393, 440 ; town  forming,  140 
19th,  officers  for,  33,  185,  188,  31,  138, 
141,  214,  384,  388,  389,  392,  440, 
443 ; towns  forming,  140,  190 
20th,  town  forming,  140;  officer  in, 
174;  officers  for,  185,  189,  32,  132-3, 
134-5,  138,  211,  212,  215,  384,  391, 

393,  439,  440,  441 

21st,  officers  for,  36, 185, 188,  296,  132, 
134,  137,  138,  211,  385,  386,  390,  392, 

440,  442;  towns  forming,  140 
22nd.  officers  for,  33,  34,  185,  186,  188, 

189,  190 , 296,  298,  33,  132,  211,  216, 
387,  439-40,  442 ; towns  forming, 
140 , 190 

23rd,  officers  for,  31,  33-4,  186,  132, 
133,  139,  217,  387,  388,  390,  440,  441, 
444;  towns  forming,  140 
24th,  towns  forming,  140;  officers  for, 

186 

25th,  towns  forming,  140;  officers  for, 

186,  187,  188,  298,  134,  138,  210-11, 
212,  216,  284,  385,  386,  392,  443; 
numbering  changed,  445-6 

26th,  officers  for,  34,  188,  189,  32,  135, 
139,  213,  216-7,  392,  443 ; towns 
forming,  140;  Co.  transferred  from, 
19;  numbering  changed,  445-6 
27th,  towns  forming,  140 ; officers  for, 
186,  187,  33,  132,  137-8,  211,  213, 
285,  385,  390.  441-2,  444;  numbering 
changed,  445-6 

28th,  towns  forming,  165 : officers  for, 
183,  297.  32,  136,  139,  388,  391 


336 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Regiment  (s)  Militia  (cont.) 

29th  (?),  officer  for,  443 

1st  Light  Horse,  regts.  forming,  140 ; 

officers  for,  215,  218,  385,  444 
2nd  Light  Horse,  regts.  forming,  140 ; 

officers  for,  32,  137,  215-6,  387 
3rd  Light  Horse,  regts.  forming,  140 ; 
officers  for,  33,  140,  141,  143,  384, 
385,  386,  442 

4th  Light  Horse,  regts.  forming,  140; 

officers  for,  136,  137,  140,  215 
5th  Light  Horse,  regts.  forming,  141 ; 

officers  for,  136-7,  215,  218,  384 
3d  Light  Dragoons,  officer  for,  211 
See  also  Dragoons,  Light 
Registers,  for  ships,  254,  255,  340 
Remington,  Amos,  property  of,  411 
Remington,  Benjamin,  appt.  ens.,  213 
Remington,  Stephen,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  443 
Rennselaer  (Renserlau),  P.V.,  receipt 
for  powder,  193 
Rent,  of  confiscated  lands,  293 
Reprisal,  letters  of,  governor  to  issue,  254 
Retail  selling,  excise  on,  338 
Reynolds,  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  petition  of,  66-7 
Rhode  Island,  refs,  to  inhabs.,  55-7,209, 
147,  148;  Allen  ordered  to,  301 ; return 
of  prize  vessel  to,  94;  militia  sent  to, 
223 ; firm  in,  302 
Rice,  Ezekiel,  appt.  lieut.,  135 
Rice,  Joseph,  appt.  ens.,  189 
Rice,  Robert,  petition  of,  171 
Rice.  See  also  Royce 
Rich,  Edward,  estate  of,  218 
Rich,  John,  taxes  abated,  414 
Richards,  Benjamin,  appt.  capt.,  186 
Richards,  Daniel,  taxes  abated,  184 
Richards,  David,  Jr.,  journey  of,  189 
Richards,  Eli,  appt.  lieut.,  32 
Richards,  Gershon,  taxes  abated,  185 
Richards,  Guy,  supplies  from,  114,  115, 
107 ; to  receive  supplies,  107,  109, 
115  { 3),  128,  268,  280,  337;  payments 
to,  29,  99, 105, 447 ; petitions  of,  98, 197 
Richards,  Isaac,  taxes  abated,  184 
Richards,  Capt.  James,  deputy  for  Nor- 
walk. 286,  7 

Richards,  John,  taxes  abated,  184;  debts 
oi,  188,  223 

Richards,  Noah,  appt.  ens.,  187 
Richards,  Samuel  (of  Farmington),  pe- 
tition of,  460 

Richards,  Samuel  (of  Stamford),  peti- 
tion of,  222 

Richards,  Street,  appt.  ens.,  138 
Ridgfield,  army  quota,  15;  assessment, 
60,  60,  79,  311;  refs,  to  inhabs.,  95-6 , 
167,  204,  227-8,  243,  54-5,  172,  293, 
401,  410,  469,  476;  military  companies, 


140 ; to  transport  provisions,  242 ; peti- 
tions from,  179,  467 ; dispute  in,  290-1 ; 
state  collector,  334;  British  destroyed 
property  at,  410 

Riggs,  Jeremiah,  appt.  lieut.,  140 
Riggs,  Joseph,  Jr.,  petition  of,  419 
Riley,  Jacob,  land  of,  37 ; unable  to  col- 
lect taxes,  397 

Riley,  Roger,  surveyor  of  lands,  31 ; 

appt.  J.  P.,  135,  112,  321 
Ripley,  Lieut.  Charles,  death  of,  247 
Ripley,  Rev.  David,  tax  exempt,  242-3 
Ripley,  Hozekiah,  deputy  for  Windham, 
2,  131 ; losses  from  enemy,  246 
Ripley,  Capt.  Jeremiah,  deputy  for  Cov- 
entry, 316;  on  committees,  318,  405, 
409 ; to  thank  minister,  319 
Ripley,  John,  paid  for  returning  de- 
serter, 192 

Ripley,  Maj.  John,  on  committee,  5 
Ripley,  Capt.  Ralph,  appt.  capt.,  215 
Ripley,  Ralph,  appt.  lieut.,  297 
Ripley,  Tabitha,  petition  of,  247 
Ripton,  powder  magazine  in,  98,  241, 
243;  sign  post  in,  466 
Rising,  Abel,  appt.  ens.,  188 ; appt.  lieut., 
214 

Risley,  Reuben,  appt.  ens.,  190 
Roads  and  highways,  repair  of,  59,  296, 
298-9,  304(2),  398;  Middletown-Kill- 
ingworth,  168;  jurisdiction  in  cities, 
263,  265,  273,  274,  349,  351,  361,  369, 
371 ; maintenance  of,  305 ; inspectors 
of,  434 ; New  Haven-Chapman’s  Ferry, 
455 ; for  Norwich,  182 
Robbery,  act  for  the  punishment  of,  204 
Robbins,  Elias,  judgment  against,  77 
Robbins,  Capt.  John,  deputy  for  Weth- 
ersfield, 285,  4,  202,  252 ; agent  for 
Stepney  Parish,  37 ; to  settle  contro- 
versy, 196;  appt.  J.  P.,  135,  112 
Robbins,  Levi,  appt.  quartermaster,  188 
Robbins,  Moses,  permitted  to  travel,  106 
Robbins,  Sarah,  land  of,  77 
Robbins  Island,  travel  to,  280 

Roberts,  Maj.  , board  bill,  191 

Rob(b)erts,  John,  appt.  J.  P.,  320 
Roberts,  Jonathan,  appt.  capt.,  33,  167 
Roberts,  Dr.  Joseph,  receives  land,  288 
Roberts,  Lemuel,  appt.  J. P.,136, 113, 321 
Roberts,  Nathaniel,  appt.  lieut.,  392 
Roberts,  Samuel  (of  Newtown),  asks 
release,  78-9 

Robinson,  Abner,  appt.  capt.,  167 
Robinson,  Samuel,  petition  of,  309 
Robinson,  Samuel,  Jr.  (of  Coventry), 
assessment  omitted,  26 
Robinson,  William,  trustee  of  Plainfield 
Academy,  406 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


337 


Rochambeau,  Count  de,  commands 
French  Army,  49 
Rockwell,  Abner,  appt.  ens.,  138 
Rockwell,  Daniel,  appt.  ens.,  384 
Rockwell,  Elijah,  appt.  J.  P.,  138,  115, 
323 

Rockwell,  Samuel,  to  collect  tax,  147 
Rodman,  Daniel,  payments  to,  46-7 , 339  ', 
to  receive  supplies,  113-14,  118 ; peti- 
tions of,  94-5,  300;  note  of,  200 
Rogers,  Ebenezer,  appt.  capt.,  386 
Rogers,  Capt.  Edward  (of  Cornwall), 
deputy  for  Cornwall,  203 
Rogers,  Edward  (of  New  Milford), 
appt.  J.  P.,  138,  115,  323 
Rogers,  Capt.  Eldad,  deputy  for  Corn- 
wall, 253 

Rogers,  Hezekiah,  petition  of,  211-12; 
accounts  of,  244 

Rogers,  James,  4th,  appt.  lieut.,  217 
Rogers,  Jason,  to  sell  property,  408 
Rogers,  Joseph,  appt.  ens.,  33 
Rogers,  Noah,  deputy  for  Cornwall,  3 
Rogers,  Ruth,  permitted  to  travel,  83 
Rogers,  Simeon,  taxes  abated,  48-9 
Rogers,  Solomon,  appt.  lieut.,  32;  appt. 
capt.,  217 

Rogers,  Thomas,  asks  to  buy  mill,  201-2, 
314;  permitted  to  travel,  337 
Rood,  Mariner,  appt.  lieut.,  134 
Root,  Caleb,  appt.  lieut.,  189 ; appt.  capt., 
390 

Root,  Ebenezer,  appt.  lieut.,  24;  resigns, 
105 

Root,  Ephraim,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  323; 

deputy  for  Coventry,  286,  7 
Root,  Hezekiah,  appt.  lieut.,  296 
Root,  Col.  Jesse,  and  dispute  with  Penn., 
27,  120,  220;  nominated  assistant,  61, 
80;  nominated  to  Congress,  61,  80;  to 
receive  money,  128,  333-4,  334 ; elected 
to  Congress,  133;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114, 
320;  called  into  council,  333;  deputy 
for  Coventry,  108;  deputy  for  Hart- 
ford, 315 

Root,  Jonah,  deputy  for  Southington,  1 ; 
appt.  ens.,  441 

Root,  Jonathan,  deputy  for  Southington, 
202,  252 

Root,  Joseph,  appt.  capt.,  185 
Root,  Josiah,  buys  farm,  229 
Root,  Theodore,  appt.  ens.,  187 ; appt. 

lieut.,  218;  appt.  capt.,  391 
Root,  Timothy,  appt.  capt.,  187 
Rose,  Elizabeth,  petition  of,  303 
Rose,  Dr.  John,  appt.  surgeon,  244 
Rose,  Reuben,  petition  of,  455 
Rose,  Dr.  Samuel,  serves  at  Horseneck, 
303 


Ross,  Ebenezer,  appt.  ens.,  295 
Ross,  George,  moves  to  New  Haven, 
228-9 

Ross,  Robert,  copyrights  grammar,  245 
Rosseter,  William,  appt.  capt.,  297 
Roswell,  Grant,  account  of,  93 
Rower.  See  Reeve,  Tapping 
Rowland,  Andrew,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114, 

322 

Rowland,  Samuel,  appt.  quartermaster, 
141,  143;  dies  intestate,  173 
Rowlandson  (Rowlinson),  Ira,  appt. 

ens.,  134;  sells  commission,  220,  287-8 
Rowley,  Capt.  Abijah,  estate  of,  160-1, 
227;  illness  of,  177 

Rowley,  Hannah,  petitions  of,  160-1,  177, 
227 

Rowley,  Israel,  loses  note,  292 
Rowlinson.  See  Rowlandson 
Roxbury,  settler  in,  239 
Royce,  David,  appt.  lieut.,  139 
Royce,  Joseph,  appt.  ens.,  168 
Royce  (Rice),  Capt.  Phineas,  deputy  for 
Watertown,  3,  132;  appt.  J.P.,  138, 
115,  323 

Royce,  Reuben,  appt.  capt.,  214 
Rude,  Ezekiel,  appt.  lieut.,  386 
Ruggles,  Benjamin,  appt.  capt.,  388 
Ruggles,  Edward,  deputy  for  Pomfret, 
316,  431 

Ruggles,  Timothy,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115, 

323 

Rum,  excise  on,  16;  supplies  of,  83,  85, 
404,  466 ; taken  to  Long  Island,  83 ; 
duty  on,  225,  226,  327,  432,  433,  447 ; 
imported,  297 ; damaged,  473 
Runvril,  Ebenezer,  account  of,  195-6 

Russell,  Ebenezer,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113, 

321 

Russell,  Col.  Edward,  issued  military 
warrant,  63;  deputy  for  Branford,  2, 
130,  286,  4,  107,  315,  431 ; on  commit- 
tees, 26,  132,  109,  176-7,  305,  318,  457; 
appt.  probate  judge,  135,  112,  320; 
appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321;  lead  in  care 
of,  274;  sent  prisoners  of  war,  333; 
town  clerk,  53-4 
Russell,  Elmore,  pay  of,  226 
Russell,  John,  appt.  ens.,  141 

Russell,  John,  2nd,  appt.  lieut.,  442 

Russel(l),  Joseph,  permitted  to  sail,  101 ; 
pay  for  rum,  148 

Russell,  William,  pay  for  rum,  148 
Rye,  orders  for,  405 

Sabin,  Hozeah,  appt.  lieut.  col.,  258 
Sabin,  Joseph,  appt.  lieut.,  295 
Sabin,  Capt.  Josiah,  deputy  for  Pomfret, 
203,  253 


338 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Sacket,  Capt.  Justus,  losses  from  enemy, 
81 ; deputy  for  Kent,  131 ; appt.  J.P., 
138,  115,  323 

Sacket,  William,  losses  from  enemy,  81 
Saddles,  duty  on.  432 
Safe  conduct,  letters  of,  254 
Sage,  Col.  Comfort,  deputy  for  Middle- 
town,  1,  130,  285,  3,  107,  202,  252,  315, 
430;  on  committees,  132,  109,  317, 
394;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321;  to  in- 
spect traveller,  280 ; appt.  brig,  gen., 
210 ; petition  of,  473 
Sage,  David,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Sage,  Ebenezer,  to  manage  lottery,  304 
Sage,  Giles,  permitted  to  travel,  327 
Sage,  Jedidiah,  appt.  lieut.,  186 
Sage,  Joseph,  appt.  capt.,  34 
Sage,  Nathaniel,  estate  of,  79 
Sage,  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  to  sell  real  estate, 
79 

Sage,  Solomon,  to  sell  real  estate,  320 
Sage,  William,  appt.  lieut.,  390 
Sagg  Harbor,  wood  from,  275 
Sailors,  hospitalization  of,  3-4 ; suits  of, 
in  city  courts,  260,  270,  347,  357,  358, 
367,  368 

St.  Eustacia,  sulphur  from,  221 
St.  John,  Capt.  Caleb,  note  of,  309 
St.  John,  John,  taxes  abated,  181,  414 
St.  John,  Nehemiah,  taxes  abated,  181, 
414 

St.  John,  Col.  Stephen,  deputy  for  Nor- 
walk, 131,  286,  7,  108,  316,  431 ; taxes 
abated,  181,  414;  to  count  votes,  133, 
109 

St.  John,  Stephen,  2nd,  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114,  322;  losses  from  enemy,  199; 
taxes  abated,  185 

St.  John,  William,  taxes  abated,  181,  414 
St.  Maria,  Packett,  wrecked,  473 
Salaries,  of  Superior  Court  judges,  24, 
324 

Salem,  inhab.  of,  205 
Salisbury,  army  quota,  15;  assessment, 
60,  61,  79,  283,  312,  374;  furnace  at, 
26,  102,  111,  226,  255,  271-73,  337,  89 ; 
ref.  to  inhabs.  of,  25,  167,  195,  37,  420, 
425 ; military  companies  of,  139 : new 
meeting  house  for,  232;  tax  collector 
in,  334,  476;  iron  ore  bed  at,  425 
Sally,  sloop,  312 

Salmon,  John,  non-appearance  of,  78 
Salt,  state-owned,  reports  on,  88;  state 
owned,  sale  of,  96,  200,  280,  284;  dis- 
tribution of,  106;  importation  of,  97, 
156, 166;  purchased  for  state,  190;  de- 
livery of,  251;  foreign,  excise  on,  338, 
339 ; state  owned,  collection  of,  377,  459 
Salter,  John,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114.  323; 


deputy  for  Mansfield,  316 
Salt  petre,  belonging  to  state,  106,  206, 
280;  made  into  powder,  200-1 
Saltonstall,  Gurden,  appt.  probate  judge. 
134,  111,  320 

Saltonstall,  Nathaniel,  expenses  of,  189 
Saltonstall,  Roswell,  permitted  to  travel. 

339;  expenses  of,  189 
Saltonstall,  Winthrop,  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  321;  petitions  of,  209-10,  300: 
land  of,  164 

Sand  Banks,  Lyme,  ferry  at,  considered. 
399 

Sandy  Hook,  N.  J.,  shipwreck  near,  473 
Sanford,  Andrew,  belonging  to,  230 ; 
sloop  of,  312 

Sanford,  Augustus,  estate  of,  208 
Sanford,  Eze,  permitted  to  travel,  115 
Sanford,  Hezekiah,  deputy  for  Redding, 
316 

Sanford,  Isaac,  to  sell  property,  468 
Sanford,  Lemuel,  on  committees,  28,  80 ; 
appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  322;  deputy  for 
Reading,  286,  7,  203,  253,  431 
Sanford,  Peter,  appt.  lieut.,  444 
Sappers,  corps  of,  pay  of,  170 
Saratoga,  Battle  of,  159 
Satterly,  Samuel,  appt.  lieut.,  143 
Saunders,  Jabez,  taxes  abated,  181,  414 
Saunders,  John,  taxes  abated,  181 , 414; 
army  pay  of,  306 

Savory,  Freedom,  to  sell  real  estate,  226 
Savory,  Thomas,  to  sell  real  estate,  226 
Saw  Mills,  assessment  of,  155 
Sawyer,  Moses,  permitted  to  travel,  326 
Say,  John  2nd.  See  Lay,  John  2nd. 
Saybrook,  probate  court  and  district, 
judge  appt.  for,  134,  111,  320;  to  di- 
rect sale  of  real  estate,  210,  222,  145 
Saybrook,  town  of,  coast  guard  of,  11 ; 
ferry  at,  42,  399;  assessment,  60,  60, 
79,  186,  311 ; refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  115, 
168,  210,'  222,  283,  302,  327,  97,  251, 
399;  petitions  of  selectmen  of,  125, 
203;  military  companies,  139;  to  re- 
ceive powder,  254;  prisoners  arrive 
at,  279;  fort  at,  30,  118;  state  col- 
lector, 334 

Saymore,  Josiah,  to  sell  real  estate,  217 
Sayre,  David,  permitted  to  travel,  119 
Scarborough,  Ebenezer,  appt.  ens.,  134 
Scarborough,  Samuel,  appt.  lieut.,  142 
Scatocook,  Indians  of,  178,  298 
School,  incorporated  at  Plainfield,  406 
School  districts,  of  Weathersfield,  37 
School  houses,  of  Stepney  Parish,  38 : 
at  Groton,  197 ; in  New  London,  276 
Schooner,  captured  by  enemy,  457 ; 
taxed  for  lighthouse,  205,  257 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


339 


Scofield,  Benjamin,  petition  of,  305-6 
Scofield,  Gersham,  appt.  capt.,  392 
Scofield,  Jonah,  money  due  to,  182 
Scofield  (Schonfield),  Reuben,  appt. 

J.P.,  137 , 114,  322;  petition  of,  305-6 
Scofield,  Seth,  appt.  capt.,  184 
Scott,  Charles,  sells  property,  222 
Scott,  Elisha,  appt.  capt.,  187 
Scott,  Ezekiel,  Maj.  of  New  York  regt., 
21 , 22 

Scott,  Dr.  John,  pay  of,  85 
Scott,  Jonathan,  appt.  lieut.,  187 
Scott,  Wolsey,  petition  of,  225 
Scovil,  Ezekiel,  appt.  ens.,  394 
Scovill,  Darius,  petition  of,  230-2 
Scovill,  William,  petition  of,  230-2 
Scudder,  Isaac,  taxes  abated,  181,  414 
Sea  Coast,  cost  of  defense  of,  197 
Seal,  city,  New  Haven,  258,  266;  New 
London,  268,  275 ; Hartford,  344,  352 ; 
Middletown,  354,  362;  Norwich,  364, 
372 

Seal,  of  Conn.,  altered,  374;  kept  by 
secretary,  451 

Sealers,  of  leather,  appointment  of,  434 
Seaman,  Walter,  to  import  salt,  54-5 
Sears,  Matthew,  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 
Secretary  of  Foreign  Affairs,  to  receive 
papers,  173 

Secretary  of  State,  election  of,  132,  109, 
317;  sworn  in,  133,  110,  318;  to  re- 
ceive receipt,  94 ; to  transmit  acts  and 
resolves,  219,  282,  378,  439;  to  publish 
acts  and  orders,  280,  376,  445,  446,  447, 
447-8;  to  be  clerk  of  Supreme  Court 
of  Errors,  324;  to  alter  seal,  374: 
custodian  of  seal,  451 ; custodian  of 
acts,  478 

Securities,  taken  by  enemy,  286 ; receiv- 
able for  taxes,  376;  continental,  to  be 
issued,  377 

Sedgwick,  Maj.  John,  deputy  for  Corn- 
wall, 131,  286,  9,  108,  316,  431;  to 
count  votes,  109,  318;  appt.  lieut.  col., 
131 

Sedgwick,  Stephen,  property  of,  396 
Seeley,  David,  Jr.,  fine  of,  473 
Seely,  Ebenezer,  appt.  ens.,  389 
Seely  (Seeley),  Eliphalet,  Jr.,  appt.  J.P.. 

137,  114;  to  sell  real  estate,  321-2 
Seely,  Obadiah,  estate  of,  182 
Seely,  Seth,  confiscated  estate  of,  19, 
182 

Seely,  Zera,  appt.  lieut.,  297 
Seiley,  James,  permitted  to  travel,  340 
Seins,  act  regulating,  118 
Selby,  Jeremiah,  appt.  ens.,  284 
Selden,  Capt.  Ezra,  deputy  for  Lyme, 
131,  286,  5,  108,  316,  431;  appt.  J.P., 


136,  113,  322;  payments  to,  179,  246; 
to  count  votes,  109 

Selden,  Samuel,  appt.  capt.,  212;  to  de- 
liver salt,  251 

Selectmen,  to  deliver  provisions,  89, 
107 ; to  receive  accounts,  290,  446 ; to 
provide  for  quartering  troops,  291 ; 
abatements  in  assessments  by,  25 ; to 
report  on  military  stores,  207 ; to  col- 
lect and  sell  supplies,  280-1 
See  also  under  individual  towns 
Selew,  Philip,  deputy  for  Glastonbury, 
107,  202,  252,  315,  430;  appt.  J.P.,  321 
Seley,  Joseph,  appt.  capt.,  391 
Selleck,  Gold  John,  involved  in  murder, 
77 

Serge,  Jedidiah,  appt.  capt.,  387 
Sessions,  Abijah,  appt.  capt.,  211 
Sessions,  Capt.  Amasa,  deputy  for  Pom- 
fret,  131,  20 3,  253 

Sessions,  John,  deputy  for  Union,  2; 
appt.  lieut.,  34;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114. 
323  ; petition  of,  223-4 
Sessions,  Samuel,  appt.  lieut.,  167 
Sevenwick,  Mr.,  cashier  of  Robert  Mor- 
ris. 259 

Seward,  David,  to  be  repaid,  191 
Sexton,  James,  payment  to,  207 
Sexton,  Stephen,  appt.  ens.,  168 
Seymour,  Abel,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  133 
Seymour,  Anna  (Anner),  taxes  abated, 
181,  414 

Seymour,  Charles,  appt.  capt.,  295 
Seymour,  Daniel,  Jr.,  taxes  abated,  181 
Seymour,  Drake,  appt.  capt.,  214 
Seymour,  James,  taxes  abated,  181,  414 
Seymour,  Joash,  appt.  capt.,  132 
Seymour,  John,  taxes  abated,  181,  414 
Seymour,  John,  Jr.,  taxes  abated,  181, 
414 

Seymour,  Moses  ( of  Hartford) , slanders 
governor,  29 

Seymour,  Capt.  Moses,  appt.  maj.,  384 
Seymour,  Samuel,  appt.  ens.,  214 
Seymour,  Thomas  (Y.),  appt.  J.P.,  135, 
112,  320;  attorney  for  Bayard,  202; 
reports  a slander,  29 ; deputy  for 
Hartford,  202,  252,  430;  property  of. 
344;  payment  by,  410;  appt.  justice  of 
quorum,  446 ; to  publish  acts,  478 
Seymour,  William,  taxes  abated,  181, 
414;  loses  notes,  215 ; payment  to, 
383 

Shailer,  Thomas,  appt.  lieut.,  32 
Shapley,  Capt.  Adam,  co.  of  matrosses 
of,  20,  107,  108,  99;  losses  of,  41 
Sharon,  probate  court  and  district  of,  to 
direct  sale  of  estate,  76,  195,  211 ; 
judge  appt.  for,  135,  112,  320 


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INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Sharon,  town  of,  army  quota,  15 ; assess- 
ment, 60,  61,  79,  283,  312;  refs,  to 
inhabs.  of,  76,  163 ; camp  at,  168 ; pro- 
visions transported  to,  242 ; travel  to, 
permitted,  228;  state  collector,  334; 
back  taxes,  473-4 

Shaw,  Nathaniel,  deputy  for  New  Lon- 
don, 2,  131 ; to  examine  mortgage,  45, 
47;  computes  interest,  57;  note  for, 
204;  to  supply  tents,  339;  agent  for, 
58,  424;  accounts  of,  228,  294;  taxes 
of,  239 ; goods  furnished  to,  280 ; state 
takes  land  of,  469-70 
Shaw,  Thomas,  deputy  commissioner  of 
naval  prisoners,  to  grant  flag,  122;  on 
need  for  prison  ship,  124;  appt.  J.P., 
136,  113,  321;  orders  addressed  by, 
247-8 ; reports  escape  of  prisoners, 
251 ; to  employ  physician,  263 ; to  su- 
pervise travellers,  275,  63;  forwards 
application  of  prisoners,  275;  to  ex- 
change prisoners,  340 ; petitions  of, 
197,  228,  294,  300,  469 
Shay  lor,  Nathaniel,  distillery  of,  227 
She(a)thar,  Capt.  John,  aids  brother,  311 
She(a)thar,  Samuel,  permitted  to  reside 
in  state,  311,  331-2,  335 
Sheep,  not  to  be  exported,  83 ; impound- 
ing of,  in  common  field,  117;  illegally 
exported,  235-6 

Sheff,  Joseph,  deputy  for  Windham,  253 
Sheffield,  Acors,  to  deliver  stores,  263 
Sheldon,  Charles,  assessment  omitted, 
26 

Sheldon,  Elisha,  estate  of,  177-8 
Sheldon,  Col.  Epaphras,  deputy  for  Tor- 
rington,  3,  204,  253 ; on  army  quota 
committee,  5;  regt.  of  dragoons,  22, 
93,  94,  103,  104,  281 ; appt.  J.P.,  138, 
115,  323;  appt.  brig,  gen.,  284 
Sheldon,  Joseph,  to  sell  real  estate,  322 
Sheldon,  Josiah,  property  of,  411 
Sheldon,  Phineas,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
321 ; deputy  for  Suffield,  285,  3 
Sheldon,  Samuel,  petition  of,  177-8 
Sheldon,  Thomas,  petition  of,  177-8 
Shells,  to  be  kept  at  Fort  Griswold, 
448 

Shelly,  Ebenezer,  note  of,  309 
Shelter  Island,  travel  to,  276 
Shelton,  Isaac  Wells,  confiscated  prop- 
erty, 468 

Shep(p)ard,  Abraham,  appt.  capt.,  188; 
petition  of,  261 

Shepard,  Daniel,  appt.  lieut.,  133 
Shepard,  Eldad,  appt.  lieut.,  216 
Shepard,  James,  property  of,  344 
Shepard,  Joseph,  deputy  for  Plainfield, 
431 


Sherbrook,  Miles,  lands  confiscated,  47 ; 

presents  receipt,  249 
Sherburn,  Col.,  battalion  of,  266 
Sheriffs,  to  serve  warrant,  145;  to  seize 
shipwrecked  property,  160;  to  collect 
fines  for  insufficient  recruits,  166;  to 
deliver  executions  for  back  taxes,  290 ; 
to  administer  oaths,  206-7 ; city,  elec- 
tion of,  258,  268,  345,  355,  365 ; city, 
rules  governing,  259-60,  269,  346,  356, 
366;  city,  264,  274,  351,  361,  370; 
money  drawn  on,  377 
Sherman,  Amos,  appt.  ens.,  34 
Sherman,  Daniel,  deputy  for  Woodbury, 
3,  287,  10,  109,  204,  254;  nominated 
assistant,  61,  80;  payment  to,  83;  to 
make  inquiries,  85,  236,  323,  303 ; appt. 
probate  judge,  135,  112,  320;  appt 
J.P.,  137,  114,  323 

Sherman,  Jesse,  appt.  ens.,  139;  appt. 
lieut.,  384 

Sherman,  Lemuel,  payment  to,  230 
Sherman,  Roger,  present  at  assembly, 
2,  130,  13,  107,  202,  430;  nominated 
assistant,  61,  80,  313,  470;  nominated 
to  Congress,  61,  80;  pay  for  services, 
66;  to  count  votes,  132,  109;  elected 
assistant,  132,  109,  317 ; takes  oath, 
133 , 110;  appt.  Superior  Court  judge, 
133,  111,  319;  appt.  to  Council  of 
Safety,  178;  at  Council  of  Safety,  239- 
285,  325-341,  82-106,  189-201,  249-51 
passim;  appt.  delegate,  101-2;  thanks 
minister  for  sermon,  110  ;•  to  revise  stat- 
ute laws,  122,  219;  appt.  to  Congress, 
207 ; to  cede  western  lands,  277,  444 
Sherman,  William,  Jr.,  trustees  for, 
159-60 

Sherwood,  Jabez  (Jabery),  land  of,  96; 

sues  Col.  Mead,  152-3 
Sherwood,  Joseph,  appt.  capt.,  190 
Sherwood,  Matthew,  appt.  ens.,  393 
Shetucket  (Shatucket)  River,  bridge 
over,  182,  407-8;  as  boundary,  364 
Shipman,  Capt.  Edward,  commanding 
company  at  Saratoga,  159 
Shipman,  Maj.  Edward,  deputy  for  Say- 
brook,  131,  286,  6 

Shipman,  John,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  322; 
petition  of,  302 

Shipman,  Capt.  Samuel,  deputy  for  Say- 
brook,  2,  286,  6;  appt.  J.P.,  446 
Ships,  capture  of,  94;  taxed  for  light- 
house, 205,  257;  inspection  of,  254-5; 
registration  of,  255,  340;  British,  278, 
395 ; exemption  from  taxes  and  duties, 
326,  336;  declaration  of  invoice,  328, 
336,  435-6 ; on  Connecticut  River,  344 ; 
wharfage  charges,  409;  wreck  of,  473 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


341 


Shirts,  for  army,  100 
Shoes,  for  army,  428;  duty  on,  432 
Shops,  robbery  of,  204 
See  also  Stores 

Sign  post,  warrants  to  be  posted  on, 
438;  for  Ripton,  466 
Sikes,  Capt.  Reuben,  deputy  for  Somers, 

130,  202,  252;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  112, 
321 ; assessment  omitted,  26 

Silk,  raw,  act  for  encouragement  of, 
256-7,  342;  wrought,  duty  on,  432 
Sill,  Andrew,  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 
Sill,  Capt.  Elisha,  deputy  for  Goshen, 

131,  108,  203,  253,  316,  431;  appt. 
J.P.,  138,  115,  323 

Sill,  Giles,  loses  notes,  59 
Sill,  Richard,  loses  notes,  205,  211,  244 
Silleck,  Nathaniel,  to  sell  property,  167 
Silleck,  Sarah,  property  of,  167 
Silliman,  Diodate,  appt.  capt.,  385 
Silliman  (Syllyman),  Gen.  Gold  Selleck, 
deputy  for  Fairfield,  2;  recommenda- 
tion of,  116 ; appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  322; 
to  oversee  travellers,  84,  98 
Silliman  (Sylliman,  Syllyman),  Samuel 
Cook,  deputy  for  Norwalk,  2,  131,  108, 
203,  253,  431 ; permitted  to  travel, 
119;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  322;  on  com- 
mittee, 451 

Simon(d)s,  Jacob,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114. 
322 

Simons,  Nathan,  appt.  ens.,  392 
Simpson,  Dr.  John,  notes  for,  205 
Simpson,  Stephen,  petition  of,  46 
Simsbury,  probate  court  and  district,  to 
direct  sale  of  real  estate,  66,  194,  201, 
179;  judge  appt.  for,  134,  111,  319 
Simsbury,  town  of,  army  quota,  14 ; refs, 
to  inhabs.  of,  65,  167,  74 ; land  in,  44 ; 
assessment,  60,  59,  78,  311;  military 
companies  of,  140 ; provisions  collected 
in,  240;  tax  collector,  304,  334;  bridge 
in,  321 ; Newgate  Prison  in,  See  New- 
gate Prison 

Simson,  Jonathan,  estate  of,  316 
Simson  (Symson),  Symson,  merchant, 
222 

Sinking  fund,  state,  206,  327 
Skiff,  Joseph,  deputy  for  Windham,  203 
Skinner,  Eli,  new  bills  for,  149-50 ; pay 
of,  150 

Skinner,  Timothy,  appt.  capt.,  214 
Skinner,  Capt.  Tompson  I,  to  deliver 
letter,  264 

Slaves,  importation  of,  46 
See  also  Negroes 
Sloan,  Thomas,  appt.  lieut.,  391 
Sloops,  taxed  for  lighthouse,  205,  257 
Sloper,  Ambrose,  appt.  capt.,  167 


Small  Pox,  innoculation  for,  27 
Smedley,  Gideon,  appt.  lieut.,  296;  appt. 
capt.,  141 

Smith,  Mr.,  to  move  to  Conn.,  338-9 

Smith,  Capt.  , commands  company, 

190 

Smith,  Abigail,  witnesses  will,  307 
Smith,  Amos,  loses  money,  36 
Smith,  Benjamin,  to  settle  estate,  226-28 
Smith,  Daniel,  appt.  capt.,  37 ; taxes 
abated,  181,  182,  414 
Smith,  Daniel,  confiscated  property  of, 
95 

Smith,  David  (of  Chatham),  appt.  capt., 
33,  167 

Smith,  David  (of  Farmington),  petition 
of,  457-8 

Smith,  David  (of  Watertown),  pay  for, 
179,  246;  appt.  J.P.,  323;  deputy  for 
Watertown,  431 ; on  committee,  461 
Smith,  Capt.  Ebenezer,  notes  in  favor 
of,  19 

Smith,  Ebenezer,  appt.  cornet,  136 
Smith,  Edward,  to  sell  real  estate,  70 
Smith,  Eli,  I,  appt.  ens.,  285 
Smith,  Eli,  II,  appt.  lieut.,  214 
Smith,  Eliakim,  taxes  abated,  181,  414 
Smith,  Capt.  Elijah,  pay  of,  234;  to  ap- 
pear before  assembly,  28 
Smith,  Elizabeth,  to  sell  real  estate,  70 
Smith,  Fountain,  taxes  abated,  181,  185, 
414 

Smith,  George,  deputy  for  Newtown,  2 
Smith,  Capt.  Hezekiah  (Heziah) , deputy 
for  Haddam,  202,  252 
Smith,  Isaac,  appt.  lieut.,  35;  incor- 
rectly assessed,  26 
Smith,  James,  taxes  abated,  414 
Smith,  James,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  139 
Smith,  Jedidiah,  new  note  for,  427 
Smith,  Jeremiah,  appt.  lieut.,  385 
Smith,  Jesse,  deceased,  226 
Smith,  John,  petitions  of,  223,  46,  463 
Smith,  Jonah,  appt.  capt.,  213 
Smith,  Jonathan,  appt.  ens.,  32 
Smith,  Joseph,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  322; 

appt.  cornet,  387 ; payment  to,  420 
Smith,  Josiah,  I,  appt.  lieut.,  24 
Smith,  Josiah,  II,  appt.  ens.,  183;  appt. 
lieut.,  142 

Smith,  Josiah  (of  Ridgefield),  land  of, 
confiscated,  204 

Smith,  Josiah  (of  Winchester),  taxes 
abated,  48-9 

Smith,  Justus,  appt.  ens.,  217 
Smith,  Levi,  petition  of,  204 
Smith,  Martha,  to  settle  estate,  226-8 
Smith,  Capt.  Matthew,  in  company  of, 
63 


342 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Smith,  Matthew,  2nd,  fails  to  pay  tax, 
471 

Smith,  Melancton,  to  settle  state  ac- 
counts, 262 

Smith,  Nathan,  payment  of  debts  to,  82, 
101;  to  settle  estate,  226-28 ; appt.  ens., 
142 

Smith,  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  appt.  capt.,  140 
Smith,  Nehemiah,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113, 
321 

Smith,  Noah,  taxes  abated,  181,  414 
Smith,  Col.  Oliver,  deputy  for  Stoning- 
ton,  131;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113;  ac- 
quitted with  honor,  174,  175;  com- 
mands company,  189 
Smith,  Philemon,  appt.  lieut.,  217 
Smith,  Phineas,  asks  for  confiscated 
house,  204 

Smith,  R.,  owns  sloop,  95 ; granted  citi- 
zenship in  Conn.,  95 
Smith,  Reuben,  to  settle  estate,  41 ; appt. 
J.P.,  137,  115,  323 

Smith,  Richard,  furnace  of,  102,  111-12, 
256,  271 ; asks  to  return  to  state,  337, 
37 ; charged  with  bribery,  29 
Smith,  Samuel,  I,  estate  of,  227-228 
Smith,  Samuel,  II,  appt.  capt.,  285 
Smith,  Col.  Seth,  deputy  for  New  Hart- 
ford, 3 ; to  count  votes,  132 ; appt.  J.P., 
138,  115,  323;  back  pay  of,  226 
Smith,  Seth  Samuel,  appt.  surveyor  of 
lands,  383 

Smith,  Capt.  Simeon  (of  Ashford),  dep- 
uty for  Ashford,  286,  7,  203,  253,  431 
Smith,  Capt.  Simeon  (of  Sharon),  to 
sell  real  estate,  211 ; deputy  for 
Sharon,  109,  432 

Smith,  Dr.  Solomon,  to  receive  money, 

154 

Smith,  Thomas,  appt.  ens.,  297 
Smith,  Thomas,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  134 
Smith,  Uriah,  taxes  abated,  181,  185,  414 
Smith,  William,  appt.  lieut.,  187;  pay- 
ment to,  220;  debt  of,  312;  new  notes 
for,  427 

Sneider,  Terobabel,  master  of  sloop,  332 
Snow,  Ebenezer,  petition  of,  156 
Snow,  Ebenezer,  Jr.,  pay  of,  156 
Snows,  taxed  for  lighthouse,  205 
Snuff,  excise  on,  16;  duty  on,  328; 
manufacture  of,  400 

Soldiers,  hospitalization  of,  3-4 ; pay  of, 
6,  12,  38,  122-3;  ration  allowance,  13; 
deserted,  117;  to  receive  interest,  169; 
exempted  from  polls,  130;  pension  for, 
207 ; securities  of,  376 
Somers,  army  quota,  14 ; assessment,  60, 
26,  60,  78,  187,  311;  military  com- 
panies in,  140;  refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  168, 


314;  state  collector,  334 
Southampton,  L.  I.,  persons  going  to, 
280,  326,  327,  328;  former  resident  of, 
300 

Southhold,  L.  I.,  persons  going  to,  84, 
304,  334,  336,  62,  86 ; horse  from,  328 
Southington,  army  quota,  15 ; assess- 
ment, 60,  59,  78,  311;  military  com- 
panies of,  140;  refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  167, 
309,  419;  state  lands  in,  125 
Southwick,  Joseph,  petition  of,  43 
Southworth,  Constant,  deputy  for  Mans- 
field, 2,  131,  286,  8,  203,  253 ; on  com- 
mittees, 5,  405,  409;  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114,  322 

Southworth,  Gideon,  to  sell  real  estate, 
222 

Southworth,  Martin,  appt.  cornet,  215 
Southworth,  Otis,  estate  of,  sold,  222 
Southworth,  Samuel,  appt.  ens.,  131 
Spain,  native  of,  213 ; imports  from.  21 
Spalding,  Asa,  deserts  family,  172-3 
Spalding,  Grace,  petition  of,  172-3 
Spalding,  Hozekiah,  trustee  of  Plain- 
field  Academy,  406 
Spalding,  Jonas  J.,  appt.  lieut.,  35 
Spalding,  Joseph,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  188 
Spalding,  Capt.  Simeon,  pay  of,  214 
Spees  (Speer),  Benjamin,  appt.  J.P., 
137-8,  115,  323 

Spelman,  Richard,  appt.  ens.,  391 
Spencer,  Capt.  Brainerd,  on  court  mar- 
tial, 284  m 

Spencer,  Lieut.  David,  appt.  lieut.  24; 
to  receive  provisions,  334;  provision- 
ing vessel,  341 

Spencer,  Capt.  David  Brainerd,  appt. 
maj.  210 

Spencer,  Hezekiah,  assessment  omitted, 
26 

Spencer,  Ichabod,  appt.  lieut..  167 
Spencer,  Capt.  Israel,  deputy  for  E.  Had- 
dam,  1,  130,  285,  2,  107,  202,  252; 
appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321;  on  com- 
mittees, 130,  168 

Spencer,  Major,  Gen.  Joseph,  present  at 
assembly,  1, 13,  202,  252,  315,  430 ; asks 
for  pay,  59 ; nominated  assistant,  61, 
80,  313,  470;  at  Council  of  Safety,  88- 
129,  239-285,  325-341,  82-106,  189-201, 
249-51  passim ; elected  assistant,  132, 
109,  317;  takes  oath,  133,  110,  318; 
appt.  probate  judge,  134,  111.  319; 
appt.  to  Council  of  Safety,  174 ; on 
committees,  213,  293,  339,  154-5,  317, 
470,  475 ; Wooster  lived  with,  71 ; 
nominated  to  Congress,  313 ; to  receive 
rum,  466 

Spencer,  Timothy,  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


343 


Sperry,  Elijah,  appt.  lieut.,  31;  appt. 
capt.,  384 

Sperry,  Jacob,  appt.  ens.,  186;  appt. 
lieut.,  33 

Sperry  (Speary),  Job,  appt.  ens.,  190 ; 

appt.  lieut.,  139 
Spies,  British,  290 

Springfield,  Mass.,  artificers  stationed 
at,  79;  ammunition  from,  257 
Sproat,  Mr.,  commissioner  of  naval 
prisoners,  275 

Spy,  schooner,  captured,  120 
Squire,  Daniel,  estate  of,  106 
Squire,  Jonathan,  appt.  lieut.,  36,  167 
Squire  (Squier),  Samuel,  appt.  J.P., 
137,  114,  322 

Stafford,  probate  court  and  district, 
judge  appt.  for,  134,  111,  319;  business 
to  be  finished,  165 

Stafford,  town  of,  army  quota,  14;  as- 
sessment, 60,  26,  60,  78,  187,  311; 
military  companies  in,  140;  as  bound- 
ary, 190;  church  dispute  in,  157, 
308-9;  state  collector,  334;  inhabitant 
of,  425 

Stage  wagons,  purchased,  451-2 
Stamford,  probate  court  and  district  of, 
charges  of,  90;  judge  appt.  for,  134, 
112,  320;  to  direct  sale  of  real  estate, 
183,  193,  209,  218,  322;  to  issue  cer- 
tificate, 294 

Stamford,  town  of,  coast  guard  of,  11 ; 
military  forces  at,  16,  106,  254,  294, 
327,  341,  93,  183 ; refs,  to  inhabs.  of, 
19,  40,  74,  78,  80,  167,  182,  193,  197, 
209,  211,  217,  221(2),  233,  253,  305, 
310,  321,  67-8,  68(2),  162-3,  165,  167, 
309,  407,  419,  421 ; losses  from  enemy 
at,  28,  67,  217,  380 ; assessment,  59,  60, 
79,  311;  suspicious  persons  at,  80; 
military  companies,  of,  139 ; taxes 
abated  in,  217,  234 ; army  quota  of, 
222;  clothes  to  be  delivered  to,  250; 
land  in,  255 ; provisions  from,  261 ; 
detained  at,  311,  332,  335;  officer  at, 
to  inspect  travellers,  40,  46,  48,  50,  65, 
91,  98,  100;  Long  Island  Sound,  84; 
military  post  at,  evacuated,  104;  fort 
at,  to  be  sold,  129 ; state  collector,  334 
Stanford,  Lemuel,  appt.  J.P.,  134 
Stanley,  Abigail,  granted  land,  50 
Stanley,  Caleb,  Jr.,  deputy  for  Coventry, 
431 

Stanley,  Col.  Gad,  deputy  for  Farming- 
ton,  1,  130,  285,  3 ; on  committees,  5, 
10,  168;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321; 
executor  of  estate,  196,  198 
Stanley,  James,  to  receive  beef,  189 
Stanley,  Jeremiah,  granted  land,  50 


Stan (d) ley,  Oliver,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113, 
321 ; deputy  for  Wallingford,  108,  203, 
253 ; on  committee,  168 ; petition  of, 
246;  appt.  probate  judge,  210,  320 
Stanley,  Samuel,  property  of,  396 
Stanton,  Daniel,  payment  to,  383 
Stanton,  Edward,  payment  to,  383 
Stanton,  Elijah,  appt.  ens.,  185;  appt. 
lieut.,  212 

Stanton,  John,  appt.  lieut.,  389 
Stanton,  Capt.  Joshua,  deputy  for  Salis- 
bury, 203,  253 

Stanton,  Capt.  William,  payment  to,  82 
Staples,  Capt.,  detains  flag,  101 
Starkey,  Timothy,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  113, 
322 

Starling,  Abijah,  appt.  J.P.,  114,  322 
Starling,  Ephraim,  appt.  capt.,  139 
Starr,  Abigail,  to  receive  estate,  72-3 
Starr,  Maj.  Daniel,  will  of,  71-73;  estate 
of,  410 

Starr,  Daniel,  junior,  72 
Starr,  Elijah,  appt.  ens.,  168;  appt.  lieut, 
390;  appt.  capt.,  444 
Starr,  Ezra,  petition  of,  72-73 , 410;  re- 
signs commission,  211;  deputy  for 
Danbury,  316,  431 ; to  count  votes,  318 
Starr,  John,  payment  to,  382-3 
Starr,  Joshua,  losses  of,  45-6 
Starr,  Joseph,  appt.  J.P.,  137 
Starr,  Col.  Josiah,  petition  of,  95;  pay- 
ment by,  81 

Starr,  Rachel,  receives  estate,  71-73 
Starr,  Rebecca,  receives  estate,  72-73 
Starr,  William  (of  Groton),  appt.  lieut., 
295 

Starr,  Capt.  William  (of  Middletown), 
permitted  to  travel,  280;  seizes  goods, 
100 

Starr,  William  (of  New  Haven  Co.), 
appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
State  House,  Hartford,  celebration  be- 
fore, 166;  first  city  meeting  at,  353 
State  House,  New  Haven,  first  city 
meeting  at,  267 

States  attorney,  to  receive  receipts,  23; 
receives  securities,  223;  to  prosecute 
excise  collectors,  280 
Staten  Island,  travel  to  and  from,  100, 
228-9 

Staves,  of  barrels,  433 
Steb(b)ins,  Benjamin,  property  confis- 
cated, 96 

Stebbins,  Joanna,  receives  legacy,  227- 
228' 

Stebbins,  Joseph,  receives  legacy,  227-8 
Stebbins,  Josiah,  estate  confiscated,  293 
Stedman,  James,  on  committee,  309 
Steel,  Ashbel,  appt.  capt.,  142 


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INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Steel,  Eleazer,  deputy  for  Tolland,  202, 
252 

Steel,  Elisha,  trustee  of  estate,  35 
Steel,  James,  appt.  lieut.,  34 ; property 
of,  344 

Steel,  Marianne,  money  due  to,  315 
Steel,  William,  appt.  lieut.,  167 
Steers,  taxable,  340 
Stent,  Eleazer,  to  sell  property,  180 
Stephens,  Benjamin,  issuing  commissary, 
21 ; to  receive  bread,  246 
Stephens,  Jedidiah,  petition  of,  120 
Stepney,  parish  of,  school  districts  of,  37 
Sterling,  Maj.  Gen.  Lord,  orders  of,  21 
Sterling  (Stirling),  Thaddeus,  appt.  cor- 
net, 140;  appt.  lieut.,  384 
Steuben,  Maj.  Gen.  Baron,  offers  his 
name,  71-2 

Stevens,  Mr.,  returns  made  to,  278 
Stevens,  Benjamin,  appt.  ens.,  168 
Stevens,  Elisha,  appt.  ens.,  385 
Stevens,  Henry,  released  from  prison, 
221 

Stevens,  Nathan,  estate  of,  217 
Stevens,  Nathaniel,  deputy  of  Norfolk, 
132 

Stevens,  Obadiah,  Jr.f  money  due  to, 

182 

Stevens,  Samuel,  appt.  ens.,  390 
Stevenson,  Hannah,  to  sell  real  estate, 
194 

Stevenson,  Thomas,  estate  of,  194 
Stewart,  Capt.  Alexander  (of  Fairfield 
Co.),  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  322;  deputy 
for  Preston,  431 

Stewart,  Alexander  (of  Preston),  appt. 
capt.,  389 

Stewart,  John,  appt.  capt.,  215 
Stewart,  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114, 
323 

Stewart,  Stephen,  to  sell  real  estate,  311 
Stewart,  William,  owns  brigantine,  94 
Stiddle,  Joseph,  land  of,  96 
Stiles,  Dr.  Ezra,  sermon  of,  110 
Still  Water,  battle  of,  159 
Stil(li)  well,  Capt.  Elias,  pay  of,  179, 
246 

Stirling.  See  Sterling 
Stocking,  Abner,  securities  of,  225 
Stoddard,  Mr.,  assessment  omitted,  26 
Stoddard,  Gideon,  to  sell  real  estate. 
69-70 

Stoddard,  Capt.  James,  appt.  capt.,  24; 
pay  of,  103,  240 

Stoddard,  Jerusha,  estate  of,  69-70 
Stoddard,  Luther,  appt.  capt.,  133 
Stoddard,  Mark,  appt.  capt.,  388 
Stoddard,  Ralph,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  216 
Stoddard,  Samuel,  appt  ens.,  139;  appt. 


lieut.,  392 

Stoddard,  Vine,  appt.  ens.,  32,  168 ; re- 
signs, 263;  appt.  lieut.,  216 
Stone,  Benajah,  appt.  lieut.,  31 
Stone,  Bille,  wounded,  424 
Stone,  Heber,  appt.  lieut.,  214 
Stone,  Jabez,  Jr.,  bond  of,  75 
Stone,  Levy,  appt.  lieut.,  441 
Stone,  Reuben,  petition  of,  424 
Stone  House  (Meridan),  69 
Stonington,  probate  court  and  district  of, 
to  direct  sale  of  real  estate,  85,  210, 
319,  70-1;  judge  appt.  for,  134,  111, 
320 

Stonington,  towm  of,  coast  guard  of,  11 ; 
assessment,  60,  60,  79,  187,  311;  refs, 
to  inhabs.  of,  84, 167,  168,  318(2),  331, 
30,  50,  70,  82,  103,  230,  401;  stores 
and  provisions  for,  98,  263,  195 ; 
stores  and  provisions  from,  108,  115, 
122,  268,  280;  military  companies  of, 
139;  garrison  at,  30,  143,  189,  190; 
execution  against,  129;  payment  for 
defense  of,  197 ; money  for  Griswold 
casualties,  283;  militia  officers  in,  285; 
state  collector,  334 

Stonington  Long  Point,  sale  of  property 
at,  281 

Stores,  of  army,  93 ; taxation  of,  341 ; 

on  Thames  River,  416 
Storrs,  Cornelius,  appt.  capt.,  131 
Storrs,  Elias,  appt.  lieut.,  137 
Storrs,  Col.  Experience,  on  committees, 
13-4,  170,  34,  109;  to  deliver  provi- 
sions, 285;  deputy  for  Mansfield,  108; 
appt.  J.P.,  114,  323;  petition  of,  174-5, 
418 

Storrs,  Rev.  John,  Chaplain,  94;  per- 
mitted to  travel,  336 
Storrs,  Joseph,  appt.  J.P.,  114,  323 
Stoughton,  Israel,  to  sell  property,  172 
Stoughton,  Jemima,  property  of,  172 
Stowe,  Jedidiah,  appt.  ens.,  215 
Stowe,  Lieut.,  losses  of,  41-2 
Stowell,  Daniel,  permitted  to  travel,  282 
Stratford  probate  court  and  district, 
judge  appt.  for,  135,  112,  320;  district 
created,  164 

Stratford,  town  of,  coast  guard  of,  11; 
Golden  Hill  Indians  at,  29,  234-5  ; as- 
sessment, 59,  60,  79,  311;  military 
companies  of,  139;  refs,  to  inhabs.  of, 
167,  300,  305,  317,  40,  145,  167-8, 
168-9,  1 77,  231,  297,  411,  424,  473; 
town  quota  for,  316 ; proceedings 
against,  165 ; state  collector,  334 
Stratford  River.  See  Housatonic  River 
Street,  Capt.  Samuel,  deputy  for  Wall- 
ingford, 430 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


345 


Streets,  city,  jurisdiction  over,  263,  273, 
349,  359,  369 

See  also  Roads  and  Highways 
Strong,  Adomjah,  appt.  ens.,  212 
Strong,  Amos,  protest  of,  381 
Strong,  Asabel,  death  of,  203 
Strong,  Benejah,  deputy  for  Coventry,  2 
Strong,  David,  appt.  lieut.,  33 
Strong,  Elnathan,  petition  of,  46 
Strong,  Ephraim,  appt.  ens.,  35;  appt. 
J.P.,  136,  113,  321 

Strong,  Jedidiah,  deputy  for  Litchfield, 
2,  131,  108;  clerk  of  assembly,  3,  132, 
239,  109;  nominated  for  Congress,  61, 
80,  313;  at  Council  of  Safety,  88-129, 
239-205  passim,  189;  to  examine  Sal- 
isbury furnace,  102;  elected  to  Con- 
gress, 133,  110,  318;  appt.  J.P.,  137 , 
114,  323;  appt.  to  Council  of  Safety, 
174;  petition  of,  203 
Strong,  Maj.  John,  assessment  omitted, 
26;  promoted  lieut.  col.,  131;  resigns 
as  lieut.  col.  439 
Strong,  Medad,  appt.  ens.,  131 
Strong,  Rev.  Nathan,  to  correct  Wash- 
ington's letter,  198 

Strong,  Nehemiah,  deputy  for  Newtown, 
316 

Sturges,  Jonathan,  on  committee,  10, 110, 
303,  452;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114;  appt. 
probate  judge,  134,  111,  320;  deputy 
for  Fairfield,  108,  203,  253,  316,  431 : 
nominated  assistant,  471 ; nominated 
to  Congress,  313,  471 
Styles,  Bliss,  assessment  omitted,  26 
Suffield,  army  quota,  14 ; assessment,  60, 
26,  60,  78,  311;  refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  67, 
167,  226,  66,  410-11;  military  com- 
panies of,  139,  410-11;  state  collector, 
334 

Suffolk  County,  Mass.,  inhabs.  of,  57 
Suffolk,  boat  in  Sound,  92 
Sugar,  excise,  16,  338,  339;  taken  to 
Long  Island,  83 ; duty  on,  327,  828, 
432 ; loaf,  manufacture  of,  477 
Suits,  federal,  in  state  courts,  163 
Sulpher,  belonging  to  state,  206;  pur- 
chased, 221 

Summers,  Nathan,  confiscated  land  of,  66 
Sumner,  Capt.  Benjamin,  deputy  for 
Ashford,  131,  108,  316;  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114,  323 

Sumner,  Ebenezer,  payment  to,  192 
Sumner,  Mary,  to  sell  estate,  239-40 
Sumner,  Samuel,  estate  of,  239-40 
Sumners  Creek,  as  Middletown  bound- 
ary, 354 

Superintendent  of  Finance,  and  soldier's 
pensions,  207 ; sum  charged  to,  302 


Superior  Court.  See  Court,  Superior 
Supplies,  for  U.  S.,  24;  for  army,  145, 
93,  166;  money  raised  for,  171;  of 
state,  96,  99,  284 

Supreme  Court  of  Errors.  See  Court, 
Supreme,  of  Errors 

Surveyors,  of  flour,  appointment  of,  434 
Surveyors,  of  lands,  appointments  of, 
186,  281,  383 

Susquehanna  Company,  act  for  collect- 
ing taxes,  291-2;  Indian  deed  to,  292; 
to  furnish  money  to  agents,  292,  334 
Susquehanna  Purchase,  to  secure  bene- 
fits, 120-1 

Susquehanna  River,  man  driven  off 
from,  120;  settlers  from  Conn,  near, 
456 

See  also  Pennsylvania 
Sutleif,  Benjamin,  appt.  lieut.,  281 
Sutton,  Mass.,  salt  petre  for,  337 
Swan,  Elisha,  appt.  quartermaster,  387 
Swift,  Herman,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115,  323 
Swift,  Thomas,  to  sell  real  estate,  322 
Swift,  Zephaniah,  appt.  ens.,  185;  appt. 
capt.,  131 

Swine,  wandering  in  cities,  265,  275,  352, 
362,  371 ; destroy  notes,  420 ; exempt 
from  taxes,  438,  447-8 
Sykes,  Capt.  Reubens,  deputy  for 
Somers,  285,  3,  107 

Tainter,  John  Jr.,  appt.  surveyor  of  land, 
34 

Talbott,  William,  illicit  trader,  39 
Talcott,  Benjamin,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  112, 
321 

Talcott,  Eliazer,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  390 
Talcott,  Elizur,  appt.  J.P.,  135 , 112,  391 
Talcott,  Gad,  appt.  ens.,  211 
Talcott,  Isaac,  appt.  ens.,  136 
Talcott,  Joseph,  colony  treasurer,  473 
Talcott,  Joseph,  appt.  capt.,  183 
Talcott,  Col.  Matthew,  deputy  for  Mid- 
dletown, 2, 130,  285,  3;  appt.  J.P.,  135 , 
112,  320;  to  inspect  traveller,  280; 
account  of,  461 

Talcott,  Col.  Samuel,  deputy  for  Hart- 
ford, 130;  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  320 
Talcott,  William,  appt.  lieut.,  211 
Tallmadge,  James,  Jr.,  debt  to,  182 
Tallow,  taken  to  Long  Island,  83 
Talmadge,  Maj.  Benjamin,  to  report,  94; 

notification  of,  288 ; new  notes  for,  292 
Talmadge,  Jonathan,  debt  to,  182 
Talmadge,  Seymour,  debt  to,  182 
Tarbell,  William,  disability  of,  459 
Tariff.  See  Duties 

Tavernkeepers,  to  observe  liquor  excise, 
17 


346 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Tax  (J^tf),  provisions  collected  on,  293 ; 
rate  of  payment,  25 

Tax  (Id),  levied  for  interest  on  securi- 
ties, 13;  payments  from,  103(2),  115, 
118,  121(2),  124;  rates  due  on,  315; 
rate  of  payment,  25 ; levied  for 
charges  of  government,  376 

Tax  (\y2d),  payments  from,  21,  281, 
293,  319,  183 

Tax  (2d),  levied  in  specie  for  interest 
on  securities,  169;  levied  for  support 
of  state  civil  government,  171,  118; 
payments  from,  217,  295,  312,  330(2), 
331,  333;  collectors  of,  98;  raised  to 
6d.,  122 

Tax  (2 yd),  credit  towards,  57 

Tax  (3d),  levied  for  U.  S.  quota,  8; 
payment  from,  127 ; bank  notes  ac- 
cepted for,  259 ; remains  uncollected, 
273;  rate  due  on,  abated,  315 

Tax  (4 d),  provisions  collected  on,  293; 
payment  from,  183 

Tax  (6d),  provisions  collected  on,  24, 
115,  281,  293;  payments  from,  319, 
183 ; rate  of  payment,  25 ; levied  an- 
nually for  interest  on  securities,  122; 
continued,  375 

Tax  (8d),  levied  for  funding  securities, 
13 

Tax  (9d),  levied  for  funding  securities, 
170;  for  payment  on  soldiers  notes, 
238;  rate  due  on,  abated,  315 

Tax  (1j),  levied  for  U.  S.  quota,  171; 
remains  uncollected,  273;  levied  for 
charges  of  govt.,  24 ; troops  paid 
from,  99 

Tax  (2s.  6d.,  “half  crown”),  provisions 
collected  on,  8,  16,  24,  89,  92,  104,  105, 
107,  108(5),  111,  113,  115,  116,  117, 
121,  122,  123,  124(2),  125,  128,  174, 
177,  240(2),  242,  244,  245,  250,  252-3, 
257(2),  258,  261(3),  262,  268,  274, 
281(2),  292,  319,  335,  338,  339;  pay- 
ments from,  8,  18,  19(2),  21,  39,  40, 
41,  43,  46-7,  49,  71,  75,  76(2),  81,  89, 
92,  93,  94(2),  98,  99(2),  100(2), 
103(2),  108,  110,  118(2),  121,  128(2), 
192,  200.  213,  217,  226,  237(2),  249, 
252,  260,  267,  269,  314,  330;  returns 
on,  9,  26;  order  on,  withdrawn,  330; 
orders  on,  receivable,  26;  orders  on, 
destroyed,  42,  44 

Taxes  (in  general),  for  raising  recruits, 
6,  7,  9-10,  11 ; abatement  of,  15,  25, 
48-9,  67,  176,  179-182,  293,  39,  58,  114, 
126,  127,  128,  130,  153,  168,  176,  184-5, 
209,  243-4,  247,  282,  283,  300,  374, 
379-80,  382,  400,  410,  413-4,  415,  449, 
450,  451,  454;  payment  of  back,  155; 


oath  to  avoid  payment,  164 ; collectors 
and  collection  of,  172,  203,  290,  118, 
334,  375-6,  383,  399,  417,  421-2,  446, 
447,  473,  476;  deficiency  in,  233;  bal- 
ances due  on,  261 ; medium  of  pay- 
ment, 299,  206,  375,  407 ; accounts  of, 
21,  27,  131,  446;  for  meeting  house, 
69 ; inter-state  conference  on,  101 ; on 
shipping,  205 ; for  lighthouse,  206, 
257 ; silk  bounties  payable  from,  256 ; 
in  cities,  259,  265,  268,  275,  325,  345-6, 
355-6,  365 ; local,  for  road  repair,  296, 
304,  398;  mistake  in,  374;  disputed, 
471-2 

See  also  Duties ; Excise 
Taylor,  Major  (of  Danbury),  to  give 
account,  94 

Taylor,  Abijah,  appt.  capt.,  393 
Taylor,  Lieut.  Augustine,  petition  of,  95 
Taylor,  Capt.  Daniel,  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114,  322;  deputy  for  Danbury,  108 
Taylor,  David  (of  Bolton),  tax  collec- 
tor, 36 

Taylor,  David,  Jr.  (of  Bolton),  appt. 

lieut.,  33;  deputy  for  Bolton,  430 
Taylor,  David,  Sr.  (of  Danbury),  estate 
confiscated,  73;  405 

Taylor,  David,  Jr.  (of  Danbury),  estate 
confiscated,  73 

Taylor,  Eleazer,  appt.  ens.,  297 
Taylor,  Elihud,  appt.  ens.,  386 
Taylor,  John,  purchases  land,  56 
Taylor,  Joseph,  appt.  capt.,  186 
Taylor,  Samuel,  accounts  of,  333 
Taylor,  Thomas,  appt.  J.P.,  137, 114,322 
Tea,  excise  on,  16,  338,  339;  duty  on, 
327,  328 

Teal,  Timothy,  back  pay,  305 
Teamsters,  bread  for,  246 
Tennant,  John,  appt.  capt.,  298 
Tent  cloth,  furnished,  404 
Terry,  Eliphalet,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
321:  appt.  capt.,  185,  386;  deputy  for 
Enfield,  285,  2 

Terry,  Ephraim,  appt.  J.P.,  135 
Terry,  Col.  Nathaniel,  deputy  for  En- 
field, 1,  130,  430 ; on  committees,  5, 
10;  petitions  of,  58,  320;  regiment  of, 
107 

Textiles,  duty  on,  432 
Thacher,  Josiah,  taxes  abated,  182,  414 
Thacher,  Josiah,  Jr.,  taxes  abated,  181, 
414;  to  sell  real  estate,  220 
Thacher,  Stephen  G.,  taxes  abated,  182 
Thames  River,  prison-ship  in,  251 ; 
bounds  Norwich  city  line,  364 ; 
wharves  and  stores  on,  416 
Thanksgiving,  proclamation  for,  333 ; 
date  set,  210 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


347 


Tharp,  Eunice,  to  sell  real  estate,  195 
Tharp,  Jacob,  estate  of,  195 
Thatcher,  Partridge,  property  of,  401 
Thomas,  Daniel,  petition  of,  230-2 
Thomas,  Elihu,  appt.  capt.,  211 
Thomas,  Enoch,  note  lost,  309 
Thomas,  Peleg,  appt.  J.P.,  114,  323 
Thomas,  Sarah,  petition  of,  230-2 
Thomas,  Stephen,  back  pay,  43 
Thomas,  Thomas  Longsell,  appt.  lieut., 
441 

Thom  (p)  son,  David,  pay  of,  17 
Thomson,  David,  Jr.,  appt.  capt.,  218 
Thom(p)son,  Elihu,  appt.  capt.,  285 
Thom(p)son,  Hezekiah,  deputy  for 
Woodbury,  132,  317,  432;  appt.  J.P., 
137 , 115,  323 

Thom (p)  son,  Capt.-Lieut.  Isaiah,  peti- 
tions of,  269,  270(2),  294-5;  order 
drawn  for,  270;  to  receive  confiscated 
land,  73 ; back  pay  of,  72-3 
Thom (p) son,  Jared,  petition  of,  206 
Thom  (p)  son,  John,  buys  insurance,  291 
Thompson,  Joseph,  account  of,  305-6 
Thom  (p)  son,  Josiah,  payment  to,  85 
Thom  (p)  son,  Capt.  Samuel,  deputy  for 
Mansfield,  108,  316;  appt.  J.P.,  114, 
323 

Thomson,  Thaddeus,  to  receive  confis- 
cated lands,  73 

Thomson,  Thomas,  appt.  ens.,  393 
Thompson,  William,  permitted  to  travel, 
329 

Thomson,  Maj.  William,  to  settle  ac- 
counts with  U.  S.,  129 
Thomson,  Zachariah,  appt.  ens.,  187 
Thorp,  Eliphalet,  to  sell  real  estate,  300 
Thorp,  Elnathan,  appt.  ens.,  35 
Thorp,  Sarah,  to  sell  real  estate,  300 
Thrall,  Elizabeth,  petition  of,  232 
Thrall,  Friend,  appt.  lieut.,  389 
Thrall,  Lemmy,  appt.  capt.,  443 
Thrall,  Levi,  appt.  ens.,  390 
Thrall,  William,  ferry  from  land  of,  64 
Throop,  Capt.  Benjamin,  ships  gun- 
powder, 193 

Throop,  Col.  Dyer,  deputy  for  East 
Haddam,  1,  130,  285 , 2,  202,  252,  315. 
430 ; appt.  J.P.,  135,  321 ; nominated 
assistant,  313 ; nominated  to  Congress, 
313;  appt.  justice  of  the  quorum,  446 
Throop,  John  R.,  to  receive  confiscated 
land,  73 

Tibbal(l)s,  Sergt.  Nathan,  appt.  ens., 
262 

Tibballs,  Nathaniel,  appt.  ens.,  142 
Tibballs,  Samuel,  appt.  ens.,  285 
Ticonderoga,  expedition  to,  224 
Tiffany,  Capt.  Lieut.,  resigned,  111 


Tilden,  Capt.  Daniel,  deputy  for  Leba- 
non, 131 ; paid  for  returning  deserter, 
192 

Tiley,  James  (of  Hartford),  permitted 
to  travel,  106 

Tillotson,  John,  appt.  ens.,  393 
Timber.  See  Lumber 
Tinker,  Capt.,  provisions  vessel,  341 
Tinker,  Silvanus,  fails  to  pay  tax,  471 
Tisdale,  Elkanah,  deputy  for  Lebanon,  2, 
108,  203,  253,  316,  431 ; petition  of, 
316;  to  count  votes,  109,  317;  appt. 
J.P.,  114,  323;  to  collect  state  supplies, 
283-4 

Titles,  to  land,  act  for  confirmation  of, 
438 

Titus,  Comfort,  appt.  capt.,  296 
Titus,  Onisimus,  to  sell  real  estate,  39 
Tobacco,  packing  of,  434 
Todd,  Asa,  appt.  ens.,  391 
Todd,  Jonathan,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  139 
Todd,  Michael,  petition  of,  457 
Tolland,  army  quota,  15;  assessment,  60, 
60,  78,  311;  military  companies  of, 
140;  district  boundaries,  165,  190; 
refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  167,  35,  46,  76,  246, 
246-7 

Tomlinson,  Curtiss,  appt.  quartermaster, 
442 

Tomlinson,  Isaac,  sells  flour,  83;  re- 
leased from  confinement,  255;  issued 
execution,  143 ; asks  suspension  of 
court  order,  170 

Tomlinson,  Russell,  Jr.,  debt  of,  170 
Tories.  See  Confiscated  estates 
Torrington,  army  quota,  15 ; refs,  to 
inhabs.  of,  34,  283,  63 ; assessment, 
60,  26,  61,  80,  187,  312;  provisions 
from,  108;  military  companies  of, 
140(2) 

Tousey,  John,  real  estate  of,  71 
Tousey,  Oliver  and  Rebecca,  to  sell  real 
estate,  71 

Tousley,  Victory  Sikes,  appt.  lieut.,  187 ; 
appt.  capt.,  386 

Town  clerk,  lists  to  be  lodged  with,  155; 

Stamford,  80;  East  Windsor,  421 
Town  house,  Middletown,  first  city  meet- 
ing at,  362-3 

Town  house,  Norwich,  first  city  meet- 
ing at,  372 

Town  meetings,  Ridgefield,  290-1 ; Pom- 
fret,  296;  Cornwall,  298-9;  Wood- 
bridge,  305 ; to  choose  inspectors,  434 
Town  officers,  appointment  of,  in  East. 

Hartford,  221 ; in  Woodbridge,  305 
Town  receivers,  to  furnish  supplies,  96 
Towner,  Zacheus,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114, 
322 


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Towns,  to  receive  copies  of  acts,  379; 

to  receive  statement  of  accounts,  446 
Towsley.  See  Tousley 
Tracey,  Uriah,  assessment  omitted,  25 
Tracy,  Andrew,  Jr.,  appt.  J.P.,  322 
Tracy,  Daniel,  to  sell  real  estate,  225 
Tracy,  Ebenezer,  appt.  lieut.,  132 
Tracy,  Gamaleel,  appt.  ens.,  443 
Tracy,  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Tracy,  Simon,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Tracy,  Zebadiah,  appt.  ens.,  133 
Trade,  promotion  of,  325;  equal  rights 
in  sea,  254 

Trade,  illicit,  act  to  prevent,  161,  21-2; 
on  Sound,  92-3,  94;  act  to  prevent, 
repealed,  115;  suit  for,  156-7;  safe- 
guards removed,  197 
Trading  Cove  Bridge  and  Brook,  as 
Norwich  boundary,  364 
Trail,  George,  merchant,  222 
Treadwell,  John,  deputy  for  Farmington, 
1,  107,  202,  252,  430 ; appt.  J.P.,  135, 
321 ; to  settle  controversy,  196 ; ac- 
tions on  furnace,  256,  271-73,  89;  on 
committees,  109,  158;  nominated  as- 
sistant, 313,  471 ; nominated  to  Con- 
gress, 313,  471 ; elected  to  Congress, 
318;  appt.  probate  judge,  319;  appt. 
justice  of  quorum,  320 
Treasurer,  city,  how  chosen,  in  New 
Haven,  259-60;  in  New  London,  269; 
in  Hartford,  346 ; in  Middletown,  356 ; 
in  Norwich,  366 

Treasurer,  state,  to  deliver  notes,  securi- 
ties, etc.,  16,  62,  70,  290,  119,  374;  to 
deliver  accounts  and  reports,  67,  375, 
446 ; to  oversee  tax  collections,  74, 
248,  374,  377,  422,  447;  to  make  pay- 
ments, 74, 75(2),  200, 257, 283,  296,  331, 
383,  410,  421(2),  449,  454,  456.  469(2), 
478,  479;  election  of,  132,  109,  317; 
takes  oath,  133,  110,  318;  to  give 
notes,  195,  297,  300,  310,  400,  405, 
413(2),  420,  427,  464;  to  receive  pay- 
ments, 199,  281,  376.  377,  378,  476;  to 
administer  oaths,  206-7 ; to  receive 
bonds,  securities,  etc.,  254,  280,  334, 
460,  475 ; certificates  of,  280,  336,  339, 
376;  to  settle  accounts,  290,  300,  306, 
340,  377,  438,  477;  to  suspend  issuing 
warrants,  375 ; to  give  deeds,  378,  379; 
to  give  release  for  debt,  395;  to  ex- 
amine Pomfret  lists,  396 ; to  abate 
taxes,  449,  449-50 
See  also  Lawrence,  John 
Treasurer  of  U.  S.,  to  settle  with  state, 
194,  236 

See  also  Morris,  Robert 
Treasury,  public,  naval  officers  to  de- 


posit collections  in,  255 
Treasury,  of  U.  S.  state  appropriation 
for,  8;  provides  bounties  for  recruits, 
299 

Treat,  Elisha,  appt.  lieut.,  212 
Treat,  John,  new  vote  for,  400 
Treat,  John,  sells  land,  465 
Treat,  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  321;  dep- 
uty for  Milford,  316,  431 
Tredway,  Asa,  appt.  ens.,  187 
Tredway,  Elijah,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
321 

Trees,  in  cities,  jurisdiction  over,  265, 
274,  351,  361,  371 

Trials,  of  libel  cases,  331 ; tax  on  writs 
for,  339 

Troops,  for  defense,  17,  18;  use  of  tax 
income  for,  24;  Congress  asks  raising 
of,  445 

See  also  Army,  British;  Army,  Con- 
tinental; Regiments 
Trowbridge,  John,  asks  for  deed,  319 
Trowbridge,  Philemon,  appt.  ens.,  388 
Trowbridge,  Seth,  appt.  lieut.,  37 
Truce,  flags  of,  taken  to  New  York, 
189;  governor  to  authorize,  254 
Trumbull,  Asaph,  appt.  capt.,  211 
Trumbull,  Benjamin,  deputy  for  Bolton. 
202,  252 

Trumbull,  David,  appt.  ens.,  185 ; to  de- 
liver flints,  105,  119,  127,  254,  285, 
341 ; allowance  to,  103 ; accounts  of, 
196,  199,  200;  appt.  lieut.,  392 
Trumbull,  Eli,  appt.  ens.,  218 
Trumbull,  John,  allowance  to,  103 
Trumbull,  John  (printer),  account  of. 
190 

Trumbull,  Rev.  John,  thanked  for  ser- 
mon, 133 

Trumbull,  Gov.  Jonathan,  present  at  as- 
sembly, 1,  130,  285,  13,  107,  202,  252, 
315;  nominated  for  election,  61,  80;  at 
Council  of  Safety,  88-129,  239-285, 
325-341,  82-106,  189-201,  249-51  pas- 
sim; gives  orders,  104,  124,  251; 
elected  governor,  132,  110;  takes  oath, 
133,  110;  salary,  239,  324,  103,  186, 
313,  375;  answer  of,  253;  letters  from, 
276,  278;  accused  of  receiving  bribes, 
29 ; to  approve  traveller,  47 ; wishes  to 
retire,  218-19;  thanked  by  assembly, 
219;  asked  to  pay  for  sulphur,  221 ; to 
receive  law  book,  374;  payment  by, 
401 

See  also  Governor 

Trumbull,  Jonathan,  Jr.,  appt.  J.P.,  137, 
114,  323 

Trumbull,  Fort,  troops  and  garrison  at, 
12,  20,  107,  219,  258(2),  267,  281,  340, 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


349 


281 ; compensation  for  wounds  and 
losses  at,  41-2 , 175,  323 ; commandant 
to  inspect  travellers,  92,  94,  116,  239, 
326,  328,  77 ; platforms  repaired  in, 
107 ; boat  to  be  under  commandant  of, 
107',  individuals  at,  113,  75,  98;  com- 
mandant at,  114,  267 , 274,  105,  195, 
197;  provisions  at,  114,  115(2),  128, 
337 ; commandant  at,  to  aid  in  provid- 
ing for  prisoners,  124;  arms  etc.,  at, 
127,  128,  245,  267,  274,  283,  190 ; con- 
duct of  officers  at,  to  be  examined, 
174,  175,  251 ; bounty  and  pay  for 
troops  at,  176,  267,  99;  Col.  Ledyard 
in  command  of,  235;  prison  ship  to  be 
secured  at,  264 ; court  martial  at,  284 ; 
prisoners  at,  341 ; quartermaster  at, 
98,  99,  102 ; commissary  at,  102,  447 ; 
expenses  at,  105,  197 ; building  of,  294 
Tucker,  Daniel,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  35 
Tucker,  Gideon,  incorrectly  assessed,  26 
Tully,  Samuel,  appt.  capt.,  184 
Turblot,  Barnar,  appt.  ens.,  137 
Turkeys,  taken  to  Long  Island,  83 
Turner,  Caleb,  petitions  to  be  exempt 
from  imprisonment,  68,  232-233,  295 
Turner,  Habbakuch,  Jr.,  assessment 
omitted,  26 

Turner,  Jeremiah,  joins  enemy,  204 
Turner,  Miller,  estate  confiscated,  230 
Turner,  Dr.  Philip,  person  under  care 
of,  276 ; certificate  of,  121 ; removes 
patient,  151 ; pay  of,  236 
Tutthil,  Daniel,  permitted  to  travel,  83 
Tuttle,  Hezekiah,  pay  of,  303 
Tuttle,  Ithamar,  appt.  capt.,  211 
Tuttle,  Lucius,  appt.  lieut.,  32;  appt. 
capt.,  441 

Tuttle,  Mehitabel,  permitted  to  travel, 
62-3 

Tuttle,  Stephen,  payment  to,  312 
Twedy,  Elizabeth,  petition  of,  418 
Twedy,  William,  notes  of,  418 
Tyler, (of  Rhode  Island),  trans- 

ports grain,  102 

Tyler,  Abraham,  release  of,  227 
Tyler,  Lieut.  Col.  Abraham,  deputy  for 
Haddam,  107 ; to  buy  flour,  196 
Tyler,  Capt.  Daniel,  deputy  for  Pomfret, 
108 

Tyler,  Elnathan,  appt.  quartermaster, 
218 

Tyler,  Brig.  Gen.  John,  pay  of,  54; 
order  given  to,  123;  appt.  J.P.,  136; 
113,  322;  to  receive  supplies,  336; 
deputy  for  Preston,  203,  253;  sells 
port,  238 

Tyler,  John,  Jr.,  appt.  capt.,  392 
Tyler,  Jonathan,  appt.  ens.,  168 


Tyler,  Major  Samuel,  appt.  lieut.  Col., 
210 

Union,  town  of,  army  quota,  14 ; assess- 
ment, 60,  61,  79,  312;  military  com- 
panies of,  140;  inhabs.  ask  tax  abate- 
ment, 223-4;  state  tax  collection,  334, 
399;  ref.  to  inhab.  of,  399 
Union  Wharf,  New  Haven,  wharfage 
at,  409 

United  States,  may  lay  duties  in  Conn., 
153,  32 6,  435;  rebate  to,  199;  com- 
missioner of  accounts,  207,  380-81 ; 
cession  of  land  to,  277-78;  to  pay  for 
Conn,  defense,  279;  contribution  from, 
295;  send  pay  to  Conn,  soldiers,  464 
See  also  Congress 

Upson,  Benjamin,  appt.  ens.,  33;  appt. 
lieut.,  211 

Upson,  Charles,  appt.  ens.,  186;  appt. 
lieut.,  137 

Vallet,  Samuel,  service  in  army,  200 
Vandevort,  Peter,  permitted  to  travel, 
102,  47 

Vandevort,  Peter,  Jr.,  permitted  to 
travel,  102 

Vandevort,  Sarah,  petitions  to  travel,  47 
Vandyke,  Henry,  permitted  to  travel, 
305,  103 

Vaughan,  Capt.  John,  petition  of,  44 
Veal,  Jeremiah,  permitted  to  travel,  100 
Veber,  Nathaniel,  appt.  lieut.,  133 
Vermont,  governor  of,  374;  land  in,  426 
Vessels,  taxed  for  lighthouse,  205,  257 ; 
anchoring  at  cities,  265,  274,  351,  361, 
371 ; seized  for  revenue,  437 
Virginia,  Conn.,  soldiers  march  to,  464 
Voluntown,  army  quota,  14 ; assessment, 
60,  60,  79,  187,  312;  provisions  from, 
108,  114;  refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  117,  168, 
200-1 ; military  companies  of,  140 ; 
state  collector,  334 

Waddle,  Robert  R.,  to  collect  property, 
65 

Wade,  Elihu,  appt.  capt.,  34 
Wadsworth,  Benjamin,  relief  for,  115 
Wadsworth,  Fenn,  prepares  accounts, 
15;  resigns  as  accountant,  207 
Wadsworth,  Gurdon,  to  sell  real  estate, 
161-2 

Wadsworth,  Hezekiah,  deputy  for  Far- 
mington, 202,  252,  315 
Wadsworth,  Gen.  James,  deputy  for 
Durham,  2,  131 , 286,  5,  108,  203,  252, 
430;  on  committees,  13-14,  28,  103, 
170, 197,  34,  227,  398;  to  receive  prop- 
erty, 46;  nominated  assistant,  61,  313; 


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at  Council  of  Safety,  88-129  passim; 
to  negotiate  sale  of  shop,  90;  to  make 
payment,  101 ; appt.  county  court 
judge,  134,  111,  319;  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  321;  appt.  to  Council  of  Safety, 
174;  resigns  from  Council  of  Safety, 
178;  elected  to  Congress,  207,  318;  to 
cede  western  claims,  277,  444;  nomi- 
nated to  Congress,  313,  471 ; speaker 
of  Assembly,  432 

Wadsworth,  Col.  Jeremiah,  cloth  to  be 
sold  to,  329-30,  334;  commissary  gen- 
eral, 375 

Wadsworth,  John  Noyes,  Jr.,  appt.  ens., 
392;  appt.  lieut.,  440 
Wadsworth,  Samuel,  appt.  lieut.,  187 ; 

to  sell  property,  161-2 
Wadsworth,  Seth,  appt.  ens.,  187 
Wadsworth,  William,  appt.  ens.,  33 
Wagon  tiers,  supplied  to  state,  305-6; 

liable  to  seizure,  335 
Wait,  Maj.  Richard,  deputy  for  Lyme. 
2,  108 

Wait,  Richard,  Jr.,  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113, 
322 ; appt.  lieut.,  439 
Wakely,  Abel,  wounded,  301 
Wakely,  Samuel,  property  of,  412 
Wakely,  Sarah,  payment  to,  301 
Wakeman,  Joseph,  widow  of,  126 
Wakeman,  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114; 

deputy  for  Fairfield,  108 
Walcott,  Moses,  petition  of,  125 
Walcott.  See  also  Wolcott 
Waldo,  Jesse,  asks  for  deed,  229 
Wales,  Eleazer,  wages  of,  94 
Wales,  Horatio,  to  collect  supplies,  250 
Wales,  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  computes  interest, 
57 ; at  Council  of  Safety,  88-129,  239- 
285,  325-341,  82-106,  189-201  passim ; 
handles  state  ammunition  and  sup- 
plies, 98,  128,  245,  336,  337,  338  (2), 
88,  96,  197,  200-1,  201,  377;  investiga- 
tions and  reports,  125,  213,  293,  96, 
120,  154-5;  to  inspect  travellers,  125; 
appt.  J.P.,  137,  114;  appt.  to  Council 
of  Safety,  174;  to  settle  accounts  of 
court  martial,  58;  accounts  of,  105-6, 
200 ; appt.  overseer  of  Indians,  130 ; 
western  land  claim,  205-6 ; appt. 
justice  of  the  quorum,  210;  death  of, 
250;  successors  to,  250,  284;  employs 
Young,  409,  458 

Wales,  Solomon,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114, 
323;  taxes  abated,  223-4;  deputy  for 
Union,  131,  286,  8,  108,  253,  316,  431 
Walker,  Capt.  Joseph,  deputy  for  Strat- 
ford, 108;  petition  of,  177 
Walker,  Mary,  petition  of,  36 
Walker,  Nathaniel,  abandons  family,  36 


Walker,  Phinehas,  appt.  capt.,  134 
Walker,  Robert,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114, 
322 ; to  inspect  travellers,  40 
Wallingford,  probate  court  and  district 
of,  judge  appt.  for,  135,  112,  320;  to 
direct  sale  of  real  estate,  201,  308 
Wallingford,  town  of,  army  quota,  15 ; 
refs,  to  inhabs.,  41,  57,  65,  168,  201, 
302,  308,  163,  168,  185-6,  240,  307; 
assessment,  60,  60,  79,  187,  311;  land 
in,  68-9  ( 2)  ; selectmen  of,  105,  108; 
military  companies  of,  139;  tax  col- 
lector for,  192;  proceedings  against, 
187-8,  246 

Walter,  Henry,  taxes  abated,  48-9 
Walter,  John,  taxes  abated,  48-9 
Walton,  Elijah,  appt.  lieut.,  132 
Wanton,  Joseph,  estate  of,  38 
War  Department,  money  raised  for,  8, 
171 

Ward,  Brig.  Gen.  Andrew,  deputy  for 
Guilford,  2,  131,  203,  252,  431 ; on 
committees,  25,  26,  457 ; to  inspect 
travellers,  93,  282,  283,  327,  336-7, 
340;  to  settle  pay  roll,  99;  appt.  J.P., 
136,  113,  321;  received  sums  of  men, 
69;  to  guard  boat,  87-8;  traveller  to, 
90;  resigns  command,  210;  to  render 
accounts,  397 

Ward,  Ichabod,  granted  land,  50 
Ward,  James  Tappen  (I),  appt.  lieut, 
139;  appt.  capt.,  388 
Ward,  Joel,  appt.  quartermaster,  215 
Ward,  Samuel,  sums  due  to,  423,  477 
Wareing,  Joseph,  taxes  abated,  184 
Wareing,  Nathan,  taxes  abated,  184 
Waring,  Jonathan,  petitions  of,  222,  68 

Warner,  Capt. , promoted,  281 

Warner,  Elijah,  appt.  ens.,  285 
Warner,  Capt.  Elizur,  deputy  for  New 
Milford,  132,  287,  9,  108 
Warner,  Ichabod,  deputy  for  Bolton,  1, 
130;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321 
Warner,  Capt.  John,  neglects  duties,  28-9 
Warner,  Matthew,  appt.  lieut.,  131 
Warner,  Oliver  R.,  payment  to,  86 
Warner,  Ozias,  petition  of,  230-2 
Warner,  Thomas,  to  receive  confiscated 
lands,  270,  73 

Warwick’s  Bridge  (Middletown),  as 
boundary,  354 

Washington,  Gen.  George,  letters  of, 
110,  127-8,  197,  198;  requests  to,  120, 
89,  102,  103  (2)  ; permits  persons  to 
travel,  125,  339;  troops  raised  to  sup- 
port, 167  (2),  168,  257-8,  266,  44,  76; 
capt.  to  report  to,  249;  to  direct  place 
for  provisions,  277 ; orders  movement 
of  individuals,  194,  469;  discharges 


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351 


soldiers,  222,  306 ; Humphry  to  attend. 
428 

Washington,  Fort,  man  captured  at,  248 
Washington,  town  of,  army  quota,  15; 
petition  from,  39;  assessment,  60,  61, 
79,  186,  312;  military  companies  of, 
139;  inhabitant  of,  308;  assessed  per- 
sons incorrectly,  26;  tax  listing  of, 
438-9 

Watch,  city,  provision  for,  265,  275,  352, 
362,  371 

Waterbury,  Brig.  Gen.  David,  Jr.,  com- 
manding state  regts.,  10;  provisions 
for  brigade  of,  71,  81 ; supposed  mur- 
derers in  custody  of,  77 ; men  in  bri- 
gade of,  94,  197,  63;  takes  up  suspi- 
cious persons,  113;  deputy  for  Stam- 
ford, 108,  203,  253;  man  in  regt.  of, 
197;  appt.  J.P.,  114 

Waterbury,  probate  court  and  district, 
judge  appt.  for,  135,  112,  320;  to  di- 
rect sale  of  real  estate,  217 
Waterbury,  town  of,  army  quota,  15; 
refs,  to  inhabs.,  47-8,  73-4,  74,  76,  77, 
85-6,  207,  61,  71,  75,  129-30,  227,  231 ; 
assessment,  60,  60,  79,  187,  311 ; abate- 
ment of  taxes  in,  73-4,  307 ; credit  for 
taxes  in,  74;  military  companies  of, 
140 ; hay  purchased  in,  235-6 ; lands  in, 
125,  148-9,  241-2 

Water  courses,  act  to  remove  nuisances 
from,  23 

Waterman,  Capt.  Asa,  to  deliver  beef, 
113-14;  order  drawn  on,  115;  pay- 
ment to,  89-90 

Waterman,  Nehemiah,  appt.  J.P.,  136, 
113,  321;  receipt  from,  193 
Waterman,  Robert,  appt.  lieut.,  34 
Waterman,  Samuel,  appt.  J.P.,  322 
Waters,  Benjamin,  land  of,  191 
Waters,  Robert,  taxes  abated,  182,  185, 
414 

Waters,  Samuel,  wants  salt  petre,  337 
Watertown,  army  quota,  15 ; assess- 
ment, 60,  26,  61,  187,  312;  refs,  to 
inhabs.,  77,  127,  167,  198,  217,  225, 
231,  235,  323-4,  230-1,  233,  241-2,  414, 
419;  military  companies  of,  140;  hay 
purchased  in,  235-6 ; abatement  of 
taxes  in,  307 

Water  works,  to  be  assessed,  155 
Watrous,  John,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  322; 
deputy  for  Colchester,  431 ; appt.  lieut., 
142 

Watrous,  John  R.,  payment  to,  56 
Watrous,  Joseph  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  189 
Watrous,  Nathaniel,  appt.  capt.,  187 
Watson,  Caleb,  appt.  ens.,  168,  32 
Watson,  Jacob,  holds  mortgage,  45 


Watson,  Capt.  James,  payments  for  hay, 
235,  323 

Watson,  Capt.  John,  deputy  for  Canaan, 
131 ; to  choose  place  for  meeting 
house,  232 

Watson,  Levi,  assessment  omitted,  26 
Watson,  Zachariah,  appt.  lieut.,  188;  as- 
sessment omitted,  26 
Watt,  Dr.  Isaac,  version  of  Psalms,  459 
Wattles,  Dennison,  appt.  quartermaster, 
216 

Wattles,  Capt.  William,  brig  com- 
manded by,  64-5 

Way,  Anne,  permitted  to  travel,  326 
Way,  Lieut.  John,  illness  of,  175-6 
Webb,  Col.  Charles,  to  settle  estate,  19; 
persons  in  regt.  of,  49,  248;  appt.  J.P., 
137,  114,  322;  exemption  from  fine, 
222 

Webb,  David,  payment  to,  419 
Webb,  Joseph,  conducts  prisoners,  279 
Webb,  Napthali,  permitted  to  travel, 
106-7 

Webb,  Samuel,  pay  of,  197 ; battalion  of, 
265-7 

Webster,  Amos,  appt.  ens.,  389 
Webster,  Charles,  asks  for  deed,  202 
Webster,  Cvprian,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115, 
323 

Webster,  Ebenezer,  deeds  land,  48 
Webster,  Medad,  land  of,  48-9 
Webster,  Noah,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,320 
Weed,  Amos,  appt.  ens.,  184 
Weed,  Benjamin,  appt.  lieut.,  184 
Weed,  Charles,  deputy  for  Stamford,  2, 
131,  286,  7,  108,  203,  253,  316,  431 
Weed,  Isaac,  petition  of,  222 
Weed,  Smith,  Commissary  of  issues, 
collects  and  delivers  provisions,  70,  81, 
89,  261,  277,  293;  salary  of,  162-3 
Welch,  David,  appt.  J.P.,  137,  115,  323 
Welch,  Thomas,  to  sell  real  estate,  303 
Welch.  See  also  Welsh 
Well(e)s,  Elisha,  appt.  J.P.,  114 
Wells,  Freegift,  permitted  to  travel,  336 
Wells,  Gideon,  deputy  for  Canterbury, 
431 

Wells,  Isaac,  appt.  cornet,  442 
Wells,  James,  permitted  to  travel,  331 
Wells,  John,  protection  from  creditors, 
429,  478 

Well(e)s,  Jonathan  (of  Glastonbury), 
appt.  J.P.,  135 ; protection  from  credi- 
tors, 29,  157 

Well(e)s,  Col.  Jonathan  (of  Hartford 
and  East  Hartford),  deputy  for  Hart- 
ford, 1,  130;  on  committees,  5,  232, 
318,  461;  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  320; 
deputy  for  East  Hartford,  315 


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Wells,  Joseph,  appt.  ens.,  390 
Wells,  Joseph,  Jr.,  appt.  quartermaster, 
187 

Wells,  Joshua,  permitted  to  travel,  336 
Wells,  Col.  Levi,  regt.  of,  43,  74,  237 ; 
payments  to,  74-5,  246,  249 ; taken 
prisoner,  252 

Wells,  Marther,  money  burned,  314 
Wells,  Oliver,  appt.  ens.,  32 
Wells,  Capt.  Oliver,  deputy  for  Had- 
dam,  315 

Welles,  Col.  Solomon,  deputy  for  Tol- 
land, 130,  285,  3,  107,  202,  252,  315, 
430;  appt.  J.P.,  135, 136,  112,  113,  320, 
321 

Wells,  Stephen,  payment  to,  300 
Wells,  Timothy,  appt.  lieut.,  189 
Wells,  William,  executor  of  will,  196; 

permitted  to  travel,  304 
Welsh,  Rev.  Daniel,  estate  of,  303 
Welsh,  Paul,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  213 
Wendell,  Oliver,  account  to,  463 
Wentworth,  Edward,  taxes  abated,  181, 
414 

West,  Elias,  appt.  capt.,  393 
West,  Samuel,  appt.  ens.,  141 ; appt. 
lieut.,  217 

West  Britain,  Parish  of  (Farmington), 
meeting-house  for,  67-8 
West  Division,  Parish  of  (Farmington), 
transfer  to,  396 

West  Haven,  man  captured  at,  88 
West  Indies,  voyages  to,  37,  58,  291 ; 
travel  to  or  from,  222,  312 ; run  from, 
226 

West  Point,  regt.  joins  army  at,  97; 
deserter  delivered  to,  192;  service  at, 
225 

West  Stafford,  dispute  in  2nd  Society 
of,  308 

Western  frontiers.  See  Horseneck 
Western  settlers,  relief  of,  120-1,  215-6, 
208-9,  456-7 

See  also  Pennsylvania;  Westmoreland 
Western  territory,  cession  of,  to  U.  S., 
277-8,  444-5 

Westfield,  property  in,  38,  148 
Westmoreland,  county  of,  judge  appt. 
for,  134;  J.P.’s  appt.  for,  138;  history 
summarized,  lln 

Westmoreland,  probate  court  and  dis- 
trict of,  judge  appt.  for,  135 
Westmoreland,  town  of,  assessment,  60; 
sale  of  property,  292;  military  com- 
panies of,  140,  214 
Westover,  David,  estate  of,  223 
Westover,  Mary,  to  sell  real  estate,  223 
Wethersfield,  army  quota  of,  14;  school 
districts  of,  37;  refs,  to  inhabs.  of,  48, 


64-5,  66,  77,  167, 196,  202,  235,  30,  301, 
453,  465  (2) ; assessment,  60,  30,  59, 
78,  187,  311 ; oats  of,  93;  military  com- 
panies of,  139;  repair  of  highways, 
234;  woman  permitted  to  go  to,  91; 
fair  in,  150-1;  estate  in,  152;  collector 
in,  334,  397 

Wetmore,  Rev.  Israhiah,  tax  exempt, 
167-8 

Wetmore,  Seth,  petition  of,  80 
Wetmore,  Solomon,  taxes  abated,  184 
Whaler,  Paul,  deputy  for  Stonington, 
286 

Whaples,  Betty,  estate  of,  196 
Whaples,  Daniel,  estate  of,  196, 198 
Whaples,  Thomas,  heirs  of,  244 
Wharves,  jurisdiction  over,  in  cities, 
265,  274,  351,  361,  371;  on  Connect- 
icut River,  346;  at  New  Haven,  409; 
on  Thames  River,  416 
Wheat,  taken  to  or  from  Long  Island, 
83,  97 

Whedon,  Marcy,  petition  of,  411 
Wheeler,  Abigail,  petition  of,  50 
Wheeler,  David,  wife  of,  50 
Wheeler,  Joseph,  land  of,  191 
Wheeler,  Paul,  deputy  for  Stonington, 
2,  131,  6;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  322;  to 
examine  legacies,  70-1 ; appt.  ens.,  214 
Wheeler,  Samuel,  appt.  ens.,  218 
Whipping,  for  robbery,  204 
White,  Rev.  Mr.,  will  of,  340 
White,  Dan,  pay  of,  63 
White,  Ebenezer,  deputy  for  Chatham, 

I,  130,  107,  202,  252,  315,  430;  appt. 

J. P.,  136,  113,  321;  to  negotiate  for 
lead  furnace,  237 ; on  committee,  227 

White,  Elisha,  payments  to,  69,  397 
White,  Hugh,  appt.  lieut.,  33 
White,  Joel  (Jed),  appt.  J.P.,  136, 112,  321 
White,  Philip,  executor  of,  estate,  462-3 
White,  William,  deceased,  property  of, 
462-3 

White,  William,  Jr.,  sells  property,  462 
White  Haven  Society  (New  Haven), 
petition  from  members  of,  206 
Whitehead,  Eunice  and  Robert,  petition 
of,  230-2 

White  Plains,  brig,  at,  71 
Whitford,  Robert,  appt.  lieut.,  213 
Whiting,  Frederick  Jones,  losses  of,  43 
Whiting,  John,  appt.  probate  judge,  134, 
111,  319;  appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  321; 
appt.  lieut.,  218 

Whiting,  Jonathan,  petition  of,  68 
Whiting,  Joseph,  appt.  ens.,  105;  appt. 

lieut.,  116;  resigns,  262 
Whiting,  Nathan  H.,  deputy  for  Hart- 
ford, 430 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


353 


Whiting,  Col.  Samuel,  petition  of,  317 ; 

appt.  J.P.,  137 , 114,  322 
Whiting,  Stephen,  incorrectly  assessed, 
26 

Whiting,  William,  actions  on  furnace  at 
Salisbury,  102 , 112,  253,  256,  271-3 
Whitman,  Jesse,  appt.  ens.,  139 
Whitman,  Solomon,  appt.  probate  judge, 
134,  111 ; appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  321;  ac- 
count of,  88 

Whitmore,  Gurdon,  indicted,  77-8;  re- 
leased from  prison,  160 
Whitmore,  Seth,  appt.  lieut.,  217 
Whitney,  Ebenezer,  taxes  abated,  181, 
414 

Whitney,  Joseph,  taxes  abated,  181,  414 
Whitney,  Lois,  taxes  abated,  181,  414 
Whitney,  Ransford,  appt.  ens.,  142 
Whiton,  Elijah,  deputy  for  Ashford, 
131 ; appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  323 
Whittlesey,  Chaunc(e)y,  administrator 
of  confiscated  estate,  58;  to  obtain 
confiscated  lands,  68-9;  payment  to, 
98;  appt.  quartermaster  general,  182; 
note  for,  204 ; to  receive  ammunition, 
336 ; on  committee,  42 ; petition  of,  81 ; 
to  manage  lottery,  304;  to  dispose  of 
gunpowder,  378 

Whittlesey,  John,  deputy  for  Washing- 
ton, 3,  109,  204,  253,  317,  431 
Wickham,  Thomas,  orders  capture  of 
sloop,  94 

Widows,  of  Griswold  soldiers,  283 
Wightman,  Zerobabel,  appt.  ens.,  135; 
appt.  lieut.,  393 

Wilcox,  Charles,  appt.  ens.,  143 
Wilcox,  Elias,  to  receive  confiscated 
land,  73 

Wilcox,  Elisha,  appt.  capt.,  390 
Wilcox,  Elnathan,  estate  of,  145 
Wilcox,  Hiel,  asks  army  pay,  397 
Wilcox,  Hosea,  deputy  for  Norfolk,  3; 

appt.  J.P.,  138,  115,  323 
Wilcox,  Joel,  payment  to,  69 
Wilcox,  John,  to  sell  real  estate,  145 
Wilcox,  Samuel,  estate  of,  320;  bounty 
for  killing  wolf,  421 

Wilcoxson  (Wilcockson),  David,  appt. 

J.P.,  137,  114,  322 
Wilcoxson,  Elisha,  appt.  lieut.,  135 
Wilder,  Joseph,  appt.  J.P.,  138,  115; 
petition  of,  69 

Wiley  (Wylee,  Wyley),  Joseph,  deputy 
for  Voluntown,  286,  8,  108,  203,  253, 
316;  appt.  ens.,  296;  payment  to,  90 
Willard,  Abijah,  money  due  to,  423,  477 
Willard,  Jonah,  surveyor  of  lands,  31 
Willard,  Josiah,  petition  of,  465 
Willard,  Levi,  money  due  to,  423,  477 


Willey,  Abraham,  appt.  capt.,  216;  fails 
to  pay  tax,  471 

Willey,  Benajah,  asks  to  be  paid  for 
cattle,  207 

Williams,  Benadam,  appt.  lieut.,  214 
Williams,  Charles,  appt.  ens.,  296;  appt. 
capt.,  31 

Williams,  Capt.  Elias,  house  of,  37,  38 
Williams,  Elijah,  appt.  lieut.,  388 
Williams,  Capt.  Elisha  (of  Groton), 
deputy  for  Groton,  131,  108,  203,  253 
Williams,  Elisha  (of  Hartford),  appt. 
J.P.,  135,  112;  to  receive  deed  for 
land,  191-2;  deceased,  380 
Williams,  Elisha,  Jr.,  appt.  lieut.,  394 
Williams,  Ezekiel,  payment  to,  48,  55-6; 
petition  of,  332-3;  to  sell  land,  126; 
committed  person  to  jail,  128;  makes 
payment,  453 

Williams,  Hezekiah,  appt.  2nd  lieut.,  215 
Williams,  Israel,  appt.  tax  collector,  53; 
appt.  capt.,  139;  deputy  for  Hartland, 
203  253 

Williams,  Jesse,  appt.  J.P.,  114,  323 
Williams,  John,  appt.  capt.,  134 
Williams,  John  (of  New  London  Co.), 
appt.  J.P.,  136,  113,  322 
Williams,  Capt.  John  (of  Pomfret), 
appt.  J.P.,  137,  114,  323;  deputy  for 
Pomfret,  286,  8,  108 
Williams,  John,  3d,  appt.  capt.,  394 
Williams,  Joseph,  appt.  lieut.,  212;  peti- 
tion of,  416 

Williams,  Moses,  estate  of,  191 
Williams,  Peleg,  appt.  ens.,  387 ; appt. 
lieut.,  440 

Williams,  Samuel,  appt.  capt.,  32 
Williams,  Capt.  Samuel  William,  appt. 

J.P.,  321 ; to  collect  money,  380 
Williams,  Sanford,  payment  to,  383 
Williams,  Stephen,  deputy  for  Pomfret, 
316,  431 

Williams,  William  (of  Groton),  appt. 
J.P.,  136,  113,  322 

Williams,  Col.  William  (of  Lebanon), 
deputy  for  Lebanon,  2,  131,  286,  8,  108, 
203,  253,  316;  speaker,  3,  132,  287,  8, 
109,  204,  254;  nominated  assistant,  61, 
80,  313,  471 ; at  Council  of  Safety, 
88-129 , 239-285,  325-341 , 82-106,  189- 
201  passim;  appt.  probate  judge,  134, 
112,  320;  appt.  county  court  judge, 
134,  111,  319;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  114; 
appt.  to  Council  of  Safety,  174;  on 
committees,  213,  293,  58,  154-5,  405, 
409,  416;  payments  to,  92,  174;  appt. 
overseer  of  Indians,  130;  elected  to 
Congress,  207,  318;  nominated  to  Con- 
gress, 313,  471 ; elected  assistant,  317 ; 


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takes  oath,  318;  to  thank  minister  for 
sermon,  319;  present  at  assembly,  430; 
delivers  gun  locks  to  Hezekiah  Hunt- 
ington, 468 

Williams,  Capt.  William  (of  Stoning- 
ton),  deputy  for  Stonington,  316,  431; 
appt.  J.P.,  322 

Willimantic  River,  as  boundary*,  190 
Willington,  army  quota,  14;  inhab.  of, 
49;  assessment,  60 , 59,  78,  311,  409; 
military  companies  of,  140;  farm  in, 
sold,  229 

Willis.  See  Wyllys 
Wilmington,  man  becomes  ill  at,  240 
Wilson,  Abiel,  appt.  ens.,  24;  appt.  lieut.. 
105,  116 

Wil(l)son,  Abijah,  appt.  ens.,  138: 
appt.  lieut.,  390 

Wil(l)son,  Abner,  appt.  capt.,  167;  appt. 
maj.,  439 

Wilson,  John,  money  due  to,  182;  appt. 
lieut.,  138 

Wilson,  Jonathan,  assessments  omitted, 
26 

Willson,  Joseph,  land  of,  96 
Wilson,  Nathaniel,  accounts  of,  319 
Willson,  Capt.  William,  deputy  for  Cov- 
entry, 203,  253 

Wilton,  Capt.  John,  deputy  for  Water- 
bury,  316,  431 ; bond  of,  420 
Wilton,  rum  destroyed  at,  466 
Wimpey,  Elijah,  petition  of,  154 
Winchell,  Elisha,  appt.  lieut,  36 
Winchester,  town  of,  army  quota,  15 ; 
abatement  of  taxes,  48-9,  49,  223  ; as- 
sessment. 60,  61,  80,  312;  provisions 
from,  108;  military  companies  of,  140 
Windham  county,  purchase  of  horses  in. 
22;  refs,  to  inhabs.,  50,  55,  55-7 , 70. 
200-1 . 216,  226,  316,  183,  302;  jail  of. 

124,  3.  423;  judge  appt.  for  court,  134. 
Ill,  320;  J.P.’s,  appt.  for,  137,  114. 
322-3 ; surveyors  of  lands  for,  190 , 
384,  451 ; state  supplies  in,  247,  333, 
336,  338,  96,  250,  281,  284.  377:  time 
for  holding  court  in,  22;  sheriff  of, 
147,  148;  case  in  court  in,  171 

Windham,  probate  court  and  district  of, 
to  direct  sale  of  real  estate,  70,  226, 
303,  317,  322;  judge  allows  debt,  75; 
judge  appt.  for,  134,  112.  320 
Windham,  town  of,  quota  for  state  regt.. 
14;  refs,  to  inhabs.,  49-50,  88,  93,  113, 

125,  167,  301,  58.  171,  174-5,  190.  232. 
242,  247,  309.  405,  408.  418.  458.  467; 
assessment,  60,  60.  79,  311 : supplies  at. 
98.  107,  245,  254,  264,  88.  106,  206, 
409.  458;  military  companies  of,  139; 
superior  court  at,  206;  land  in,  303; 


powder  mill  at,  201 ; taxes  paid  to, 
224-5 ; state  collector,  334 
Windsor,  town  of,  army  quota  for  state 
regt.,  14;  ref.  to  inhab.,  44-5,  82  (2), 
128,  167,  234,  74,  172,  223,  381,  428; 
assessment,  60,  60,  78,  311;  military 
companies  of,  139;  ferry  at,  232,  64; 
militia  sent  to  R.  I.,  223;  bridge  at, 
154;  state  collector,  334;  listed  in 
Hartford  County,  341 
Wine,  excise  on,  16,  338,  339;  import 
duty  on,  327,  328,  432 
Winstead,  society  of.  48,  49 
Winthrop,  John,  heirs  of,  28 
Winthrop,  John  Still,  bonds  owed  to,  205 
Winthrop,  William,  debts  to,  205;  takes 
livestock  to  Fishers  Island,  101 ; per- 
mitted to  travel,  102 
W’intonbury  Parish,  military  companies 
of,  139 

Witney,  William,  appt.  capt.,  167 
Witter,  Asa,  appt  ens.,  132;  deputy  for 
Canterbury,  316;  appt.  J.P..  323 
Witter,  Elisha,  killed  sister,  212 
Witter,  Frederick,  appt.  ens.,  138;  appt. 
lieut,  386 

Witter,  Jacob,  to  sell  real  estate,  300-1 
Witter,  William,  execution  against,  212-3 
WTolcott,  Gen.  Erastus,  deputy  for  East 
Windsor,  1,  130,  10 7.  202.'  252,  315  ; 
on  committees,  13-4,  28,  295 ; nomi- 
nated assistant,  61,  80,  471 ; appt. 
J.P.,  135,  112,  320:  appt.  probate 
judge,  135,  111,  319:  delegate  to  inter- 
state conference,  101-2;  appt.  county 
court  judge,  319 

Wrolcott,  Erastus  Jr.,  appt  capt.,  141 
"Wolcott,  Gideon,  wages  of,  249 
Wolcott,  Oliver,  appt.  to  Committee  of 
Pay  Table,  26;  nominated  assistant, 
61,  80.  313,  471 : nominated  to  Con- 
gress, 61,  80;  elected  assistant,  132, 
109,  317;  elected  to  Congress,  133, 
110;  takes  oath,  133,  110,  318;  appt. 
county  court  judge,  134,  111,  319; 
appt.  probate  judge,  135,  112,  320; 
appt.  to  Council  of  Safety,  174;  at 
Council  of  Safety,  239-285,  325-341, 
189-201,  249-51  passim;  accounts  of, 
252;  present  at  assembly,  107,  202, 
252,  315 ; to  count  votes.  109,  317 ; 
resigns  from  Congress,  207 ; to  settle 
account,  448 

Wrolcott,  Oliver,  Jr.,  administrator  of 
estate,  169 ; to  settle  account  with  U.  S. 
380-1 ; to  render  account  of,  479 
Wolcott,  Simon,  to  sell  real  estate,  310 
Wolcott,  William,  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112, 
320 


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355 


Wolsey,  Rebecca,  money  due  to,  182 
Wolves,  bounty  for  killing,  179,  420-1, 
421,  469;  act  to  encourage  destroying 
of,  342 

Wol worth,  Levi,  execution  against,  74 
Women,  legal  rights  of,  172-3 
Wood,  David,  petition  of,  66-7 ; appt. 

J.P.,  114;  appt.  lieut.,  386 
Wood,  Israel,  involved  in  murder,  77 
Wood,  John,  accounts  of,  85 
Woodbridge,  Dudley,  petition  of,  416 
Woodbridge,  Col.  Howell,  on  committee, 
5;  regt.  of,  107 

Woodbridge,  Samuel,  payments  to,  46-7, 
339 

Woodbridge,  Theodore,  confiscated  land 
for,  56 ; salary  of,  85 
Woodbridge,  town  of,  incorporated,  305 ; 
property  in,  468 

Woodbury,  probate  court  and  district  of, 
judge  appt.  for,  135,  112,  320;  to  di- 
rect sale  of  real  estate,  305,  311 
Woodbury,  town  of,  army  quota,  15; 
assessment,  60,  61,  79,  312;  ref.  to 
inhab.,  61-2,  83, 167, 195,  255,  277,  278, 
301 , 40,  67,  69-70,  143(2),  170,  230, 
310,  397,  408,  468;  military  companies 
of,  139 ; road  to  Derby,  45 ; petition  to 
reside  in,  68;  dispute  over  land  in, 
222 ; farm  in,  468 

Woodcock,  Barnabas,  release  from  debt, 
229-30 

Woodford,  Ezekiel,  appt.  lieut.,  139; 
appt.  capt.,  285 

Woodford,  William,  appt.  lieut.,  285 
Woodin,  Elizabeth,  John,  Jr.,  and  Na- 
thaniel, petition  of,  206 
Woodmansee,  Joseph,  appt.  ens.,  295; 
payment  to,  382-3 

Woodruff,  Ezekiel,  assessment  omitted, 
25 

Woodruff,  Jacob,  apipt.  J.P.,  137, 115,  323 
Woodruff,  Michael,  appt.  ens.,  285 ; 
appt.  lieut.,  393 

Woodstock,  army  quota,  14;  assessment, 
60,  60,  79,  312 ; provisions  from,  107 ; 
military  companies  of,  139;  refs,  to 
inhabs.,  212,  216,  193,  384;  state  col- 
lector, 334 

Woodward,  Liba,  wounded,  85 ; pay- 
ment to,  382-3 

Woodward,  Peter,  to  receive  confiscated 
land,  73 

Woodward,  Dr.  Samuel,  deputy  for  Tor- 
rington,  204,  253 
Woodward,  Ward,  appt.  ens.,  440 
Woodworth,  Eliphalet,  to  sell  real  es- 
tate, 70 

Wooster,  General,  regt.  of,  41 


Wooster,  David  (of  New  Haven),  late 
naval  officer,  estate  of,  196-7;  given 
bonds,  230,  226,  297 

Wooster,  David,  Jr.  (of  Waterbury), 
released  from  Newgate,  47-8;  execu- 
tion against,  73-4;  care  of  family  of, 
85 ; restriction  on,  lifted,  71 ; taxes  of, 
unpaid,  307 

Wooster,  Ebenezer,  to  return  from 
N.  Y.,  221-2 

Wooster,  Ephraim,  appt.  lieut.,  211 
Wooster,  Joseph,  appt.  lieut.,  211 
Wooster,  Mary,  administrator  of  estate, 
196 ; petitions  of,  221-2,  398 
Wooster,  Thomas,  administrator  of  es- 
tate, 196 ; payment  to,  86 ; bond  to, 
312;  asks  for  committee,  398 
Worcester,  county  of  (Mass.),  inhab.  of, 
275,  337 

Worship,  freedom  granted  to  Society  of 
Cheshire,  171-2;  collection  of  psalms 
and  hymns  for  use  in,  459 
Worthington,  Dan,  appt.  lieut.,  212 
Worthington,  Col.  Elias,  deputy  for  Col- 
chester, 1,  202,  252,  316;  to  count 
votes,  133;  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  322 
Worthington,  Col.  William,  deputy  for 
Saybrook,  131,  203,  253 ; search  for 
evidence  against,  302;  accounting  for 
money  received  by,  69,  397 
Wright,  Charles,  taxes  abated,  48-9 
Wright,  Francis,  note  of,  lost,  309 
Wright,  Fridom,  taxes  abated,  48-9 
Wright,  Capt.  Job,  deputy  for  Killing- 
worth,  2;  appt.  J.P.,  137,  113,  322 
Wright,  Capt.  John  (of  Wethersfield), 
appt.  commissioner,  396;  deputy  for 
Wethersfield,  430 

Wright,  John  (of  Winchester),  taxes 
abated,  48-9 

Wright,  Capt.  Joseph  A.,  account  of, 
211-2,  244,  255 

Writs,  in  Superior  and  Supreme  Courts, 
324-5;  tax  on,  339;  execution  of,  on 
Connecticut  River,  344 
See  also  Processes 

Wyllis  (Willys),  Col.  — , regt.  of, 

299 

Wyllys,  Major , to  command  men 

on  Western  frontier,  445 
Wyllys,  George,  attests  minutes  and 
documents,  87,  239,  110,  188,  248,  314, 
318,  429,  479;  chosen  secretary  of 
state,  132,  109,  317 ; takes  oath,  133, 
110,  318;  appt.  J.P.,  135,  112,  320; 
salary  of,  239,  18 7,  428;  land  of,  48 
Wyllys,  Col.  Hezekiah,  to  receive  addi- 
tions to  assessments,  20,  179;  on  com- 
mittees, 23,  61 


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INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  IV  AND  V 


Wyllys  (Willis),  Joseph,  Jr.,  appt  cor- 
net, 297 

Wyoming,  inhab.  of,  ask  state  protec- 
tion, 456 

Yale,  Aaron,  gives  note,  50 
Yale,  Elihu,  appt.  lieut.,  385 
Yale,  Elihu,  Jr.,  appt.  ens.,  217 
Yale,  Ezra,  appt.  lieut.,  133 
Yale,  Job,  appt.  capt.,  32 
Yale,  Jonathan,  appt.  lieut.,  184 
Yale  College,  rights  of,  protected,  2 67, 
406 


Yates,  Capt.  John,  pay  of  company  of, 
192 

Yerrington,  Ephraim,  loses  note,  292 
York,  Jesse,  appt.  lieut.,  284 
York  Island,  enemy  in  possession  of,  17 
Yorktown,  company  marches  to,  175 
Young (s),  Andrew,  deputy  for  Corn- 
wall, 203,  253,  316,  431 
Young (s),  David,  accounts  of,  105-6, 
201,  408-9,  458 

Young,  Richard,  taxes  abated,  184 
Young,  Samuel,  appt.  lieut.,  298 


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